What if your first conference session wasn’t a presentation, but an opportunity to help solve a strategic challenge facing one of today’s leading aerospace companies?
That’s how AeroOne begins.
Before the first keynote, participants gather in small groups for the AeroOne Roundtables—an experience built around conversations that simply don’t happen at most industry conferences. This year, Barnes Aerospace, GE Aerospace, and Woodward will each bring a strategic challenge they are actively working to solve. Rather than presenting a case study or hypothetical exercise, they’re inviting outside perspectives on issues that matter to the future of their business.
Some of the best ideas emerge when different perspectives come together around the same table. That’s the thinking behind the AeroOne Roundtables. Participants aren’t just observers. They’re part of the conversation from the very beginning.
Each Roundtable is intentionally limited in size to encourage meaningful discussion and active participation. The Roundtables aren’t simply how AeroOne begins. They set the tone for everything that follows. In previous years, relationships formed during the Roundtables have led to new business opportunities long after the conference concluded.
By the time attendees gather for the Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening, many of the introductions have already happened. Instead of meeting for the first time, participants continue conversations that began around the Roundtable tables just hours earlier. It’s a different kind of connection—one built around working through a challenge together.
Those conversations continue throughout the next day and a half. Richard Aboulafia returns with his annual Aerospace Industry Outlook, while Abby Lilly, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Lockheed Martin, examines the future of the aerospace and defense industrial base. Additional sessions explore the geopolitical forces shaping the industry, the supplier tier system, commercial space, and the rapidly evolving drone market.
The conversations don’t stop there. Throughout the conference, Airbus and Lockheed Martin will host one-on-one B2B meetings with qualified attendees, giving suppliers the opportunity to present their capabilities directly to two of the world’s leading aerospace companies. For many businesses, these conversations are among the most valuable moments of the conference.
By the time attendees reach the exhibit hall, they’ve already spent two days discussing industry challenges, exchanging ideas, and building new relationships. It becomes another opportunity to continue those conversations while discovering new capabilities from companies across the aerospace industry. The second networking reception on Thursday evening provides another opportunity to reconnect before the conference concludes Friday with a final morning of sessions.
Every part of AeroOne is designed with a purpose. The Roundtables start the conversation. The agenda expands it. The opportunities to connect throughout the conference help transform those conversations into lasting professional relationships.
Connecting Aerospace. Advancing Together. It’s more than this year’s conference theme. It’s the experience attendees can expect from the moment they arrive until the moment they leave.
Join us September 9–11 at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan.
Learn more and register at AeroOneShow.com.
