Agenda

(dress is resort casual)
Tuesday Evening 8/5
7:30 pm- 9:30 pm
Chairmen's Get Acquainted Reception
"A Taste of Keystone"
- Emerson Johns – DuPont, CII Chairman
- Harold Helland – Abbott, 25th Anniversary Conference Chair

 

(dress is business casual for attendees)
Wednesday Morning 8/6 "A Look Back"
7:30 am
CII Orientation
- Jerry Eyink – Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc.
- Melissa Herkt – Emerson Process Management
8:00 am
Welcome from the Conference Chair
Harold Helland – Abbott
8:10 am
Executive Director's Remarks & Keynote Introduction
Wayne Crew - Construction Industry Institute
8:25 am
The CII Founders' Forum
Moderator: Paul Chinowsky, Associate Professor - University of Colorado
Panelists: Richard Tucker, Founding CII Director
Ted Kennedy, Co-Founder - BE&K, Inc.
Charlie Brown, Vice President, Engineering - DuPont (retired)
9:10 am
Coffee Break
Meet the VIPs - Richard Tucker, Ted Kennedy, Charlie Brown
9:30 am
Plenary Presentations
10:20 am
Featured Speaker: "25 Years of Innovation in Construction"
Jan Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief – Engineering News-Record
10:40 am
CII Outstanding Implementer - Don Giles - U.S. Steel Company
CII Outstanding Instructor - Jim Gramling - URS Corporation
10:45 am
Youth Outreach: Concrete Canoe Winning Team
10:55 am
Coffee Break
Meet the VIPs - Jan Tuchman, Outstanding Implementer & Instructor Awardees, Concrete Canoe Winning Team
11:15 am
Concurrent Implementation Sessions
  • Git R&R Done!
  • An Alliance Approach to Capital Programs
  • How to Maximize Engineering Value on Your Capital Project
  • Managing Change Through Implementation
  • Leveraging Technology to Improve Construction Productivity
 
Wednesday Afternoon 8/6 "The Current State"
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Morning Implementation Sessions Repeated
2:15 pm
Intermission
2:25 pm
 CII Chairman's Activity Overview & Keynote Information
Emerson Johns, Finance Director, Engineering, Facilities & Corporate Remediation - DuPont

2:45 pm
Keynote Address: "Looking for Solutions to Our Infrastructure Challenges - less problem identification and more searching for viable solutions"
David Nash, President - BE&K Government Group
(2007 Carroll H. Dunn Award Recipient)
3:30 pm
Plenary Presentations

 
4:15 pm
CII Outstanding Benchmarking User Awards
- Owner - Merck
- Contractor- Jacobs
4:25 pm
Coffee Break
Meet the VIPs - David Nash, Benchmarking User Awardees
4:45 pm
Concurrent Implementation Sessions
  • The News About Project Controls
  • CII Benchmarking: Leveraging 12 Years of Data for Project Success
  • Implementation of CII Products Where In-House Practices Exist
  • Moving into the Future Through Learning
  • Optimizing Construction Input in Front End Planning
5:45 pm
End of Day One
 
Wednesday Evening 8/6
7:00 pm- 10:00 pm
Welcome Mixer (Keystone Resort - Mountain House)
Rocky Mountain Speak Easy

 

(dress is business casual for attendees)
Thursday Morning 8/7 "Emerging Trends"
8:00 am
Keynote Address Introduction
Harold Helland –25th Anniversary Conference Chair
8:10 am
Keynote Address : "Preventing Ethical Collapse: Spotting Problems in Organizations Before It's too Late"
Marianne Jennings, Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies - Arizona State University
8:55 am
Speaker Introduction
Wayne Crew, Executive Director, CII
9:00 am
Featured Speaker: "TRENDS: a map to set your business course...which may be in the opposite direction"
Billy Harper, President & CEO - Harper Industries, Inc.
9:30 am
 CII Outstanding Professional Development Awards
- Owner - Smithsonian Institution
- Contractor - CCC Group
9:35 am
Coffee Break
Meet the VIPs - Marianne Jennings, Billy Harper, Professional Development Awardees
10:00 am
Wednesday Afternoon Implementation Sessions Repeated
11:00 am
Intermission
11:15 am
Plenary Presentations
12:05 pm
Youth Outreach: "Caterpillar Princesses" and Destination ImagiNation
12:15 pm
Lunch
 
Thursday Afternoon 8/7 "The Future"
1:15 pm
Concurrent Implementation Sessions
  • Sustainability in Industrial Construction
  • Enhancing Innovation in Construction
  • FIAPP is Here, Now
  • 'Back to the Future' - 25 Years of Sustainable Safety Improvement
  • Nanotechnology and its Impact on Construction
    (Nanotechnology and its Impact on Construction - RT251)
2:15 pm
 Intermission
2:30 pm
Implementation Sessions Repeated
3:30 pm
Intermission
3:45 pm
Keynote Speaker Introduction
Harold Helland, 25th Anniversary Conference Chair
3:50 pm
Keynote Speaker: "The Extreme Future - Top Trends that will Shape the World for the Next 20 Years"
James Canton, CEO & Chairman - Institute for Global Future
4:35 pm

CII Outstanding Researcher - Paul Goodrum, University of Kentucky
CII Academic Poster Session Winner

4:40 pm
Featured Speaker Introduction
Emerson Johns, CII Chairman
4:45 pm
Featured Speaker: "The Future of Construction: Getting the U.S. There First"
Jim Turner, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
5:05 pm
Closing Remarks – Wayne Crew – CII Executive Director
5:15 pm
Meet the VIPs - James Canton, Jim Turner, Researcher Awardee, Academic Poster Session Winner, & Caterpiller Princesses
5:45 pm
End of Day Two
 
Thursday Evening 8/7
6:30 pm
Reception
7:30 pm
Banquet Speaker Introduction - Harold Helland, 25th Anniversary Conference Chair
7:35 pm
Banquet Speaker:"Role of Engineers in Poverty Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities"
Bernard Amadei, Founding President of Engineers Without Borders, and Professor of Civil Engineering - University of Colorado at Boulder

8:05 pm
Award Recognition
  • Outstanding Researcher
  • Outstanding Implementer
  • Outstanding Instructor
  • Outstanding Professional Development (owner & contractor)
  • Outstanding Benchmarking Users (owner & contractor)
Award Presentation
  • Richard L. Tucker Leadership & Service
8:35 pm
Dinner Served
9:35 pm
Carroll H. Dunn Award Presentation
9:55 pm
Annual Conference Chair’s Closing Remarks
Harold Helland – 25th Anniversary Conference Chair
10:00 pm
Carroll H. Dunn Award Celebration