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17 April 2025 | DronePort Connects

14:30 – 18:00 CET
World Port Center, Rotterdam
Promotional banner for DronePort Connects, a recurring partner and stakeholder event by DronePort Rotterdam. The April 17, 2025, edition focuses on Port Security & Resilience.

DronePort Connects is our recurring invite-only event series where we bring together our partners and key stakeholders who are active in the strategic development and implementation of autonomous and uncrewed systems (AUS).

Our first edition delives into Port Security & Resilience: New Opportunities, Risks and the Role of Autonomous Systems, exploring how emerging technologies, including AUS, impact the security and resilience of ports as critical infrastructure.

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4 September 2025 | DroneHorizon

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Maassilo, Rotterdam
Promotional banner for DroneHorizon, an event by DronePort Rotterdam taking place on September 4, 2025. The design features the DroneHorizon logo with a futuristic frame and a drone in the background.

DroneHorizon, our flagship event, brings together businesses, policymakers, and industry innovators and experts to advance the use of autonomous and uncrewed systems in security, sustainability and strategic autonomy.

In collaboration with other European ports, DroneHorizon reinforces Rotterdam’s role in developing and integrating autonomous systems, supporting technologies, policy, and workforce development for a more resilient and efficient future.

5–7 September 2025 | World Port Days

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Promotional banner for Wereldhavendagen (World Port Days) 2025, taking place on September 5-7. The image shows a busy waterfront with event banners, booths, and a crowd attending the maritime festival.

World Port Days is the biggest annual maritime event in the Netherlands. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people take a peek behind the scenes of Europe’s biggest port: Rotterdam.

This year, DronePort Rotterdam, the World Port Days and Platform Zero, co-organize the Innovation Dock, where visitors can explore autonomous and uncrewed systems, sustainable energy solutions, national security applications, and smart digital infrastructure. Visitors can see live demonstrations, engage with experts, and learn about innovations impacting the future of the port.

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Niels Kalshoven of DronePort Rotterdam and a KRVE team member smiling while holding a payload box equipped for drone operations, with an offshore platform in the background on a cloudy day.
Lisa van der Heijden of DronePort Rotterdam sitting in a control station during the World Port Days 2024, with surveillance screens and equipment in the background, smiling at the camera.
Arthur Dallau and Jaleesa Tapahary, DronePort Rotterdam team members, smiling at the camera during the World Port Days 2024, with event banners and booths in the background.
Lisa van der Heijden of DronePort Rotterdam attentively participating during the U-space Revolution event, standing near a table with a laptop and coffee cups, with other attendees engaged in the background.
Niels van Kalshoven of DronePort Rotterdam and Oscar van Veen of the Port of Rotterdam smiling together near the water, with cranes and industrial port structures in the background on a cloudy day.
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