NAA’s Elizabeth Ambacher and Clark Ebbert chat with Denile Doyle about why this year’s event looks different and what today's owner-operators are asking for.
This year, the National Apartment Association’s Apartmentalize confrence heads to New Orleans with 110 education sessions led by 250 industry experts.
Elizabeth Ambacher, NAA’s vice president of meetings and expositions, and Clark Ebbert, director of conference education discuss what’s on the agenda this year and what it says about the evolution of apartment operations.
This year’s educational programming, shaped by direct input from NAA’s advisory board, reflects the challenges operators are facing right now. Artificial intelligence remains a major focus, but the conversation has evolved from “What is AI?” to proving ROI and scaling adoption.
We also discuss the growing emphasis on maintenance strategy and how attendees can use the NAA Planner to map out sessions and make the most of their time across the event, including the 165,000-square-foot expo floor.
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Here are a few highlights from this episode:
(3:19) Why centralization and automation haven’t delivered as cleanly as operators expected
(4:20) Doing more with less is the No. 1 challenge members bring to NAA
(9:21) The shift from fixing things faster to building systems that break less
(12:31) Why “we want less” is really code for “we’re overwhelmed by options”
(15:55) Three keynote speakers bringing perspectives from outside the industry
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