Dr. Stefan Hrabar has been at the forefront of drone autonomy R&D for nearly 20 years. Following his PhD in Computer Science / Robotics on this topic, he spent 13 years at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) where he continued his work on vision and lidar-based perception and navigation for drones. He led the development and commercialization of Hovermap in CSIRO, and co-founded Emesent in 2018 to bring this ground-breaking technology to market.