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Air Force Open House Workshop

Sunday, December 2nd 2018 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

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By any measure, the U.S. Air Force is the largest air show organization in the world. From the Thunderbirds, single-ship demo teams and static display aircraft to the dozens of air shows held on its installations each year, the Air Force demonstrates its commitment to aviation and air shows every year.

But the Air Force’s involvement in air shows has been evolving and changing during the last decade. On the one hand, budget cuts and Sequestration have changed many aspects of the Air Force's involvement in air shows. On the other hand, recruiting, force retention and the need to interface with the American public have made open houses even more important than they were a short time ago. And, this year, the Air Force has rewritten much of the Air Force Instruction used to direct how the Air Force conducts its open houses.

For those reasons and many more, ICAS will once again be offering its Air Force Open House Workshop, a day-long program geared specifically to the needs of U.S.A.F. personnel charged with organizing and conducting an open house/air show at a U.S. Air Force base in 2019 or 2020.

FEE: The fee for the full-day, seven-hour Air Force Open House Workshop is $220, $195 if you register in advance. This fee is NOT included in your convention registration fee.

On Sunday, December 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel, ICAS will offer a seven-hour program that addresses the most important issues in U.S. Air Force open house planning, including contracting, legal issues, public affairs considerations, budgetary concerns, sponsorship, and operations. The course will also take a detailed and specific look at the recent changes to Air Force policy on open houses and how they will impact your planning for events on your base in 2019, 2020 and beyond.

For the captain or chief tasked with organizing and conducting an open house, the responsibility can be overwhelming. In addition, the complicated rules governing the funding and execution of open houses at Air Force installations can be confusing. And they’ve recently been changed…in some places, significantly.

In cooperation with the Air Force, ICAS has been offering this program for 16 years. It is specifically organized and structured to provide Air Force personnel with the background information, explanations, direction and tips you need to effectively, efficiently and successfully plan and conduct an open house at your base. It has been developed to address the questions that nearly every Air Force open house director has and keep you and your colleagues out of trouble.