Building Insights Agenda

Below is the tentative agenda for Building Insights. Sessions are subject to change.

8:00AM-5:00PM Registration Open
12:00PM-1:00PM CAB Member Lunch

(For members of the FMS Customer Advisory Board)

 

Partner Lunch 

(For FMS Partners)

1:00PM-4:00PM CAB Member Vision Meeting

(For members of the FMS Customer Advisory Board)

 

Partner Meetings

(For FMS Partners)

6:00PM-9:00PM Building Insights Kick-off Reception

Open to all attendees! Join other customers, partners and the FMS Team for food, drinks & fun activities to kick off the week!

Tuesday, April 11th

8:00AM-5:00PM Registration Open
12:00PM-1:00PM CAB Member Lunch

For members of the FMS Customer Advisory Board

 

Partner Lunch 

For FMS Partners

1:00PM-4:00PM CAB Member Vision Meeting

For members of the FMS Customer Advisory Board

 

Partner Meetings

For FMS Partners

6:00PM-9:00PM Building Insights Kick-off Reception

Open to all attendees! Join other customers, partners and the FMS Team for food, drinks & fun activities to kick off the week!

Wednesday, April 12th

8:00AM-5:00PM Registration Open
8:00AM-9:00AM All Attendee Breakfast
9:00AM-10:00AM Welcome Keynote & Product Roadmap 

Hear the latest company and product updates from CEO Kurt von Koch and CSO Brian Haines.

10:00AM-11:00AM Customer Presentation with Allianz

Hear from our customer Allianz as they share their story and expertise.

11:00AM-12:00PM Customer Success Stories with JLL

JLL will present customer success stories using FMS solutions.

12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch
1:00PM-1:50PM Breakout Sessions:

 

1:00PM-1:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    BEGINNER 

FMS:Workplace Configuration Roulette Pt.1

This session reviews how to modify data tables and attributes in data columns, control data views and permissions, plus how to enhance your users’ experience with queries, information panes and other interface capabilities.

 

1:00PM-1:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    BEGINNER 

FMS:Employee Admin 101

This session features best practices for the configuration of FMS:Employee including services, security permissions, and scheduling administration.

 

1:00PM-1:50PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Refocus & Rationalize: FMS Research Study

Learn more about the FMS 2023 research study, a comprehensive survey of over 450 organizational leaders in a variety of industries. See the results and hear our thoughts on what it means for the future of work. Download Accompanying Report >

 

1:00PM-5:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

1:50PM-2:00PM Break
2:00PM-2:50PM Breakout Sessions:

 

2:00PM-2:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    BEGINNER 

FMx Reporting 101

This session reviews the creation, management, and the varieties of FMx Reports. Learn how to establish a report’s foundations, tips for editing, common formulas and visualizations.

 

2:00PM-2:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    BEGINNER 

Facility Maintenance + Asset Management

This session focuses on how to submit, assign, complete and manage facility maintenance service requests or work orders. Learn more about preventative maintenance and explore best practices for asset management.

 

2:00PM-2:50PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Top Trends for the Future of Work

Hear from FMS Chief Strategy Office Brian Haines on the driving market factors and the trends we are focused on in 2023 and beyond.

 

1:00PM-5:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

2:50PM-3:00PM Break
3:00PM-3:50PM Customer Presentation with Washington County

Hear from our customer Washington County as they share their story and expertise.

4:00PM-6:00PM Break
6:00PM-7:00PM Partner Networking Happy Hour!

Join the FM:Systems Team and our partners for a happy-hour networking session!

Thursday, April 13th

8:00AM-12:00PM Registration Open
8:00AM-9:00AM 8:00AM-9:00AM

All Attendee Breakfast

 

8:00AM-9:00AM

Government-focused Breakfast

Join us in a breakfast networking session with other experts in the Government Industry and hear from FMS leadership on our government initiatives.

9:00AM-9:50AM Breakout Sessions:

 

9:00AM-9:50AM
 TRAINING TRACK    ADVANCED 

FMx Reports 201

This session focuses upon advanced formulas, sorting, groupings, and visualization settings. Data joins, filtering abilities, XML import/export along with tips and tricks will also be reviewed.

 

9:00AM-9:50AM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Customer Presentation with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Hear how the National Renewable Energy Laboratory successfully brought multiple teams into a single platform for space management and hybrid work.

 

9:00AM-3:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

9:50AM-10:00AM Break
10:00AM-10:50AM Breakout Sessions:

 

10:00AM-10:50AM

 TRAINING TRACK    ADVANCED 

Workplace Plugins and Drawing Management

Explore the FMS:Workplace plugins for both AutoCAD and Revit, and hear best practices on the AstraZeneca Revit implementation.

 

10:00AM-10:50AM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Corporate Industry Roundtable

Join us in an interactive roundtable session where we will discuss facility and workplace challenges in Corporate.

 

10:00AM-10:50AM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Government Industry Roundtable

Join us in an interactive roundtable session where we will discuss facility and workplace challenges in Government Industry.

 

9:00AM-3:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

10:50AM-11:00AM Break
11:00AM-12:00PM Breakout Sessions:

 

11:00AM-12:00PM

GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Workplace Analytics Overview

Hear from the FMS:Insights product team on our vision for workplace analytics.

 

11:00AM-12:00PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Healthcare Industry Roundtable

Join us in an interactive roundtable session where we will discuss facility and workplace challenges in the Healthcare Industry.

 

11:00AM-12:00PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

Higher Education Industry Roundtable

Join us in an interactive roundtable session where we will discuss facility and workplace challenges in the Higher Education industry.

 

9:00AM-3:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch
1:00PM-1:50PM Breakout Sessions:

 

1:00PM-1:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    ADVANCED 

FMS:Employee 201

Learn more about new features and configuration options in FMS:Employee such as PIR sensor integration, the bi-directional Exchange 365 integration and a variety of services enhancements.

 

1:00PM-1:50PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

The Best of "Tip Tuesday"

In addition to help documentation and training content, the FMS:Champions Community features a section on use cases to solve common problems or streamline business activities. We dive into some of the cases and discuss how issues are solved or roadblocks removed.

 

9:00AM-3:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

1:50PM-2:00PM Break
2:00PM-2:50PM Breakout Sessions:

 

2:00PM-2:50PM

 TRAINING TRACK    ADVANCED 

FMS:Workplace Configuration Roulette Part 2

This session reviews how to modify data tables and attributes in data columns, control data views and permissions, plus how to enhance your users’ experience with queries, information panes and other interface capabilities.

 

2:00PM-2:50PM

 GENERAL SESSION    ALL ATTENDEES 

The 13-year Technology Cycle with Michael Schley

Periodically there is a confluence of events that results in a major transformation of society. FMS founder Mike Schley looks at this phenomenon from 1980 to today, sharing how FM technology took major steps forward in these years including the founding of FM:Systems.

 

9:00AM-3:00PM

Product Demo Lounge

Get direct access to our panel of FMS experts! Featuring a variety of FMS hardware options, get hands-on experience with different solutions & reserve time with our experts to answer your top questions.

 

2:50PM-3:00PM Break
3:00PM-3:30PM Closing Remarks & Prizes

Wrap up the week with everyone for closing remarks and announcement of contest winners (must be present to win)

See you in DC!

If you're interested in registering for Building Insights, email our event team at: ucregistration@fmsystems.com