Agenda Overview for the CMS 2027 Conference
| MON | MARCH 29 | TUE | MARCH 30 | WED | MARCH 31 | THU | APRIL 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| am | No Event Scheduled | Plenary Session | Concurrent Sessions | Concurrent Sessions |
| noon | No Event Scheduled |
Lunch on own | Lunch on own |
Lunch on own |
| pm | Concurrent Sessions | Concurrent Sessions | Concurrent Sessions | Concurrent Sessions |
| evening | Opening Reception | 50th Anniversary Celebration Reception | No Event Scheduled | Conference Adjourns |
About the CMS 2027 Conference
The annual Conference on Composites, Materials & Structures (also known as the Cocoa Beach Conference) is the preeminent export controlled and ITAR restricted forum in the United States to review and discuss advances in materials for extreme environments. The Conference started in the 1970s as a small, informal gathering for government and industry to share information on programs and state-of-the-art technology. Attendance has grown to nearly 500 people while preserving this same objective to share needs and trends in high-temperature and extreme environment materials, and the latest information on advanced materials and manufacturing processes.
The four-day conference program includes three to four parallel sessions per day on topics including thermal protection materials, ceramic matrix composites, carbon-carbon materials, ballistic technologies, hypersonics, and gas turbine engines. Attendees are engineers, scientists, managers, and operational personnel from the turbine engine, aviation, missiles and space, and protective equipment communities, including Navy, Air Force, Army, MDA, NASA, DARPA, FAA, DOE, engine manufacturers, missile and aircraft manufacturers, commercial space companies, and material and component suppliers.
