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Organization

IMAV 2027 is organized by the University of São Paulo together with the international IMAV steering committee.

University of São Paulo (USP)

Founded in 1934, USP is Brazil's largest public university. Its São Carlos campus is one of the country's main centres for engineering and computing research.

São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC)

EESC-USP runs Brazil's aeronautical engineering and mechatronics programmes. Its labs and student teams have competed internationally in unmanned flight and robotics for years.

General chairs

  • Prof. Caio Fonseca

    General chair

    EESC-USP

    Aeronautical engineering, flight dynamics and autonomous unmanned flight.

  • Prof. Sylvain Durand

    Honorary co-chair, steering committee

    INSA Strasbourg, ICube Laboratory

    Lead organizer of IMAV 2026 and long-standing member of the IMAV steering committee.

Program chairs

  • Prof. Glauco Caurin

    Technical program chair

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, EESC-USP

    Robotics, haptics and automated systems.

  • Prof. Denis Wolf

    Autonomy chair

    ICMC-USP

    Perception, SLAM and autonomous mobile robots.

Competition chairs

  • Dr. Lucas Martins

    Indoor challenge director

    USP Robotics Club

    Indoor drone arenas, safety nets and optical tracking.

  • Eng. Rafael Souza

    Outdoor challenge director

    São Carlos Flight Tech Lab

    Flight testing and airspace coordination.