About the 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference
The 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference is business aviation’s most valuable educational event for maintenance professionals. By attending, you benefit from vital education and networking opportunities specifically designed for anyone involved in business aircraft maintenance – from technicians to directors of maintenance. Stay up-to-date on the latest operational information critical to your essential job functions.
You’ll also get plenty of time to connect with hundreds of fellow aviation maintenance professionals and businesses during the opening reception, at meals, and in the exhibit hall. Exhibitors are excited to show you their newest advancements and products.
Whether this is your first time joining us or you’ve been a part of this exciting event in the past, the 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference will be an important event for our community. So, make plans to attend today!
- About the Venue
- Accommodations for Attendees with Disabilities
- Bag/Coat Check
- CAM Credit
- Children
- Dress Code
- First Aid
- Lost & Found
- Meals
- Nike Company Store
- Nursing Stations
- Pets
- Photo Use Permission
- Public Safety
- Registration/Badges
- Scholarship Program
- Service Animals
- Smoking
- Sustainability
- Water Fill Stations
About the Venue
Oregon Convention Center (OCC)
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
oregoncc.org/about
The OCC is a cashless building, and only accepts credit/debit cards and touchless payment methods. Cash-to-card machines, also known as reverse ATMs, are free to use and are located on Level 1 near the South Ginkoberry Entrance and in the Pre-Function B area near the ATMs.
Outside food and beverages are not allowed in the convention center, and attendees may be asked to return items to their car or consume them outside. All food and beverage services are provided exclusively through OCC’s in-house catering partner, Levy.
Accommodations for Attendees with Disabilities
NBAA will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities who make their situations known to NBAA personnel. Reasonable accommodations are those that do not create an undue hardship on NBAA, change the nature of scheduled events or activities, or pose a safety or health threat to other attendees.
For safety reasons, only officially-approved vehicles are permitted to operate within the exhibit hall at the Oregon Convention Center (OCC). OCC only allows powered wheelchairs, scooters, and Segways for people with disabilities as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and as long as they can be operated safely in the venue. Individuals with disabilities who wish to use power-driven mobility devices at the Maintenance Conference must contact NBAA at meetings@nbaa.org for approval. It is the policy of NBAA that these vehicles be specifically used for handicapped individuals and exhibit the stability required to operate around exhibits.
Review OCC accessibility information, including complimentary reservations of wheelchairs and electric convenience vehicles (OCVs).
Bag/Coat Check
Bag and coat check will be available in the Oregon Convention Center during the following dates and times.
| Tuesday, April 30 | 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday, May 1 | 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, May 2 | 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
CAM Credit
Candidates for the NBAA Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) credential may earn one point toward their CAM application or CAM renewal by attending this NBAA Maintenance Conference. Learn more about the CAM credential.
Children
The 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference is a business event. Children under 12 are not permitted on the exhibit floor under any circumstances. Children ages 12 to 17 will be permitted into the exhibit hall during official exhibit hours only, provided they are registered, appropriate badge fees are paid, and they are accompanied by an adult at all times. NBAA will not be held responsible for any cause whatsoever.
Dress Code
The dress code for the 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference is business casual, both on the exhibit floor and in education sessions.
First Aid
The facility has two fully equipped first aid rooms. The closest first aid room to the Maintenance Conference exhibits and sessions is outside Exhibit Hall E. This first aid room will be staffed by an EMT during the official event hours.
EMTs may be contacted by picking up any house phone and dialing 7575.
The building has multiple defibrillator stations (AEDs) located in public spaces.
Lost & Found
Lost & found is located at Maintenance Conference Registration in the pre-function area of Hall E. At the conclusion of the conference, any unclaimed items will be turned over to the OCC, who will tag, catalog and store unclaimed items for 30 days. After that, OCC will donate unclaimed items.
Meals
In addition to an opening reception in the exhibit hall on Tuesday night, your registration includes continental breakfasts and lunches daily as well as an afternoon snack.
Breakfast and lunch will be served in Exhibit Hall D/E.
Afternoon snacks and coffee will be available in Exhibit Hall D/E.
Registration also includes access to the evening off-site event taking place on Wednesday, May 1, at Aviation American Gin Distillery and Visitor Center.
Nike Company Store
Nike invites all Maintenance Conference attendees to shop at the Nike Company Store Saturday, April 27 through Sunday, May 5. The store offers as 40% discount on most merchandise. Select merchandise may be available to employees only. Nike asks that guests refrain from wearing competitor brands in the store.
View the Nike Company Store Invitation (PDF)
Nursing Stations
OCC provides two Mamava nursing suites. These private and secure suites are located near the A and E meeting rooms on level 1. The nearest station to the Maintenance Conference exhibits and sessions is in pre-function E.
All Mamava suites come with a Bluetooth SmartLock that syncs with Mamava’s mobile app. Download the Mamava mobile app. You may also request a door code for entry from the receptionist in the Administration Office on Level 2, or by calling 503-235-7575.
Pets
Pets are not permitted on the convention center grounds at any time, with the exception of service animals.
Photo Use Permission
Any person who attends an NBAA event grants permission to NBAA, its employees and agents to record his or her images, including, but not limited to, photographs, digital images, voices, sound or video recordings, audio clips, or accompanying written descriptions, and, without notifying such person, to use his or her name and such images for any purpose of NBAA, including advertisements for NBAA and its programs.
Public Safety
You may notify OCC staff of any safety concerns by calling 503-731-7849 or dialing “7575” from any house phone within the facility. Keep your valuables with you at all times.
Registration/Badges
- All attendees and exhibitors are required to wear a badge while attending the 2024 NBAA Maintenance Conference.
- Once issued, badges are non-transferable and may only be used by the individual named on the badge.
- Name substitutions for badge registrations are only permitted prior to badges being issued.
- NBAA may remove from the event, and deny re-entry to, any individual who is found to have sold, lent or otherwise transferred a badge or who uses another individual’s badge to access the event.
Review registration and badge pickup information.
Scholarship Program
The NBAA Maintenance Committee is dedicated to promoting technical education and training as a means for business aviation maintenance technicians to enhance their careers. To support this, NBAA offers current and aspiring maintenance technicians the opportunity to receive scholarships. The The AMT Scholarship Topgolf Outing and silent auction proceeds all benefit the AMT Maintenance Scholarship Program, which is designed to help offset travel and lodging expenses incurred by scholarship award recipients during training.
Service Animals
Only trained service animals with proper supervision are permitted at the 2024 Maintenance Conference. Animals are not permitted on the convention center grounds, including emotional support animals. Only service dogs or miniature horses trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability, through a specific action, are allowed.
Smoking
The OCC is a non-smoking venue and the NBAA Maintenance Conference is a smoke-free event. All smoking, including electronic or vapor cigarettes, is prohibited at the Maintenance Conference. Smoking is permitted outside the facility only in designated areas.
Sustainability
The Oregon Convention Center is a LEED© Platinum Certified Building, and the only convention center in the United States to have earned a level 4 APEX/ASTM certification. OCC has created extensive waste recycling, composting, and food and reusable material donation programs, working in partnership with many local nonprofit and community assistance organizations, with a goal of at least 80% waste diversion rate. The center also features one of the highest-producing solar panel arrays ever placed on a U.S. convention center, which generates more than 25% of all electricity used at the facility. This clean energy use helps the convention center keep an estimated 1,598 tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere each year. Read about the center’s sustainable practices here.
Water Fill Stations
There are 24 water filling stations throughout the convention center.
Any person who attends an NBAA convention, conference, seminar or other program grants permission to NBAA, its employees and agents (collectively "NBAA") to record his or her visual/audio images, including, but not limited to, photographs, digital images, voices, sound or video recordings, audio clips, or accompanying written descriptions, and, without notifying such person, to use his or her name and such images for any purpose of NBAA, including advertisements for NBAA and its programs.
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