Agenda for TAAD’s 44th Annual Conference & Trade Show on Appraisal Administration
February 16-19, 2025, at the JW Marriott Austin in Austin, Texas
Please Note: The conference will not be recorded or offered online.
(agenda is tentative and subject to change) (PDF Agenda)
Monday, February 17
7-4:30 Registration
7 – 8 President’s Breakfast
8-8:30 Welcome/Intros
8:30-9:30 Keynote: Never Give Up – The Survivor Way / Holly Hoffman
8-5 Trade Show
8 – 8 Demo Rooms
9:30–11 Break with Exhibitors
11-12 Texas Ag Lands Update 2025
12-1 Lunch on your own
1 -2 Legislative Plans and Actions
2-3 Be A Coffee Bean
3-4 Break with Exhibitors
4-5 Ethics – Bedrock or Shifting Sands?
Tuesday, February 18
7-4:30 Registration
7:30-8:30 Rise and Shine Breakfast
8-12 Trade Show
8 – 8 Demo Rooms
8:30-9:30 A Visit with The Daytripper / Chet Garner
9:30-10:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- HR/Employee Retention and Recruitment
- The Do’s of CAD Board Service
- The Latest from the Supreme Court
10:30-11 Break
11-12 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- The Word from PTAD
- The Don’ts of CAD Board Service
- Methods for Ensuring Equity in Appraisal of Multifamily Property
12:15-1:30 Awards Luncheon
1:35-2:15 Delegate Assembly
1:30-2:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- Best Practices: Building BPP Valuation Schedules, Models
- Criminal Liability Concerns for CAD Directors
- Land Valuation: Developing Schedules, Models, Tables When Sales are Scarce
2:30—3 Break
3-4 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- New Exemptions – Childcare Facilities, Temporary Disasters
- BOD 2025 – New Rules!
- Chief Appraiser PVS Topics Panel
4-5 Planning for Growth in Your CAD
Wednesday, February 19
8-11 Registration
8-9 Farewell Breakfast
9-10 The Three Amigos Ride Again: CAD Transparency Initiatives
10-11 So You Think You Want to Retire Someday?
11 Conference Wrap-up
Agenda as of January 20, 2025