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digest Industry News & Events nts By Anita Dosik facilities CENTENNIAL LOGO KICKS OFF A YEAR OF CELEBRATION APPA kicked off its yearlong Centennial Celebration with the unveiling of the Centennial logo during the closing session of the Annual Conference in Minneapolis. As part of the presentation, we premiered a video comprising 1,000+ images from APPA's history; you can view the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xouehmU700I&feature=youtu.be. Additionally, to help us celebrate our 100th anniversary, APPA has created a Web page designed to allow you an opportunity to contribute photos, video, and other images to APPA's Centennial Image Bank. The Image Bank will be unveiled at the APPA 2014 Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration, to be held July 21-23, 2014 at the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel in San Diego, California. Visit http://100years.appa.org/ for more information and ideas for submissions. In the coming year you will also see special features in Facilities Manager—not only celebrating APPA's past, but focusing on our future through profiles of Emerging Professionals, interviews with futurists, and photos from our history. Additional links of interest: APPA 2013 Breakout sessions: http://appa.org/training/APPA2013/2013BreakoutSessions.cfm APPA 2013 Photos on Shutterfly website: Appa2013minneapolis@shutterfly.com APPA 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS: SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 8, 2013 APPA invites you to submit a program presenting solutions for improvement, sharing of best practices, or innovative approaches relevant to facilities professionals throughout the educational community. The APPA 2014 annual conference offers an opportunity for you to be part of the outstanding professional development program, to participate in discussions and share effective strategies to the many challenges facing facilities professionals. The selected proposals will provide a program that offers innovative, comprehensive, and diverse treatment of issues facing facilities professionals throughout the educational community— colleges, universities, community colleges, and K-12. Topic areas to be addressed are: Technology: Use of Tablets—Best Practices within Facilities Management, BIM, Social Media—Effective Practices, Tell Our Story Using Data, The Cloud Cost of Higher Education: Communicating—Cost & Value, Alternative Funding, How Do We Tell Our Story?, How Do We Do Different For Less? Sustainability/Energy: Impacts of Electric Vehicles (EVs), Ethics of Renewable Energy, Being a Leader in a Learning, Living Laboratory, Impact of Sustainability on FM. Safety & Emergency Management: Natural Disaster Recoveries, Advancement of Codes—Impact on Campus 6 | september/october 2013 | Facilities Manager General Interest Customer Service and the Experience with Internal and External Customers, Employee Fitness, Programs for a Strong Team, Succession Planning and Mentoring, Out-of-the-Box Leadership Styles and Successes Proposals are being accepted for 60-minute concurrent sessions. Programming will occur July 21-23, 2014 in San Diego, California. Six to eight educational sessions will run concurrently in two to three time slots per day. Guidelines for Submissions can be found at http://www.appa. org/training/APPA2014/conferencehighlights.cfm. Here are a few key considerations as you prepare your proposal: • Submission of program abstract with title in a format of a 5-7 sentence description; • Submission of 4 learning outcomes; • Submission of complete contact information for each potential presenter to include full name, title, institution or company, phone, e-mail address, and a 10-sentence biographical introduction; • Submissions from business partners should include a partnering with an educational entity. • Submissions can be made by e-mail to callforprograms@appa.org. • Submissions will not be accepted if the above items are not included. If you have questions, contact Suzanne Healy, director of professional development, at suzanne@appa.org or 703-542-3833.