Engineers, Educators, Leaders, Mentors:
Please submit your CECON 2024 speaker and topic proposals for the September 18-20 event happening in Frisco, TX. The 2024 event theme will be: Raising the Grade (www.TexasCECON.org). We are requesting that our speakers present topical content focused on various ways “Raising the Grade” is applicable to our profession today:
Let’s raise the grade for our future engineers and our community.
Click on titles and presenter names to view detailed information about each session
Schedule subject to change. Please see app for updates
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Opening & Networking Kickoff
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Opening Keynote, sponsored by Globetrotters
Building Our Future World Vision – Together
presented by Eva Lerner-Lam, ASCE T&DI Task Force on Engineering Smart Mobility for Smart Cities and ASCE Transportation Policy Committee
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Networking Break (Lunch begins at 11:45 AM)
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM
PPI Keynote: I-35 NEX Central Project presented by Marco Galindo PE and Francisco Palacios
1:10 PM – 1:20 PM
Break
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Panel
Hear from District and Chief Engineers from across the State
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Break
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
ASCE Texas Section Past Presidents Council meeting
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
Happy Hour with Exhibitors, sponsored by Five Companies
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ASCE Texas Section Site Selection Committee meet-up
6:15 PM – 9:00 PM
Transportation shuttle to/from the Social
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Social at the Texas State University Bobcat Football Stadium — Wear your university colors and join us for “The Future is Bright Tailgate Party”
8:00 AM -9:00 AM
Keynote & Coffee: Planning for the future: The Texas sized flood planning effort by TWDB, sponsored by Terracon
presented by Brooke Paup Chairwoman, Flood Planning, Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Networking Break
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Breakout Sessions
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Networking Break with Exhibitors
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Texas Legislative Panel with Lunch
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Break with Exhibitor Networking
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Texas Directors of Public Works Panel sponsored by HR Green
moderated by Commissioner Kathleen Jackson PE, Interim Chair of Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break with Exhibitors
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
ASCE Region 6 Board Meeting
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Breakout Sessions
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Happy Hour with Exhibitors, sponsored by Wafflemat
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Texas Civil Engineering Foundation (TCEF) Board Meeting
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Thursday Keynote presented by The Daytripper, Chet Garner
An Infrastructure Spin on Texas Size Stories. Everyone walks away a proud Texan!
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Break & Change for Awards Gala
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
ASCE Texas Section Annual Awards Ceremony
& CECON Neon Lights Casino Night Gala (dress business to formal)
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Exhibits & Coffee
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakout Sessions
8:00 AM – 10:15 AM
TxSEI Track Breakout Sessions
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Networking Break
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Breakout Sessions
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break with Exhibitors
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Breakout Sessions
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Exhibitor Networking Break
11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
Lunch & ASCE Texas Section Business Meeting, including installation of the 2023-2024 Section Officers
Closing Keynote: An address from Dr. Shreek A. Mandayam, Chief Research Officer on Texas State University’s Run to R1: Moody Center and Local Research, followed by an invitation to #CECON2024 from incoming Chair Stephen Archer PE
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Closing Networking Break
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
ASCE Texas Section Board of Direction Meeting
2:30 PM
Transportation leaves from the hotel for Technical Tour
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Technical Tour at House Zero by ICON, 3D printed residential construction
Limited availability opportunity. SIGN-UP required.
All times are Central (CST). Program subject to change.
TRACKS
Environmental & Water Resources Institute (TxEWRI)
Geo-Institute (TxGI)
Structural Engineering Institute (TxSEI)
Transportation & Development Institute (TxTDI)
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