The Second Drone Challenge at the Digital Futures Drone Arena, May 16-17, 2023

It’s time for the Second Challenge at the Digital Futures Drone Arena, a one-of-a-kind interactive event with aerial drone technology. This year, we challenge the participating teams to move together with drones in beautiful, curious, and provocative ways.

We provide drone equipment and take care of everything necessary to make them fly. What the teams need to do is to be creative and move together with the drones to set up the best show they can deliver.

We welcome audience members to a series of exciting talks as well as to watch the participants’ final performances!

Kick-off and keynote by Åsa Unander-Scharin
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 9.30 am to noon
@Digital Futures Hub, Osquars Backe 5, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
or on Zoom at: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/62539895413

Invited talks by Rachael Garrett & Joseph La Delfa
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 9.30 am to 10.45 am
@Digital Futures Hub, Osquars Backe 5, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
or on Zoom at: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/62539895413

The competition & prize-giving ceremony
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, noon to 2 pm
@KTH Reactor Hall, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden (only live, we won’t be streaming the competition)

The event is free of charge. No registration is required (nor do we accept reservations).

Read more about the challenge and the prizes on the Drone Arena challenge website.

The event is organized as a part of the Digital Futures demonstrator project Digital Futures Drone Arena led by Luca Mottola from RISE and Airi Lampinen from Stockholm University.

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