NPC24 is your ultimate ticket to connect with your professional community. Join us in the vibrant city of Minneapolis and immerse yourself in an inspiring network of peers that will empower you to analyze, imagine, and plan for the future of the planning profession.
NPC24 will offer two distinct, complementary experiences for planners to connect. Once again, this year planners can attend in-person and online. Each venue will have unique content and sessions.

NIBS is a proud partner of USGBC’s digital U.S. Market Insights Summit: Workforce Development in Green Building, taking place online Sept. 3-5.

The need for a skilled green workforce has grown exponentially across the U.S., but many companies are facing unprecedented challenges in finding enough workers to fill open jobs. How can we recruit, train and connect with a skilled green workforce to meet this demand?

USGBC’s Workforce Development in Green Building Summit will explore strategies for growing the green workforce that align with the principles of sustainability, including prioritizing social equity, health and quality of life. Attendees will learn about successful education, training and pre-apprenticeship programs, examine how the LEED rating system supports workforce development, discuss funding opportunities such as those available through the Inflation Reduction Act, and more.

This summit will take place as six 1.5-hour sessions over three days. The first day will focus on policy, partnerships and funding; the second day will explore next wave opportunities through USGBC tools; and the third day will examine exemplary industry programs. Sessions will be approved for GBCI and AIA continuing education credits.

Join us in shaping the future of the green building workforce!

The plumbing, mechanical, water quality, medical gas, fire protection, and other related industries are represented at the Annual Meeting. Attendees include plumbers, engineers, contractors, code officials, water utility employees, laboratory technicians, manufacturers, installers, educators, program administrators, device/system/assembly testers, plumbing inspectors, hospital personnel, and more.

Only 7% of U.S. students and jobseekers actively seek work in the construction industry, according to a new study conducted by Dodge Construction Network.

Despite this, the study also reveals there are several opportunities to increase that share. Join Donna Laquidara-Carr, Industry Insights Research Director with Dodge, as she discusses key findings from the study of over 250 people working in construction and more than 1,100 students, jobseekers, and people employed in other industries in the U.S.

The study provides actionable information about how to attract more workers to the industry, including:

• What those working in construction find most satisfying in their careers
• What the next generation of workers are looking for and how the industry can make itself more appealing to them
• What keeps the largest share of people from considering work in construction (and it probably isn’t what you think)
• How the construction industry needs to communicate with the next generation of workers