This is the 7th year of bringing women together to discuss, brainstorm and celebrate women's unique role in the construction industry. Meet more than 200 female executives and managers who will attend from top firms across home building and remodeling.

This year's conference is about the power of transformation as we examine the present—and craft the future—of women in industry.

The conference will provide:

• Inspiring keynotes and industry speakers with actionable advice
• Creative working sessions
• Peer-to-peer breakouts
• Networking receptions geared toward building lasting relationships

So come and connect with other women in residential construction who are meeting challenges and finding success.

Today, the Design-Build Institute of America is the true authority on Design-Build Done Right®. Comprised of architectural, engineering, and construction professionals, as well as academics, students, and project Owners, its members collaborate and innovate to deliver some of America’s most successful projects.

The National Facilities Management and Technology (NFMT) Conference & Exposition was launched in 2001 by the publishers of Building Operating Management and Facility Maintenance Decisions magazines. In 2015 NFMT Orlando was launched to be a companion event, serving the southeast United States. The goal? Bring free FM education, networking, and product discovery to facilities professionals in another region of the country. NFMT Orlando is the premier facilities management event in the Fall, providing insightful and informative education as well as a vibrant show floor of suppliers showcasing the latest products to aid in making your building better than ever.

Mitigation is the sustained action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards and their effects. Over the last decade, the United States has seen a shift in emergency management from relief and response to reducing hazard risk. Key points in this effort are building resilient communities and creating community-based disaster management plans.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2020), the nation has averaged 14 floods, wildfires, and other disasters every year for the last five years. These disasters annually cost America $106 billion.

The NIBS 2019 Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves Report has found that adopting the latest building code requirements is affordable and saves $11 per $1 invested. Furthermore, the study found that federal grants save $6 per $1 cost. Since 1995, public-sector investment in mitigation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Economic Development Administration, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cost the country $27 billion but will ultimately save $160 billion, meaning $6 saved for every dollar invested.

Join our esteemed panel as they discuss the importance of hazard mitigation in the United States. This session will include:

• Latest development of the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
• Key features of the HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Discussion on national policy and priorities on disaster preparedness and response
• Resources on how state emergency managers and communities best utilize the federal grants

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is the professional association for landscape architects in the United States, representing more than 15,000 members. Landscape architects lead the planning, design, and stewardship of healthy, equitable, safe, and resilient environments. The Society’s mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship.

The 2021 National Disaster Resilience Conference will bring together the nation’s foremost voices in the disaster safety and resilience movement. Keynote presentations, discussion panels, and spotlight topics will focus on the latest in science, policy, and practice to create more resilient buildings and disaster-resilient communities in the face of earthquakes, floods, hail, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, and wildfires, as well as human-caused disasters.

The Facade Tectonics Institute’s Vitruvian Honors & Awards program celebrates outstanding achievements in the field of facade design and delivery. The program recognizes outstanding projects, as well as project teams and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to facade design, engineering, fabrication, installation and lifecycle performance. The projects and contributions demonstrate the goals of the Institute in advancing the art, science and technology of designing, planning, and constructing high-performance building facades for the benefit of the planet and people.

With 15 live sessions analysing regional and global markets, investment risks and new opportunities, post-pandemic valuation essentials, sustainable buildings, net zero missions, shifting occupier demands and repurposing space, the upcoming RICS Global Commercial Property Conference 2021 welcomes international speakers to voice their expert insights and discuss how the sector can emerge from lockdown to recovery.

During our networking session at Building Innovation 2021, many leaders spoke about being their authentic self. How much of yourself can you really share with others at work? For example, if you’re kindhearted, does this come through, or do you pretend to be someone else at work for appearances sake? Does your wardrobe reflect your true self? Is it OK to have a bad day?

Women in the built environment sometimes wear many hats. During this session, we’ll break down some of these walls and talk about authenticity.

What we will cover in our webinar:

• Review why climate change is such an important issue and provide a brief history of global agreements, what “Net Zero” means, and a high-level overview of the topic
• Summarize the key takeaways from the 2021 summit
• Review how well countries are doing vis-à-vis the Paris Agreement
• Cover what some of the anticipated impacts of the agreements made during COP26, and why measuring and managing your carbon footprint is critical to business success