2025 Annual Conference: FUTURE UNFOLDING
NOMA is hosting its 2025 Annual Conference: Future Unfolding, taking place October 8–12, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri. Hosted by NOMA KC at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, this year’s event will gather more than 1,200 architects, designers, students, and industry partners for five days of learning, networking, and celebration focused on equity, innovation, and the transformative future of design.
Kansas City’s vibrant cultural history and thriving design community make it the ideal host for this year’s theme, Future Unfolding. Kansas City has more fountains than any city in the world—except Rome. With over 200 fountains and a rich jazz and barbecue legacy, KC is bursting with history, culture, and creative energy. It’s the perfect place to envision a future unfolding in the architecture, design and planning profession. Attendees can expect over 100 workshops, keynotes, student programming, career development opportunities, and networking events that spotlight diverse voices in design and reinforce NOMA’s mission of equity and justice in the built environment. Conference highlights include the welcome reception at Science City at Union Station, NOMA Awards programs featuring The Phil Freelon Professional Design Awards and NOMA Barbara J. Laurie Student Design Competition; Bros Arts Ball; and the annual Professionals versus Student basketball game.