Events in Aerial Robotics

Here are upcoming and past events listed that are important for Aerial Robotists.

2026

Xponetial Europe 2026

  • Date/Location: March 24-26 in Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Description: Hosts the European Drone Forum

Commercial UAV Forum 2026 - CANCELLED

  • Date/Location: April 22-23 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Description: Commercial drone event

Xpontial 2026

  • Date/Location: May 18-20 in Minneapolis, USA
  • Description: Trade show and conference dedicated to uncrewed systems, robotics, and autonomous technology.

Open Source Summit North America 2026

  • Date/Location: May 18-20 in Minneapolis, USA
  • Description: A conference for open-source development, collaboration, and community innovation. Hosts the first PX4 Summit of 2026

ICRA 2026

  • Date/Location: June 1-5, 2026 in Vienna, Austria
  • Description: Academic research conference for robotics and automation with many sessions on Aerial Robotics

International Drone Show 2026

  • Date/Location: June 3–4, 2026 in Odense, Denmark
  • Description: Industry event featuring technical presentations, business networking, and live flight demonstrations of drone and unmanned systems.

IEEE Multi-Robot Systems Summer School 2026

  • Date/Location: July 29 – August 4, 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Description: Summer school on Multi-Robot Systems, using UAVs for their practicals

Commercial UAV Expo 2026

  • Date/Location: September 1–3, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Description: Trade show and conference focused on the integration and operation of commercial UAS across industries like construction, energy, and mapping.

ArduPilot Developer Conference 2026

  • Date/Location: October 2026 in Ottawa, Canada
  • Description: Technical gathering for developers and contributors to collaborate on the ArduPilot open-source autopilot software suite.

Past events

This page was last updated: January 25, 2026