AIHA Announces Star Sponsors for AIHA Connect 2026 Conference

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIHA has announced this year’s star sponsors of its annual conference, AIHA Connect: Amazon, DuPont, SGS North America, TSI, Assay Technology, SKC, and VelocityEHS. AIHA Connect 2026 will be held June 1–3 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, with a live-streamed virtual component. Star sponsors have increased opportunities to interact with occupational and environmental health and safety professionals from every sector of industry.

Three-star sponsor Amazon provides overall conference support for AIHA Connect 2026 and hosts charging lounges in the Exhibit Hall, giving attendees convenient spaces to recharge devices and connect between sessions. Amazon’s support helps enhance the attendee experience while fostering engagement and networking across the conference.

Three-star sponsor DuPont Personal Protection hosts this year’s first-timer events, including a preconference webinar on Wednesday, May 13 and the first-timers’ meet and greet on Monday, June 1. They will also present an Innovation Station session and provide attendee engagement opportunities via photo stations in the Exhibit Hall. DuPont Personal Protection brings together some of the most trusted names in personal protective equipment to provide unparalleled solutions.

Industrial hygiene analysis and monitoring solution provider SGS North America Inc. returns as a two-star sponsor of the opening general session and coffee on Monday, June 1. An SGS spokesperson will introduce David Eagleman, PhD, who will deliver the opening keynote, “This Is Your Brain On… How the Brain Interprets Data, Adapts to AI, and Responds to Emerging Sensory Technologies.”

Conference lanyards are provided by two-star sponsor TSI. TSI provides a variety of OEHS solutions, including workflow management, software services, and measurement instrumentation. TSI will also present three Innovation Station sessions in the Exhibit Hall, sharing new technology and approaches.

One-star sponsors include personal monitoring badge provider Assay Technology, which will host an Innovation Station and an Ice Cream Social; sampling equipment supplier and Innovation Station host SKC Inc.; and environmental health and safety software and service provider, VelocityEHS, which will host Learning Pavilion and Innovation Station Sessions.

The 40th Annual AIHF Fun Run/Walk will take place on June 2. It will be supported by premier sponsor Amazon, silver sponsors Board for Global EHS Credentialing and First Onsite, and bronze sponsors DuPont and Half Draft Acres Industrial Hygienists. Registration in the Fun Run/Walk will benefit the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation.

About AIHA Connect

AIHA Connect is the must-attend event for occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals at all levels. The annual conference covers trends, needs, research, technologies, training, and connections that will improve OEHS professionals’ abilities to protect worker and community health worldwide.

The AIHA Connect agenda includes opening and closing general sessions, education sessions, an Expo featuring over 175 companies, poster presentations, sponsored Learning Pavilion presentations, exhibitor-hosted Innovation Stations, and pre- and post-conference professional development courses. The program also features many opportunities to network and connect with peers.

About AIHA

AIHA is the association for scientists and professionals committed to ensuring occupational and environmental health and safety in the workplace and community. Founded in 1939, we support our members with our expertise, networks, education programs, and other products and services that help them maintain the highest professional standards. AIHA serves those employed across the public and private sectors, as well as to the communities in which they work. For more information, visit www.aiha.org