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UMEX Sunday 25 February – Tuesday 27 February 2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE www.umexabudhabi.ae International Drone Expo/Drone Zone Barcelona Monday 26 February – Thursday 1 March 2018 Barcelona, Spain www.intdroneexpo.com Oceanology International Tuesday 13 March – Thursday 15 March 2018 London, UK www.oceanologyinternational.com DoD Unmanned Systems Summit Wednesday 14 March – Thursday 15 March 2018 Alexandria, VA, USA unmannedsystems.dsigroup.org Japan Drone Thursday 22 March – Saturday 24 March 2018 Chiba, Japan www.japan-drone.com MAAXX Europe Friday 23 March – Saturday 24 March 2018 University of the West of England, Bristol, UK www.maaxx-europe.com Commercial UAV Expo Europe Tuesday 10 April – Thursday 12 April 2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.expouav.com/europe/ Drone Technology Expo Friday 13 April – Sunday 15 April 2018 Fort Lauderdale, USA www.thedroneexpo.net Global Robot Expo Wednesday 18 April – Friday 20 April Madrid, Spain www.globalrobotexpo.com XPONENTIAL – AUVSI USA Monday 30 April – Thursday 3 May 2018 Denver, CO, USA www.xponential.org Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology Wednesday 16 May – Thursday 17 May 2018 London, UK www.smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/conference/Unmanned- Maritime-Systems Drone Expo Friday 18 May – Sunday 20 May 2018 Athens, Greece www.drone-expo.eu SOFIC 2018 Monday 21 May – Thursday 24 May 2018 Tampa, FL, USA www.sofic.org Eurosatory Monday 11 June – Friday 15 June 2018 Paris, France www.eurosatory.com UST diary 18 Platform one February/March 2018 | Unmanned Systems Technology Oceanology International will take place at the ExCel in London from March 13 to 15, 2018. The show serves professionals working in the global ocean science and marine technology sectors. In 2016, this biennial event hosted 520 exhibitors and almost 14,000 attendees. The event features an exhibition and conference, the programme for which has now been finalised. The conference has many technical tracks but the one of most interest to unmanned systems engineers will be ‘Unmanned Vehicles & Vessels’, which will be running on March 13 and 14. It will be chaired by Steve Hall, CEO of SUT; Dan Hook, managing director of ASV Global; and Prof Russell Wynn, chief scientist at the NOC’s marine autonomous and robotic systems facility. The track will examine the potential dividends arising from the current and projected deployment of marine autonomous systems, including ASVs, ROVs and AUVs. The programme’s topics will include comms and data as well as looking at the growing capabilities of unmanned vehicles in the marine sector. Also featured will be an unmanned multi- vehicle collaboration focused on ocean mapping and monitoring applications as well as maritime security. Prospective attendees are urged to register now via www.oceanologyinternational.com For more information regarding the technical tracks, conference manager Ellen Burgess can be contacted on +44 (0)20 8439 5420 and ellen.burgess@reedexpo.co.uk . Oceanology International 2018 Industry