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Updated 04/24/08

The SAFE Association is presenting its 46th Annual Symposium. Composed of Government, Military, Industrial, and Academic interests, SAFE represents aviation, space, land, and marine safety disciplines for the protection of users worldwide.
  • The Symposium provides an internationally attended marketplace for the exchange of technical information, product and service exhibitions, and the showcasing of industry capabilities for meeting challenges in vehicular occupant protection and personnel-worn safety equipment.

  • You are invited to participate in this tremendous opportunity and represent your company, agency, command, or institutional interests. The Symposium is comprised of industry exhibits, technical paper and panel sessions, workshops, lectures, and product demonstrations over a three day period. The SAFE Symposium is attended by acquisition and technical leaders from worldwide industry, governmental, and military agencies.
    Averaging over 1000 attendees and exhibitors each year, the SAFE Association looks forward to another event, information, and opportunity-filled Symposium. Please take time to consider the 46th Annual SAFE Symposium for representing your firm, command, agency or institution interests.
    SAFE offers a diverse attendees demographic with approximately 50% industry and 50% customer group with nearly all the suppliers serving the markets identified. Many safety and survival attendees make SAFE their #1 priority meeting each year, with many scheduling design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and supplier coordination meetings during this event.
    PAPERS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED AT ANNUAL EVENT
46th SAFE Symposium
Reno, Nevada Oct. 27th. - 29th. 2008

Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
Online Group Rate Reservations

2007 Completed 10/31
Proceedings will be available
2007 Program "At a Glance" (PDF) 2007 Floor Plan (JPG) (PDF)
2007 Exhibitors
Tentative Program (PDF)
Changes (PDF)
MK 16 Ejection Seat Workshop (PDF)
Photos from 2007

Photos from 2006





Previous exhibits, technical sessions, workshops, and product demonstrations have emphasized safety, protective equipment, and life support developments in the disciplines of:
  • Occupant Crash Impact Protection –Aircraft & Automotive
  • Environmental Hazards
  • Flotation, Anti-Exposure, Survival Aids
  • Acceleration Physiology and Systems
  • Breathing Systems and Respirators
  • Head Protection and HMD/S
  • Personnel Protective Equipment Systems Design and Integration
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
  • Technology Transfer
  • Chemical, Biological, Radiological PPE
  • Laser, Ballistic Protection
  • Testing Methods and Simulations
  • Military Aircraft Ejection Escape & Survival
  • Biodynamics & Physiology
  • Energetics and Escape Path Clearance
  • Parachute Recovery
  • Communications and Optics
  • Accident Investigation
  • Crewstations / Cabin Interiors Equipment
  • Business & Commercial Aircraft Safety
  • Search & Rescue
  • Homeland Security

    Symposium Floor