GreatFutures Forum – Seattle: Register by August 30th!

August 26, 2024

Registration for the 2024 MCAA GreatFutures Forum will close soon. Don’t miss this opportunity to join MCAA and our generous sponsors for this three-day event that connects MCAA members with students interested in internship and full-time opportunities in mechanical contracting. MCAA Members, Sponsors, Local Affiliate Association Executives, Students, and Faculty Advisors  all enjoy complimentary registration, so register today! All registrations and hotel bookings must be submitted by August 30th.

Program Highlights

Thursday

  • Registration & Snack Station
  • Welcome / Presidential Message from Rick Gopffarth
  • Moving the Needle Panel
  • Trivia Announcement
  • Mastering the Swing of Social Etiquette
  • Topgolf – Offsite Activity and Dinner

Friday

  • Job Fair Prep for Students and Employers
  • Job Fair Breakfast
  • Innovation – An Intertwined Future Keynote with Tanmay Bakshi
  • Faculty / Industry Advisor and Student Chapter President Meetings
  • Competition Skills: Takeoff Basics
  • Lunch
  • 24-25 Competition Introduction
  • MacDonald Miller Tour
  • Seattle Aquarium – Offsite Dinner

Saturday

  • Breakfast
  • The Mechanical Puzzle
  • Building Your Chapter Roundtables
  • Trivia Answers & Prizes, Alumni head-to-head
  • Wrap-Up and Lunch Gift Cards

Not sure if the GreatFutures Forum is right for you? Check out this video!

Thank You to Our Generous GFF24 Sponsors

  • ACCO Engineered Systems – Transportation
  • CPMCA – Beverage Break 
  • DEWALT – Saturday Breakfast
  • Ferguson – Bags
  • Harris – Saturday Lunch Gift Cards
  • MILWAUKEE TOOL – Wednesday CDC Cocktail Hour 
  • MCA Western Washington – Friday Job Fair Breakfast
  • NIBCO – Thursday Arrival Snack Station
  • Procore – Thursday Topgolf Dinner
  • Southland – Thursday Alumni Breakfast
  • Victaulic – Friday Aquarium Dinner
  • Viega – Shirts
  • Zurn Elkay – Friday Lunch Sponsor
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