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  • Upcoming Programs

    State assemblies offer various programs and events throughout the year. Getting involved in one's state assembly is a great way to network with others in your area, gain access to workshops and educational programs that offer Live CE credits and become involved in your state assembly.

  • State Assembly Upcoming Programs

    ALABAMA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 13, 2025
    Title:     Sailing into Knowledge 
    Location:     Coastal Community College, 1900 US-31, Bay Minette, AL 36507
    Contact:     Abigail Jones, 334-389-1250, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    ARIZONA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title:     Advancing Technology in the OR 
    Location:     HonorHealth Network Support Services Center (NSSC), 2500 W Utopia Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027
    Contact:     Teresa Sochacki, 773-383-7991, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4

    Registration at: azsaofast.org

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     November 15, 2025
    Title:     Tucson Time!
    Location:     Pima Medical Institute – Tucson, 2121 N Craycroft Road, Building 1, Tucson, AZ 85712
    Contact:     Teresa Sochacki, 773-383-7991, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4

    Registration at: azsaofast.org

    ARKANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title:     Harvesting Credits: Reap Knowledge and Refine Skills 
    Location:     Center for Economic Development-University of Arkansas Fort Smith (Bakery District), 70 S 7th St, Suite D, Fort Smith, AR 72901
    Contact:     Tamara Morgan, 479-414-6720, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    Registration at: ar.ast.org

    CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     July 12, 2025
    Title:     Northern Exposure III
    Location:     Stanford Newark Campus, 7600 Gateway Blvd, Newark, CA 94560
    Contact:     Jessica Ramirez, 650-519-8429, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    Registration at: ca-saofast.wixsite.com/casa/events/northern-exposure-iii

    COLORADO/ WYOMING STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Webinar (approved only Colorado/Wyoming State Assembly members)
    Date:     July 30, 2025
    Title:     Working Wednesday
    Contact:     Julie Beard, 720-256-5863, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     2 Live approved by AST

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 11, 2025
    Title:     Annual Business Meeting, Elections and Workshop
    Location:     Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital, 1600 Prairie Center Pkwy, Brighton, CO 80601
    Contact:     Julie Beard, 720-256-5863, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     5 

    CONNECTICUT STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     November 21, 2025
    Title:     My Neck My Back
    Location:     Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06856
    Contact:     Sharkia Bookert, PO Box 581, Monroe, CT 06468, 203-503-7900, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 Live

    FLORIDA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 27, 2025
    Title:     Fall Fest 2025!
    Location:     Sheraton Orlando North Hotel, 600 N Lake Destiny Road, Maitland, FL 32751
    Contact:     Stephanie Hurst, 772-538-1230, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    GEORGIA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 13, 2025
    Title:     September in the South
    Location:     Southern Regional Technical College, 52 Tech Dr, Tifton, GA 31794
    Contact: Susan Feltmann, PO Box 109, Auburn, GA 30011, 678-226-6676, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     9

    Registration at: ast-gasa.com/fall-2025-meeting 

    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 

    IDAHO STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 13, 2025
    Title:     Idaho AST 2025 Annual Business Meeting
    Location:     St. Luke's Central Plaza, 800 E Park Blvd, Boise, ID 83712
    Contact: Dani Hammer, 208-283-3693, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     7

    INDIANA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title:     ISA Fall Conference 2025
    Location:     Franciscan Education Center, 421 N Emerson Ave, Greenwood, IN, 46143
    Contact: Lora Hofmann, PO Box 421673, Indianapolis, IN, 46242, 812-201-9563, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    IOWA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 18, 2025
    Title:     IASA Fall Business Meeting and Workshop
    Location:     Mary Greeley Medical Center, 1111 Duff Ave, Ames, IA 50010
    Contact: Tim Danico, 319-540-6008, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     7

    Registration at: ia.ast.org 

    KANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop & Webinar (webinar approved only for Kansas State Assembly members)
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title:     Annual Fall Workshop
    Location:     WSU Tech, 3821 E Harry St, Wichita, KS 67218
    Contact: Melanie Meyer, 785-550-4101, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4

    MARYLAND/ DELAWARE STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 11, 2025
    Title:     Maryland and Delaware Fall Workshop, Business Meeting, and Elections
    Location:     University of Maryland Medical Center-Midtown Campus, 827 Linden Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
    Contact:     Charmaine Miller, 410-818-8208, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     5 Live approved by AST

    Registration at: https://mddestateassembly.wixsite.com/events-for-maryland

    MICHIGAN STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 13, 2025
    Title: Cutting Edge in the City: MSA-AST Fall Surgical Tech Conference 2025
    Location:     Trinity Health Richard J. Lacks Sr. Cancer Center - Conference Center, 250 Cherry SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    Contact:     Renona Gauthier, PO Box 375, Flat Rock, MI 48134, 248-891-3989, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     5 Live Planned 

    MINNESOTA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title: MNSA 2025 Fall Workshop & Annual Business Meeting
    Location:     LifeSource Minneapolis, 2225 W River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55411
    Contact:     Lori Molus, PO Box 163, Becker, MN 55308, 320-492-8747, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 Live Planned

    MISSOURI STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Webinar (approved only for Missouri State Assembly members)
    Date:     August 2, 2025
    Title:     Summer School for Surgical Super Stars, Elevate your skills as a Surgical Technologist or First Assistant!
    Contact:     Victoria Thompson, PO Box 214, Ashland, MO 65010, 573-836-0637, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     3 Live approved by AST

    Online Registration at: https://buy.stripe.com/8wM03y8G16Nve089AP

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 27, 2025
    Title:     Fall Workshop - Celebrating National Surgical Technologists Week
    Location:     Ozarks Healthcare-Willard Hunter Conference Room, 1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd, West Plains, MO 65775
    Contact:     Victoria Thompson, PO Box 214, Ashland, MO 65010, 573-836-0637, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     8 Live approved by AST

    Registration at: https://subscribepage.io/gaWgUf

    MONTANA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title:     Montana State Assembly of AST Fall Conference and Workshop
    Location:     Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital, 1233 N 30th St, Billings, MT 59101
    Contact:     Megan Ellman, PO Box 1513, Columbia Falls, MT 59912, 406-471-1363, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    Registration at: http://mt.ast.org

    NEBRASKA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     August 2, 2025
    Title:     NESA Summer Workshop 2025
    Location:     CHI Health Good Samaritan, 10 E 31st St, West Tower Entrance, Kearney, NE 68847
    Contact:     Castin Martin, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-217-7735, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 Live approved by AST

    Registration at: ne.ast.org

    NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title: NVSA Annual Meeting 2025
    Location:     Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, 657 N Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144
    Contact:     Tracy Ellis, 702-769-1520, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4

    NEW HAMPSHIRE/VERMONT STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title: NH/VT AST Fall Conference
    Location:     Elliot Hospital, 1 Elliot Way, Manchester, NH 03103
    Contact:     Lynn Jones, 603-370-1489, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 Live Planned

    NEW JERSEY STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title: 2025 Fall Workshop & Business Meeting
    Location:     Morristown Memorial Hospital, 100 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
    Contact:     Janee Flynn, PO Box 218, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660, 201-658-9922, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    NEW MEXICO STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 20, 2025
    Title: Fall into Surgery Workshop
    Location:     UNM Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education, MSC09 5100, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
    Contact:     Maggie Mae Sassman, PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-450-1457, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     5 Live Planned

    Registration at: http://nm.ast.org

    NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 3-5, 2025
    Title: 2025 NYAST 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

    Registration at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/xcxh63j/lp/420443ca-f159-4886-b7f2-04bb8424f0d1

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/Elections
    Date:     September 13, 2025
    Title: PAAST Fall Conference with Business Meeting and Elections
    Location:     UPMC West Shore, 1995 Technology Pkwy, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
    Contact:     Chris Kapp, 717-856-1278, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     5 Live approved by AST

    RHODE ISLAND STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Reformation Meeting/Elections
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title: Advancing Technology in Surgery
    Location:     New England Institute of Technology, 1 New England Tech Blvd, East Greenwich, RI 02818
    Contact:     Christine Madeira, 401-474-7892, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4 Live approved by AST

    SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     November 1-2, 2025
    Title:     SCSA Fall Business Meeting and Workshop
    Location:     Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing Technology, SIMT Building, 1951 Pisgah Road, Florence, SC 29501
    Contact:     Katrina Williams, 843-615-7454, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     12 

    Registration at: scsaast.org

    SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     October 17-18, 2025
    Title:     SDSA Fall 2025 Conference & Elections
    Location:     Western Dakota Technical College, 800 Mickelson Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703
    Contact:     Krista Hagemann, 605-718-2917, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     9 Live Planned

    TENNESSEE STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     October 4, 2025
    Title:     Wild Wild West Regional
    Location:     West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson-Madison, 620 Skyline Dr, Jackson, TN 38301
    Contact:     Ellen Wood, 1344 Copperstone Lane, Knoxville, TN 37922, 865-283-5901, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    Program Type: Workshop Cruise
    Date:     October 2-5, 2026
    Title:     CE's at SEA
    Location:     Carnival Glory, 1492 Charles M. Rowland Dr, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
    Contact:     Ellen Wood, 1344 Copperstone Lane, Knoxville, TN 37922, 865-283-5901, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 

    TEXAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     September 27, 2025
    Title:     Houston Workshop
    Location:     Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, 6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
    Contact:     Joy Taylor, 409-882-4761, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     8

    VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     August 9, 2025
    Title:     VCSA Summer Mini CE Workshop
    Location:     Winchester Medical Center, 1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA 22601
    Contact:     Sarah Mercer, 540-325-9396, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     4 Live approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop
    Date:     October 25, 2025
    Title:     VCSA Fall CE Workshop - All About Pediatrics
    Location:     Children’s Hospital of the King Daughters- Children’s Pavilion, 401 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507
    Contact:     Rebecca Schultheis, 757-202-9962, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     7

    WEST VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     October 18, 2025
    Title:     2025 West Virginia AST Fall Workshop and Business Meeting 
    Location:     WVU Reynolds Memorial Hospital, 800 Wheeling Ave, Glen Dale, WV 26038
    Contact:     Erin Carr, 304-214-8930, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6

    Registration at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2fhdkcv 

    WISCONSIN STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Meeting/ Elections
    Date:     September 6, 2025
    Title:     Rooted in Excellence, Growing the Future
    Location:     UWSP, 1015 Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI 54418
    Contact:     Amy Hinz, 920-284-8505, [email protected]
    CE Credits:     6 Live Planned