APPAU is APPA's premier professional development opportunity—offering multiple training courses together at a single location.
Advance Your Career at APPAU Phoenix!
APPAU—APPA’s premier professional development event—is your opportunity to strengthen your facilities management skills, expand your leadership capabilities, and connect with peers from across the country. Join us February 2-5 in Phoenix, AZ!
APPAU Phoenix
APPA's Institute for Facilities Management and Leadership Academy
Spend 3-days attending one of APPA's signature training programs: Institute for Facilities Management or Leadership Academy — both are long-standing and highly successful programs that expand students' facilities management acumen and leadership skills. Both programs include full days of classes Tuesday through Thursday.
APPAU offers the convenience of these educational opportunities in one location with teaching faculty from across the country to help students envision the full spectrum of the facilities management profession. APPAU’s reputation for preparing facilities management professionals and their teams with the tools to meet competing priorities and deadlines within budget constraints and sustainability goals makes it a valuable educational experience. Students attending the APPAU 3-day program will choose one of the Institute for Facilities Management core tracks or one of the Leadership Academy levels to attend (details below).
Some programs have limited seats available...check the event details page for more information.
Other Programs at APPAU
Check out our AI in Facilities Management Workshop (T3) and the CEFP Live Prep Course also occurring in Phoenix in conjunction with APPAU.
Agenda
APPAU kicks off with a Monday evening reception. Student meals are provided for breakfast, lunch, and breaks throughout the training days (Tues-Thur). APPA also provides a closing reception on Thursday where we celebrate graduates who have completed all four cores of our Institute for Facilities Management or all four levels of our Leadership Academy programs.
Registration Rates - Institute or Leadership Academy
3-day Registration Fees
APPA Institutional Members: $1,640
Non-Members: $2,240
APPA Platinum Business Partners: $1,640
APPA Gold Business Partners: $1,740
APPA Silver Business Partners: $1,840
APPA Bronze Business Partners: $1,940
Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel
All APPAU events (including the CEFP and T3 programs) will be hosted at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel.
The APPAU hotel room block is now sold out.
Please consider one of the many nearby hotel options. Here are a few options:
- Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Downtown (less than 5 min walk from APPAU site)
- Sheraton Phoenix Downtown (less than 10 min walk from APPAU site)
Students are responsible for their own accommodations and evening meals.
Interested in Sponsoring APPAU?
APPA offers tiered opportunities designed to meet a range of visibility goals. Benefits include recognition in event communications, brand visibility throughout the venue, and opportunities for direct engagement with attendees.
Where are you on your APPA Professional Development Journey?
Institute for Facilities Management
Attendees selecting the "Institute" choose from one of four core facilities management topic areas for their APPAU event. Each core topic area provides rich content and hands-on exercises for attendees. The Institute core courses may be taken in any order.
Leadership Academy
APPA’s Leadership Academy prepares educational facilities professionals to become effective leaders with the skills to create thriving cultures of trust and lifelong learning that they can take back to their institutions. A comprehensive collection of four courses for educational facilities professionals, the Leadership Academy touches on all aspects of successful leadership skills: individual, interpersonal, managerial, and organizational.
AI in Facilities Workshop
Two days of learning more about AI in Facilities through innovative case studies presented by peers.
CEFP In-Person Study Course
Three days of facilitated preparation for the CEFP exam.
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