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Education Conference & EXPO


Multifamily professionals will sync up with more than 250 exhibitors in the largest local industry exposition in the country!

Feel like the future is leaving you behind? Get up to speed with this MegaByte of a show to help build your networking contacts and latest trends in products and services.

The Houston Apartment Association presents the 2008 Education Conference & Expo on May 21, 2008 at Reliant Center Hall D.

EXPO Show hours: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
  • FREE to all management personnel
  • Two $1000 Giveaway drawings
  • Drawing for a FREE Dell laptop computer
Exciting Seminars

Marketing & Leasing Keynote Presentation:
"Zap the Gap" featuring Meagan Johnson


Every customer has very unique wants, needs and desires. With each generation, there is an opportunity to learn new perspectives and get fresh ideas. With each generation, there is also an opportunity togrow frustrated, upset, angry and have a disaster on your hands. You must learn to tap into each generation's motivational requirements in order to successfully win their business.

Audience members will learn how to:

  • Enhance their credibility to those of different generations
  • Identify and understand the differences between generations; it's more than body piercings and hair dye

  • Vary your approach to multi-generational employees and clients

  • Learn how a person's 'generational signposts' affect what he or she says, does and buys

  • Use terminology that will bridge the gap between you and people of different generations

  • Offend people of every generation so they'll never want to deal with you again (some 'what NOT to do's')

    For the Executive Level

    What does the Future hold for Fair Housing?

    "Fair Housing Act Design and Construction Solutions"


    Multifamily buyers have started to include Fair Housing Accessibility Evaluations as an integral part of their due diligence. The largest developers and owners of multifamily dwellings are now very much aware of the Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines and take them into consideration when building or acquiring a property. Learn to develop a short and long term compliance plan to mitigate your liability.

    For the Maintenance Level
    featuring Don Willard, CAMT


    What the Future Holds in Pending HVAC Regulations - The Phase Out of R-22

    HVAC and maintenance expert Don willard will help you navigate the phase-out of R-22 and the introduction to R-410a systems. In two years, Department of Energy laws will take effect eliminating R-22 evaporators and condensers, making them unavailable for purchase. How will this affect our industry? Can a new R-410a condenser be used with an existing R-22 evaporators? What steps should your property take now to prepare? Will your onsite technicians need additional training or certification? FInd out the answer to these and other important industry changing questions. A "must-attend" for Lead Maintenance and Maintenance Supervisors across the HVAC-dependent Houston market!