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BUILDING STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS
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ENR’s Top Young Professionals Conference provides valuable education and networking opportunities specifically tailored for early career professionals like you with your sights on the future. You’re on a trajectory for success, and we’re here to provide a boost to help you reach your next stop on the path to the top!
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Develop the skills you need to advance, drawing on insights from industry-leading subject-matter experts who were once in your position.
Meet like-minded AEC professionals and build lasting connections with your your peers and potential suppliers, employers and mentors.
The skills you learn at ENR’s Top Young Professionals Conference will help you stand out at your workplace, and the network you develop can help you learn, earn and thrive for years to come
Our new virtual platform facilitates safe networking opportunities and delivers valuable educational programming directly to you in your home or office. Enjoy the excitement of attending a conference without the risk, expense and hassle of travel and lodging!
- Educational content curated by ENR’s editors streaming directly to your device
- Interactive small group workshops focused on building skills and advancing know-how topic areas
- Networking with attendees via messages, group boards and video
- Visit booths and chat live with sponsors
- Networking Reception & National Awards Presentation of ENR’s Class of 2021 Top 20 Under 40 construction professionals
- And much more!
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$199 investment gives you complete access to join LIVE
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Get More Involved by Attending the Interactive Workshop Sessions!
Each day features two workshop sessions (six total throughout the conference), where you’ll have an opportunity to take a more active role and get engaged! Breakout groups of 20 to 50 will work together to focus on building skills and advancing know-how in topic areas.
Bring your team with you! Buy two conference passes and get the third for FREE!
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| 11:00am – 12:00pm | PANEL: REIMAGINING POST-PANDEMIC JOBSITES, WORKSPACES, AND REMOTE WORKING Panelist: Stephen Harris, Associate, Pickard Chilton Carl Heinlein, Sr. Safety Consultant, American Contractors Insurance Group | |||||||
| 12:00pm – 12:15pm | BREAK | |||||||
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | PANEL: SAFE AND SOUND IN THE FIELD Moderator: Abby Ferri, Senior Risk Control Consultant, Arthur J. Gallagher Panelists: S. Murphy, Assistant Superintendent, Webcor Drywall Reese Fortin, Area HSE Manager, Sundt Construction David Madaras, President, Chesapeake Region Safety Council Mitch Tranbstrum, Safety Director, Mortenson | |||||||
| 1:15pm – 1:30pm | BREAK | |||||||
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | WORKSHOP 5: ENGAGE EMPLOYEES, RECRUIT TALENT, AND DRIVE COMPANY CULTURE THROUGH NGO PARTNERSHIPS Devin Connell, Corporate Program Director, Bridges to Prosperity | |||||||
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | WORKSHOP 6: INNOVATION IN CONSTRUCTION – LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD Hunter Cole, Innovation and Operational Technology Manager, Brasfield & Gorrie | |||||||
Friday, February 26, 2021
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | PANEL: ACHIEVING DIVERSITY IN TIMES OF CRISIS – LESSONS LEARNED FROM NEW ORLEANS' RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND KATRINA Panelists: Mary Kincaid, PE, Sustainable Infrastructure Program Manager, City of New Orleans Project Delivery Unit Sunae Villavaso, Director, Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, Office of Business and External Services (OBES) Sonji White, Construction Manager for Vanir Construction Management Angelica Rivera, President, Colmex Construction, LLC | |||
| 12:00pm – 12:15pm | BREAK | |||
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | PANEL: STAY BALANCED, WORK SMARTER – SUCCESSFUL WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION Panelists: Angela Cotie, Project Executive, Gilbane Building Co. Nicole McElroy, Project Executive, Leopardo Cos. Kelly Brewer, COO, Tilson Technology Management, Inc. Tim Pach¸ Senior Project Manager, Stanley Consultants | |||
| 1:15pm – 1:30pm | BREAK | |||
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | WORKSHOP 3: PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP TO TACKLE THE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES OF THE 21st CENTURY Michael McMeekin, Executive Director, Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) WORKSHOP 4: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Barbara Shuck, President, Everest Marketing Services | |||
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | BREAK | |||
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | PANEL: TWO-WAY STREET – HOW TRADITIONAL AND REVERSE MENTORSHIPS INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Moderator: Somik Ghosh, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Panelists: Elias Brooks, Senior Safety Manager, The PENTA Building Group Ben Markham, Director, Architectural Acoustics, Acentech Ryan Van Dyke, Senior Superintendent, Robins & Morton Emily Brown, Director, Talent Development, McCownGordon Construction | |||
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | BREAK | |||
| 4:15pm – 5:15pm | KEYNOTE: CONSTRUCTION'S DATA-DRIVEN FUTURE Keynote & Moderator: Jit Kee Chin, EVP, Chief Data and Innovation Officer, Suffolk | |||
| PANEL: CONSTRUCTION'S DATA-DRIVEN FUTURE Panelists: Anna Jacboson, Senior Preconstruction Manager, Morley Builders Matt Pappas, Chief Data Officer, Kiewit Sam Holden, Project Executive, Skanska USA Building Inc. | ||||
Thursday, February 25, 2021
| 11:00am | WELCOME REMARKS Presented by Scott Seltz, Publisher, Engineering News Record | ||
| 11:00am – 12:15pm | OPENING KEYNOTE: BUILD YOUR BRAND Presented by Les Hiscoe, CEO, Shawmut Design and Construction | ||
| PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILD YOUR BRAND Moderator: Les Hiscoe, CEO, Shawmut Design and Construction Panelists: Kim Scott, Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, Blach Construction Ryan Hutchins, Executive Vice President, Gilbane Building Co. Danielle Feroleto, President/Owner, Small Giants Maisha Hagan, Owner and Head Coach, Beauty & the Boss, LLC | |||
| 12:15pm – 12:30pm | BREAK | ||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | WORKSHOP 1: APPLY WINNING STRATEGIES FROM ALLEGIANT STADIUM TO YOUR OWN PROJECT Paul Dudzinski, Project Executive, McCarthy Building Cos. Joel Jacobson, Senior Integrated Construction Manager, Mortenson WORKSHOP 2: STORYTELLING 101 Seth Gamble, Knowledge Manager, Arup | ||
| 1:30pm – 1:45pm | BREAK | ||
| 1:45pm – 2:30pm | PANEL: LISTENING IS OVERRATED - COMMUNICATION THAT INFLUENCES Moderator: Tim Klabunde, FSMPS, CPSM, Principal, Timmons Group Panelists: John Burke, Downtown Westminster Development & Construction Manager Kimberly Davids, Vice President – Southwest, The Weitz Company Sarah Terry, Construction Program Assistant, Oregon Department of Transportation | ||
| 2:30pm – 2:45pm | BREAK | ||
| 2:45pm – 3:45pm | KEYNOTE: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP IN A DISTRIBUTIVE WORKFORCE Presented by Bob Pragada, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jacobs | ||
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | NETWORKING RECEPTION | ||
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | NATIONAL TOP 20 UNDER 40 AWARDS PRESENTATION | ||
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As a leading producer of highly engaging content for AEC professionals, ENR draws on a strong repository of subject matter experts from diverse backgrounds. You’ll learn important lessons from people who have been where you are!
A Closer Look at the Keynotes:
Improve Your Company and Improve Yourself!
Our all-star lineup of keynote speakers are prepared to share hard-learned lessons from their rise to the top of their organizations. Through their insights and expertise, you’ll gain an appreciation for the soft skills necessary to thrive as a leader as well as the technical skills required in modern workplaces
INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP IN A DISTRIBUTED WORKFORCE
Bob Pragada, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jacobs
Build teams that don’t look alike or think alike, but are highly innovative and productive and identify solutions that could help firms of all sizes develop more inclusive thinking.
BUILD YOUR BRAND
Les Hiscoe, CEO, Shawmut Design and Construction
Raise your personal profile to create leadership opportunities both within and outside of your company by learning how to make yourself not only memorable, but indispensable.
Jit Kee Chin, EVP, Chief Data and Innovation Officer, Suffolk
Discover how disciplined use of data analytics can drive process improvements, and what skill sets you should look to acquire in order to best leverage these new tools.
CONSTRUCTION’S DATA-DRIVEN FUTURE
As part of ENR’s annual Top Young Professionals program, which honors the best of the next generation of construction industry professionals across 10 regions, ENR is proud to announce its 2021 National Top 20 Under 40.
Could the next winner be you?
ENR’s National
Top 20 Under 40 Awards
Jeralee Anderson
Jacob Blanton
Joel Vande Boom
Elizabeth Brownell
Martin Downs
Andrew Gilstrap
Ryan Johnson
Jeyre Lewis
Brad Lockwood
Danielle McCray
Courtney O’Neill
Atul Paralkar
Erin Peavey
Lauren Amber Prestenback
Kyle Roberts
Victoria Scala
Shaun Sleeth
Jennifer Todd
Keon West
Patrick Williams
ENR’s Top 20 Under 40 were selected out of nearly 400 entries received last summer during the regional Top Young Professionals competition. These nominees represent all parts of the construction industry and came from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Panels of independent industry judges in each of the 10 regions selected up to 20 winners to represent that region. Profiles of all these winners will be published in each regional magazine.
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Full Conference – Group Rate (3 attendees)
Bring your team to the conference with you! Register two attendees from the same organization at the Attendee Full Conference rate and get a 3rd Full Conference Pass for FREE! The discount automatically applies once three attendees are registered consecutively.
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