AGENDA

This year’s Aim Ideas Summit ducational programming into the Aim Ideas Summit. The 2026 workshops are diverse and offer a great mixture of legislative updates, technical training, nuts and bolts skills, big picture development, quality of place, utilities, and housing topics.

All Aim Ideas Summit municipal attendees will receive two (2) Municipal Management Institute (MMI) credits for attending the conference. These credits count toward your Aim Municipal Management Institute certification.

In addition, many workshops will be eligible for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. Sessions offering CLE credit are noted below, with final approval still pending. For the most up-to-date list of confirmed CLE sessions, please check back closer to the conference.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 

7:00 p.m. Board of Directors’ Dinner

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Board of Directors’ Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Board of Directors’ Meeting
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Aim Affiliate/Constituency Group Meetings

  • Indiana Association of City Engineers (IACE) Luncheon
  • Indiana Conference of Mayors (ICOM) Luncheon
  • Indiana League of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers (ILMCT) Executive Committee Luncheon
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Workshops

  • Building Consensus and Moving from Ideas to Action
  • Addressing Utility Affordability
  • A Practical Guide to WCAG 2.1
  • The Current State of Affairs Regarding Indiana’s New LIT System
  • A Risk Management Workshop Provided by Bliss McKnight, Inc. (CLE)
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Aim Field Services Help Desk
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Indiana Association of Regional Councils (IARC)

  • Advisory Council Meeting
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Workshops

  • Strategic Municipal Leadership in Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Taft Law (CLE)
  • Road Funding and Infrastructure Planning for Indiana’s Municipalities
  • The 2027 Legislative Session: Strategies to Ensure Adequate Funding to Deliver the Services Taxpayers Expect
  • A Risk Management Workshop Provided by Bliss McKnight, Inc. (CLE)
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Opening Business Session
5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
7:15 p.m. Evening Open
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Networking Reception
Hosted by Boyce Systems / BS&A Software

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open 
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Aim Affiliate/Constituency Group Meetings

  • Black Municipal Officials (BMO)
  • Indiana Municipal Management Association (IMMA)
  • Redevelopment Association of Indiana (RAI)
  • Roundtable for Towns under 1,000 Population
8:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. State Board of Accounts Resource Center
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Workshops

  • A Data Center Case Study
  • Protecting Indiana’s Public Leaders: Modern Threats, early Detection, and Practical Safety Strategies
  • Financing Options for Capital Projects
  • How Indiana’s Assessment System Impacts Hoosiers – Can Anything be Done? (CLE)
  • Cultural District Development
  • Vendor Solutions:
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Bar
Sponsored by 
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Aim Annual Awards Luncheon
Presented by Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC
1:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Workshops

  • Introduction to IHCDA Reporting Portal for Housing Data Collection Required by HEA 1001-2026
  • Approaching the Weather with Intentionality Strengthens Leadership and Mitigates Risk
  • Answering your Toughest HR Questions (CLE)
  • MUST We? Yes! Meeting Reports and Last-minute Efforts for Productive Municipal Unit Strategic Taskforce Outcomes (CLE)
  • Public Safety Architecture: The Site is the Strategy
  • Vendor Solutions: Municipal Efficiency Studies and Operational Diagnostics in Indiana
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. State Board of Accounts Resource Center
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Aim Field Services Help Desk
3:45 p.m. Grand Prize Giveaway and Exhibit Hall Closes
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Corporate Member Advisory Council Meeting
Open to all Aim Corporate Members
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Workshops

  • Cyber Game: A Non-Technical Interactive Workshop Focused on Cyber Matters (CLE)
  • Town of Sheridan: Reorganization under the Government Modernization Act (CLE)
  • When Tragedy Hits a Small City: Leading Through the Unthinkable
  • Emerging Issues Affecting Ratings
  • Quality of Place and Design Excellence as an Economic and Civic Strategy for Indiana Communities
  • Countywide Comprehensive Planning: Reversing Population Decline
5:05 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Policy Platform Hearing
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Vendor Party – Hosted by Aim Corporate Members

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

7:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration
7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Aim Affiliate/Constituency Group Meetings

  • Indiana ADA & Title VI Coordinators’ Association (ADA)
  • Council Members
  • Indiana Women Mayors
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Workshops

  • A Mile in My Shoes: Empathy & Accessibility Experience
  • Services, not Spreadsheets: Reminding Residents about the Services they Receive and the Importance of Protecting their Community Investment
  • Advance AI Literacy and Building Practical AI Skills in your Team and Community
  • Understanding the Impact of Parks and Recreation to Enhance Your Municipality’s Quality of Life
  • Attorney Peer Networking: Planning and Zoning (CLE)
  • Vendor Solutions: 
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Workshops

  • Rural Placemaking and Collaborative Partnerships Between Municipalities, Universities, and State Agencies
  • Data Centers and Utilities: The Evolution of Technology to Improve Ratepayer and Environmental Impact
  • Principled Public Service: Leading in the Public Eye
  • How Riverview Health Arena at Innovation Mile Became a Catalyst for Community and Economic Growth
  • The Mayor’s Office and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Working Together for Local Growth
  • Vendor Solutions:
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Closing Luncheon and Business Session
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