Saint Nicholas arrives by heli at DronePort
On Sunday 1st December Saint Nicholas exchanged sunny Spain for a very cold Belgium and arrived by heli at DronePort.
Students have a rendez-vous with drone innovation
Student members of Academics For Technology gathered at DronePort Campus for an introduction on drone technology and innovation.
VIDEO: (re)watch the latest presentation on the new EU drone legislation
On 12 November 2019, EUKA organized a second seminar on the new European drone legislation that is due to arrive in mid-2020. Skeyes also explained the latest version of the Droneguide platform. The entire session was filmed and can be consulted here.
VKW Limburg Working Group reflects on drones
On 13 June VKW Limburg Working Group Management reflected at DronePort on the impact of drones on future business operations.
Limburg Startup organizes stakeholder meeting at DronePort
Prof. dr. Dr. Pieter Vandekerkhof of the University of Hasselt presented the results of a research that was carried out by VLAIO and FIT to investigate the Flemish startup eco-system. After that, the startups Project Pura and Bullswap gave an explanation of their business model.
Proximus and AIRobot conduct tests with a dedicated 4G drone network for BVLOS drone flights
At Droneport, Proximus is experimenting with 4G antennas aimed at drone heights to be able to provide network coverage in the air in the long term. During the last DronePort Café, the network provider conducted a demonstration together with AIRobot.
Eight drone companies pitching for investors at DronePort
Eight startups from the dronesector who have specific needs were given the opportunity to pitch for an audience that consisted of investors and coaches. With a number of startups, follow-up interviews have already been planned.
The Entrepreneurs Club @hoc opened its new business year at Droneport
During his speech, President Luc Heylands announced that this working year @hoc will take part in the ‘BedrijvenNetwerkDagen’ in Expo Hasselt and they will put the transition from fruit region to the wine region Haspengouw in the spotlight to promote entrepreneurship in the region.
30 companies are going to do workplace learning with drones
During the matchmaking event of the Flemish Drone Federation EUKA and Hogeschool PXL, around 30 companies were matched in the context of the ESF SWITCH project.