The 2023 Facility Management Conference Roundup By Industry

In-person facility management tradeshows are back! Facilities management conferences and expos are a way to stay on top of the latest developments, trends, and products in the building management industry. They’re a must for gaining knowledge from industry thought leaders to propel your organization into the future.

Here is the most comprehensive round-up of the top facility management conferences to attend in 2023. No matter your industry or budget, you’re sure to find something valuable here.

Facility Management Conference Industry Categories

All conferences are organized by industry. Click any of the following links to skip straight to the section you’re looking for.

• FM Conferences for All Industries

• Architecture, Engineering, Construction Conferences

• Healthcare Conferences

• Education Conferences

• Sustainability Conferences

• Safety and Security Conferences

• Religious Facility Conferences

Facility Management Conferences in 2023

Facilities Management Trade Shows & Expos for Everyone

• Facilities Maintenance Expo

  • Category: All Industries
    Type: In-person
    Multiple Dates & Locations
  • Feb 16, 2023 – Loveland (Cincinnati), OH
  • Mar 9, 2023 – Carmel, (Indianapolis), IN

The Facilities Maintenance Expo is a regional trade show featuring products and services used in the operations and maintenance of buildings, plants, and other facilities. Show visitors typically include plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, building owner/managers, contractors, subcontractors, plant managers, and facility managers.

• Plant and Facilities Maintenance Association Expo

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: Mar 15-16, 2023
    Location: Milwaukee, WI
    The largest industrial trade show in Wisconsin with thousands of attendees. Meet face to face with industry experts who will offer new technology and solutions for making your plants and facilities operate at peak capacity and optimum efficiency.

• Central Valley Facilities Expo

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: March 15-16, 2023
    Location: Modesto, CA
    Central Valley Facilities Expo provides valuable learning and networking opportunities in a unique format serving the central California region. Bringing together the facilities engineering, MRO, and green building communities, it attracts a diverse audience of facilities managers, maintenance managers, and energy managers from a wide variety of industries, including food processing, government, healthcare, manufacturing, education, wineries, utilities and others.

• National Facilities Management and Technology (NFMT) Conference and Expo

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: March 21-22, 2023
    Location: Baltimore, MD
    NFMT brings education, networking, and product discovery to facilities professionals nationwide. It offers broad-based education for facilities professionals from every type of organization: government, education, commercial office, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and industrial.

Meet the AkitaBox team at the 2023 NFMT Conference and Expo!

• IFMA 2023 Facility Fusion Conference and Expo

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: April 11-13, 2023
    Location: San Francisco, CA
    Described as the “FM leadership event of the year,” the IFMA Facility Fusion Conference and Expo offers programming that fuses global, local, industry-specific, and individual facility management focus areas into a concentrated networking experience.

The AkitaBox team was at Facility Fusion in 2022 – come visit us in 2023!

• Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International Conference

  • Category: Multiple industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: June 24-27, 2023
    Location: Kansas City, MO
    The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International Conference offers educational sessions, awards, and networking opportunities for members of building operations, maintenance, real estate, and rental industries (among others). Learn more about emerging trends and get an inside look at where the CRE industry is heading tomorrow and beyond.

• IFMA’s World Workplace

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person & virtual
    Date:September 27-29, 2023
    Location: Denver, CO
    Established in 1995, IFMA bills the World Workplace as the original forum for groundbreaking discussions on facility management and the wider built environment. It’s where all workplace professionals come to discover innovative FM technologies, build valuable relationships and sharpen essential skills.

• National Facilities Management and Technology (NFMT) Remix

  • Category: All industries
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 25-26, 2023
    Location: Orlando, FL
    Respected leaders in facilities management spearhead a vigorous conference agenda on topics including preventive and deferred maintenance, capital planning, indoor air quality, net zero, and so much more.

AkitaBox will be at NFMT Remix again in 2023!

Healthcare Facilities Conferences

• 2023 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction (PDC Summit)

  • Category: Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: March 13-15, 2023
    Location: Phoenix, AZ
    Join thousands of senior leaders from hospitals, design firms, and construction companies at the PDC Summit to share perspectives on optimizing healing environments. Network with an integrated audience of C-level, design, construction, and operations professionals to discuss the future of the healthcare built environment.

The AkitaBox Team was at PDC Summit in March 2022. Catch us there in 2023!

• CleanMed Conference

  • Category: Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: May 23-25, 2023
    Location: Pittsburgh, PA
    The premier national conference for leaders in healthcare sustainability. Connect with experts at the forefront of implementing climate-smart healthcare innovations, environmentally preferable purchasing, sustainable food strategies, greening the operating room, and renewable energy.

• American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Annual Conference

  • Category: Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: Aug 6-9, 2023
    Location: San Antonio, TX
    Join ASHE in celebrating the 60th Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition in 2023! Connect with fellow health care colleagues while preparing yourself for future trends and challenges in health care. Join more than 3,700 health care facility and engineering professionals to network, find new solutions, and learn alongside one another.

• Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association (WHEA) Conference

  • Category: Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: Sept 19-22, 2023
    Location: Green Bay, WI
    Experience three days of intense healthcare engineering educational programs. The annual conference provides a variety of sessions on code updates and additional current topics for all healthcare facility managers and engineers.

• Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo

  • Category: Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: September 19-21, 2023
    Location: Charlotte, NC
    The mission of the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo is to create a multi-disciplinary environment that inspires you to evoke change and the advancement of a better delivery of healthcare through the physical space. Competitors, clients, and colleagues come together as friends to collaborate, share research, hear fresh perspectives, and participate in the ever-changing conversation of your industry.

• Assisted & Senior Living Facilities Summit

  • Category:  Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: 2023 date TBA
    Location: 2023 location TBA
  • The Assisted & Senior Living Facilities Summit brings together executive leaders in charge of assisted living, senior living and long-term care facilities. The program is an opportunity for executive directors and vice presidents of facilities, capital planning, design, and construction to discuss emerging innovations and challenges in the field.

• Lab Asset & Facility Management in Pharma 2023

  • Category:  Healthcare
    Type: In-person
    Date: 2023 date TBA
    Location: 2023 location TBA
    A conference for lab operations and facility management leaders. Leverage next generation technologies, overcome supply chain challenges, and find inspiration to make a real impact in your organization, no matter your headcount or resources. Themes at the 2022 conference include asset management and maintenance in large pharma, facility design in expanding organizations, and end-to-end operations in early-stage biotech.

Education Facilities Conferences

• KAPPA Spring Conference

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: April 4-5, 2023
    Location: Bedford Springs, PA
    The Keystone Chapter of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (KAPPA) is the premier association for all higher educational facilities professionals in Pennsylvania. Their spring conference brings together a vast network of educational facilities professionals for face-to-face networking as well as educational and professional development sessions.

• Texas Association of Physical Plant Administrators (TAPPA) Annual Conference

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: April 23-25, 2023
    Location: Denton, TX
    TAPPA represents more than 175 Texas education organizations including universities, junior and community colleges, and 4-year colleges. It has more than 400 members who are actively involved in facility administration and operation. Their annual conference attracts hundreds of education facilities professionals for educational sessions, networking, and an expo hall.

• University Facilities Conference

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: April 24-25, 2023
    Location: Scottsdale, AZ
    Set your institution’s vision and decision-making in motion. This conference explores capital projects and space planning for student life, learning spaces, improved utilization, flexibility, collaboration, and shared use of physical and financial resources. You’ll gain building- and construction- related inspiration for all types of academic spaces and buildings.

• University Facilities for the Sciences & Advanced Technologies

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: May 1-2, 2023
    Location: St. Petersburg, FL
    Get the latest space planning, facility design, and building construction solutions for higher education science, engineering, and advanced technology facilities.

• Research Facilities

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: May 4-5 2023
    Location: St. Petersburg, FL
    This conference features the new designs, metrics, and planning models for labs, offices, and support facilities for high-tech laboratory and research work environments.

• National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA) National Conference and Expo

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: May 21-24, 2023
    Location: San Diego, CA
    This conference is dedicated to the planning, development, operation, and maintenance of state facilities (including departments of administration, transportation, real estate, parks, corrections, human services, and colleges and universities). Topics include maintenance/management software, real estate, building commissioning, capital budgeting, department of transportation-related topics, strategic planning, and more.

• Campus Facility Management Technology Association (CFTA) Conference

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: August 1-4, 2023
    Location: St. Louis, MO
    CFTA brings together campus FM technology professionals and solution leaders for four days of educational sessions and presentations, round-table discussions, campus tours, and networking opportunities.  Learn best practices, connect with your peers, hear from inspiring practitioners, shape the future of your work, and feel energized to build, design, and manage your campus systems.

• Animal Research Facilities

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 5-6, 2023
    Location: Austin, TX
    This annual animal facilities conference details new planning, design, construction, and operational strategies for high-capacity, highly efficient, flexible animal research space.

• Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) Conference and Expo 2023

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 19-22, 2023
    Location: National Harbor, MD
    ASBO’s Annual ExpoASBO’s Conference & Expo brings together nearly 1,000 school business leaders worldwide for engaging professional development and educational sessions covering timely issues that impact school finance, countless networking opportunities, and the latest products and services in school business.

• Midwest Facility Masters Conference

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 30-31, 2023
    Location: Wisconsin Dells, WI
    The Midwest Facility Masters Conference is a tremendous opportunity for facility managers, buildings and grounds supervisors, school business managers, and district administrators to gain a new perspective on technology, procedures, processes, and impacts of the facility and staffing decisions in the their districts. This event draws attendees from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

• International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA) Conference

  • Category: Education/Museums/Cultural Centers
    Type: In-person
    Date: September 10-14, 2023
    Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    The International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA) is an international nonprofit organization devoted to meeting the professional needs of facility and security administrators at cultural institutions, especially in their efforts to set and attain standards of excellence and quality in the sustainable design, construction, operation, and maintenance of world-class cultural facilities. 

• K12 Facilities Forum 2023

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: November 12-14, 2023
    Location: Austin, TX
    The K12FF is a live, invitation-only event for senior facilities leaders. The event includes peer roundtables, networking, and sessions devoted to such topics as workforce recruitment and retention, improving the safety and security of education spaces, and much more.

• Higher Ed Facilities Forum 2023

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: November 12-14, 2023
    Location: Austin, TX
    The Higher Ed FF conference is a live, invitation-only event for senior facilities leaders. The event includes peer roundtables, networking, and sessions devoted to such topics as tackling a deferred maintenance backlog, impacts of inflation, right-sizing real estate portfolios, and more

• Campus Facilities Summit

  • Category: Education
    Type: In-person
    Date: 2023 date TBA
    Location: 2023 location TBA
    The Campus Facilities Summit convenes the heads of facilities, capital planning, construction, and engineering from the top colleges and universities across the country. It’s an intimate, invitation-only executive conference providing a relaxed environment to connect with leaders that oversee all aspects of design and construction. 

Sustainability Facilities Conferences

• Boston Sustainable Energy Association Conference – Building Energy

  • Category: Sustainability
    Type: In-person
    Date: March 27-29, 2023
    Location: Boston, MA
    NESEA’s BuildingEnergy Boston conference is designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and building/energy policy. Conference sessions and showcase demos offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical how-to, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. Attendees represent dozens of industries including architecture, engineering, building, design, consulting, policy, finance, auditing, installation, construction, and education.

• CxEnergy Conference and Exposition

  • Category: Sustainability
    Type: In-person
    Date: May 2-5, 2023
    Location: Dallas, TX
    CxEnergy brings together commissioning and energy management for the benefit of building and facility owners. Enjoy 30+ technical sessions led by top industry experts, expo booths to visit, pre-conference certification seminars, and plenty of networking and relationship-building opportunities.

• GreenBuild 2022 Conference and Expo
  • Category: Sustainability
    Type: In-person
    Date: September 26-29, 2023
    Location: Washington, DC
    The Greenbuild International Conference + Expo is re-imagining what it means to build green, going beyond buildings to create greener communities, better workplaces, equitable programs, new sustainable solutions, and more!

• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Conference – Building Energy NYC

  • Category: Sustainability
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 12, 2023
    Location: New York, NY
    NESEA’s BuildingEnergy NYC conference is designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and building/energy policy. Conference sessions and showcase demos offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical how-to, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. Attendees represent dozens of industries including architecture, engineering, building, design, consulting, policy, finance, auditing, installation, construction, and education.

Safety and Security Facilities Conferences

• SafetyFOCUS Conference

  • Category: Safety/Security & Higher Ed
    Type: In-person and online
    Date: February 13-17, 2023
    Location: Orlando, FL
    SafetyFOCUS is your chance to take a deep dive into the material that matters most to you. Courses are immersive, engaging, and tailored to what you’re doing in your workplace. Learn skills you can apply immediately on the job, get resources to guide you, and build a professional support network that lasts a lifetime. You can also choose whether to attend SafetyFOCUS in-person and online, giving you access to world-class safety education wherever you are.

• Safety 2022 Professional Development Conference & Exposition

  • Category: Safety/Security
    Type: In-person/Virtual
    Date: June 5-7, 2023
    Location: San Antonio, TX
    Workplace safety and health will continue to evolve. The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Safety Conference connects you with industry expertise, a network of like-minded peers, and the latest innovations. 

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference & Expo
  • Category: Safety/Security
    Type: In-person
    Date: June 19-21, 2023
    Location: Las Vegas, NV
    From the proliferation of cutting edge technologies to the increased frequency of active shooter/hostile events, the NFPA Conference and Expo is your opportunity to learn about the latest challenges and come together to find new and improved solutions to overcome them. The program features dozens of speakers, hundreds of exhibitors, and the chance to share your expertise and connect with a global network of colleagues collaborating to make the world a safer place.

• EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2023

  • Category: Safety/Security & Higher Ed
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 9-12, 2023
    Location: Chicago, IL
    Geared toward higher education, the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference gives participants a chance to network and discuss information security, privacy trends, and issues with peers and corporate partners. The conference offers leadership training, workshops, and “reboot areas” to allow participants a quiet place to reset and recharge their minds.

• Campus Safety Conference

  • Category: Safety/Security
    Type: In-person
    Multiple Dates and Locations:
    • • CSC East
        Date: 2023 date TBA
        Location: TBA
      • CSC West
        Date: 2023 date TBA
        Location: TBA
      • CSC Texas
        Date: 2023 date TBA
        Location: TBA
        These conferences bring together security, public safety, emergency management, administration, facilities, business, and IT professionals responsible for protecting K-12 and higher education campuses and districts. Learn strategies and tactics to reduce risk and improve response that can be immediately implemented at your campus.

Religious Facilities Conferences

• National Association of Church Facility Managers Conference

  • Category: Religious
    Type: In-person
    Date: June 19-22, 2023
    Location: Sevierville, TN
    The NACFM’s annual conference is a perfect blend of encouragement, networking, education, and family-friendly activities. Receive technical education, updates on current industry/product trends, leadership training, spiritual reinforcement, and peer support. 

• Church Facilities Conference & Expo

  • Category: Religious
    Type: In-person
    Date: October 9-11, 2023
    Location: Dallas, TX
    Church Facilities Conference and Expo (CFX) is the leading education, training and solutions marketplace dedicated to houses of worship. Discover how to pioneer new ideas to grow your teams and utilize your buildings in impactful ways.

Don’t Wait Too Long!

Remember to check event websites for the most up-to-date information and registration deadlines. Some conferences offer free admission options and early-bird discounts. The earlier you sign up for an event, the more likely you’ll save money.

Note: COVID-19 outbreaks may postpone some listed conferences or move them online instead of in-person.

Lastly, be on the lookout when you attend one of these conferences – you might get a chance to say hi to the AkitaBox Team! We’d love to meet you!

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