NEW! DronePort Connects
Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Time: 14:30 – 18:00 CEST
DronePort Connects
Join us on 23 June 2026 to discuss workforce and capability development as strategic infrastructure for autonomous systems and key enabling technologies in vital sectors
Theme
Workforce & Skills: Capability development as strategic infrastructure for autonomous systems and key enabling tech in vital sectors
Revisiting DronePort Connects at Campus@Sea on 16 December 2025 – Maritime Autonomy: From Subsea to Space. The next edition, Workforce & Skills, takes place on 20 May in Rotterdam.
new! droneport connects on 23 june 2026
Workforce & Skills
As autonomous and uncrewed systems (AUS) and the key enabling technologies behind them continue operational deployment across ports, logistics, defense, and emergency response, and other vital sectors, the workforce needed to implement, operate, and govern them is not developing at the same pace.
Join us to discuss what it takes to treat workforce and capability development as strategic infrastructure for the AUS domain: how skills are evolving faster than training systems can keep up, how organizations are learning to work with and alongside increasingly capable technologies, and what a shared approach to capability development in the Innovation Ecosystem could actually look like.
What to Expect
New program coming soon!
A Transitioning Workforce
Examine how AUS and supporting key enabling technologies are changing the nature of work itself, not just the tools people use
Keeping Pace with Emerging Technologies
Identify where current training, education, and workforce development need to evolve faster to keep pace with emerging tech.
Capability as Infrastructure
Discuss workforce and capability development as strategic infrastructure for the AUS domain, not just an operational afterthought.
Current Pathways Forward
Explore new initiatives for building learning, training, and talent pathways in the Innovation Ecosystem.
Past Edition Gallery
OUR RECURRING PARTNER and stakeholder EVENT
What Is DronePort Connects?
DronePort Connects is our recurring event designed to bring together our Innovation Ecosystem partners and stakeholders who develop or apply autonomous and uncrewed systems (AUS) and supporting key enabling technologies in the defense, logistics, maritime, offshore, emergency response, and other vital sectors.
Each edition takes on a specific strategic question: ranging from how AUS and key enabling technologies impact national security and port resilience to workforce and capability development, strategic and digital autonomy, and the regulatory frameworks emerging at national and European level. Each edition is built so participants can keep up with the changes that matter, connect with the right Innovation Ecosystem actors, and make tangible progress on deployment in operational environments across the Netherlands, Europe, and beyond.
For whom is this event?
If you’d like to learn more about guaranteed access to future editions or partnership opportunities, contact us here.
We’d be happy to explore how you can engage with DronePort Connects and our growing Innovation Ecosystem for autonomous and uncrewed systems and the key enabling technologies behind them.