Preparing the world for
a future with drones

Gareth Whatmore joins Airwards Judging panel

DronePrep is thrilled to reveal that our CEO Gareth Whatmore is joining the Judging panel at Airwards.

Airwards are on a mission to recognise and award innovative, responsible, and impactful drone use cases around the world.

The deadline for the awards entry is 12 March, so get submitting to the variety of categories available: https://www.airwards.online/categories-main

There’s even a People’s Choice you can get involved in: https://www.airwards.online/categories-main#peoples-choice

“Richard and his team at Airwards are doing are doing a fantastic job and giving the industry an incredible opportunity to come to together and celebrate everything that is good about our industry. In the early stages of DronePrep – Richard was superb in the support of our journey so it is now a real an honour, and joy, to share the story with airwards and join fantastic company on the judges panel.”

– Gareth Whatmore

Meet all of the judges and read more about Airwards here: https://www.airwards.online/judges

BetaDen Cohort 3.0 Showcase

We have been incredibly fortunate to be members of the BetaDen Cohort 3.0 Technology Accelerator. We’ve loved every step of our journey with the amazing support offered by Linda Smith and the fantastic BetaDen team, the brilliantly insightful mentors and our fellow cohort members & inspirational entrepreneurs.

Now that we have completed the nine month technology accelerator programme BetaDen extend a warm invitation to join Cohort 3.0 on Thursday 18th March at 12:00pm for our showcase.

The live stream will showcase innovation in action as seven minute pitch decks for all eight entrepreneurs. Promoting future global emerging technology products and solutions for industry supply chains – followed by a live and interactive Q&A at the end of the presentations.

Book your place here: https://www.beta-den.com/showcase/

Emily Bratt joins the panel: LIVE Webinar – Women in Drones

DronePrep Innovation Lead & Community Manager Emily Bratt will be joining Hayley Smith of COPTRZ, Caroline Earnshaw, Networx3, Ana Gamarra, Raptor UAS, Annabelle Randall, Arcadis, Caroline Bailey, Picterra, Naomi Horner, Coptrz Academy & Rebecca Jones, Iprosurv Ltd this Thursday 4 March @ 5pm.

These people are having a huge impact on the future of the drone industry!

They will be discussing their experiences in a male-dominated industry, their achievements, and predictions of where the drone industry is heading PLUS advice for women looking to get into the drone industry.

To register for COPTRZ first ever Women in Drones live webinar event: save your seat here.

Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars 2021

The Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars is an initiative by Geospatial Media and Communications to highlight the outstanding accomplishments of young individuals who are proactive and passionate about the value of geospatial technology to the economy and society. Selected from a list of over 250 high-quality nominations from the community, the Geospatial World board of editors agreed that these 50 candidates stand out at the top of their class and are well on their way to redefining the next generation geospatial leadership.

DronePrep Co-Founder and CTO Claire Owen has been included in this years Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars list – https://geospatialmedia.net/rising-stars/2021/

Airwards – Drone Awards

CELEBRATING THE FUTURE OF UAVs

The first global digital awards scheme of its kind to recognise positive drone use cases which are
innovative, safe and have real world implications.

We are thrilled to be working with our partner Airwards who are on a mission to recognise and award innovative, responsible, and impactful drone use cases around the world.

The submissions deadline for the awards is 12th March, so get submitting to the variety of categories available: https://www.airwards.online/categories-main

There’s even a People’s Choice you can get involved in: https://www.airwards.online/categories-main#peoples-choice

We are excited to see all the fantastic examples of how drones are being used positively around the world!