Pre-Conference Events

Pre-Conference Events
IG College (Two-Day Event) The CAP Inspector General College provides advanced training for members serving in the Inspector General program. This course enhances the knowledge and skills required to support commanders through effective complaint resolution, compliance oversight, and professional IG practices. Participants will engage in practical discussions and scenario-based learning focused on: Complaint resolution and investigative standards Continuous compliance and inspection methodology IG independence and professional ethics Collaboration with commanders and helping agencies The IG College is designed to strengthen the professionalism and effectiveness of the CAP Inspector General corps while promoting organizational accountability and confidence. Dates: 26-27 Aug 2026 Open to: Anyone Registered for National Conference Cost: $50 Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Enrollment limited to 25. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026). Membership Termination Appeal Board Training (One-Day Event) This one-day course is designed to train commanders, command staff, legal officers, and senior leaders to serve on a Civil Air Patrol Membership Termination Appeal Board. The course consists of classroom instruction covering the requirements and procedures for appeals as stated in CAPR 35-3 (Membership Termination), followed by hands-on, interactive moot sessions focusing on practical application of material taught for an intensive, immersive one-day training opportunity. Graduates will have gained familiarity with the process of selecting and appointing a membership termination appeal board, conducting an appeal board hearing, preparing a report, and following the appropriate after-action procedures. Attendance limited to command council, legal officers, and senior leaders only. Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Please contact Lt Col Anne Formanek for questions. Dates: 26 Aug 2026 Open to: For selected CAP Legal Officers, Command Council and Senior Leaders Registered for National Conference Cost: $25 Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Contact Lt Col Anne Formanek (aformanek@cap.gov) to determine eligibility and to reserve a spot. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026). G-1000 Ground School Qualified instructors will provide the ground training portion of the Cessna FITS Accepted Training Program for the Cessna/Garmin G1000 integrated Cockpit System. Training will include: A discussion of the components that make up the G1000 Integrated cockpit System An overview of the flight instruments as displayed on the Primary Flight Display An overview of the additional information available on the Multi Function Display Practical techniques and principles for entering data into and navigating your way through the G1000 system An introduction to the GFC700 Flight Director / Auto Pilot An introduction to WAAS and its application to GPS approaches A discussion of specific G1000 component failures and how they affect the operation of the system G-1000 will help keep you current and comfortable in our aircraft. Dates: 26 Aug 2026 Open to: Anyone Registered for National Conference Cost: $25 Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Enrollment limited. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026). Health Services Professional Update (One-Day Event) This is a working update session on Health Services, updating its transition to its own OPR, Regulation updates, and a series of interactive working sessions to gauge the interests and requirements of the Health Services Officers at all levels of the organization. Here is what we will do: Provide insight into the evolving Health Services Program Didactic sessions for professional education Roundtable discussion of future paths, goals and objectives for Health Services If you are in Health Services, you want to be part of this dynamic session. Dates: 27 Aug 2026 Open to: Health Services Officers and others with an affinity/relationship Health Services. Cost: $25 Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Enrollment limited. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026). Innovation Accelerator: From Creative Mindset to Breakthrough Impact Innovation is not a talent reserved for a few people but a capability that can be learned, practiced, and scaled. This highly interactive 16-hour course equips participants with the proven frameworks, tools, and mindsets used by leading innovators to generate novel value, solve complex challenges, and build cultures where innovation thrives. Drawing from the work of Jeff DeGraff, Sheena Iyengar, Robert Quinn, and the University of Michigan Innovatrium, participants will learn how to transform ideas into action through constructive conflict, strategic creativity, and disciplined innovation practices.

IG College (Two-Day Event)

The CAP Inspector General College provides advanced training for members serving in the Inspector General program. This course enhances the knowledge and skills required to support commanders through effective complaint resolution, compliance oversight, and professional IG practices.

Participants will engage in practical discussions and scenario-based learning focused on:

Complaint resolution and investigative standards
Continuous compliance and inspection methodology
IG independence and professional ethics
Collaboration with commanders and helping agencies

The IG College is designed to strengthen the professionalism and effectiveness of the CAP Inspector General corps while promoting organizational accountability and confidence.

Dates: 26-27 Aug 2026
Open to: Anyone Registered for National Conference
Cost: $50

Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Enrollment limited to 25. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026).

Membership Termination Appeal Board Training (One-Day Event)

This one-day course is designed to train commanders, command staff, legal officers, and senior leaders to serve on a Civil Air Patrol Membership Termination Appeal Board. The course consists of classroom instruction covering the requirements and procedures for appeals as stated in CAPR 35-3 (Membership Termination), followed by hands-on, interactive moot sessions focusing on practical application of material taught for an intensive, immersive one-day training opportunity. Graduates will have gained familiarity with the process of selecting and appointing a membership termination appeal board, conducting an appeal board hearing, preparing a report, and following the appropriate after-action procedures.

Attendance limited to command council, legal officers, and senior leaders only. Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Please contact Lt Col Anne Formanek for questions.

Dates: 26 Aug 2026

Open to: For selected CAP Legal Officers, Command Council and Senior Leaders Registered for National Conference
Cost: $25

Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Contact Lt Col Anne Formanek (aformanek@cap.gov) to determine eligibility and to reserve a spot. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026).

G-1000 Ground School

Qualified instructors will provide the ground training portion of the Cessna FITS Accepted Training Program for the Cessna/Garmin G1000 integrated Cockpit System. Training will include:

A discussion of the components that make up the G1000 Integrated cockpit System
An overview of the flight instruments as displayed on the Primary Flight Display
An overview of the additional information available on the Multi Function Display
Practical techniques and principles for entering data into and navigating your way through the G1000 system
An introduction to the GFC700 Flight Director / Auto Pilot
An introduction to WAAS and its application to GPS approaches
A discussion of specific G1000 component failures and how they affect the operation of the system

G-1000 will help keep you current and comfortable in our aircraft.

Dates: 26 Aug 2026

Open to: Anyone Registered for National Conference
Cost: $25

Deadline for registration is 29 July 2026. Enrollment limited. Conference attendance and other events available at extra cost. Partial refund offered (subject to a $20 administrative fee through 8/21/2026).

Health Services Professional Update (One-Day Event)

This is a working update session on Health Services, updating its transition to its own OPR, Regulation updates, and a series of interactive working sessions to gauge the interests and requirements of the Health Services Officers at all levels of the organization. Here is what we will do:

Provide insight into the evolving Health Services Program
Didactic sessions for professional education
Roundtable discussion of future paths, goals and objectives for Health Services

If you are in Health Services, you want to be part of this dynamic session.

Dates: 27 Aug 2026

Open to: Health Services Officers and others with an affinity/relationship Health Services.
Cost: $25

Innovation Accelerator: From Creative Mindset to Breakthrough Impact

Innovation is not a talent reserved for a few people but a capability that can be learned, practiced, and scaled. This highly interactive 16-hour course equips participants with the proven frameworks, tools, and mindsets used by leading innovators to generate novel value, solve complex challenges, and build cultures where innovation thrives. Drawing from the work of Jeff DeGraff, Sheena Iyengar, Robert Quinn, and the University of Michigan Innovatrium, participants will learn how to transform ideas into action through constructive conflict, strategic creativity, and disciplined innovation practices.