IAMC

INDUSTRIAL ASSEST MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Opportunity in Action:
Harnessing Corporate Real Estate's Competitive Advantage

Little Rock, Arkansas
April 18-22, 2026

Tentative Schedule

 

With a focus on core corporate real estate business practice areas, IAMC programming blends targeted professional development with world-class knowledge sharing. 

VIEW PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
 

 

Saturday, April 18, 2026
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Volunteer Service Project
Requires separate registration
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Registration
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Early Arrivals Reception
 
Sunday, April 19, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
10:00 am - 11:30 am PILLAR Capstone Presentation
Skills Path: Building & Selling Your Industrial Business Case 
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Leadership Seminar: Mind Reading for Managers: 9 Keys to Keep your Best People from Walking out the Door
Requires separate registration
Kim Seeling Smith, Business Futurist/The Future of Work
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm Concurrent Interest Group Meetings & Working Lunch*
Distribution
Facilities Management
Manufacturing
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Corporate Roundtable*
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm New Member & First-Time Attendee Reception
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Welcome Reception & Dinner
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Hospitality Lounge
 
Monday, April 20, 2026
7:00 am - 7:45 am Fun Run, Walk & Jog
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 10:30 am General Session 1: ON FIRE: Ignite a Radically Inspired Life
John O’Leary, Trauma Survivor, Motivational Speaker & #1 National Bestselling Author of On Fire and In Awe
10:30 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm IAMC Info Exchange
An IAMC Signature Program
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm General Session 2: Powering the Digital Economy: Confronting the Triple Threat to Data Center Growth
Moderator:
Ford Graham, Partner, McGuire Woods Consulting

Panelists:
Josh Levi, President, Data Center Coalition
Jeff Green, Senior Manager, Economic Development, QTS Data Centers
Meagan Shrader, Head of US State and Local Public Policy at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (INVITED)
Kelly Patton, Economic Development Manager, Arizona Public Service Power Utility
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Peer-to-Peer Corporates*
An IAMC Signature Program
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Peer-to-Peer Associates
An IAMC Signature Program
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Networking Reception
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Hospitality Lounge
 
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
8:00 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am General Session 3: Geopolitical Risk: Emerging Trends & Hot Spots
Willis Sparks, Director of Global Macro of Eurasia Group
10:00 am - 10:30 am Networking Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Headshot Photo Booth
10:30 am - 11:15 am Concurrent Workshops, T1 - T4
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Concurrent Workshops, T5 - T8
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Awards Lunch & Fellows Graduation
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Get Some Help!
An IAMC Signature Program
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm IAMC Townhall Meeting
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Networking Reception
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Hospitality Lounge
 
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am General Session 4: Become an Idea Factory
Kyle Scheele, The Patron Saint of Crazy Ideas and Author of A Pizza With Everything On It and Host a Viking Funeral

*Open to corporate real estate end-users only.