ACEC of Maine 2019 Fall Forum and Engineering Excellence Awards: Moving Maine Forward - Building Resilience for a Strong Tomorrow

 

Thursday, October 24, 2019
DiMillo’s on the Water, 25 Long Wharf, Portland                                             

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
President’s Reception & ACEC/PAC Event

Our guest speaker will be Lisa Dickson, Associate Principal and Director of Resilience for the Americas for Arup. Lisa has 25 years’ experience working at the intersect of the built and natural environments. She started her career as a transportation planner at MaineDOT before becoming interested in the carbon markets and, more recently, in alternative financing and investment options related to resilience.  Her training as a paleontologist, with a focus on mass extinctions, has given her a unique perspective on the characteristics of resilient systems.

 

Friday, October 25, 2019
Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, Portland

Tentative Agenda
(subject to change)

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
     Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
     Welcoming Remarks from Carolyn Bird, P.E., President, ACEC of Maine and John Kuchinski, P.E., President, ASCE Maine Section

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
     Maine Energy Policy - Dan Burgess, Director, Governor’s Energy Office

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
     Update on Engineering Workforce Needs - Dana Humphrey, Ph.D, P.E., Dean, University of Maine College of Engineering

9:30 am. – 10:00 a.m.
     Broadband - Peggy Schaffer, Executive Director, Connect ME Authority

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
     Environmental Policy - Gerald Reid, Commissioner, Maine DEP

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
     Break

10:40 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Resiliency Panel Discussion
     Peter Hall, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions
     Kristina Egan, Executive Director, GPCOG
     Fortunat Mueller, Revision Energy
     Pamela Yonkin, Sustainability & Resiliency Director, HDR

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
     Transportation Policy - Bruce Van Note, Commissioner, Maine DOT

12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
     Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) Project Presentations

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
     Lunch & Networking
     Introduction of College of Fellows at 1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
     EEA Awards Presentations
     ACEC/PAC Silent Auction Winners Announced
     Live Auction

 

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