2025 Call for Speakers

Elevate your influence by becoming a featured speaker at the Commercial UAV Expo, the leading global event for professionals involved in the integration and operation of commercial UAS. We invite industry leaders, innovators, and experts to share their valuable insights and expertise, helping shape the future of this dynamic field. We invite you to be a part of Commercial UAV Expo, taking place September 2-4^th, 2025, and contribute to the advancement of commercial UAS technology and applications.

Event Theme: 
Drones in Action: Current Realities & Future Frontiers 
This year, we’re delving even deeper into the tangible impact of drone applications today. Our focus is on practical, real-world uses that drive efficiency, safety, and effectiveness. We’re placing particular emphasis on Energy & Utilities, Construction, and Infrastructure & Transportation, acknowledging the transformative role of UAS technology in these sectors. Expanding beyond specific industries, it will be crucial to delve into cross-industry and broader themes such as regulations, tech innovations, security, data, AI, autonomy, and more. We’ll explore the current landscape and uncover the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, for new learners and experienced professionals. 

What Sectors Will be Represented?
While we place particular emphasis on Energy & Utilities, Construction, Infrastructure & Transportation sectors, we welcome individuals to submit innovative uses of this technology that showcase solutions for end users and operators in the commercial UAS space. Whether you are a stakeholder, end-user, OEM, project manager, or drone pilot, we invite you to share your ideas through our call for speakers.

Presentation Formats:
To ensure dynamic and robust education that meets the needs of a diverse audience of UAS professionals, we’re planning to have a variety of formats: panel discussions, longer-format presentations, roundtable discussions, and workshops. While you may request a preferred format during submission, flexibility may be required based on your expertise and program requirements. See below for a guide of session formats:

• Panel Discussions where thought leaders facilitate and participate in high-level and insightful discussions with people from across the industry. We are seeking speakers who are looking to engage in conversations that ask the difficult questions, dig into challenges that the industry faces, and provide their perspectives on the best solutions for those challenges and a vision of the future of the industry. This format would include a moderator and 3-5 panelists.
• Round Table Discussions provide an opportunity for attendees to sit down with industry leaders and ask questions and have a conversation about their current challenges in their sector, share ideas, and connect with other people that are facing similar challenges or that are in the same sector. This format is ideal for tackling issues that the UAS sector is facing where there might not be a clear solution yet. Round Table Discussions include multiple moderators who will lead discussions in smaller groups with the attendees.
• Presentations are the best opportunity to share a unique case study or special project. This format is best suited to those who have a highly technical project that’d they’d like to share. This provides the opportunity to visually showcase the project and explain it’s potential in bettering the industry as a whole. Presentations are allotted 10 – 15 minutes each, timing is determined by event management.
• Workshops are a great opportunity to teach attendees how to use a new tool or to develop a new skill. This is a structured and interactive session format. Workshop instructors may teach attendees how to use their company’s software, prepare for a certification, or teach them a new concept within in the industry. This is a classroom format where there is one or two workshop instructors that facilitate the session to attendees.

Review Criteria:
Commercial UAV Expo is known for delivering practical, actionable information to professionals integrating and operating commercial UAS, including preparing for future developments. To this end, we are seeking submissions with these key attributes:

• • Relevance: Address practical and current issues in the UAS industry.
  • Actionable Insights: Share tangible, implementable strategies and solutions.
  • Industry Impact: Emphasize how your topic contributes to real-world results.
  • Innovation: Highlight novel approaches and advancements in UAS technology.
  • Case Studies: Provide real-world examples demonstrating practical applications, including complex use cases.
  • Engagement: Propose interactive elements that enhance participant learning.
  • Audience Alignment: Tailor content to meet the varied needs of UAS practitioners.
  • Future Outlook: Offer insights into upcoming trends and developments in the field.
  • Collaboration Potential: Demonstrate potential for collaboration and knowledge exchange.