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This is where the rubber hits the road — and the sky and sea. The XPO Hall features innovators from every link in the autonomy supply chain. See new technology in action, build relationships with partners, and problem-solve with global peers.
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An immersive activation zone designed to educate and engage visitors in the world of digital defense.
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Where military leaders and industry executives set the course for innovation to support critical missions. All in the XPONENTIAL Defense Zone.
Outdoor demonstrations of multi-domain warfighting capabilities for defense military and civilian representatives
New strategies for research, design, and use. Get inspired at daily keynotes, share your perspective during workshops, and talk with experts in breakout sessions.
Key themes in 2024 include:
Infrastructure and Operations
Technical Research and Development
Data and Analytics
Cybersecurity
Policy and Regulations
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Make unexpected connections. Every year, XPONENTIAL attendees find new customers, partners, and peers who take their work to the next level.
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Our future depends on the perspectives and skills of everyone in our community. Join us as we shape the standards and systems to get us there.
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We are excited you are joining this year's educational program. We look forward to working with you to deliver meaningful insights and actionable information at this year’s event! Please refer to the following information for more on speaker policies, materials submission detail, panel preparation and answers to general inquiries.
We are excited for you to join us at XPONENTIAL 2024. Upon acceptance into the educational program, you will receive a confirmation email regarding the date and time of your presentation. An XPONENTIAL team member will reach back out to you with instructions for self-registering for the event. Please await these instructions, which will equip you with a complimentary conference pass. All sponsored Enterprise and Government Solutions and Solutions Theater speakers should contact their coordinator to ensure you are properly registered via the sponsor company.
It is important that all speakers pre-register for the event, so please begin the registration process as soon as you receive registration instructions. If you are unsure of your registration status, please email the Strategic Programs team at education@auvsi.org.
Use the XPONENTIAL 2024 PowerPoint slide template which may be downloaded here.
PowerPoint presentations and related resources for the event in San Diego will need to be uploaded to ORCHESTRATE, the instructions can be downloaded here.
Video and Presentation files should be submitted with the following file naming convention:
You are able to submit your presentation directly in Orchestrate until Thursday, April 18, 2024. After that date, you must visit the Speaker Ready Room at least 4 hours prior to your session. All speakers utilizing ORCHESTRATE are strongly encoraged to visit the Speaker Ready Room at least 2 hours prior to your session to ensure your presentation is set-up correctly.
You can also add documents that can be accessed before and during XPONENTIAL on your session, Files can include handouts, worksheets, etc.
The Speaker Ready room is located at the San Diego Convention Center in room 30A. It will have computers and technicians to assist with testing your presentation. If you do not submit your presentation in advance, you are asked to bring it to the Speaker Ready Room on-site to ensure the quality of your presentation(s) including fonts, bullets, outlines, animations, etc. The Speaker Ready Room computers are configured with the same hardware and software as those in the presentation rooms. All speakers utilizing ORCHESTRATE are strongly encoraged to visit the Speaker Ready Room at least 2 hours prior to your session to ensure your presentation is set-up correctly. All presenters are asked to submit their final presentation revisions no later than 4 hours prior to their presentation time.
To ensure that we provide the best possible experience and a consistent approach to all our presentations, we ask our speakers to incorporate the following into every presentation:
A speaker training was held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST.
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As a speaker at XPONENTIAL 2024, we are pleased to offer tools to help you promote your participation to your network of contacts. Please visit the Speaker Promotional Toolkit for images, sample social posts and invitation language you can use in your marketing efforts!
Please visit the Speaker Promotional Toolkit for images, sample social posts and invitation language you can use in your marketing efforts!
KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING
As speaker at XPONENTIAL 2024, we encourage you continue to build upon the conversations and connections you make and XPONENTIAL through Aville, an online learning and engagement platform for AUVSI members and the uncrewed community to learn, engage in discussion and seek and receive feedback and resources from other professional peers in the uncrewed systems industry.
Have you joined Aville yet? If not, review these simple steps and go to: meetaville.com and use the same login you use for AUVSI.org.
XPONENTIAL will feature numerous technical presentations throughout the week on a variety of topics. Presentations in the Technical Research and Development Track require a technical paper submission.
AUVSI requires that technical papers adhere to the AAS or APA format.
Technical paper files should be submitted in pdf format with the following naming convention: XPO24Paper_Author Last Name.
To add a new speaker, replace a current speaker, or update a current speakers information, including title, organization, biography, and/or headshot, please complete submit via the Speaker Information Form. Please note that submissions will not be immediately visable online. Please allow up to 5 business days for your submitted information to be updated. Please note that due to stage limitations, panels are limited to 5 total persons, 1 moderator plus up to 4 speakers. Submissions recived after March 29, 2024, may not be updated online.
XPONENTIAL will feature numerous standalone presentations throughout the week on a variety of topics. Standalone presenters will be allotted between 20-30 minutes to present, including Q&A. Please refer to your session for specific time allotment.
Thank you for agreeing to dedicate your time and talents to moderate an XPONENTIAL conference session. Your role as moderator is critical to the success of your session and the conference program. We hope you also enjoy this opportunity to connect with new contacts and demonstrate thought leadership.
When collaborating with your panelists, please consider these points:
A member of the XPONENTIAL 2024 team and/or your session moderator will touch base with you before the event about your session's content. Plan to participate in at least one discussion about your session’s format, direction, and planned questions from the moderator. Meetings will be scheduled and facilitated by your moderator and/or AUVSI staff in March.
Panel sessions at XPONENTIAL are discussion-based which means the use of multi-media materials is discouraged. Any plans for video or slides will need to be discussed with your session moderator and AUVSI.
We realize that preparing for this event is on the forefront of your mind. If you have questions, please reach out to our Stragtegic Programs team at education@auvsi.org.
Keely Griffith Vice President of Strategic Programs
Shannon Walker Director, Programs
Brigitte Cox Sr. Project Manager