TAC UPDATE June-August 2015

June – August Forum Attendance ForumBudgetActualLast Hypersonics 0177* AVIATION P&E *Hypersonics co-located with AVIATION

Highlights of Forums AVIATION 2015, June 2015, Dallas, TX  Demographics by Professional Interest –76% - Aerospace Sciences –10% - Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems –10% - Engineering & Technology Management  Age Distribution of Registrants –42% - 35 and under –27% –26% –5% - 66 and over 3

Highlights, cont Propulsion and Energy Forum 2015, July 2015, Orlando, FL  Michael Tschanz, Director of Technology and Analysis, Design and Engineering, Walt Disney spoke on Wednesday afternoon – Developing Creative Storytelling Using Model- Based Design – captured one of the largest crowds in the plenary room all week. The talk was interesting and geared toward engineers, yet entertaining and understandable to all.  1100 tweets from approximately 200 tweeters  36 new stories came out of the Forum, the Warp Drive Technical presentation accounted for over 25 of them. Made headlines in 8 countries. 4

Report of Institute Activities Professional membership is down by 7% from this same time last year. The Membership Committee is discussing the possibility of doing 2 or 3 targeted surveys to gather data about why professionals aren’t joining and students aren’t transitioning. AIAA has established a strategic relationship department. This new department is organized by tiers that are defined by market segment/demographics. The strategic relationship management (SRM) team manages Corporate Membership, Exhibits, and Sponsorship with the companies in his/her tier. All three summer Forums showed an increase in exhibits from AVIATION – 10%; P&E – 3%; SPACE -25% 5