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AIAA SciTech Forum

The largest aerospace engineering and research forum, with technical sessions and defense and industry leaders.

Dates
Jan 11 to Jan 15, 2027
Where
Orlando, FL
Cost
Ticket $1,099 to $1,599. Full conference: early member $1,099, standard member $1,299, early non-member $1,399, standard non-member $1,599. Early rates run through Dec 14, 2026. One-day pass $499. Onsite rate not posted.
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
AIAA
Suits
Student or new grad
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Cheaper ways in: Student pass $249 early / $299 standard.

Speaking opportunities

Open call for speakers

2027 abstract call closed May 21, 2026; final manuscript deadline Dec 1, 2026.

  • Call for speakers

    Call for speakers

    2027 abstract call closed May 21, 2026; final manuscript deadline Dec 1, 2026.

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Commercial aerospace and aviation, Space industry

Roles: aerospace engineer, space systems engineer

The field it serves: Aerospace & Defense

Verified open jobs
about 23,042

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$127,000 a year (middle half $101,000 to $159,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,263 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
32% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+0.3% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

Full Aerospace & Defense snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

Read from the event’s own pages: scitech.aiaa.org.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Brig. Gen. Douglas P. Wickert, USAF

    Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Camille Bergin

    Chief Marketing Officer, Star Catcher

  • Daniel Hettema

    Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

  • James Kenyon

    Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate, NASA

  • Kerri Phillips

    Technical Director for Missiles, Hanwha Defense USA

  • Lane Ballard

    CTO, The Boeing Company

  • Laurence Vigeant-Langlois

    Partner, AE Industrial Partners

  • Mark Maybury

    Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin

  • Michael Thacker

    SVP, Engineering & Technology, Pratt & Whitney

  • Sha-Chelle Devlin Manning

    Chief of Commercial Strategy, DARPA

  • Tim Costa

    Vice President and General Manager for Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA

  • Will Roper

    Founder and CEO, Istari Digital

Read from the event’s own pages: scitech.aiaa.org

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Orlando, FL. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: January 11, 2027 to January 15, 2027, Orlando, FL

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