The following information provides only a basic description of each event.  Please consult the 2009 & 2010 High School Technology Activities, National TSA Conference Competitive Events Guide (on CD) for detailed specifications and rules regarding each event.  In addition to the new events listed here, other events may have been updated or changed.

Debating Technological Issues: Participants (three teams of two members per state) debate against a team/s from another chapter in order to advance to the semifinals. The teams are instructed on site to take either the pro or con side of a topic that is designated anually.

Fashion Design:  Participants: (one team of two to four members per chapter) research, develop, and create garment designs, garment mock-ups, and portfolios that reflect the current year's published theme.  Semifinalists participate in an on-site event in which they present their potential garment designs to judges on a TSA runway.

Future Technology Teacher Participants (three individuals per chapter) research and select three accredited colleges or universities that offer technology education/engineering technology teacher preparation as a major. Each participant must write a one page simulated college essay about the wish to become a teacher in either major. Participants also develop and present a lesson plan.

Music Production:  Participants (three teams per state) produce a musical piece that is designed to be played during the national TSA conference opening or closing general sessions.

On Demand Video:  Participants (one team of two or more students per chapter; one entry per team) write, shoot, and edit a sixty second video during the conference in this on-site event.