Tracks

As a conference attendee at NFMT, you will be privy to valuable information that you can't find anywhere else — information designed to help you exceed your professional goals. And best of all, you can maintain your continuing education credits from a variety of industry associations for FREE. If you are responsible for the management, operations or maintenance of facilities, you can't afford to miss NFMT. It's that simple.

With 115 free sessions and 11 tracks to chose from, you can customize your learning experience to meet your needs.

NFM&T

Energy
What's influencing energy decisions in facilities today? How do facility professionals anticipate the energy needs of tomorrow? Supplier and end-users perspectives address deregulation, alternative power sources, the role of utilities and technology's role in improving efficiency.

Leadership
You are not only a facility or maintenance manager, but a leader within your team and your organization. This track will help you excel at key leadership tasks, everything from team building to advancing your own career, to working with you organization's executive management.

Strategy
Manage, communicate, forecast, anticipate -- as a facility manager, you have to do it all, and do it right. This track offers insights on facing today's (and tomorrow's) management challenges and provides idea-generating sessions to advance your career and your facility's mission.

Technology
From HVAC to lighting to roofing - new technologies are dominating the marketplace. Technology has changed everything from the design of a building to the data center. Learn now about the updates the will affect your facility in the coming months and years.

Maintenance Solutions Expo

Codes and Compliance
The regulations and standards that affect maintenance and engineering departments often help ensure access to facilities and help protect occupants. But problems can arise when facilities are caught off guard by a regulation, or when compliance is burdensome. In this track, you will learn about regulations from various agencies and how to incorporate their requirements into operations.

Maintenance Management Insight
There's a lot to manage within a maintenance and engineering department: benchmarking, training, budgets, outsourcing, energy management, grounds care, housekeeping and more. This track provides an in-depth look into how these and other key issues play out within commercial and institutional facilities, and offers insight into the manager's role in finding efficient, cost-effective solutions.

MRO
Maintenance and engineering executives are under constant and growing pressure to make the most of every purchase by locating products and services that help provide solutions and increase efficiency. This track offers the latest updates on technologies, applications and strategies that can successfully further an organization's maintenance missions.

GreenTech

Green Strategies and Standards
Sustainability is becoming a mainstay in our daily life. Another mainstay is the regulations and standards accompanying the green movement. These sessions will help you understand these current strategies and standards including LEED, Green Seal, local and national building codes and more.

Sustainable Design and Operations
As green building components continue to impact building design and construction, sustainable design and operations are becoming the status quo. This track highlights the role that products and technology have in creating an environmentally sound facility from the inside out.

Safe Buildings Expo

Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery
In these times is seems like both natural and man-made emergencies are becoming more of a reality. From violence in the workplace to pandemics to hurricanes, every facility needs to have effective emergency plan in place. This track with help you understand your options and obligations in safeguarding your facilities and the people inside them.

Safety Solutions
This track delves into - and beyond - the nuts and bolts of facility security, and provides attendees with a clear understanding of the role technology plays in securing a building. From access control to biometrics to air monitoring equipment to fire safety, topics addressed here will enable facility Professionals to take a more active role in providing safety solutions to their organization.