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12th Annual Multifamily Summit | December 1 - 3, 2026 | Scottsdale, Arizona

Multifamily Innovation® Technology & AI Summit

The Multifamily Innovation® Summit is the industry’s preeminent gathering for multifamily leaders focused on long-term performance and disciplined growth. Now in its 12th year, the Summit brings together operational execution, AI, and technology over three days to examine how value is built, protected, and scaled across multifamily portfolios.

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About the Event

The Multifamily Innovation® Summit | Investment Operations & AI


Renting Faster and Protecting NOI

Leads are more expensive. Conversion is harder. Margin is being squeezed from both sides. The Summit brings forward what the highest-performing operators are doing to compress the lead-to-lease cycle, hold occupancy without giving up rent, and protect NOI when every line item is under pressure.

The Renter Experience and the Renewal

Acquisition is expensive. Renewals are where margin is protected. The Summit brings together the operators differentiating the renter experience, the renewal strategies that are holding residents through softer markets, and the staffing models that perform across multi-site portfolios.

The PMS, AI, and the Operating Model

AI is moving from tools beside workflows to systems embedded inside them. The property management system is becoming the center of the next operating model. The Summit puts owners, operators, and core system providers in the same room to work through what that shift requires.

Why Attend the Multifamily Summit?

  • Closing the Gap Between Lead and Lease

    Leads are more expensive. Conversion is harder. Time on market is longer than it should be. Day 1 opens with what the highest-performing operators are doing to compress the lead-to-lease cycle, reduce advertising spend, and protect occupancy without giving up rent. You leave with the specific moves that change your funnel in the first quarter back.

  • Protecting NOI When Every Line Item Is Under Pressure

    Margin is being squeezed from both sides. Revenue is harder to grow. Expenses are harder to hold. The Summit brings forward what the operators still performing in this market are doing on occupancy, renewals, pricing, turn cost, and the operating decisions that compound across a portfolio. You leave with the line-item discipline that protects the year.

  • The Renter Experience, Renewals, and the Brand That Pulls Demand

    Acquisition is expensive. Renewals are where margin is protected. When most assets look interchangeable to a renter, brand and reputation become the differentiators that drive demand. The Summit puts you in the room with the operators turning the renter experience into renewals and reputation into measurable pricing power.

  • The PMS, AI, and the Next Operating Model

    AI is moving from tools that sit beside workflows to systems embedded inside them. The property management system is becoming the center of the operating model. The Summit puts owners, operators, and core system providers in the same room to work through what that shift actually requires, where the leverage is being created, and what disciplined adoption looks like inside a real business.

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The Summit

Owners. Operators. Executives. The leaders responsible for what gets executed.

The Multifamily Innovation® Technology & AI Summit brings together the owners, operators, and executives accountable for portfolio performance. The leaders in attendance run multifamily businesses. They allocate capital. They lead the teams. They make the decisions that determine how the next year performs.

Three days on the main stage, in the sessions, and across structured networking, organized around the work this audience is actually doing.

The Speakers

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Three Days of High-Impact Multifamily Insights

Summit Event Schedule


8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Main Stage

Registration and Open Networking

The first hour of the Summit is built for connection. Owners, operators, and industry partners meet the people they came to see. The conversations that start here continue across the three days and into the year ahead.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Main Stage

AI in Real Estate: What Is Actually Working, and What Comes Next

Every operator has seen an AI demo. Far fewer have seen one hold up in production.
Jake Heller of AI For CRE Collective talks daily with multifamily operators, investors, developers, brokers, and PropTech founders, and brings a direct read on which AI workflows are creating real value today and which ones still look better on a screen than in the field.

Key takeaways:

  • The AI applications already producing results in underwriting, diligence, and research

  • Where AI is changing reporting, marketing, and day to day operations

  • The mistakes keeping teams stuck in experimentation instead of deployment

  • Where AI and PropTech are likely to move next in multifamily

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Stage

Inside and Out: Leading a Company Through the AI Shift

AI is changing multifamily from two directions at once. Outside, renters are asking AI assistants where to live, and those assistants already have opinions about your communities. Inside, the way teams build, ship, and operate is being rewritten. Most companies are reacting to one side and ignoring the other. This session covers both, from the two leaders responsible for each.

Key takeaways:

  • What AI assistants are saying about your communities right now, and how to audit it

  • The findings from AI visibility scans: how often communities are absent from AI answers, what assistants get wrong, and what measurably improves visibility

  • A realistic starter playbook for internal AI adoption, including the governance that keeps it safe

  • What actually changed in speed and quality when an engineering organization adopted AI in its daily work, and what leaders should stop believing

  • How to lead both changes at once without burning out your teams

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Resort Dining

Lunch and Networking

Open lunch. Time to eat, connect with peers, and continue conversations from the morning sessions.
1:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Main Stage

Business Impact Sessions: Proof Over Promise in the Multifamily Innovation® Showcase

Most of what gets presented in this industry is claims and hypothetical ROI. This showcase is the opposite: selected operators and partners present real case studies in a Challenge, Solution, Outcome format, with verified results from the field.

Key takeaways:

  • Real deployments with verified outcomes, not vendor promises

  • The Challenge, Solution, Outcome breakdown behind each result

  • What the Day 1 lineup signals about where operating leverage is coming from next year

  • Which approaches are worth evaluating inside your own portfolio

4:00 to 5:00 PM
Main Stage

The Awards Show

This is the recognition moment of the Summit. The official Best Places to Work Multifamily® rankings are announced from stage - ranking companies hear their placement live, in the room, in front of the industry. The 2026 Certified Change Management Leader (CCML) class is recognized as a group, and additional award programs will be announced from stage. Day 1 closes straight into the cocktail reception, where recognized executives step onto the red carpet for on-camera acceptance remarks.

Key takeaways:

  • The official Best Places to Work Multifamily® rankings, announced live from stage

  • The 2026 CCML class, recognized as a group by the Chairman of the Multifamily Innovation® Council

  • Additional award programs announced from stage

  • Red carpet interviews with top executives during the reception

5:00 PM - 6:00PM
Resort Reception

Evening Reception and Relationship Building

The day closes around the conversations that always matter most at the Summit. Owners, operators, and industry partners connect around shared priorities and the opportunities that follow.

Select Your Registration Type

Secure your spot at the premier multifamily real estate investment summit

Investor / Operator Registration

Must own or operate multifamily property. Consultants and Advisors must register as Vendors / Service Providers.

Multifamily Owner/Operator

Advanced rate ticket for Multifamily Owners and Operators

$1,897.00
Full Summit access
All Access Networking
Operations Sessions

Vendor / Service Provider Registration

Companies, Consultants, Advisors, providing products & services to Multifamily Owners / Operators.

/ Service Provider

Advanced rate ticket for suppliers, vendors

$3,997.00
Full summit access
All Access Networking
Operations sessions

Now Accepting New Sponsorship Requests

We're proud to partner with forward-thinking companies shaping the future of multifamily investments, innovation, and technology.

This is your chance to position your brand at the center of convergence between investment, innovation, technology, and AI. Unlike traditional events that focus only on tools, this summit is about the forces that make those tools effective — leadership, process improvement, emotional intelligence, and organizational transformation.

As a sponsor, your company has the opportunity to:

  • Share expertise that influences how the industry approaches innovation and change
  • Be part of conversations that challenge the status quo and unlock new ways of thinking
  • Align your brand with leaders who are mobilizing change and driving business transformation

This event is where forward-looking executives gather to rethink what's possible for their companies and the industry. Sponsors are recognized not just for what they offer, but for how they help create the conditions that enable innovation to thrive.

Interested in Sponsoring?

Current Sponsors

MRI Software
Realpage
365 Connect
nectarflow
Clik
Matterport
Concierge Plus
ShowMojo
Rilla
Hello Landing
Foxen
Rent Butter
Grotto Ai
Apartment Association of Orange County
Opiniion
Siro AI
Beagleforpm
Picasso Hire

Interested in Sponsoring?

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Get Answers to Common Questions About the Summit

The Multifamily Summit is for leaders who are responsible for outcomes. That includes investors, owners, operators, asset managers, and executives who influence performance inside a multifamily business. Many attendees oversee a region, a portfolio, or a function rather than the entire enterprise, but they care deeply about making better decisions, reducing risk, and creating value where they sit. If your role impacts NOI, execution, leadership, or long-term value, you’ll be in the right room.

Both, by design. Investment performance today is inseparable from execution. This Summit intentionally brings investment strategy, operations, leadership, and AI into one conversation because that’s where results are actually determined. You won’t be choosing between “investment content” or “operations content.” You’ll be seeing how they connect, and how that connection affects returns.

The focus is different. The Multifamily Summit is built around how value is actually created and protected after the deal, not around tools, platforms, or surface-level trends. Sessions center on execution, leadership, decision-making, and applied innovation, the things that quietly determine performance. The agenda is designed to strengthen judgment, not overwhelm you with information.

Practical, grounded, and applied. You’ll hear real examples, real outcomes, and real lessons from leaders operating in today’s market. The goal is to leave with clearer thinking and ideas you can apply immediately, not a notebook full of concepts that never make it back into the business.

No. While senior leaders and institutional decision-makers attend, the Summit is designed for people who want to grow their capability and influence, regardless of company size. What matters more than scale is responsibility and intent. If you’re serious about doing your work well and staying relevant as the industry evolves, you’ll find value here.

Intentional and natural. Networking happens through shared context, small-group discussions, curated experiences, and informal conversations rather than forced introductions or sales pitches. Many attendees describe the relationships formed here as some of the most valuable outcomes of the Summit. VIP experiences and smaller gatherings create space for deeper connection among peers.

AI and technology are part of the conversation, but always in context. They’re discussed as tools that support better decisions, stronger execution, and lower risk, not as standalone solutions. The emphasis stays on leadership, structure, and the business outcomes technology is meant to serve.

Because the way multifamily creates value has changed. Execution risk, leadership capability, and how innovation is applied now matter as much as the deal itself. The Multifamily Summit exists to help leaders adapt to that reality with clarity and confidence. If you’re responsible for protecting value, creating upside, or preparing for what comes next in your career, this is time well invested.

Every attendee receives access to a proprietary Summit app designed to make networking more intentional and more useful, before, during, and after the event. Instead of relying on chance encounters, the app allows attendees to create rich profiles, including optional short video introductions. This helps people quickly understand who you are, what you’re working on, and why connecting makes sense, removing the awkwardness of cold introductions and making it easier for both introverts and extroverts to engage confidently. The app also uses a purpose-built AI model to match attendees based on the challenges they want to solve, the goals they’re pursuing, and the types of opportunities they’re looking to create. This means you spend less time sorting through noise and more time connecting with the people most relevant to your role, your priorities, and your next move. The result is higher-quality conversations, more meaningful connections, and networking that continues to create value well beyond the Summit itself.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies that align with the purpose of the Multifamily Summit. To explore sponsorship options, visit: 👉 https://mfsummit.com/sponsors From there, you can review partnership opportunities and request a conversation with our team to determine fit.

Sponsors are typically forward-thinking companies working at the intersection of multifamily investment, operations, leadership, technology, and innovation. This includes, but is not limited to: Technology and AI platforms, Multifamily Third Party Management Companies, Data, analytics, and automation providers, Capital, advisory, and professional services firms, Companies helping multifamily organizations improve execution, decision-making, or performance What matters most is not category, but intent. Sponsors here are focused on helping the industry move forward, not just selling tools.

Sponsorship at the Multifamily Summit is not about logo placement or booth traffic. It’s about positioning your company inside the conversations that shape how leaders think, decide, and act. This Summit focuses on the forces that make tools effective, leadership, execution, alignment, and organizational capability. Sponsors are recognized for contributing insight, perspective, and clarity that helps leaders navigate change and create value. The result is deeper engagement, stronger relationships, and brand alignment with credibility, not noise.

Yes. The audience includes investors, owners, operators, asset managers, and executives who are actively responsible for performance and outcomes. Many influence purchasing decisions directly, while others shape strategy, direction, and long-term partnerships. Sponsorship creates proximity to leaders who are thinking beyond short-term transactions and focused on building stronger businesses.

Absolutely. While technology and AI are part of the conversation, the Summit is not about tools in isolation. It’s about how businesses adopt, integrate, and lead change effectively. Companies that support leadership development, process improvement, execution, culture, data, or organizational transformation often find strong alignment and meaningful engagement here.

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