Commercial UAV Expo Europe Announces Early Backers

Diversified Communications, the organizer of Commercial UAV Expo Europe, a new conference and exposition focused on drone integration for industrial use, have announced dozens of early supporters of the event, including individuals on the Advisory Board, supporting trade associations and sponsoring trade media. The inaugural edition will take place 20-22 June 2017 at the SQUARE Brussels Exhibition Centre in Brussels, Belgium. Diversified also organizes Commercial UAV Expo Americas, the leading North American event for the commercial UAV market, and publishes Commercial UAV News. Supporters include:

ADVISORY BOARD

Sebastian Babiarz, Head of Drone Business, Advanced Mobile Network Solutions
Nokia – Germany

Kasia Colombani, Senior Consultant
Drone Alliance Europe & RPP Group – Belgium

James Harrison, CEO & Co-Founder
Sky-Futures – United Kingdom

Dr. Oliver Heinrich, Attorney-at-Law and Found Partner
BHO Legal – Germany

Benjamin Hugonet, VP of European Sales
Airware – France

Julian Norton, Business Development Manager
Pix4d – Switzerland

Peter Slater, Aerial Solutions UAV Manager
Costain Group Plc – United Kingdom

Mark Vanlook, Chairman
EUKA – Belgium

Jürgen Verstaen, Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer
UniFly – Belgium

Flavien Viguier, R&D Manager
SNCF Railway – France

Jeremy Wigmore, CEO
Aerialtronics – The Netherlands

>> View Advisory Board bios here.

NATIONAL RPAS ASSOCIATIONS:

AERPAS | La Asociación Española de RPAS  
The Spanish Association of RPAS

ARPAS-UK | Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems UK

ASSORPAS | Associazione Italiana per I Light RPAS
The Italian Association of RPAS

BeUAS | Belgische Federatie coor de Onbemande Luchtvaart
The Belgian Federation of Unmanned Aviation

FPDC | Fédération Professionelle du Drone Civil
Professional Federation of Civil Drones

LARPAS | Latvijas Tālvadības Gaisa Kuǵu Asociācija
The Latvian Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

SVZD | Schweizerischer Verband Ziviler Drohnen
The Swiss Association of Civil Drones

UAV DACH | Deutschsprachige Verband fϋr Unbemannte Luftahrt
The German Association for Unmanned Aeronautics

UAVS | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATATIONS:

Drone Alliance Europe

EUKA, DroneCommunity EU & Drone Hero Europe 2017

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.

SPONSORING MEDIA:

AEC Café
Apogeo Spatial
Asia Pacific Fire
The BIM Hub
The BIM Forum
Civil + Structural Engineer
Commercial UAV News
Crisis Response Journal
BUILTR Labs
Directions Magazine
Drone Business Center
DroneNodes.com
Drone Show Latin America
Drones X
ENR
GeoConnexion
GeoInformatics
GeoLearn
Geomatics World
Geo-matching.com
Geospatial Solutions
GIM Internationsl
GIS Café
GIS Resources
GIS User
GPS World
Gulf Fire
Informed Infrastructure
Inside Unmanned Systems
International Fire Fighter
Jobs for Drones
LiDAR Magazine
LiDAR News
Mind Commerce
MundoGeo
Pit & Quarry
POB
Renewable Energy World
Rotor Drone Magazine
Skylogic Research/Drone Analyst
SPAR 3D
Tractica
Unmanned Systems Technology
UAS Magazine
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“We’re thrilled by the response we’re getting to Commercial UAV Expo Europe. The list of supporters grows every day, as more and more people learn about this new event exclusively focused on commercial UAV integration for large enterprise, industrial users in Europe that is organized by Diversified Communications,” said Lisa Murray, Event Director. “Commercial UAV Expo Europe is unique in that it is a pan-European event that will explore harmonization of standards, the intricacies of the regulatory landscape, and the commercial opportunities for drone business that will drive the market forward.  Diversified Communications is known globally as a market leader in producing events and emedia in the technology sector. Many of the individuals, companies and media sponsors who have pledged their support know us from having had positive, successful results at other events we produce.”

“With Commercial UAV Expo Europe, Diversified Communications brings its winning formula to the rapidly growing European market.” In 2015, the company launched Commercial UAV Expo Americas in Las Vegas. The event’s exclusive focus on drone integration in seven distinct industrial markets proved extremely successful; the second edition, held in October 2016 in Las Vegas, had more than 1,700 attendees and an exhibition with 170 booths of airframes, components, sensors and services.

Registration for Commercial UAV Expo Europe will open in early March, 2017. Drone professionals interested in receiving information about attending the event are invited to fill out an attendee inquiry form here.

Companies interested in receiving information about exhibiting are invited to contact Katherine Dow at kdow@divcom.com or at +1.207.842.5497.

A free report “Exploring Commercial Drone Opportunities and Regulation Across Europe in 2017” by Commercial UAV News Executive Editor Jeremiah Karpowicz is available for download here.