The A&D Forum’s First Ever Holiday Networking Event

National Online Forum event on Thursday, December 17, 2020

The year 2020 has been especially challenging for A&D. The 737Max grounding and COVID-19 pandemic have created disruptions within the A&D industry unlike any other year. Many have experienced hardships and unexpected transitions. At the same time there have been positive events within private industry. For example, the restart of America’s human launch capability to the ISS after 11 years.

During this past year, the A&D Forum has experienced its own challenges. We transitioned from in-person meetings to events based on Zoom. With that transition, we lost the pre- and post-meeting networking time that we all appreciate. That networking has been a foundational element of the A&D Forum since its inception. In an attempt to re-establish the in-person networking experience we are hosting the A&D Forum’s First Ever Holiday Networking Event on Thursday, December 17, 4:00–5:30pm pacific time

No speaker, just networking in small groups. And to keep it interesting, we’ll do multiple group sessions with Zoom mixing up the groups randomly. Obviously, we still can’t meet in person and no one really knows when we’ll be able to do so, but by using Zoom breakout rooms we can recapture the ability to connect with our colleagues.

Each small group session will last 15 minutes and contain no more than 4 people. We would also like the discussion to be something that lifts people’s spirits since this has been such a challenging year. Please pick one of the following discussion questions for the sessions you’ll be in:
• What good thing happened to me this year that I’m grateful for?
• Is there anything different you did this year that you never would have considered doing before?
• What was the most significant thing you learned this past year?

PLEASE NOTE: this will be an afternoon event, so feel free to bring your favorite “adult beverage” if you so desire, but no smoking please. Our plan is to have up to 3 or 4 small group networking sessions.

This event is open to both members and non-members, no recording, no cost to non-members and we’ll share your contact information if you allow us to do so.

The meeting is free for all. For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to https://adfnofdec20HolidayEvent.eventbrite.com.

Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.

We look forward to seeing you on December 17!