2027 Annual Meeting - Save the Date!
May 14-16, 2027
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
We are going back!
We received very positive feedback from members attending the 2026 Annual Meeting at the Eisenhower/Aspire Hotel and Convention center.
- We are going back because the Site offers the rare opportunity to keep the vendor room setup through the Saturday Evening Banquet.
- Annual Meeting attendance has seen a step drop post Covid, and one concern is that with the shift in work patterns our working members may not be able to commit to a Thursday through Saturday Schedule.
- Therefore for 2027 the meeting will start on Friday mid-day, and run through Sunday mid-afternoon.
- Vendors will be able to unload and begin setup Thursday evening, and continue Friday until mid-day, at which time the vendor room will open. Presentations will start after lunch Friday.
- In 2027 there will be an adjacent youth recreational facility available for younger family members to enjoy, and in 2026 we found that there are a number of local paces of interest that would be interest to spouses. We think we can setup the meeting so nearby attractions will make the trip a good family event for our members.
We also didn't take advantage of all of the space available at the site, so for 2027 we plan to operate five presentation rooms in order to offer more presentations. At the same time, we have set up an on-line Presentation submission process so more people can volunteer to present. We will use a selection process similar to that used for presentations at technical conferences.
For those of you that did attend in 2026, we have also planned some room reassignments to solve noise issues, provide much better seating to socialize throughout the event, when eating lunch and possibly even breakfast.
For those of you that did not attend the 2026 meeting, the event site is the Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center and the adjoining Aspire hotel. The location is ten minutes south of downtown historic Gettysburg, and eight minutes from the National Military Park.
More details, and hopefully a detailed program, will be coming before the end of the 2026.
Come and join us in Gettysburg!
