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Session Category: AIAA SciTech Forum 2021
Aerospace Trivia Night Hosted by WoAA
Join the Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WoAA) for a fun night of Aerospace trivia for students! Get a team together and RSVP via this link (coming soon!). A game link will be sent to participants after RSVPs close. The first place team will win an AIAA prize pack, so be sure to register today!
Forum 360: Empowering Innovation
Diverse perspectives fuel innovation and creativity. Moreover, diversity in the workforce and in leadership is often cited as the reason for improved performance results within an organization. Creating an inclusive work environment requires a commitment and full engagement in all levels of an organization. A distinguished panel of senior female leaders will share their insights on the business case for diversity along with how they have championed diversity and inclusion as executives and colleagues. Specific attention will be paid to the connections between diversity, innovation, and the future of work and the business imperative of advancing diversity initiatives within organizations.
Meet AIAA Regions & Sections
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Every AIAA Member is home to a professional section, but what is a section and how do I participate in one? Stop by this networking and info session to find out more about AIAA Regions & Sections from members of the Regional Engagement Activities Division. Connect with section officers, learn about activities in your region, and how to participate. This is a casual networking event. Students and professionals are encouraged to attend.
SciTech 101 – Week 1 Recap/Week 2 Outlook
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The HUB
A place for new SciTech attendees (especially students!) to come and hear what SciTech is all about. In week two, we’ll recap the first week of the forum and look ahead to what the second week has in store.
How to Get Published with AIAA
AIAA is the leading aerospace publisher. Join our webinar on how to publish with AIAA meeting papers, journals, books, magazine or how to participate on an AIAA standards committee. Learn more about AIAA Publications.
Forum 360: Idea Challenge: Design Cycle – Go Fast!
Hear from 5 teams of young professionals from across the aerospace industry on how they feel the design cycle is adapting and what it means to design quickly. Computational innovation and a diversity in mindset are tools that could hasten the cycle yet still meet the stringent performance criteria and risk tolerance of the aerospace industry.
Teams are comprised of young professionals from Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NASA, and Northrop Grumman.
Forum 360: The Pandemic: A Catalyst for Innovation
Accelerating change is challenging, especially in an industry steeped with regulations and layers of processes, and with a propensity to minimize risk to the 10-9. But the pandemic has given the industry an opportunity to highlight the collaborative spirit that is at the core of aerospace. The unprecedented response to the pandemic has removed departmental and organizational silos to develop and produce innovative and advanced products needed to flatten the curve. Hear from leaders in government, academia, and industry on how aerospace has reacted to combat this global crisis.
Rising Leaders in Aerospace: How to be an (Aero)preneur Discussion Panel and Breakout Discussion
Location
The HUB
This a discussion panel and breakout discussion session with entrepreneurs in the aerospace industry where we discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and how to build a successful business, from idea to execution. Attendees will have the chance to join a breakout discussion with panelists in the last part of the program. Please ensure you have the most up-to-date version of ZOOM video teleconferencing software in order to fully participate in this session.
Nashville Singer/Songwriters
If we can’t bring 2021 AIAA SciTech to Nashville, we’ll bring a little of Nashville to you! Join us as we hear from two professional singer/songwriters, as they perform their hits, tell personal stories about the stars who recorded their songs, and share the details that inspired them to write them.
Victoria Banks
Victoria Banks has won two 2010 Canadian Country Music Association awards — Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year! Notable cuts include Jessica Simpson’s Billboard record-breaking single “Come on Over,” Sara Evans’ hit “Saints & Angels” and duet “Can’t Stop Loving You” (with Isaac Slade of the band The Fray), X Factor winner Tate Steven’s “Ordinary Angels,” One More Girl’s breakout BCCMA-winning hit “When It Ain’t Raining,” Doc Walker’s chart-topping “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” and Johnny Reid’s smash “Dance With Me,” for which Victoria was named 2010 CCMA Songwriter of the Year.
Billy Kirsch
Hit songwriter Billy Kirsch has harnessed the power of creativity to lead a successful life as an entertainer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. His body of work includes award winning songs and career songs for the artists who have recorded them. “Holes n The floor Of Heaven” recorded by Steve Wariner, won a Country Music Association song of the year award, was nominated for a Grammy award and was a number one hit. Top 10 songs, “Is It Over Yet” and “Come Some Rainy Day,” both recorded by Wynonna Judd, have become standards in the repertoire. “Stay Gone” launched singer Jimmy Wayne’s career as a Top 5 single. The list of artists who have recorded Billy’s songs include Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Englebert Humperdink, Alabama, Mark Wills, Clay Walker, and more.