The Fair exceeds 3.000 participants and consolidates as a reference in the sector
From May 9th through 11th, the Frei Canena Convention Center in São Paulo hosted the main drone fair in Brazil. The DroneShow Latin America, the most important event in its segment, besides presenting market innovations and trends, also had room for direct and effective discussion with ANAC (Agency responsible for Brazilian Civil Aviation)and with the DECEA (Department of Airspace Control) in order to solve doubts and make the drone industry more qualified towards society.
During the three days of the event, the fair received about 3.100 participants visiting booths of 40 sponsors and 70 brands. The recently released ANAC regulation for the commercial use of drones was the major topic of positive results throughout the event.
ANAC and DECEA officially inaugurated the event with a debate/question-solver panel on regulations and the general guidelines to legally work with drones and Brazil. Besides this debate, representatives of both organs stayed in the event to clear specific and individual doubts of the participants. “We have reached a new maturity level. The regulated market ensures more legal security and allows the achievement of major projects using drones”, comments Emerson Granemann, the fair idealizer.
Other two debates of great interest to the fair visitors were: “general guidelines to start a drone company”; and “potential businesses using autonomous drones for delivery and private security”.
Courses and Seminars
In addition to the debates, practical courses to assemble drones were taken as well as seminars with testimonials of the results of innovative projects using the embedded technology in drones for agriculture, environment and mapping. Even though the great innovations were the applications in the construction site inspections, safety and forensic
The fair had a very qualified attendance coming from all the Brazilian states and abroad, mainly connected to the agriculture and infrastructure private sectors. “We have noticed an ascending curve in the public sector, mainly on environmental issues, public management and civil defense, and also start-ups and junior companies with the endorsement of important education institutions presenting researches applied to the sector” points out Granemann.
Event figures:
Participants profile:
Public Sector 38%
Private sector 62%
Occupations:
Board: 28%
Management: 30%
Technical sector: 32%
Academics: 10%
Field of business:
Service providers in the drone sector: 57%
Service providers in the geotechnology sector: 32%
Trading products in the drone sector: 5%
Trading products in the geotechnology sector: 6%
Main area of interest:
Mapping, registration and topography: 33%
Agriculture and forestry: 20%
Infrastructure: 9%
Environment and natural resources: 15%
Security and emergency services: 5%
Logistics and transport: 4%
Mining and oil and gas: 7%
Journalism, entertainment, publicity: 3%
Recreation: 1%
Others: 3%
Geographic location by regions in Brazil:
Central-west: 8%
North: 7%
Northeast: 8%
Southeast: 63%
South: 10%
Other countries: 4%
Feedback from the joint realization of the MundoGEO#Connect and Drone Show events
Liked 70%
Indifferent 25%
Disapproval 5%
Events evaluation:
95% stated that the events met the expectation.
2018 already confirmed!
The 2018 events are already booked on June 13th through 15th in the Frei Caneca Convention Center in São Paulo (SP), venue approved for its location and internal infrastructure by 92% of this year’s participants. As a novelty, the event will offer a special room for entrepreneurs to structure service companies in the sector and the attendance of banking institutions and insurance brokers to facilitate the purchase of products displayed in the fairs.