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NBAA Reschedules, Relocates SDC 2025
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: March show will move from the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf Coast
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NBAA has changed the venue and date for next year’s Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference (SDC). The event, which is typically the first major conference on the organization’s calendar, was originally scheduled for March 11 to 13 in Portland, Oregon. It has now been pushed back to March 25 to 27 and relocated more than 2,000 miles to New Orleans.
As initially scheduled, the conference conflicted with Vertical Aviation International’s annual Verticon (née Heli-Expo) show, possibly forcing some exhibitors to choose between the two events.
The date change opened up new possibilities for NBAA, among them New Orleans, which remains a popular destination among its conference-goers. As a result, 2025 will mark SDC’s first return to the Big Easy since its 25th anniversary edition in January 2014. The show typically attracts more than 400 exhibiting companies and several thousand attendees, who can benefit from dozens of education sessions led by industry experts.
“NBAA’s Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference stands among the most important events on the industry’s calendar, bringing people together to gain new perspectives, to move forward in professionalism, and to enjoy the excitement of a shared passion,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “This adjustment positions SDC 2025 to build on the record-breaking success of recent editions of the conference.”
This is not the first time the organization has relocated a show. In 2005, just weeks before its annual convention, New Orleans was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, forcing NBAA to scramble and successfully move it to Orlando, Florida.