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DJI to present the AUVSI Humanitarian Awards and deliver panels and sessions

Join DJI at the annual AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference on April 29 – May 2, taking place at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The largest, most comprehensive trade show for unmanned and autonomous systems, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 will gather 8,500 attendees from the commercial drone industry. 

DJI will be announcing initiatives on how we are supporting public safety teams, governments, and the commercial drone ecosystem by evolving with our users as they grow.

In addition to discussing the latest trends on UAV adoption in Public Safety and UAV policy, DJI is also sponsoring the AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Awards to recognize organizations and individuals who have used unmanned technology in innovative ways to serve in humanitarian or philanthropic efforts around the world. The XCELLENCE Awards will announce recipients across 14 categories highlighting technology, solutions and operations that improve our economy, lifestyle and society. Humanitarian Award winners will be recognized with a $25,000 donation divided among the winners' organizations.

Exhibiting at Booth 811, DJI will be engaging with end users, solution providers, and channel partners from the commercial UAV space to strengthen existing partnerships and build new ones while supporting this thriving ecosystem of drone technology. 

DJI program lineup:

Brendan Schulman

Vice President of Policy & Legal Affairs

Monday, April 29, 4PM - 5 PM

The New Regulatory Era Ahead for UAS Under the FAA Reauthorization Act

Room S402b

Javier Caina

Director of Technical Standards

Tuesday, April 30, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 

Connecting the Drone Industry to the Final Client

Americas Summit 

Room: S501

NOTE: The Americas Summit will be conducted in Spanish.

Romeo Durscher

Director of Public Safety Integration

Wednesday, May 1, 11 AM - 11:30 AM

UAS in Public safety: Where Are We Today and What’s the Future Like?

Room: S403ab

You can hear the latest news leading up to and during the event by following DJI Enterprise on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DJIEnterprise

About AUVSI

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) – the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of unmanned systems and robotics – represents more than 7,500 members from more than 60 countries involved in the fields of government, industry, and academia. AUVSI members work in the defense, civil, and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.AUVSI.org.

For more information on the DJI and the AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Awards, please see: https://www.dji.com/ca/newsroom/news/dji-and-auvsi-kick-off-second-annual-xcellence-humanitarian-awards

For more information on the Americas Summit, please see: https://www.xponential.org/xponential2019/public/Content.aspx?ID=3075