Join DroneHorizon 2025 on 4 September, featuring a diverse network of governments, industries, knowledge institutions, and defence actors to bridge innovation with implementation – aligning emerging technologies with operational needs, and strategic resilience.

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬

DroneHorizon2025 brings together those dedicated to applying innovation in operational environments and strengthening Europe’s resilience, believing that only cross-border collaboration can secure and advance the most critical domains in times of geopolitical and digital disruption.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭

Speakers and participants from NATO, the European Commission, EUROCONTROL, Dutch ministries, NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the three ports, the City of Rotterdam, and other leading organisations from across the government, industry, research and tech.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧

• Securing Europe’s underwater and port infrastructure with autonomous and unmanned systems
• The integration of space and satellite technologies to enable autonomy, connectivity, and data-driven applications across critical domains
• Dual-use innovation and civil-military integration
• Building Europe’s strategic stack: strengthening the foundations for techl sovereignty, trusted data, operational resilience, and responsible AI across all critical domains

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧

• AI as an enabler for real-time decision making and simulation
• Connectivity for autonomy (6G, private 5G, satellite)
• Smart cities and ports
• Trusted data sharing and the route to a European Drone Data Space
• Detection and counter-UAS in civil and hybrid environments
• Skills-based learning, microcredentials and workforce transformation
• Financing and scaling innovation
• Public-private governance for dual-use solutions

Tickets

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DroneHorizon

DroneHorizon 2025 is the start of a three-year journey that will rotate between Rotterdam (2025), Antwerp (2026), and Hamburg (2027), connecting Europe’s leading ports and innovation ecosystems like never before.

This summit is initiated by DronePort Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam, with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts, and The Beacon | Innovation Community as co-organizers.