Three full days of facility management (FM) education, speakers, networking with peers and a giant expo hall are available at no cost to National Institute of Building Sciences members and friends who attend the National Facilities Management and Technology Conference & Expo (NFMT) 2018, to be held March 20-22 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
With more than 125 free educational sessions to choose from, you can customize your NFMT facilities management training schedule to specifically address your essential topics of interest. If you are responsible for the management, operations or maintenance of facilities, there is a session for you.
While at NFMT, don’t miss the chance to learn about Institute activities and strategies relating to the Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee (FMOC) and the WBDG Whole Building Design Guide®.
Be sure to attend the FMOC meeting Tuesday afternoon, March 20 at 2:00 PM, in Room 333 to learn more about the FMOC. You are invited to share your knowledge and passion for excellence in facilities management with like-minded professionals as members of the FMOC discuss opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, publications and outreach, as well as the new objectives of the committee: to increase maintenance and operations influence in the facility acquisition process; to promote the sharing and integration of facilities maintenance and operations procedures and information; and to identify and disseminate best practices for the maintenance and operations of facilities.
And don’t miss the session, Resiliency: A Whole Building Perspective, on Tuesday, March 20, 11:00 AM, Room 343, presented by the Institute’s Director of Information Technology, Bob Payn. This presentation will explore aspects of resilience management from a whole-building perspective, using a definition of resilience that incorporates using four components—robustness, resourcefulness, recovery and redundancy. Payn will discuss the approaches of various Institute resources that are available, including the WBDG, which in the Fall of 2017 revamped its Resiliency resource pages based on the American Institute of Architects’ newly published Architectural Graphic Standards. His presentation will emphasize how to tap into these to bolster creation of strategies to make new and existing buildings more responsive to the “4 Rs” of resilience.
Hundreds of the nation’s most innovative top-tier companies will showcase their products and services in the largest expo hall for facilities professionals.
Be sure to stop by the National Institute of Building Sciences display at Booth 409 to learn more about the FMOC, WBDG, the Construction Operations Building information exchange (COBie) and other Institute resources available to the FM community.
Download the NFMT Conference Guide
Download the NFMT digital Conference Brochure. It includes the schedule at-a-glance, descriptions of more than 125 free educational sessions, hotel details, an exhibitor listing, networking events and much more.
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The education sessions, networking opportunities and exhibit hall at NFMT are all free to Institute members. No priority code is needed. Register today!