Submissions Have Closed for FUTURE 2025!
Be a FUTURE Speaker in 2026
Share your insights and expertise with FUTURE attendees on everything from Generative and Agentic AI and the resident experience to leadership, market trends, and transforming everyday operations. Submissions for speaking at FUTURE closed on June 16th. To be notified when the FUTURE 2026 Call for Speakers opens, please email futurespeakers@appfolio.com.
Presentation
A focused session where experts share insights and experiences on specific topics, designed to educate, inspire, and spark meaningful conversations among peers and professionals.
Panel
A moderated, conversational discussion featuring multiple speakers sharing diverse perspectives, guided by a moderator to ensure an engaging and balanced dialogue.
Workshop
A hands-on, interactive session where you'll actively explore and practice new skills, techniques, or concepts in a collaborative setting.
Lightbulb
A fast-paced, 15-minute talk designed to spark fresh ideas, insights, and inspiration in a short burst of impact.
FUTURE 2025 Topics & Themes
Choose a topic or theme in which you are an expert and shed light on the most pressing challenges, concerns, and opportunities that impact business performance and success.
Generative and Agentic AI
Understand how the rapid advances in innovation and technology will reshape the real estate industry and the opportunities and challenges this transformation will bring. Examples: Artificial Intelligence, Automation, IOT
Insights & Analytics
Learn how top-performing operators use business intelligence tools and advanced analytics to turn business data into insights and better decisions.
Business Operations
Gain strategies to grow your business, improve profitability and run more efficient operations from industry experts and peers. Examples: Centralization, Control Costs, Ancillary Revenue Streams
Leadership & Personal Growth
Up your leadership game with proven best practices and guidance from universally recognized influencers. Develop your career through self-discovery, skill development and empowerment.
Hiring, Talent & Culture
Hear practical advice on how to build a strong company culture and acquire great talent.
Business Intelligence & Analytics
Increase your teams’ performance and operational efficiency with ready-to-implement tips and case studies from well-respected influencers and practitioners. Learn how the top-performing operators are growing their business using BI and advanced analytics.
Investor Experience
Learn practical strategies with your owners to maintain positive relationships, ensure financial stability, and streamline operations in the competitive real estate market.
Resident Experience
Understand how your resident experience can help maintain high occupancy, ensure financial stability, and create a thriving community within your properties.
Personal Growth
Develop your career through self-discovery, skill development, and empowerment, supporting your journey towards personal fulfillment and growth.
Regulations & Compliance
Learn best practices from third party experts on how to mitigate risk for your business and how legislation changes may impact your business.
Centralization
Hear how you can centralize your operations to operate more efficiently, consistently, and cost-effectively, while also improving communication, control, and scalability.
Economic & Market Trends
Keep a pulse on emerging trends and market forces from leaders in the industry so you can better navigate the dynamic real estate market.
Market & Industry Segment
Learn about the latest trends across your entire real estate investment and management portfolio, including affordable housing and student housing.
Risk & Fraud
From disaster readiness to growing threats to data security and fraud, hear practical strategies from experts to protect your business. Examples: Disaster Readiness, Fraud Prevention Strategies
Maintenance
Learn practical applications for increasing the profitability and efficiency of your maintenance operations.
Marketing & Leasing
Hear leading strategies to effectively market your properties, attract residents and optimize leasing processes to gain efficiencies and maintain high occupancy.
Accounting
Understand best practices for how you can gain efficiencies in your accounting processes while improving accuracy to make more informed decisions.
You’ve Submitted Your Form. What Happens Next?
Submit Your Proposal
Complete your proposal by June 16th at 5 pm PT.
Submission Update
We will be in touch by the end of June 2025 to update you on the status of your submission.
Speaker Next Steps
If your submission is accepted, you will be invited to join our Speaker Resource Center.
Speaker Briefing Calls
All approved speakers will be invited to join briefing calls with their AppFolio representative for helpful insights on content and how to prepare for the event.
FUTURE
See you in San Diego on October 13-15, 2025!
