The 9th Japan Drone 2024 and the 3rd Next Generation Air Mobility EXPO 2024 were held at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City) under the theme of “Now, on to the next era” from 5th – 7th June this year.
A record breaking 261 companies and organizations exhibited, and 21273 visitors attended both exhibitions.
Next year’s “10th Japan Drone 2025 / 4th Next Generation Air Mobility EXPO 2025” will be held at Makuhari Messe for three days starting on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
In December of this year, “Japan Drone/Next Generation Air Mobility EXPO 2024 in Kansai” will be held as the second regional event (December 18 & 19, 2024). The momentum of the Osaka/Kansai Expo, will serve as a base for eVTOL social demonstration experiments to promote new initiatives for the event in 2025, contributing to the revitalization of industry and the economy.
- Number of visitors
Exhibition/conference participants: 3 days total 21,273 people (previous year: 19,008 people)
Wednesday, June 5th, 6,961 people (6,668 people last year)
Thursday, June 6th, 7,062 people (6,372 people last year)
Friday, June 7th, 7,250 people (5,968 people last year)
- Number of exhibitors
261 companies/organizations, 396 booths (previous year: 239 companies/organizations, 387 booths)
This year’s breakdown: 218 domestic, 43 overseas (10 countries/regions)
Last year’s breakdown: 200 domestic, 39 overseas (13 countries/regions)
- Co-located events
■Japan Drone & AAM Awards 2024
Hardware Department Category
Grand Prize: Eames Robotics Co., Ltd.
Entry product/technology/service: Eames type
Software/application category
Grand Prize: Drone Japan Co., Ltd., Panasonic System Design Co., Ltd., GMO GlobalSign Holdings Co., Ltd.
Entry product/technology/service: DOP SUITE™
Advanced Air Mobility Category
Grand Prize: GMO Internet Group / GMO Cyber Security by Ierae, Inc.
Entry Product/Technology/Service: Drone/eVTOL Diagnosis
Overseas Category
Grand Prize: Zhuhai Ziyan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Co., Ltd.
Entry product/technology/service: Shadow S3 Long Endurance Patrol Unmanned Aircraft
Audience Award
Eames Robotics, Inc.
Special Jury Award
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
- Drone Movie Contest 2024 (Drone aerial photography contest)
Special website Please take a look.
Grand Prix
Shinobu Osawa’s work “The Scenery the Heavenly Gods Saw”
Special Jury Award (Flyers Award)
Shinobu Osawa’s work “The Leader of Okuchichibu, the Sacred Mountain Kinpusan”
Judges’ Special Award (Video Salon Award)
Hoshi Haruna’s work “I’ll always be there”
Special Jury Award (DRONE.jp Award)
Minoru Matsumoto with Fun Friends Work “Magic Love Letter”
Finalists
Maruko-rishiri Mitsutomu Ueda’s work “Spring Visit 2024 (Gunrai)”
Tateha Sakamoto/Hiroshi Takashima’s work “LAKE AKAN SNOW DOG”
Sky drive Hokkaido Takashi Miyagawa’s work “Gift from the North Country” Ayumu
Sakamoto’s work ” fairyland”
Toru Yaoita’s work “[Home Video 2] The World of Two”
The next “10th Japan Drone 2025 / 4th Next Generation Air Mobility EXPO 2025” will be held at Makuhari Messe from Wednesday, June 4th to Friday, June 6th, 2025. We ask for your continued support and cooperation. To book your booths for next year, please contact info@bestevents-asia.com
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