CAPPA and MAPPA, the Central and Midwest regions of APPA, met in St.Louis, Missouri for the 2024 CAPPA/MAPPA Joint Conference. Together, we are “Arching Forward” into the future of facilities management, and we thank everyone that was a part of the experience!
The 2024 CAPPA/MAPPA Annual Conference drew 230 attendees to the St. Louis Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, from October 13th through October 16th. There were 135 Business Partners representing 65 businesses. Our Business Partners partnered with many of our educational members to share information on new projects completed at institutions throughout the regions.
Our theme for 2024 was “Arching Forward”. There were 35 educational sessions presented; covering an array of facilities management topics, including “Custodial, Grounds, & Maintenance”, “Planning, Design, & Construction”, “Energy & Utilities”, Management/Leadership”, as well as various roundtable discussions.
The 2024 CAPPA/MAPPA joint conference in St. Louis was hugely successful, and we’ve received many compliments on it—from the service at the Union Station Hotel, the educational sessions, the conference outings, and the business partner opportunities.
There was a massive effort to plan and execute this conference. We had some outstanding facilities folks from CAPPA and MAPPA to lead us through it all. They exemplified what we want APPA to be by helping each other collaborate and sharing their knowledge and experience to meet our common goals. From the beginning of the planning stage of the conference almost a year ago, those service-minded individuals from institutions and business partners worked together to produce a valuable, positive, and memorable experience for all who attended. The result was an outstanding conference that exceeded all expectations and, as a bonus, came in a little in the black.
All conference attendees had the opportunity to meet and have meaningful conversations with the new APPA President and CEO, Lalit Agarwal, who made himself available for private conversations with anyone who wanted to give him feedback and ideas.
The CAPPA/MAPPA conference in St. Louis brought us together as an industry in an era of great challenges. Through sharing common problems and collaborating to find solutions, we are all better. We discovered that the power of having diverse backgrounds and opinions can be utilized in a positive way. We reinforced that we all have a passion for serving our clients, our universities, our companies, and especially each other.
Thank you all for coming together to make this conference great!
