Heartland Community College in Normal hosting a “Drones in the Heartland” conference later this month. Among the presenters is Michael Ott with Iowa City based Rantizo.

The conference is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. And you can register at “heartland.edu.”

Other topics at the conference will include technological leaps in high-resolution data and aerial photography. A portion of the day will also be devoted to a legislative and regulatory update involving drone technology.