Kicking off the year in style, ISTAT members recently congregated for ISTAT Americas. Held at the San Diego Marriott Marquis + Marina in sunny San Diego, California on 4-6 March, the 35th installment of this long-running event welcomed a record-setting 2,000-plus attendees for several days of networking, education and relationship building.
The earliest arriving attendees were greeted with a welcome happy hour gathering on the evening of 3 March. The event officially started the following day on 4 March with the ISTAT Foundation Golf Tournament and ISTAT Foundation Sailing Trip — in addition to the ISTAT Appraiser Continuing Education and Appraising 101 education classes, the NewGen Event , the President's Reception and the Welcome Reception where members gathered for food, drink, and fellowship.
The next morning, 5 March, kicked off two days of keynote presentations and panel discussions. There were again regularly scheduled networking opportunities in the agenda, and there were numerous areas designated for onsite meetings.
A perennial favorite event, the Monday-night networking reception took attendees to the San Diego Air & Space Museum, which was followed by the always popular Club ISTAT, held again this year at Moonshine Flats.
After another day filled with keynotes, panel discussions and networking, ISTAT Americas closed out with the President's Gala Dinner Reception and President's Gala Dinner and Award Presentation, the latter of which saw a "honored and humbled" Jeff Knittel, who recently assumed the role of chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, receive ISTAT's highest honor.
Be sure to look for much more ISTAT Americas coverage in the summer edition of Jetrader.
Presentations and photos from ISTAT Americas are now available via the ISTAT mobile app (for all event attendees) and the ISTAT website. We hope to see you next year as ISTAT Americas returns to Orlando, Florida.