The 2026 Taiwan Drone International Forum’s opening ceremony and the official launch of the Global UAV Academy took place Oct. 30 in Taipei City, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The event was organized by Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association and GUAVA. Prominent attendees included Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim; Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung; foreign diplomatic corps members stationed in Taiwan such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines Amb. Kenton X. Chance and Paraguay Amb. Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz; Canadian Trade Office in Taiwan Executive Director Marie-Louise Hannan; and Somaliland Representative Mahmoud Adam Jama Galaal, the MOFA said.
The first half of the forum, themed “Building a Global Non-Red Supply Chain,” featured international participants from Czechia’s Farpoint Academy, Japan Drone Consortium, Polish Chamber of Unmanned Systems (PISB) and the U.S.-based Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, while the second half of the event focused on Taiwan’s drone industry collaboration and innovative R&D, the ministry said.
Speaking at the event, Hsiao highlighted how Taiwan’s advantages in advanced manufacturing, precision machinery and semiconductors are expediting domestic drone development.
Following Hsiao’s remarks, Lin said that drone diplomacy is a key plank in President Lai Ching-te’s Five Trusted Industry Sectors Promotion Plan. The foreign minister added that a drone diplomacy task force was set up in October 2025, and he anticipated that the newly inaugurated GUAVA would collaborate with the government to further advance the sector.
Lin took the opportunity to express his gratitude to corporations that made donations enabling the academy’s establishment. During the forum, the foreign minister also witnessed the signing of two memorandums of understanding respectively between GUAVA and PISB and GUAVA and National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, the MOFA said. (POC-E)
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The event was organized by Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association and GUAVA. Prominent attendees included Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim; Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung; foreign diplomatic corps members stationed in Taiwan such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines Amb. Kenton X. Chance and Paraguay Amb. Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz; Canadian Trade Office in Taiwan Executive Director Marie-Louise Hannan; and Somaliland Representative Mahmoud Adam Jama Galaal, the MOFA said.
The first half of the forum, themed “Building a Global Non-Red Supply Chain,” featured international participants from Czechia’s Farpoint Academy, Japan Drone Consortium, Polish Chamber of Unmanned Systems (PISB) and the U.S.-based Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, while the second half of the event focused on Taiwan’s drone industry collaboration and innovative R&D, the ministry said.
Speaking at the event, Hsiao highlighted how Taiwan’s advantages in advanced manufacturing, precision machinery and semiconductors are expediting domestic drone development.
Following Hsiao’s remarks, Lin said that drone diplomacy is a key plank in President Lai Ching-te’s Five Trusted Industry Sectors Promotion Plan. The foreign minister added that a drone diplomacy task force was set up in October 2025, and he anticipated that the newly inaugurated GUAVA would collaborate with the government to further advance the sector.
Lin took the opportunity to express his gratitude to corporations that made donations enabling the academy’s establishment. During the forum, the foreign minister also witnessed the signing of two memorandums of understanding respectively between GUAVA and PISB and GUAVA and National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, the MOFA said. (POC-E)
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