This is a composite schedule of the benchmarking data milestones (in color), the shared practice meetings (in black), and the steering committee meetings (in gray – all participants welcome). Registration links are included as the meeting agendas are established.
The benchmarking data schedule is designed to allow participants to input their data and review it thru various draft report cycles. This assures that the overall quality of the benchmarking report is maintained. We schedule most support webinars at two different times to allow participation from Europe to Australia.
Key Dates: 2026 Cultural Facility Benchmarking Program
All meeting times listed for New York for EST/EDT and estimated for other time zones, check your local time for any event of interest. This schedule will be revised from time to time as specific meeting dates and times may change.
Jan 27
Shared Practice Meeting: Current Issues for Cultural Facility Management
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST / 6:00 pm CET
Feb 10
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; any new data/metrics desired for this year? Tentative plans for AI integration.
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Feb 24
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST / 6:00 pm CET
Mar 10
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; Finalize any metrics/data changes for this year
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Mar 24
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm CET
Apr 1
Website open for data input
Input preliminary data through June
Apr 6
Review Session: How to Get Started with Data Entry
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
May 12
Steering Committee Meeting – Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and ideas for annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
May 26
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Jun 23
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Jul 1
Draft Benchmarking Report available (with update every week)
Continue data input/revision through Sept, comments on draft reports
Jul 14
Review Session: Using the BI Reporting Interface
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
Jul 28
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Aug 25
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Sep 7
Benchmarking Workshop at IAMFA Annual Conference
8:00 am – 5:00 pm local time – Florence Italy
Sep 22
Shared Practice Meeting: Annual Workshop Town Hall Session
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Sep 30
Deadline to submit final benchmarking data adjustments and corrections
Oct 5
Final Benchmarking Report available
Oct 27
Shared Practice Meeting: TBD
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm CET
Nov 10
Benchmarking Report Review
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
Dec 1
Shared Practice Meeting: Emerging Issues for Cultural Facility Management
*Note* 1 week later than normal due to US Thanksgiving
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Dec
NO Shared Practice Meeting: Holiday Break
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