2026 Workshops

September 1-3, 2026 | Caesars Forum | Las Vegas

Commercial UAV Expo offers a range of optional paid workshops designed to enrich your overall event experience.

The listed hosts are solely responsible for the organization and content of the workshops. Additional information will be posted as Workshop details become available. See the registration desk for more details onsite.

Online + Onsite Course: Drone Mapping, Modeling, and Surveying

Thursday, September 4, 2025
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM PDT
Registration Cost: $399

Drone mapping has higher paying jobs and less competition. Learn how to deliver profitable mapping services from an expert who has completed over 5000 missions with Drone Mapping, Modeling & Survey Bundle from Pilot Institute. Over eight hours of the course will be on demand, with the final module delivered LIVE in the Pilot Hub at Commercial UAV Expo. Learn everything you need to know to create and deliver professional drone maps, models, and surveys to clients.

PAID COURSES

Photogrammetric Mapping with UAS

This workshop teaches the fundamentals of creating controlled map products and 3D models from UAS-mounted camera systems. Participants will learn to successfully design projects in accordance with ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, including flight planning, ground control placement, camera calibration, block adjustment, product generation, quality control, and accuracy assessment. These concepts will be taught with a software-agnostic approach that is applicable to any commercially available package. Topics covered in this workshop are representative of those included on the ASPRS Certified Technologist and Certified Mapping Scientist examinations.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Registration Cost: $295

Lidar Mapping with UAS

This workshop teaches the fundamentals of creating controlled map products and 3D models from UAS-mounted lidar systems. Participants will learn to successfully design projects in accordance with ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, including flight planning, ground control placement, lidar system calibration, point cloud processing, product generation, quality control, and accuracy assessment. These concepts will be taught with a software-agnostic approach that is applicable to any commercially available package. Topics covered in this workshop are representative of those included on the ASPRS Certified Technologist and Certified Mapping Scientist examinations.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Registration Cost: $295

From Drone Data to Survey Deliverable by Virtual Surveyor

Drone surveying does not end after flight or photogrammetry! To provide relevant and usable data to engineers, surveyors, and earthworks professionals, the data must be prepared for their CAD and workflows. Learn how to intelligently convert your heavy drone data to a lightweight CAD model that flows naturally into clients’ existing workflows. This workshop will focus on processing real world examples through TerrainCreator and VirtualSurveyor, show you step by step how to create a 3D world, extract relevant information, create final CAD files or reports, and even design machine control files for basic grading. Focus projects include:

• High accuracy photogrammetry and site localization

• ALTA location Surveying

• Topographic site survey integrating point grids, breaklines, and field shots

• Lidar topographic site survey and data quality analysis

• Mine surveying from breaklines

• Mine surveying with Point Grids & breaklines

• Construction site monitoring with cut & fill maps

• Advanced stockpile inventory for complex piles and sites

• Haul road design for mines

• Engineering design and take off calculations

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Registration Cost: $0

DEMONSTRATIONS

Live Outdoor Flying Demonstrations

Seeing drones and software in action before you invest in a system provides much-needed insight into their capabilities. That’s why Commercial UAV Expo, in cooperation with Sundance Media Group, offers you the opportunity to see and compare systems in real-world scenarios.

Leading vendors will demonstrate a range of drone applications. Not only will airframe and sensor capabilities be showcased, but a sophisticated AV set up will allow users to view resulting data sets and processing solutions for the full end-to-end view of the technology. Drone experts will be on-hand to narrate live scenarios and field questions from the audience.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
6:15:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Registration Cost: Free to Attend*

*Round-trip bus transportation from Caesars FORUM is available for purchase through the registration process for $50 per person.

Night UAV CSI Demonstration

Sundance Media Group, and public safety personnel will demonstrate how to achieve scene capture in the dark, with a drone, capable of 2D and 3D mapping and modelling. These same techniques may be applied to virtually any type of night scene capture. The demonstration will create a crime scene and will fly it with both night-vision and standard RGB cameras to demonstrate the viability of wide-variety of non-specialized cameras in dark crime scene capture environments. Once the data capture has been completed, the SMG team will showcase how quickly the data can be processed for in-the-field insights, and for rapid verification of image capture and area integrity.