Details will be available in August!
2026 Convention Program
Convention Program - subject to revision, please check back for updates
Sunday, October 25
10:00am - 3:00pm Golf Tournament at Santa Maria Country Club
5:00pm – 7:00pm Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, October 26
11:00am - 7:00pm Registration Desk Open in Exhibit Hall
12:00pm – 4:00pm Exhibit Hall Set Up
8:00am – 12:00pm AQP Ground School – George Parker, Crop Jet Aviation
(This program will be limited to 8-10 pilots, separate registration required)
12:00pm Boxed Lunch for Pre-Registered PAASS Attendees
1:00pm – 5:00pm PAASS Program
5:00pm - 8:00pm Exhibit Area Open
5:00pm Chairman's Reception in Exhibit Hall, Casino night
Tuesday, October 27
7:30am - 5:00pm Registration Desk Open in Exhibit Hall
8:00am - 9:00am PAC Regulatory Update Breakfast Meeting - George Soares
9:00am - 9:45am Allied Industry Breakfast Meeting
9:00am – 10:00am CACASA Update – Linda Pinfold, Stanislaus CAC
10:00am – 11:00am Part 137 Compliance Update – Ryan Smith, FAA (invited)
11:00am – 12:00pm General Membership Meeting
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch – Medical Examiner Speaker
1:00pm – 3:00pm Allied Industry Presentations - Exhibit area open
3:00pm – 4:00pm GPS Updates for Aerial Application – Jose Ticar, AgNav
4:00pm – 5pm Technological Advances in Cockpit Software – Reg Moen, Dynanav
3:00pm – 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Breakdown
6:00pm - 9:00pm CAAA Awards Banquet
Wednesday, October 28
7:00am – 9:00am Registration Desk Open
8:00am – 10:00am Compaass Rose – PAASS Presenters
10:00am – 11:00am BMPs and Data Foundations for Drone/UASS Pesticide Applications – Sarah Hovinga, Bayer US Crop Science
11:00am – 12:00pm UAS Deposition Studies in Tree Nuts – Briana Layfield – Ag-Bee, LLC, Emilio Carvalho – NC Ag Spraying, LLC
12:00pm CE Checkout
REGISTRATION
Please select your registration page below based on your CAAA Membership status .
Attendee Registration Exhibitor Registration
Registration will open in August.
Attention Exhibitors/Sponsors!
We encourage our exhibitors to register as soon as possible. Our exhibitor registration will close on October 1st and we typically sell out before the cutoff.
To be included in the onsite materials acknowledging our generous sponsors, please forward your sponsorship to the CAAA office by Oct 1, 2026 to allow time for printing.
Hotel Reservations at the Radisson Santa Maria -
Make your room reservations by calling 800-928-8000 and mention “CAAA Conference 2026”” for the group room rate of $146*/night before the cut-off on September 25, 2026. (*Saturday night rate $229. Room rate does not include applicable taxes. Suites are available for an additional $70-$80 a night depending on the date.)
Alternatively, you can make your reservations here -
https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/op96d9
Registration details will be provided soon.