FAQs

The FAA Drone Symposium is an in-person, one-day symposium allowing attendees to engage directly with FAA officials and drone industry stakeholders. The program includes keynote addresses, and panel discussions, as well as networking breaks that will allow attendees to connect with their peers and FAA leadership to discuss policy and technology issues that are needed to enable expanded drone operations.

The FAA Drone Symposium will take place on Thursday, April 28, from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET.

The FAA Drone Symposium will be held in the South Concourse of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Get Directions.

The FAA Drone Symposium brings enterprise drone operators and commercial and recreational remote pilots face-to-face with the regulators who are enabling drone integration into the National Airspace System. The Symposium is an unrivaled opportunity to learn, train and troubleshoot with the entire drone community to ensure your operations remain safe and grow along with regulations.

Registration for the FAA Drone Symposium is listed below, with special rates available for Government, Military, and Public Safety professionals, as well as students.

*Early Bird pricing is valid until March 28, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET. Standard pricing goes into effect March 29, 2022, at 12:00 AM ET.

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Registration fees are necessary to produce a high-quality and productive event and reflect the resources required to support the planning and management of the Symposium. The Symposium is a full day of programming to educate and inform stakeholders throughout the drone industry about the rules, regulations, and best practices for operating safely and securely in the airspace. Refreshments will be provided for registered attendees.

Federal laws and Presidential directives in place since Fiscal Year 2012 require agencies to control and report on the costs associated with conferences and meetings. The conference event package for the FAA Drone Symposium authorizes 90 FAA employees to attend the event. This number excludes speakers and staff assigned to work specific elements of the event. The FAA will pay a government rate for each of these employees using funding allocated to the employee’s line of business or staff offices. Employees were selected by their line of business or staff office. Employees not selected can pay the registration fee using personal funds and be in leave status.

Everyone attending the Symposium must pay the registration fee. Discounted rates have been established for the following categories: Government, Military, Public Safety, and Students. Contractors do not qualify as government employees and must pay the Industry rate.

For more information, please show policies.

You can review all pass types and begin your registration on the Registration page.

There is no deadline to register, though the best pricing to attend is available at the Early Bird rate until March 28, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET.

All registration policies are listed here. If you have reviewed the policies and would like to request a change, please contact meetings@auvsi.org.

Please contact us at meetings@auvsi.org.