About Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, is situated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and offers tons of fun for families, kids, and couples. The official forum hotel, , is just 11 miles from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) – the world’s busiest airport since 1998 – with over 85,000 aerospace employees.
More than 500 aerospace companies are located in Georgia – including Boeing, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Thrush, Triumph Aerostructures and others – operating in a business climate where nearly half a billion dollars is spent annually on cutting-edge, university-backed engineering R&D, putting them in reach of the latest aerospace technologies.
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology has the number two ranked undergraduate and number four ranked graduate aerospace engineering program in the United States. Nearby Robins Air Force Base employs over 23,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel and is a global management base for aerospace and defense logistics companies.