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Build leaders and lead collaboration among government and industry to develop multidisciplined solutions to national security infrastructure challenges.
SBC Heads to New Orleans, Nov. 20-22!
Three days, one place, unlimited hours of networking, thousands of strategic conversations. SAME’s 2024 Federal Small Business Conference for the A/E/C Industry will be held Nov. 20-22 in New Orleans, La. The must-attend market research event of the year will connect you with leading experts, decision-makers, primes and subcontractors, solution providers, business partners, and federal contracting officers. Discover the Strength in Partnership at #SAMESBC24!
SAME National Leadership Nominations Now Open
Nominations for SAME President-Elect, Vice President, and Elected Director is now open. The deadline to submit a nomination, or self-nominate, is Dec. 1, 2024.
Learn more and submit a nominationLDP Class Application 205-2026 Now Open
Applications for the 2025-2026 SAME Leader Development Program is now open. The deadline to apply is Dec. 1, 2024. The class members selected will begin their year-long training at the 2025 JETC next May.
Learn more about applying to the LDP
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2023 SAME Annual Report
SAME STEM Camps
Each summer, SAME’s STEM/Engineering & Construction Camps offer high school students a unique chance to start their STEM journey alongside seasoned members of the military engineering community and A/E/C industry. While applications for 2024 are now closed, it is never too early to start thinking about next year!
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Leader Development Program
Established in 2019, SAME’s Leader Development Program serves to identify and cultivate talent from within the Society to develop leaders for the future of the A/E/C profession and to address the nation’s grand challenges. Participants explore individual strengths and team dynamics as they build leadership experience alongside their peers in a true joint environment. Since its inception, about half of program participants have come from the uniformed services; the other half represent SAME member companies.
Securing America’s Future, Together — Join Us!
SAME provides its more than 25,000 members from across military, government, industry, and academia with extensive opportunities for education, training, and networking through a robust offering of conferences, workshops, community events, publications, webinars, leader development, STEM outreach, and other member-driven programs.
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Young Professionals Community
The mission of the Young Professionals Community of Interest is to be an advocate for and engage young professionals support for SAME’s Strategic Plan through outreach, training, networking and recognition.
SAME History
Founded in 1920, the Society of American Military Engineers sought to ensure the lessons of WWI would be remembered in order to ensure that America’s entire engineering community would be prepared for the next conflict, and have the needed trust and understanding to best serve our national security.
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Strengthening Industry-Government Engagement
As the cornerstone on which the Society was founded in 1920, industry-government engagement remains “mission-essential” for the organization a century later, as the first goal of the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan. In 2021, SAME initiated a new process to evaluate and execute national-level IGE projects in order to ensure we deliver impact and maximize the use of available resources
SAME Foundation: Fostering Engineering Leadership for the Nation
Established in 2016, the SAME Foundation is committed to investing in programs that will have an enduring impact on developing engineering leaders for our nation. America’s future is bright. Let’s help make it brighter!
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2023 SAME Foundation Donor Impact Report
