2025 Annual Conference

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Monday, March 17: General Sessions

Session I: What Have We Done for You Lately?

Session II: An Update from Washington

Session III: Bridging the Gap: Straight Talk

Session IV: The Pipeline Report

Tuesday, March 18: Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1. Regulatory Update from FAA Safety Standards (preliminary pass rate report and recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 2. FAA Testing: A Comprehensive Look at the Certification System (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 3. Revising Airman Certification Standards: Recommendations to Improve Maintenance Training (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 4. Increasing Access to FAA Oral and Practical Testing (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 5. Implementing Safety Management Systems Into an A&P Program

Breakout 6. ATEC Academy: Empowering Excellence in Aviation Education 

Breakout 7. Leveraging Industry-Based Certifications to Meet FAA Airman Certification Standards

Breakout 8. Analyzing the A&P Instructor Shortage and Pathways to Solutions

Breakout 9. Preparing the Workforce for Urban Air Mobility

Breakout 10. Bridging the Gap: Industry-Education Collaboration to Enhance A&P Training

Breakout 11. Happenings on the Hill: Legislative Wins and Workforce Development Initiatives 

Breakout 12. Employer-Based Training: Expanding Access to Aircraft Maintenance Careers

Breakout 13. Adopting Immersive Technologies: Training the Next Generation of Technicians (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 14. Discover Choose Aerospace (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 15. Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools Utilizing Choose Aerospace (recorded version coming soon)

Breakout 16. Building Beyond the Basics: Transforming Education with the Choose Aerospace Curriculum

Breakout 17. A Targeted Approach to English Training for Maintenance Technicians

Breakout 18. Increasing A&P Certification Rates: Driving the Next Generation of Technicians

Breakout 19. Teaching Tough Topics: Innovative Approaches to Challenging Concepts in A&P Education

Breakout 20. Launching Your A&P School: Navigating Costs, Equipment, Funding, and Regulations(recorded version coming soon)

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