2025 SMACNA Convention Schedule Released

The 2025 SMACNA Annual Convention is happening in Maui starting on October 26, and the schedule of events is now available! The SMACNA event of the year will feature expert-led sessions, valuable networking, top-tier entertainment, and the popular Product Show. Visit the SMACNA website to view the full schedule and meet the speakers.

October 25, 2025

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Registration

October 26, 2025

6:30 am - 8:00 am: College of Fellows Golf Outing Breakfast
8:00 am - 5:30 pm: Registration
8:00 am - 12:30 pm: College of Fellows Golf Tournament
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: College of Fellows Cornhole Tournament
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: College of Fellows Meeting
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Pacesetter Reception (Invite Only)
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meet and Greet Reception

October 27, 2025:

7:00 am - 8:00 am: Breakfast
7:00 am - 4:00 pm: Registration

8:00 am - 9:00 am: Educational Sessions

• From Data Enhanced to Data Empowered: Building the Future-Ready Contractor
• Testing And Balancing (TAB) - Friend or Foe
• Blueprints for Success: Building Effective Internship Programs in the Construction Industry
• SMACNA Technical Standards
• Software Rollouts: Lessons from a Family HVAC Business

9:15 am - 10:15 am: Education Sessions

• Advanced Welding Automation for Construction
• Project Prequalification and Maintaining Owner/Job-Specific Requirements
• Shop Layout: From Process to Productivity
• Help! I Work With My Family!
• The Future of Construction: Bold Ideas & Early Wins

10:30 am - 11:30 am: Education Sessions

• Outside Capital’s Impact on the Construction Supply Chain
• Thou Shalt Labor Plan: A Modern Approach to Efficiency
• Sheet Metal Manufacturing - Measure What Matters
• Unlock AI for Efficiency: Practical Solutions for Contractors
• Maximizing Your Impact: Strategies for Effective Board Service

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Keynote Presentation and Awards Lunch

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm: Education Sessions 

• How Social Media Can Impact Your Business
• You Don't Need Another #@%!# Project Management Tool!
• Recruiting & Attracting Gen Z and Retaining Employees
• Politics and Policy
• Fire Life Safety

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm: After Party with The Luke Bryan Cover Band

October 28, 2025 

6:00 am - 11:00 am: Product Show
6:00 am - 8:00 am: Product Show Breakfast
6:30 am - 12:00 pm: Registration
8:00 am - 9:30 am: Spouse Breakfast
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Chapter Night - Please check with your individual chapter for more information

October 29, 2025

6:30 am - 2:00 pm: Registration
6:30 am - 7:30 am: Breakfast
7:30 am - 7:45 am: SMACN-IFUS Contributors’ Annual Meeting
7:45 am - 8:30 am: SMACNA Annual Business Meeting
8:45 am - 9:45 am: General Session
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Labor Forum

11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Education Sessions

• Analog Dinosaurs & Digital Natives: Using Technology to Bridge the Skilled Trades Communication Gap
• Sheet Metal for Specialty Hi-Tech Facilities
• Exit Readiness – Have you Thought About This?
• Survival Exercise
• New A2L Refrigerants

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: President’s Lunch
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: CIC Reception (Invite only)
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Final Night Dinner
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm: Final Night Entertainment with Chris Daughtry

Make sure to mark all the events and sessions you want to attend. We can't wait to see you at the Grand Wailea Maui, A Waldorf Astoria Resort in Maui, Hawaii, on October 26-29, 2025.