Registration for the MCAA GreatFutures Forum in Salt Lake City closes on September 9th. Complimentary registration, including the job fair, is offered for this three-day conference (October 9-11, 2025) for MCAA Student Chapter Members, Faculty Advisors, MCAA Members, Affiliated Association Executives, and GFF Sponsors.
2025 MCAA GreatFutures Forum Highlights
- Mountains of Opportunity Hot Potato Panel
- The Power of No
- TP Challenge Activity
- Job Fair
- Presidential Message from Brian Hughes
- Keynote from Olympian Vince Poscente
- The Mechanical Puzzle
- Mechanical Tour of Mechanical Service & Systems, Inc.
- Utah Olympic Oval Dinner, Behind the Scenes & Rink Time
- Student Chapter Competition Introduction
- Building Your Chapter Roundtables
Deep-Dive Technical Puzzles: Collect Them All
Student Chapters are encouraged to ‘Collect Them All’ by attending multiple years of the GreatFutures Forum and collecting different systems puzzles to use on campus as recruitment or educational tools.
These puzzles, and their corresponding sessions, were created from GreatFutures Forum attendee feedback requesting a deeper dive into the technical side of our industry, specifically the systems involved in mechanical contracting.
This year’s puzzle and session:
The Mechanical Puzzle Round 2: Hot Water
Friday, October 10 | 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
This session goes piece by piece (literally) to explain how a system is built, connected and utilized by end-users.
Check out the Mechanical Education Basics Guide, which includes an article highlighting additional ways to use the GFF Puzzles.
Looking for Additional Ways to Get Involved with the Career Development Initiative?
- Check out the Universities Page for a listing of student chapters with students in your area.
- Post internships or full-time new hire positions on the MCAA GreatFutures Job Board.
- Contact MCAA Director, Career Development, Michele Hoffman (mhoffman@mcaa.org) with questions or Sean McGuire, JRGF Executive Director (smcguire@mcaa.org) regarding scholarship donations or research.