Equip Exposition has announced new education tracks at its Education and Certification Center in 2025, many focused on dealing with market and labor uncertainties and growing resiliency in today’s rapid-paced, ever-changing environment, according to a March 31 news release.
Equip Expo 2025 is scheduled for October 21-24 at the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC).
“Our new education tracks were designed based on attendee feedback,” says Kris Kiser, President and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association which owns and manages the blockbuster show. “With recent market and labor uncertainties, Equip is the best value to get help on those business challenges—by talking to each other as well as getting advice from industry experts. This is the year to bring your whole team.”
New Education Tracks
In 2025, defined education tracks at Equip Expo will help attendees focus on sessions that help address many issues, including:
- Hiring and Retention. Learn how to attract and keep critical employees.
- New Business Opportunities. How to offer lighting, irrigation tree care, and chemical application and to grow your business.
- CEO/Leadership (for dealers). Understand how customer attitudes impact project activities and product purchases with insights from the Farnsworth Group.
- CEO/Leadership (for landscapers and contractors). Design a vision and better manage as leader-in-chief.
- Women’s Leadership. Address the unique needs of women in the industry and then attend the Women’s Leadership Reception, sponsored by Belgard, Hunter Industries and SiteOne.
- Growth Mode. Developing the business for a younger company and when dealing with new professionals. Get amped by The Morning Show at Expo, sponsored by Rehlko, and Energize!
Due to popular demand, more sessions of “From Worker to Leader: Developing Your Foreman,” also will return to help landscapers develop crew chiefs as valuable leaders who direct, motivate, and critique employees. The workshops will be taught by Armando Actis in English and Spanish.
Education sessions will be concentrated in the South Wing at the KEC with tree care demonstrations and education held in Freedom Hall.
Keynote Speaker, Partners and Registration Details Announced
Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole will be the Equip 2025 keynote speaker and is sponsored by Kress. Cole will share what it takes to develop a great idea into a brand that people embrace and love, and how to keep creativity flowing.
Registration is only $25 through May 31, 2025 at EquipExposition.com. Additional fees apply for education and certification classes. Register for Equip 2025 education here.
Education partners for Equip Expo 2025 include:
- Landscape Management magazin
- Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals
- Bob Clements International
- Don Rheem, CultureID
- Dr. Manuel Chavarria
- The Davey Institute
- Equipment and Engine Training Council
- Hardscape North America
- Irrigation Association
- North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA)
- Professional Grounds Management Society
Equip Exposition, the international landscape, outdoor living, and equipment exposition, is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, and is one of the top five largest trade shows in the United States. The annual show provides landscapers, dealers, contractors, hardscape experts, and outdoor power equipment manufacturers a unique platform to learn from each other through dedicated peer to-peer networking events. Those include but are not limited to a Tuesday Welcome Reception at Churchill Downs sponsored by Caterpillar, a Wednesday night concert at Fourth Street Live!, and a Thursday concert at the International Kentucky Convention Center sponsored by Gravely.
The show is a Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Grand Award Winner, and is co-located with Hardscape North America. Equip publishes “equip" magazine and is owned and managed by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, an international trade association representing manufacturers of outdoor power equipment, parts, small engines, battery power systems, portable generators, utility and personal transport vehicles, and golf cars, and their suppliers.
