Michael P. Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the Grand Opening Keynote address at InterDrone, which takes places Sept. 7-9 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. He will be joined at InterDrone by a high-level lineup of commercial drone thought leaders who will frame the state of the industry for the more than 4,000 attendees expected at the conference, including Tian Yu and Chris Anderson, founders of Yuneec and 3D Robotics, respectively.
BZ Media LLC also unveiled the exhibition component of the industry’s largest dedicated commercial UAV show. More than 130 exhibitors have already signed up and another 30 are expected before the show opens its doors. The exhibition will be paired with more than 120 sessions on all aspects of UAV design, piloting, regulations and business management.
Exhibitors and sponsors include a cross section of the entire commercial drone industry including AeroVironment, DJI, Precision Hawk, Yuneec, Intel, SenseFly, Insitu, DroneDeploy, NovaTel, 3D Robotics, eHang, Autel, AUVSI, Hubsan, C-Astral, Brother, Walkera, SlantRange, Kodak, Flir, Parrot, AEGis Technologies, Sentera, and pavilions from Iowa, North Dakota and Nevada.
“Attendance is running well ahead of last year at this time and more than 245 media and association partners on six continents are helping to drive awareness of InterDrone and building it into the premier ‘Big Tent’ commercial drone event in the world,” said Ted Bahr, InterDrone chairman.
BZ Media has also partnered with the CTIA–The Wireless Association to allow attendees going to CTIA Super Mobility 2016 to also attend InterDrone. CTIA Super Mobility 2016 badge holders gain free “expo badge and keynote” attendance for InterDrone, while InterDrone badge holders gain free “expo badge” access to CTIA Super Mobility 2016, with express shuttle bus service between the event sites running during show hours.
Registration for InterDrone is open at www.InterDrone.com.