We look forward to seeing you at the 2020 NAAA Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Dec. 7-10. You can now register online for the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo. Attendee registration is now open! While the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo is months away, and an outstanding, substantive convention is planned, NAAA is also diligently working on plans to help with social distancing throughout our convention. We are also working with the city and our contracted facilities to understand their steps for additional disinfecting/sanitizing during our show. We look forward to seeing you in Savannah at the Ag Aviation Expo.
Low Time Pilot Registration
If you are an ag pilot with less than five years of experience or you are interested in becoming an ag pilot, we are offering a special price to attend the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo for pilots with less than five years of experience. Click here for further details.
Booth Sales
Booth sales for the NAAA Trade Show will begin on July 9 at 12 p.m. ET online. When it comes to agricultural aviation trade shows, it does not get any better than the Ag Aviation Expo, the World’s Largest Agricultural Aviation Trade Show. If your company is trying to get your products and/or services in front of ag pilots, the Ag Aviation Expo is the place to be!
Pitching in for PAASS
Pitching in for PAASS is a terrific social event with the added benefit of raising money for NAAREF and PAASS and the life-saving, environmental stewardship benefits those entities achieve. This is a fun corn-seed bag toss game, peculiarly known as Cornhole, where players take turns throwing bags of corn kernels at a raised board with a hole. Join us for this friendly competition on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 7 – 10 p.m. at the Savannah Convention Center. Registration is now open! Pitching in for PAASS will be a March Madness style tournament that will follow the American Cornhole Association rules. Learn more here.
We are continually updating the schedule of events for this year’s convention and we are excited to announce a few of our exciting events scheduled for this December:
- Kickoff Breakfast speaker James Bradley, Author of Flags of Our Fathers and FLYBOYS, Inspirational Historian and World War II Scholar
- General Session – Medical, Legal and Food Trends Affecting Ag Aviation, this session will feature substantive presentations about legal, medical and food trends occurring in the ag aviation nationally and how that might affect you and your business. Starting the session off will be aviation attorney John Wright, discussing a legal case he tried in Colorado between an aggressive state government agency and reputable, professional aerial applicators. Following rudimentary procedures resulted in a victory for our industry. Wright also provides complimentary legal services for NAAA. Next on the dais will be Dr. Stan Musick, aviator and AME who will address numerous medical topics from OTC drugs’ potency, fatigue and how to be granted a medical special issuance. Last, but not least, to take the podium will be Agri Marketing magazine’s Publisher Lynn Henderson to discuss fairly radical changes in consumer food trends and how that may affect the aerial application industry. This General Session will be chocked full of information for you whether you are an operator or an ag pilot or a supplier to the industry.
- NAAA Trade Show – featuring ten aircraft and an expected 150+ exhibitors. Floor plan will be available in mid-July.
- Aerial Application Research Technology Session and more than a dozen educational sessions where you can earn potential CEUs (additional details will be posted as they become available and CEUs will be available this Fall)
- Excellence in Ag Aviation Banquet honoring individuals and companies in the aerial application industry.
Save the Date for the 2020 Ag Aviation Expo
- Dates: Dec. 7–10, 2020
- Location: Savannah
Convention Center. Some events will also take place at the Westin,
which is located directly next to the convention center.
- Schedule of Events: Current schedule here. Subject to change.
- Hotel: Hotel Details Below
- Attendee Registration: Opened July 1
- Exhibitor Booth Sales: Large booth sales and Diamond
sponsorship booth sales are currently open; this includes aircraft,
islands and 10’x30'. 10'x10' and 10'x20' booth sales open on Thursday,
July 9. Please email Lindsay if you’d like to be contacted regarding large booth space.
- Sponsorship Opportunities: Sponsorships are now available. View the opportunities online. Please email Lindsay if
you would like to secure a sponsorship from last year or would like to
be contacted about 2020 opportunities! We have sponsorships available
for all budget sizes.
- Auction Donations: Thank you to Pratt & Whitney Canada for donating a PT6-34AG engine to this year’s NAAA Live Auction. While we’re still several months away from the Ag Aviation Expo, we are already accepting donations for the Live and Silent Auction. The earlier you inform us of your auction donation, the more advertising you’ll
receive on the NAAA website and in NAAA publications. Support the
aerial application industry by donating an item today. Email Lindsay with your donation details.
Book Your Hotel Room
The 2020 NAAA hotel room block is coordinated through Visit Savannah,
which is the Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Housing
office. Please do not call the hotels directly; use the link and/or phone number below to book your room. Rooms
are available at the Westin Savannah Harbor (directly next to the
convention center), Hyatt Regency Savannah and Savannah Marriott
Riverfront hotels (across the river from the convention center and
Westin – transportation provided). All room blocks close Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. ET.
- Westin Savannah Harbor: $150/night plus taxes
- Westin Cancellation: For
each reservation cancelled after Oct. 30, 2020, a nonrefundable one
night room + tax will be charged to the credit card on file. Guests who
check out early (prior to the reserved check out date) will be assessed
one full night’s room charge plus taxes.
- Hyatt Regency Savannah: $148/night plus taxes
- Savannah Marriott Riverfront: $142/night plus taxes
All room rates above are single/double occupancy and do not include taxes.
Book your room today by clicking here, call the housing bureau at (912) 644-6465 or email reservations@visitsavannah.com.
Please note reservations are taken over the phone Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. If you cannot call during those hours, please
email your reservations details or book your room online here.
