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Commercial UAV Expo 2024 Convenes Thousands for Historic 10th Edition

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Commercial drone event hosted 3,321 UAS professionals; record-breaking exhibit hall expansion.

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Commercial drone professionals gathered last week for the tenth edition of Commercial UAV Expo, held September 3-5, 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas. The event hosted 225 exhibiting companies and organizations from 22 countries and 3,321 verified professionals from all 50 U.S. states and 66 countries out of 3,710 total registrants, continuing its firm establishment as the leading international trade show and conference dedicated to the integration and operation of commercial UAS.

“The commercial drone industry is advancing rapidly past its nascent stage, and the success of this year’s tenth edition of Commercial UAV Expo is a testament to its vital role in driving that growth,” said Lee Corkhill

“The commercial drone industry is advancing rapidly past its nascent stage, and the success of this year’s tenth edition of Commercial UAV Expo is a testament to its vital role in driving that growth,” said Lee Corkhill, Group Event Director at Diversified Communications, organizer of Commercial UAV Expo. “For a decade, Commercial UAV Expo has proven to be the must-attend event for anyone who needs to keep up with commercial UAS technology, trends, workforce development, and networking with industry professionals.”

The event kicked off Tuesday, September 3, with extensive pre-conference programming, workshops, and live Outdoor Flying Demonstrations, hosted in cooperation with Sundance Media Group, and sponsored by Frontier Precision Unmanned. Additional participating vendors included Aerialoop, GeoCue, Inspired Flight, Multicopter Warehouse, Wingtra, and Xer Technologies, showcasing live-action demonstrations that provided attendees the opportunity to compare systems in real-world flight scenarios narrated by drone experts in the field. Tuesday’s content programming concluded with concurrent Exhibitor Showcase Presentations highlighted use cases from 24 different company representatives utilizing drones for inspection, law enforcement, drone delivery, and more.

The expanded exhibit hall floor – the largest in the event’s history – opened Tuesday evening, buzzing with commercial drone professionals exploring solutions from among the 225 Exhibitors showcasing new technology, hardware, and software to help solve the unique challenges facing the UAS industry.

The opening keynotes on Wednesday, September 4, celebrated the tenth edition of Commercial UAV Expo, and began with a discussion presented by the Commercial Drone Alliance titled The State of the Drone Industry: Will Better Collaboration Unlock the Full Potential of Drones? The opening keynote segment was followed by Outlining the Future of the Airspace with the FAA, a discussion focused on the need to safely integrate drones into the national airspace which called for a shared communications system.

The third segment of the keynote, Accelerating Commercial Viability and Market Demand, focused on commercial opportunities and business strategies in the drone space with speakers from Ondas Autonomous Systems, uAvionix Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, and NUAIR. Panelists gave their assessment of the current drone market and offered advice to industry professionals on how to move their business forward and achieve success and stability.

The keynotes on Thursday, September 5, explored the most popular and pressing topics in UAV global regulations and ROI. Outlining the Future of Drone Regulations featured speakers from the Commercial Drone Alliance and the FAA, followed by The Secret to Success for Public & Enterprise Drone Programs: Intentional Implementation for Scalable Adoption with representatives from Houston Public Works and Pacific Gas & Electric offering insights on how to implement and derive real value from drone programs in public agencies and enterprises.
The keynote session concluded with the presentation of the 2024 Eric Talley Memorial Award to Lieutenant Abrem Ayana of the Brookhaven, GA Police Department. Presented by AIRT/DRONERESPONDERS, the award recognizes excellence in public safety UAS management and operations. Visit commercialuavnews.com for in-depth keynote coverage.

The Conference Program featured over 150 industry leaders focused on the event theme Drones in Action: Current Realities and Future Frontiers, delivering practical, actionable education. The transformative role of UAS technology was highlighted across the entire program and emphasized strategies for building successful drone programs in the fast-growing verticals of Construction, Energy and Utilities, and Infrastructure and Transportation. In addition, a dedicated Policy track provided drone operators with need-to-know information directly from regulators on the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, including updates on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Part 108 and more.

New to Commercial UAV Expo this year was a Drone Pilot Hub, focused on providing dedicated content “from pilots – for pilots” and providing actionable advice and career development opportunities. Leading off the content was a standing room only panel featuring seasoned drone pilots, service providers, and members of the FAA in an advice-packed session.

Additional conference content included the DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Summit, which featured two full days of programming for drone operators and program managers across law enforcement, fire, search & rescue, and other emergency services, and the FLYING HY Hydrogen Aviation Conference hosted by the HYSKY Society.

Special event features included numerous networking events, a University Roundtable and Agriculture Roundtable, the Pitch the Press competition, and a Level-up Lounge for business development co-hosted with Global Air U.

Commercial UAV Expo was also supported by 311 publications, portals, associations, user groups, analysts, cooperating events, and government agencies, covering six continents.

The next edition of Commercial UAV Expo takes place September 2-4, 2025 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV. Stay up to date by inquiring about attending or exhibiting, and follow Commercial UAV News for post-event coverage.

About Commercial UAV Expo

Commercial UAV Expo, presented by Commercial UAV News, is an international conference and expo exclusively focused on commercial UAS integration and operation. It will occur September 2-4, 2025, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, visit https://www.expouav.com/

Commercial UAV Expo is produced by Diversified Communications’ technology portfolio, which also includes Commercial UAV News; Commercial UAV Expo Europe, Geo Week, Geo Week Newsletter, 3D Technology Newsletter, AEC Innovations Newsletter, Geo Business (UK), and Digital Construction Week (UK).

For more information about exhibiting at Commercial UAV Expo, visit the exhibitor information page or contact Kat McDonald, Sales Manager, at kmcdonald@divcom.com or +1.207-842-5646 or Dominique, Caron, Account Executive, at DCaron@divcom.com or + (207) 842-5404. For information on attending, visit https://www.expouav.com/ or email info@expouav.com.

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Call out – Optimize’s glass-box approach provides greater insight to explainable property-specific settings, controls, and demand. Spherexx® Expands Optimize Revenue Management with CoPilot Predictive Simulation and Strategic Governance

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New internal coaching and simulation capabilities expand predictive insight, strategic governance and user control

TULSA, Okla., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Spherexx announced the addition of CoPilot to Optimize, its neural-driven multifamily revenue management platform. CoPilot expands Optimize’s strategic governance capabilities with explainable visibility into how recommendations are developed, how operating controls influence outcomes, and how adjustments may affect future performance.

Optimize’s glass-box approach to revenue management gives greater insight into why leasing rates are recommended.

Designed to strengthen Optimize’s glass-box approach to revenue management, CoPilot provides revenue managers with greater insight into why each leasing rate is recommended based on explainable property-specific settings, controls, and demand. Users can evaluate potential adjustments while maintaining direct human oversight, decision authority, and accountability. This methodology also applies to lease-up construction apartments where previous data is nonexistent, Optimize formulated Its neural network to identify occupancy growth patterns based on lease-up data and certificates of occupancy since 2013; becoming the first revenue management platform to successfully target and exceed construction proforma expectations.

A robust, layered simulator allows revenue managers to model the potential impact of changes before implementation, helping teams understand how adaptive controls may influence future results. For each unit type, users can elect to maintain the current published leasing price, accept Optimize’s recommended leasing price, or hold a price from an earlier date. Additionally, Optimize provides a concession simulation against public comparables to reveal how the cost of recurring or one-time concessions will affect actual new lease pricing.

CoPilot consolidates these decisions within a central workspace where users can review available leasing prices by status, existing rates, recommendations, explanations for changes, and the history of prior decisions. Revenue managers can adjust directly within the workflow, while embedded training video segments provide task-specific guidance throughout the platform.

Optimize continuously incorporates client’s property data through property management software integrations, along with client-selected settings for additional intelligence providers.

Forward-looking intelligence provides revenue managers with an expanded view of asset performance. Optimize displays the property’s known upcoming performance based on scheduled expirations, notices to vacate, and future lease data. Based on this information and historical performance, Optimize forecasts future occupancy, projected renewals, and potential new move-ins three months beyond the max lease term the property offers, i.e. a twelve-month lease will forecast a 15-month horizon. Market positioning based on public-comparable data can be reviewed for rent, vacancy, concessions and leasing velocity daily, weekly, or across a custom period.

CoPilot also extends governance capabilities for affordable and rent-controlled floor plans and units, enabling additional controls for fixed maximums, lease terms, and other applicable operating parameters

“We created Optimize as one of the early neural-intelligent revenue management platforms, and its intelligence has continued to evolve,” said Becca Wilson, Owner and CEO of Spherexx. “Our original vision remains the same: give clients pertinent, accurate and accessible intelligence they can understand, evaluate, and govern. CoPilot advances that vision by allowing revenue managers to see not only what Optimize recommends, but why it recommends it, explore the potential impact of their decisions, and remain firmly in control of the outcome.”

CoPilot builds upon Optimize’s established approach to transparent revenue management by combining predictive intelligence, adaptive controls, and strategic governance within a single decision environment.

About Spherexx.com®

Spherexx.com®: Redefining Real Estate Technology

Spherexx.com® continues to lead with cutting-edge predictive, generative, agentic, AI across a suite of software solutions, setting industry benchmarks for innovation.

With over two decades of experience, Spherexx.com® delivers top-tier Software as a Service (SaaS) internet-based software, data analytics, and marketing solutions to clients across the US and Canada. Spherexx expertise spans multifamily, single-family, affordable, senior, rent control, self-storage, and manufactured housing.

Spherexx technology stack streamlines operation and enhances brand experiences for clients, and their residents, and investors. Our technology stack includes:

Website CMS/Inline EditorSEM/GEO/AEO/LLM/PPCILS SyndicationCommission & Bonus ManagementBI DashboardsCRM + AI AgentWebsite Chat & Voice AIComparable AnalyticsRevenue ManagementInteractive Site PlansTouchscreen Leasing KiosksCustom Programming

Spherexx.com® is the authoritative trusted source for innovation and transformation in real estate technology. Visit www.spherexx.com to explore the future of PropTech.

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Empowering Malaysia’s Digital Future: AWS and Elitery Celebrate Grand Finale of AWS CendekiAwan

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20 Finalist Teams from Four Top Malaysian Universities Reach the Grand Finale of AWS CendekiAwan

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Elitery recently celebrated the Grand Finale of AWS CendekiAwan at Universiti Malaya (UM).

The event brings together 20 student finalist teams from four top Malaysian universities to pitch cutting-edge Generative AI solutions powered by Amazon Bedrock, tackling critical societal and enterprise challenges. Competing across five categories, the finalists will demonstrate how AI can be applied to address real-world challenges across education, healthcare, sustainability, financial inclusion, government technology, and social impact.

The CendekiAwan Malaysia program is a collaborative digital talent initiative by AWS and Elitery designed to bridge academic learning with practical industry requirements. Moving beyond theoretical AI concepts, the hands-on curriculum equipped participants from tech and non-tech backgrounds with practical skills in cloud computing, application development, and Generative AI.

Beginning at Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), the initiative expanded through self-learning, hands-on workshops, and showcase sessions across Multimedia University (MMU), Nilai University, and Universiti Malaya (UM). Utilizing AWS developer tools including PartyRock, Kiro, and Amazon Bedrock, students built functional prototypes from scratch. The program encouraged students to move beyond learning AI concepts and gain practical experience developing technology-driven solutions for real-world needs.

“CendekiAwan reflects our belief that AI should be built and deployed by hands and minds like these students to solve real challenges facing communities across Malaysia,” said Daniel Zhang, Regional Data Center Operations Leader Malaysia, AWS. “Together with Elitery and our partner universities, we are proud to see these students turn skills in Kiro and Amazon Bedrock into practical solutions for education, healthcare, sustainability, financial inclusion and public services.”

The showcase brings together key decision-makers across government, higher education, and industry, including representatives from Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). Beyond the competition, the event underscores Elitery and AWS’s shared commitment to building a resilient, future-ready AI workforce across Southeast Asia. “The CendekiAwan training programme supports Kuala Lumpur’s vision of ‘A Prosperous City for All by 2030’ by investing in talent development, strengthening capabilities, and fostering knowledge exchange. Through sustained training and collaboration, the programme seeks to contribute to a more dynamic, inclusive, and future-ready Kuala Lumpur, in line with DBKL’s commitment to the city’s socioeconomic progress and well-being,” said Ts. Kamariah binti Kamarudin, Representative of DBKL.

Representing Elitery, President Director Kresna Adiprawira said, “Through CendekiAwan, we help students move beyond learning AI concepts to building practical applications that address real-world challenges. We are proud to see their ideas turn into meaningful innovations and help shape the next generation of digital talent.”

Finalists showcase projects across five categories:

Smart Education: Enhancing learning and accessibility.Digital Health: Improving healthcare and wellbeing.Sustainable Environment & Climate: Advancing sustainability and climate resilience.Financial Inclusion & SME: Supporting business growth and financial access.GovTech & Social Impact: Improving public services and community inclusion.

Through these categories, students demonstrate how Generative AI can translate into practical applications that address challenges faced by communities, institutions, businesses, and society.

“The development process was seamless thanks to the comprehensive technology provided by AWS. For students looking to build AI-powered solutions, the most vital factor is the core idea focus on solving real-world problems.” Dewan AI — Winner, GovTech & Social Impact, Multimedia University (MMU).

As Generative AI transforms industries, CendekiAwan equips students with practical skills and innovation capabilities to develop impactful, real-world solutions through collaboration between AWS, Elitery, and Malaysian universities.

CendekiAwan Malaysia is an AWS and Elitery initiative with partner universities, equipping students from four Malaysian universities with practical cloud computing and Generative AI skills through hands-on learning, culminating in 20 finalist teams competing across five categories using Amazon Bedrock.

PT Data Sinergitama Jaya Tbk  (Elitery, IDX: ELIT)  is an Indonesian publicly listed technology company specializing in IT Managed Services, AI, and cloud solutions, serving over 200 customers across three countries. In 2026, Elitery earned the AWS Migration Competency Designation.

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Small Joys, Big Market: Products That Spark Joy Take the Spotlight at 140th Canton Fair

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GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As emotional value becomes a key consumption driver, consumers are increasingly willing to pay for fun, companionship and peace of mind, offering an everyday interpretation of what “Better Life” truly means. This trend was on display throughout Phase 3 of the 140th Canton Fair.

Small Products, Big Feelings

In the Office Supplies Section, beyond traditional business supplies, vibrant products are capturing attention. Pens are expected to be visually appealing while staplers are designed to be cute as well as functional. Products that provide a burst of pleasure are gaining popularity.

3D stickers have emerged as a favorite among journaling enthusiasts. These stickers double as puzzles, requiring no glue and allowing users to assemble them for fun, turning decorations into interactive toys.

In the Toys Section, bag charms in various designs are ubiquitous. Meanwhile, animal-shaped sofa cushions in lazy, prone poses offer a healing touch. Filled with eco-friendly weighted glass beads, they provide a gentle hugging sensation, offering comfort and relaxation.

Emotional Comfort Across Categories

Emotional comfort was equally evident in products designed for children and pets.

A duck-shaped toy created for infants and toddlers aged 6 to 36 months attracted interest from overseas buyers. Simulating the movements of a real duck through head-turning and waddling motions alongside lights, sounds and voice guidance, the toy supports crawling, early learning and emotional comfort. Educational and bedtime-soothing modes offer music, stories, nursery rhymes and bilingual content, helping nurture development and providing a sense of security.

Meanwhile, the Pet Products and Food Section demonstrated how emotional needs also extend to animal companions. From creatively designed cat climbing structures to interactive automatic toys, exhibitors presented products aimed at enriching pets’ daily lives and strengthening the bond between pets and their owners.

As consumers increasingly seek products that deliver emotional as well as practical benefits, Phase 3 of the 140th Canton Fair offers a glimpse into evolving lifestyles and expectations. The message behind “Better Life” is clear: better living is no longer defined solely by utility, but by products that bring comfort, connection and joy.

For more convenient attendance, please click here for pre-registration:

https://buyer.cantonfair.org.cn/register/buyer/email?source_type=16

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