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2025 Industrialized Housing Summit

Join industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers for direct, honest, and detailed conversations on how to revolutionize affordable housing with industrialized construction methods. 

The inaugural 2025 Industrialized Housing Summit will showcase how innovative approaches to industrialized prefabricated housing can accelerate and improve housing affordability while improving quality and project predictability.

Through interactive workshops, engaging networking sessions, and expert-led panels, attendees will gain valuable insights into:

• Opportunities & challenges in standardized industrialized affordable housing construction.
• Managing cost & schedule predictability within volatile markets using IC methods.
• Innovative industrialized solutions for rapid response housing and deep affordability.
• Real-world case studies of successful affordable industrialized housing developments.
• Navigating regulatory & policy initiatives that support IC adoption.
• Best practices for launching and managing IC manufacturing and development firms.

Whether you're a builder, investor, government official, housing advocate, or technology provider, the 2025 Industrialized Housing Summit offers essential knowledge and connections to accelerate industrialized construction as a key mechanism to address housing affordability challenges through industrialized construction methods.

 

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AGENDA

Day 1: July 24 - Exploring Innovation and Tangible Implementation

Date: Thursday, July 24
Time: 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM 
Location: AT&T Hotel and Conference Center; 1900 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705

 

MORNING SESSIONS: Summit Foundation and Industry Insights

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration & Networking Coffee

• Arrival and opportunity for informal networking
• Overview of ETHIC mission → goals → partners

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Opening Remarks

• Welcome and introduction to the symposium
• Address by UT Austin representative
• Address by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Address by U.S. House of Representatives Housing and Insurance Subcommittee member

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Industry Keynote Panel: Wall Street → Main Street → Your Street

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM: Beyond Bricks & Mortar: Forging a Modern Housing Ecosystem

• Modular Building Institute (MBI)
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
• Structural Building Components Association (SBCA)

Networking Lunch: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

AFTERNOON SESSION: Deep Dive Workshops & Collaborative Learning

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Breakout sessions

• Track 1 - Workshop Breakout Sessions: Interactive, workshop-style sessions focusing on ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Main Street’ aspects of affordable industrialized housing
  • Economic Modeling for large-scale IC Single/Multi-family development
  • Regional Microfactory Bootcamp - Setup, Budgeting, and Operations
• Track 2 - Panel Discussions
  • Startup and Operational Challenges for IC Manufacturers
  • Housing Regulation & Policy - Reducing Barriers to Housing
• Track 3 - Decoding Industrialized Construction: A Starter Kit
  • IC 101: A look into the breadth and depth of IC technologies (panel, pods, mods, shipping containers, 3D printing, CLT).
  • IC 102: Case Studies on IC success stories and lessons learned
• Track 4 - Supply chain & Workforce development Knowledge Exchange
  • Supply Chain & Vertical Integration
  • Workforce Development, Training, and Pipeline

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Break

3:15 PM - 3:50 PM: Collective Q&A & Symposium Takeaways OR Survey Interaction

• Summarizing key takeaways and identifying potential themes for future symposia.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: "Office Hours" / Problem-Solving Sessions (Optional - email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for pre-registration)

• Projects Track
  • Inception-Stage IC Projects
  • Stalled IC Projects
  • Gaps in the current project team (power connector)
• Research Track
  • Housing Innovation research needs
  • Peer Research presentations

Day 2: July 25 - IC Immersion Site Visit (limit 40 people)

Date: Friday, July 25
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM 
Location: AT&T Hotel and Conference Center; 1900 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705

 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Tour of an IC manufacturing facility and an IC Project

 

SPEAKERS

Coming Soon!
Check back to see who is headlining at our event.

 

ADMISSION DETAILS

July 24: $350 (includes breakfast, lunch and main sessions)

July 25: Exclusive optional offsite tours (pricing being finalized, so please check back soon!)

(50% off): Student-discount 

 

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Registration is now open!

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Questions? Contact: Christopher Rausch; Assistant Professor

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