Forum 81 Videos (May 2025)

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Forum 81, held in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 20-22, 2025 was a great success!

The awards ceremony, opening general session and special sessions were all videorecorded and are available for viewing by Forum registrants — more videos coming soon! The Downwash & Outwash Workshop videorecording is also online. (The short course recording will be available for purchase soon.)

Simply log in at the top of the page by typing in your VFS username and password, and submit it with the "Log in" button. If you are a current VFS Member (whether you attended the Forum or not!), then our membership database will automatically validate your access. The videos can be made full screen by clicking the "full screen" icon in the bottom right corner of each video.

Our 82nd Annual Forum & Technology Display will be held May 5–7, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Plan now to attend as we continue to explore "The Future of Vertical Flight"! The Forum 82 Call for Papers will be released in July with technical paper abstracts due in October! 

Annual Grand Awards Banquet Breakfast
Meeting registrants only:  Opening General Session: Keynote Fireside Chat
Meeting registrants only:  Opening General Session: Straight Talk from the Top
Honorary Nikolsky Lecture, Robert L. Lichten and VFF Scholarship Awards
Downwash and Outwash Workshop
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 1: NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capabilities
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 2: Government Civil VTOL Research and Development
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 3: US Navy/Marine VTOL Programs: V-22 Pilot Panel
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 4: US Army PEO Aviation VTOL Programs
Special Session 5: Designing for Modularity
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 6: Uncrewed VTOL
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 7: Challenges of Vertical Flight
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 8: Developments in eVTOL Propulsion
Meeting registrants only:  Special Session 9: Progress in eVTOL Aircraft Developments