One does not simply walk into the Oregon UAS Innovation Showcase. You have to request an invitation first. But then, if you get approved, you can just walk in. So if you’ve been meaning to do that, this is your nudge. (I wrote about the cohort a few weeks back.)
The Oregon UAS Innovation Showcase is the capstone investor and partner event of the Oregon UAS Accelerator’s Fall 2026 cohort. On Friday, November 13, 2026, seventeen deep-tech ventures present live at Big Pink (U.S. Bancorp Tower), 3rd Floor, in downtown Portland — every qualifying company pitches, with no elimination rounds.
The day runs 10:00AM to 3:30PM Pacific. The morning session is Defense, Counter-UAS and Tactical Systems. The afternoon session is Autonomy, Critical Infrastructure and Dual-Use Robotics. Business Oregon gives a welcome. Daniel Kim of the Defense Innovation Unit is slated to speak in the morning. And Kenji Sugahara, Director of the Oregon Department of Aviation, offers a “Snapshot of Statewide UAS Operations.”
There’s also a Memorandum of Understanding being signed between the Oregon UAS Accelerator and Gyeongsang National University.
Can’t make it downtown? The pitches will be livestreamed. But the networking lunch and the one-on-one investor meetings are in person only.
To request an invitation, visit the Oregon UAS Innovation Showcase.
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