On this page, you will find information on past and upcoming drone events as well as other important milestones in the drone industry. Feel free to submit information about your event or notify us of any omissions, errors and such. The calendar page is a work in progress. Email us directly at tips [at] dronedj.com.
2019
January
- January 8-11 – CES 2019 in Las Vegas
February
- February 12-14 – FAA Symposium in Baltimore – POSTPONED
- February 22-24 – AMA Expo NJ
- February 25 – March 1 – WPPI in Las Vegas
March
- March 12-13 – Arkansas Drone – Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit
- March 14-16 – Japan Drone Expo
April
- April 6-11 – NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV
- April 25-26 – Dronetech America, New York, NY
- April 29 – May 2nd – AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Chicago, IL
May
- April 29 – May 2nd – AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Chicago, IL
June
- June 3-5 – 4th annual UAS Symposium, organized by the FAA and UAVSI at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.
- June 27-30 – Drone Expo East, Atlantic City Convention Center, NJ
July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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2018
January
- January 8-11 – CES 2018 (our coverage)
- January 23 – DJI introduced the DJI Mavic Air
February
- February 13 – Skydio launches R1 – first fully autonomous drone
- February 26-28 – WPPI at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas
- February 26 – March 1st – International Drone Expo, Barcelona, Spain
March
- March 1st – International Drone Expo, Barcelona, Spain
- March 3-4 – NYC Drone Film Festival
- March 6-8 – FAA UAS Symposium in Baltimore, MD (our coverage)
- March 16-17 – National Drone Educators Conference, Saratoga, CA
- March 22-24 – Japan Drone Expo for commercial UAS
- March 23 – DJI introduced the XT2 camera and Skyport
April
- April 7-12 – NAB Show – Aerial Robotics & Drone Pavilion 2018
- April 9 – DJI introduced the Master Wheels and Force Pro
- April 10-12 – Commercial UAV Expro Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- April 11-12 – The Drone Show, Barcelona Spain
- April 15-19 – SPIE, Orlando, Florida
- April 18-20 – International Drone Expo 2018, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
- April 19-20 – Global Robot Expo, Madrid, Spain
- April 25-26 – Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems, London, United Kingdon
- April 25-26 – The Silicon Valley Drone Show, San Francisco, CA
- April 30 – AUVSI Xponential – All things unmanned at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver
May
- May 1-3 – AUVSI Xponential – All things unmanned at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver
- May 16-18 – DroneCon, Johannesburg, South Africa
- May 18-20 – Drone Expo, Commercial Drone Show, Athens, Greece
- May 23-25 – International Drone Expo, Tokyo, Japan
- May 30-31 – DroneFocus, Fargo, ND
June
- June 6-7 – Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Conference, Venlo, The Netherlands
- June 11-15 – CeBIT 2018 Unmanned Systems & Solutions, Hannover, Germany
- June 12-15 – International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Dallas, TX
- June 20-22 – Energy Drone Coalition, Dallas, TX
- June 25-27 – Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Detroit MI
- June 25-29 – Demand for Unmanned, Atlanta, GA
July
- July 11 – DJI select press/media event
- July 18 – The original date for DJI’s “See the Bigger Picture” event. It was postponed until August 23
August
- August 20-22 – UAS Summit & Expo, Grand Forks, ND
- August 23 – DJI’s “See the Bigger Picture” event
- August 31 – September 5 – IFA Berlin. Germany
September
- August 31 – September 5 – IFA Berlin. Germany
- September 5 – 7 – InterDrone, Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
- September 12 – 14 – International Drone Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center
- September 13-14 – Drone Enable/2 (our coverage)
October
- October 1-3 – Commercial UAV Expo Americas, Las Vegas, NV
- October 15, European Drone Summit, Frankfurt, Germany
- October 30 – November 1 – DJI’s AirWorks, Dallas Texas
November
- November 1 – DJI’s AirWorks, Dallas Texas
- November 14 – 15, The Commercial UAV Show in London
- November 14 – 15, Unmanned Security Expo New York
- November 26-30 – Amsterdam Drone Week
- November – Government Video Expo and National Drone Show (date unknown)
December
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2017
- May 24 – DJI introduced the DJI Spark
- November 7-9 – DJI’s AirWorks
2016
- September 19 – GoPro announces the GoPro Karma.
- September 27 – DJI introduced the DJI Mavic Pro.
