Welcome to the 2025 Apartmentalize Call for Presentations!

Hello to all of the curious and intelligent people of the rental housing industry!

Do you have fresh ideas, solutions, and innovations for current issues and challenges that confront the rental housing industry? We encourage you to submit a written proposal through our online platform by Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11:59 p.m. EST.

2025 Apartmentalize will convene June 11 – 13 in the Entertainment Capitol of the World at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. More than 12,000 professionals are expected to attend, making this the most expansive event for the apartment housing industry.

While networking opportunities, the NAA Exposition, or even the general session speakers rank highly among motivating reasons for attending our event each year, education programming is the foundation of Apartmentalize. Therefore, a robust and well-balanced education program is essential, one that focuses on the topics that NAA members value and require in their day-to-day practices.

For Your Consideration!

• In 2025, we will feature a series of eight “fishbowl” format, sessions, which feel like a panel discussion, in the round, with audience members included in the conversation. Learn more about the Fishbowl Format! 

• Post event feedback strongly indicates that our audience wants to see fewer four-person panel discussions. For 2025, we are looking for proposals with: one subject matter expert; teams of two or three co-presenters, while decreasing the number of four-person panel discussions. 

• Innovative session formats are sought to increase variety for our audience: game show formats, case studies (innovation, best practices, lessons learned), roundtable discussions, hack sharing, peer-to-peer discussions, campfire chats, demonstrations, and other interactive formats.  

• Interactive Engagement: Keep your audience engaged! Explain in your outline how you plan to make your session interactive (i.e., Polling through the event app; small group discussion; scenario; problem solving; gamification etc.). 

 Topics of high relevance include but are not limited to:

Student Housing	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	Affordable Housing	Hybrid Workplace Culture	Human Resources
Technology/Proptech/AI	Marketing	Leasing	Maintenance (For Supervisors)	Research
Affordable Housing	Executive	Operations	Career Development	Leadership




Need some inspiration on what topic to propose?

• Look at NAA publications to explore issues our members are facing (Link to publications)




Audience Demographics from 2024

Design your proposal for the audience at Apartmentalize! Job titles of attendees include: 

25% Vice President/Corporate Executive

21% Regional Supervisor/Manager

13% Property Manager

9% Owner/Principal/President

7% Marketing/Sales

3% Maintenance Professional (Supervisor)

 

 

Instructions for Submitting

Complete all fields of the online submission form using the portal linked below. You will need to create and coordinate the following components:

• Speaker Bios for all presenters (Link to example)
• Session Title (Link to example)
• Session Description (Link to example)
• Learning Objectives (3) (Link to example)
• Presentation Outline (Link to example)

Click here to read the tactical tips for submitters

 

PLEASE NOTE: Proposals must include at least one owner/operator/manager within a presentation team, as submissions with suppliers only will not be considered. Also, each company can submit up to three proposals. Only the first three submitted proposals will be considered. Additionally, all speakers listed on the proposal must be aware that they are being considered during the peer review process. Proposals selected to be moved forward onto the program undergo a confirmation process, at which time speakers are asked to commit to speaking in June. Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered. 

 

Submission Evaluation and Selection

An Education Advisory Board (EAB) will review, evaluate, and score submissions using the following selection criteria: 

1. Relevance to the current multifamily housing market
2. Intelligent and clearly articulated submission materials with achievable learning objectives
3. Presenter/Speaker qualifications
4. Provides useful information that attendees can apply to daily work life (actionable and practical)
5. Appropriate for an intermediate or advanced professional audience 




Speakers selected from this process will receive a complimentary full conference registration to Apartmentalize in 2025, which includes a Thursday Night Party ticket.




NAA considers our speakers to be collaborative partners in the promotion of our event, see details in the Policies Governing Accepted Proposals.


Program Selection Timeline

Friday, October 11, 2024	Call for Presentations opens
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11:59 PM ET	Deadline for submitting proposals
November 15 – December 9, 2024	Education Advisory Board (EAB) peer reviews proposals and makes recommendations
Wednesday, January 8, 2025	Selection notifications sent to proposers, including evaluation scores and reviewers’ comments.

 


Education Program Format

Education Sessions will take place on Wednesday, June 11, Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13. Presenters/Panelists should plan to conduct a 60-minute presentation, though some sessions will be truncated to 50 or 30 minutes at the request of event planners.




About NAA

The National Apartment Association (NAA) is America’s leading advocate for quality rental housing. NAA's mission is to serve the interests of multifamily housing owners, managers, developers, and suppliers and maintain an elevated level of professionalism in the apartment housing industry to better serve the rental housing needs of the public.