State Assembly Upcoming Programs
ALABAMA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 14, 2026
Title: Rocking the Surgical Field in the Rocket City!
Location: Calhoun Community College, 102 Wynn Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35805
Contact: Jessica Sirmon, 850-525-5369, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live approved by AST
Registration at: Alabama AST - Home
ALASKA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 21, 2026
Title: Alaska State Assembly Annual Spring Conference and Elections
Location: Alaska Native Medical Center, 4000 Ambassador Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
Contact: Taylor Malnarick, 907-317-6564, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
ARIZONA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 7, 2026
Title: Spring Into Action
Location: HonorHealth Network Support Services Center (NSSC), 2500 W Utopia Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027
Contact: Teresa Sochacki, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live approved by AST
Registration at: Workshops | Arizonastateassemby
ARKANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 11, 2026
Title: Bloom Where You Scrub- ARSA Spring Workshop
Location: Arkansas State University-Newport, 7648 Victory Blvd, Newport, AR 72112
Contact: Tamara Morgan, PO Box 10301, Fort Smith, AR 72917, 479-414-6720, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live approved by AST
COLORADO/ WYOMING STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Webinar (approved only Colorado/Wyoming State Assembly members)
Date: February 25, 2026
Title: Working Wednesday
Contact: Julie Beard, 720-256-5863, [email protected]
CE Credits: 2 Live Planned
Program Type: Webinar (approved only Colorado/Wyoming State Assembly members)
Date: April 25, 2026
Title: April Showers
Contact: Julie Beard, 720-256-5863, [email protected]
CE Credits: 3 Live Planned
CONNECTICUT STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: Hidden Highways
Location: Yale New Haven Hospital, Park St Auditorium, 55 Park St 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT 06511
Contact: Sharkia Bookert, 203-506-7900, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
FLORIDA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: February 28, 2026
Title: Spring into 2026!
Location: St. Joseph's
Hospital South, 6901 Simmons Loop, Riverview, FL 33578
Contact: Stephanie Hurst,
[email protected]
CE Credits: 7 Live approved by AST
GEORGIA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 14, 2026
Title: Spring
Forward: Advancing Surgical Technology Education
Location: Chattahoochee
Technical College - North Metro Campus, 5198 Ross Road SE, Acworth, GA 30102
Contact: Erin
Baggett, PO Box 109, Auburn, GA 30011, 678-226-6943, [email protected]
CE Credits: 7 Live Planned
IDAHO STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Webinar (approved only Idaho State Assembly members)
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: The Womb Where It Happens
Contact: Dani Hammer, 208-283-3693, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live Planned
ILLINOIS STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 21, 2026
Title: Illinois State Assembly of the AST Annual Business Meeting, Elections, and Seminar
Location: Illinois Central College Student Center Peoria Campus, 5407 N University St, Peoria IL, 61635
Contact: Sonya Conton, 5407 N University St, Peoria IL, 61635, 309-690-7568, [email protected]
CE Credits: 7 Live Planned
Registration at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/3fxav3z
INDIANA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: March 7, 2026
Title: ISA Spring Conference 2026
Location: Ivy Tech Valparaiso, 3100 Ivy Tech Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Contact: Sara Velligan, 219-808-8240, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live approved by AST.
IOWA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: IASA Spring Workshop
Location: WinnMed - formerly Winneshiek Medical Center, 901
Montgomery St, Decorah, IA 52101
Contact: Tim Danico, 319-540-6008, [email protected]
CE Credits: 8 Live Planned
Registration at: State Assembly Website
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: October 10, 2026
Title: Fall 2026 Workshop & Business Meeting
Location: Mary Greeley Hospital, 1111 Duff Ave, Ames, IA 50010
Contact: Joyce Ortega, 515-954-8332
CE Credits: 7 Live Planned
Registration at: State Assembly Website
KANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: Annual Business Meeting and Spring Workshop
Location: Performance Rehab KCOI, 11250 Tomahawk Creek Pkwy, Leawood, KS 66211
Contact: Melanie Meyer, 785-550-4101, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live Planned
Registration at: KSAST 2026 Spring Workshop and Elections
KENTUCKY STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: April 10-11, 2026
Title: Spring Conference
Location: Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College, 1845 Loop Dr, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Contact: Stephanie Smith, 937-657-6685, [email protected]
CE Credits: 10 Live Planned
Registration at: https://www.ticketleap.events/
MAINE STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop & Webinar (webinar approved only Maine State Assembly members)
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: Maine State Assembly of Surgical Technologists Spring Workshop
Location: Maine General, 35 Medical Center Pkwy, Augusta, ME 04330
Contact: Lori Swenson, 207-329-8402, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
MASSACHUSETTS STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: April 25, 2026
Title: 25th Anniversary Celebration
Location: St John of Damascus, 300 West St, Dedham, MA 02026
Contact: Kristen Urbanek, 617-257-5384, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live Planned
MICHIGAN STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Webinar (webinar approved only Michigan State Assembly members)
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: Spring Ahead with Surgery
Contact: Renona Gauthier, 248-891-3989, [email protected]
CE Credits: 3 Live Planned
Registration at: MSA - AST
MINNESOTA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: MNSA 2026 Spring Workshop
Location: Methodist Hospital, 6500 Excelsior Blvd, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Contact: Jolianne Mohler, 763-458-2764, [email protected]
CE Credits: 7 Live Planned
Registration at: Events - Minnesota State Assembly
MISSISSIPPI STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 21, 2026
Title: Mississippi March Madness
Location: Holmes Community College Pat McGowan Workforce Bldg, 412 W Ridgeland Ave, Ridgeland, MS 39157
Contact: Shea Coleman, 601-605-3396, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
MISSOURI STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 6-8, 2026
Title: Annual Spring Conference with Elections 2026
Location: Liberty Hospital, 2525 Glenn Hendren Dr, Liberty, MO 64068
Contact: Shannon Clark, 816-209-2982, [email protected]
CE Credits: 13 Live approved by AST
Registration at: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1390460/sites/149565143766796007/lYzSZY
NEBRASKA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 7, 2026
Title: NESA Winter Workshop 2026
Location: CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center- Bergan Mercy, 7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68124
Contact: Castin Martin, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-217-7735, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live approved by AST
Registration at: State Assembly Website
NEW HAMPSHIRE/VERMONT STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 4, 2026
Title: NH/VT Spring Conference
Location: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, 789 Central Ave, Dover, NH 03820
Contact: Kendall Addison, 603-534-0453, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
NEW MEXICO STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: February 28, 2026
Title: Spring
into Wellness
Location: UNM
Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education, 1001 Stanford Dr NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Contact: Maggie
Sassman, NM-AST PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-450-1457, [email protected]
CE Credits: 5 Live approved by AST
NEW JERSEY STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: NJ State Assembly Spring Workshop 2026
Location: St Joseph's Wayne Medical Center, 224 Hamburg Turnpike, Meyer Conference Room, Wayne, NJ 07470
Contact: Wouter Smits, PO Box 218, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660, 973-703-0939, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: October 2-4, 2026
Title: NYAST Fall Conference, Business Meeting, and Elections
Location: Renaissance Albany Hotel. 144 State St, Albany, NY 12207
Contact: Alisia Pooley, 315-575-0403, [email protected]
CE Credits: 12 Live Planned
Registration at: NYAST Fall Conference, Business Meeting & Elections
NORTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: North Carolina Spring Business Meeting
Location: Central Piedmont Community College Central, 1201 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204
Contact: Brittany Toth, 507-720-1892, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
OHIO STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: April 17-19, 2026
Title: The Best in the Midwest Workshop and Conference
Location: Renaissance Hotel, 409 Altair Pkwy, Westerville, OH 43082
Contact: Heather Buchan, 614-551-6276, [email protected]
CE Credits: 15 Live Planned
OKLAHOMA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: Fall Conference & Business Meeting 2026
Location: Canadian Valley Technology Center - Cowan Campus, 1701
S Czech Hall Road, Yukon, OK 73099
Contact: Rochelle Lewis, 918-772-8002, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
Registration at: OklahomaStateAssemblyofSurgicalTechnologists.eventbrite.com
OREGON STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 7, 2026
Title: OAST Spring Conference/Business Meeting
Location: Linn-Benton Community College Lebanon Center, 300 Mullins Dr, Lebanon, OR 97355
Contact: Jeffrey Rebo, 406-291-7220, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live Planned
Registration at: Home | Oregon Association of Surgical Technologists
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: March 14, 2026
Title: PA AST Spring Workshop
Location: UPMC Hamot Women's Hospital, 118 East 2nd St, Erie, PA 16507
Contact: Mary Ball, 814-490-1152, [email protected]
CE Credits: 5 Live approved by AST.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: SCSA Spring Workshop
Location: We Are Sharing Hope Facility, 2215 Henry Tecklenburg Dr, Charleston, SC 29414
Contact: Kenni Branham Reynolds, 803-229-2756, [email protected]
CE Credits: 8 Live Planned
Registration at: https://www.scsaast.org/
TENNESSEE STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: February 28 - March 1, 2026
Title: CE's in the Scenic City
Location: Erlanger Medical Mall, 979 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Contact: Ellen Wood, 865-283-5901, [email protected]
CE Credits: 12 Live Planned
TEXAS STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
Date: March 7-8, 2026
Title: Best Little Workshop in Texas
Location: Radisson
Hotel North Fort Worth-Fossil Creek, 2540 Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76106
Contact: Kristy
Cole, 806-787-8298, [email protected]
CE Credits: 15 Live approved by AST
Registration at: Home | texasstateassembly
UTAH STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 28, 2026
Title: Small But Mighty - Pediatrics in the Operating Room
Location: Intermountain Medical Center, Building 6 - Doty Education Center, 5121 S Cottonwood St, Murray, UT 84107
Contact: Tazia McAffee, 801-671-9631, [email protected]
CE Credits: 4 Live approved by AST
Registration at: https://m.signupgenius.com/
VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
Date: March 21, 2026
Title: VCSA Annual Business Meeting, Elections, and Workshop
Location: Reynolds Community College, 1651 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
Contact: Lisa Day, 540-422-9471, [email protected]
CE Credits: 5 Live approved by AST
Registration at: WORKSHOPS | VCSA of AST
WASHINGTON STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: March 14, 2026
Title: Spring Workshop and Scrub Bowl
Location: Yakima Valley College, W Nob Hill Blvd & S 16th Ave, Yakima, WA 98902
Contact: Eugene LeRoy, PO Box 55153, Seattle, WA 98155, 360-292-0770, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
WEST VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 18, 2026
Title: Getting into Robotics by WVAST Spring Workshop 2026
Location: WVU Medicine Healthcare Center, 327 Medical Park Dr, Bridgeport, WV 26330
Contact: Angela Douglas, 304-641-8703, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
Registration at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/r539dbg
WISCONSIN STATE ASSEMBLY
Program Type: Workshop
Date: April 11, 2026
Title: Elevating CST Practice Beyond the Back Table
Location: Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton, 1818 N Meade St, Appleton, WI 54911
Contact: Merette Abad, 262-751-0210, [email protected]
CE Credits: 6 Live Planned
Registration at: HOME | Wisconsin