ArduPilot Developer Conference 2026 in Ottawa, Canada

We are pleased to announce that we have locked in the venue for our conference, at the very nice Brookstreet Hotel in the west-end of Ottawa! The main three days for the 2026 ArduPilot Developers (un)Conference will be held on Friday the 23rd to Sunday 25th of October!

If you are interested in attending, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or others on the dev team! We will privately share registration details, including the important room discount code which will guarantee your spot on the attendee list and help us to offset conference expenses. There is no registration fee and food+refreshements are provided to attendees during the days, otherwise. So please, get your rooms and message me to register ASAP!

I am afraid that we must remain strict on attendance in order to keep the conference manageable. Very sorry. As is the case for previous years we will work to live stream the talks and demos, and host all videos afterwards on our ArduPilot YouTube channel.

If you happen to not be a partners program member, but would like to sponsor the event and give an invited talk, we offer sponsorship slots that will allow for this! Find out more about our partners program and ecosystem of partner organzations here ArduPilot Partners Program.

We are also happy to report that the venue has provided us with additional rented space at no charge for several preceding days to support informal meetings, hang-outs, and demo prep! Everyone is welcome to join as they wish on these days, but fair warning, there will be no structure to them, so it will be everyone for themselves! I’d invite you to join these days to check out the city, network with folks in the region, relax and most importantly have some fun!

I am looking forward to planning the conference, really. It will be a great deal of work, but I am looking forward to it. If you’d like to give a talk or demo, and want help in preparing it or any other questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Looking forward to hosting you here!

• Nate