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IAS Speaker Series at Saylorville Lake

In cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers at Saylorville Lake near Des Moines, the Academy began a summer speaker series in 2008. All presentations are held on Saturday afternoons in the Visitor Center theater beginning at 2:00 p.m. The presentations are open to the public free of charge and families are encouraged to attend. Click on the IAS Speaker Series Schedule for details.

IAS members sign-up to speak using the form below.

If you are interested in speaking and would like to see sample presentation descriptions from 2017
click on the button below. 

Map showing location of Saylorville Lake Visitor Center

Volunteer to speak at Saylorville Visitor Center