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The AAEE 2025 Annual Conference
| The 2025 Annual In-Person Conference in Phoenix, AZ September 5 and September 6 at Grand Canyon University Reigniting Hope, Rising Together |
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AAEE is pleased to serve as your professional association for environmental education, outdoor education, sustainability education, and more. The benefit of joining us for our conference always comes down to one thing - dedicated time spent in the field with colleagues and friends where everyone can share ideas and learn from each other. We hope you will join us!
JOIN US - Registration is now OPEN!
Read through the details and find the registration link at the bottom of this page.
Be sure your membership is up to date before your register. Check your membership status here.
Program and Organizational AND University or Corporate Team Membership include memberships for an unlimited number of staff or volunteers. Be sure to add all staff members to your membership bundle so they are offered the membership rate when they register.
EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE is August 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm AZ Time:
- Member - $300.00
- Non-member - $380.00
- Share fair table - $320, which includes a free registration for a team member. See details below, email profdev@arizonaee.org for a registration code to reserve your table.
- Student Rate (15 tickets available) - $100 plus the cost of a student membership ($35)
- We have 10 scholarships available for other interested participants. See details below.
- Arizona Master Naturalist Members (10 tickets available) - $180. Must be an ACTIVE AZ Master Naturalist.
Conference Rate starting on August 23, 2025, at 12:00 am AZ time
- Member - $330.00
- Non-member - $410.00
VIEW FULL SCHEDULE - COMING SOON!
We have over 40 conference sessions planned as well as networking and career building opportunities. By participating in the full event, including field sessions scheduled for Friday afternoon, you will be eligible for up to 20 continuing education units.
The conference fee covers one and a half days of professional development including field trip fees and three meals. Please know we are offering this event at cost. If you need assistance with the registration fee, see the section below on Scholarships.
CONFERENCE SHARE FAIR
Work for an organization and want to showcase your projects, resources, and opportunities? Register as a share fair participant! We have 15 spaces available for the Share Fair. Each registration costs $320 and comes with one free registration for a team member. Email profdev@arizonaee.org for the registration code. The share fair will be held at lunch time on Friday.
TRAVEL & LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS
There are numerous hotels and home rentals in Phoenix. Prices range from $80/night - $200/night. Book your reservations soon because the hotels will fill up quickly given the time of year.
*In order to keeps costs down we are unable to reserve a block of hotel rooms. We simply can't guarantee that you all will stay there, and we don't want to have to pay a fee or pass the cost along to participants, because people decided at the last minute not to stay.
Several people have asked about carpooling options, we've created a Slack Channel for you to talk to each other and find connections! You can join Slack for free and post on the channel "#aaee-ride-share" on our Public Slack Workspace linked below. If you don't want to use Slack, you can post a Get-Give Ride and contact method on this spreadsheet.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
We've made available scholarships for enrolled students (15 available) and others who may need assistance (10 available). Please know we are continuously seeking funding to offset fees because we know these prices may be out of reach.
- Student Rate (15 tickets available) - $100 plus the cost of a student membership ($35). Email profdev@arizonaee.org using your ".edu" email address (or let us know if you are a high school student). First come, first served. We will send you a registration code after you join us as a student member.
- Scholarships available by application. Discounts of $100 or $50 available for 10 applicants. Apply now
- Volunteer and receive a $20 refund for helping at the conference. Register to Volunteer!
Hosting an event like this is very expensive in 2024, but we believe it to be critically important to elevating the work we do and assisting people in finding and locating new opportunities. If you'd like to assist us with finding conference sponsors, email us at profdev@arizonaee.org. OR if you have some extra funds to contribute, consider making a donation HERE. Thanks for all you do!
CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
AAEE offers flexible packages for sponsors looking to advertise and reach our community of environmental education leaders and practitioners. We are happy to adjust these opportunities to meet your business or organization's goals and needs. Review our sponsorship packet for more details. If your organization needs to be invoiced for paying for a portion of the conference rather than be listed as a sponsor, email profdev@arizonaee.org and we can send you an invoice instead.
2025 CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Big thanks to Grand Canyon University's College of Natural Resources Faculty for sponsoring our event! |
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