Schedule 2025

19 May 2025 May 19
Time	Title	Speaker
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Registration
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Facility Management & Operations Council Meeting
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Exhibits Open
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Welcome Reception

20 May 2025 May 20
Time	Title	Speaker	ACCREDITED
7:00 am - 6:00 pm	Registration
7:00 am - 7:55 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:05 am	The Honorable Garret Graves Keynote Address	Garret Graves
9:00 am - 6:30 pm	Exhibits Open
9:20 am - 10:15 am	Sights on 2050: How Digital and Physical Technologies Shape the Future of the Built Environment	Nathan Baxter Director of Design and Digital Services, Armstrong World Industries Shivani Cott Senior Scientist, 9 Foundations Michael Lorenz Senior Director of Technology, Armstrong World Industries	AIA 1.0 HSW ICC 0.1
9:20 am - 10:15 am	Developing and Implementing a Functional Recovery Framework for Lifeline Infrastructure Systems	Craig A. Davis Manager, C.A. Davis Engineering Ronald T. Eguchi CEO & Co-Founder, ImageCat, Inc. Ayse Hortacsu Director of Projects, Applied Technology Council Katherine J. Johnson (Jo) Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology Kent Yu Principal, SEFT Consulting Group	AIA 1.0 HSW ICC 0.1
9:20 am - 10:15 am	Anchoring Resilience with Sustainable Waterfront Design	Janis Fedorowick Principal, Wavefront Planning Anthony Guerra Sr. Director, AEC Quality Assurance & Technical Content, Green Building Initiative Tom Klein landscape + urban designer and mobility advocate Jay Valgora Principal & Founder, Studio V	AIA 1.0 HSW ICC 0.1
10:20 am - 10:55 am	Exhibits Break
11:00 am - 11:50 am	An Integrated Framework for Resilient Infrastructure Planning	Richard Graves Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research Ariane Laxo Director of Sustainability, HGA Architects & Engineers	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
11:00 am - 11:50 am	The Future of Codes and Standards: AI, Copyrights, and Implementation	Sandy Hess Sales Manager, ICC Community Development Solutions Karin Moore Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, National Electrical Manufacturers Association Joan O’Neil Chief Knowledge Officer, International Code Council	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
11:55 am - 1:00 pm	Awards Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm	Technology & Resilient Communities	Roy Ingraffia National Director, International Masonry Institute Chas Peppers Architect, SOM Research + Innovation team Eliot Wall Senior Director, GAF Roads	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm	Retrofit for Resilience and Functional Recovery: Protecting American Lives, Infrastructure, and the Economy Through Resilience	Jason Averill Deputy Director, Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chuck Chaitovitz Vice President for Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Daniel Kaniewski Managing Director, Public Sector, Marsh McLennan Ryan Kersting Jiqiu Yuan Chief Resilience Officer, National Institute of Building Sciences	AIA 1.0 HSW ICC 0.1
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm	Connecting Design and Resilience	David Cordell Associate Principal, Perkins&Will Jon Penndorf Associate Principal, Perkins&Will Luz Toro Director of Resilience, American Institute of Architects	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
2:35 pm - 3:40 pm	New Life for a Venerable Old Courthouse: Leading the Way Toward Resilience and Decarbonization	Barb Anderson-Kerlin Senior Project Manager, HOK Claire Moore Director of Engineering, HOK Greg Sherman Engineering Practice Leader, HOK	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
2:35 pm - 3:40 pm	Enhancing Cyber Safety for National Critical Infrastructure	Lucian Niemeyer CEO, Building Cyber Security	AIA 1.0 HSW ICC 0.1
2:35 pm - 3:40 pm	Resilience in Design	Illya Azaroff Architect, Geographer and Educator, CUNY and +LAB Architect Erik C. Backus Veteran, Engineer, Educator, Consultant, Construction Professional, Sustainability & Resilience Leader Blima Ehrentreu Founder and CEO, The Designers Group	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Plenary Panel: Strategies for Resilient Lifeline Infrastructure – A Public and Private Partnership	Madhu Beriwal Founder and Chairwoman, IEM International, Inc. Scott Breor Associate Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Ronald T. Eguchi CEO & Co-Founder, ImageCat, Inc. George K. Guszcza President and CEO, National Institute of Building Sciences Joe Hopkins Secretary, N.C. Department of Transportation
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Networking Reception

21 May 2025 May 21
Time	Title	Speaker	ACCREDITED
7:00 am - 11:00 am	Registration
7:00 am - 7:55 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Enhancing Resilience	Julian Mills-Beale Director, Codes and Standards, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Ellen Breipohl Thorp Managing Director, Coalition for Sustainable Roofing Jason Wilen Associate Principal, Klein & Hoffman
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Innovation in Leadership	Yvonne Castillo Sr. Vice President & Professional Liability Risk Advisor, Risk Advisory Mika Dewitz-Cryan Vice President and Professional Liability Risk Advisor, Risk Advisory Amy Marks Senior Vice President, Innovation, Compass Datacenters Nancy Novak Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
8:00 am - 11:00 am	Exhibits Open
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Advancing Resilient Communities with AI and Innovative Structural Technologies	Nathan Canney Director of Structural Engineering, Taylor Devices, Inc. Justin Marshall President, DuraFuse Frames Andrew Sundal Architect and Structural Engineer, HGA Emre Toprak Asst. Vice President, WSP	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
9:35 am - 9:55 am	Exhibits Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Community Resilience Through Integration of Robust Built Environment with Business Mindset	Elizabeth Bradford Vice President, National Resilience Lead, Michael Baker International Stephen Cauffman Foresight Consulting LLC Terri McAllister Deputy Division Chief, Materials and Structural Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology Kent Yu Principal, SEFT Consulting Group	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
10:00 am - 11:00 am	NSF Panel on Civil Infrastructure Innovation	Jordan Berg Program Director, Dynamics, Control & Systems Diagnostics Khershed Cooper Program Director, Advanced Manufacturing Daan Liang Program Director, Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment Daniel Linzell Director, Division of Covil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Directorate for Engineering at National Science Foundation Lesley Sneed Program Director, Engineering for Civil Infrastructure	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Building Beyond Code: Lifeline Infrastructure and the Case for Coordinated Resiliency	Dale Crawford Executive Director, the Steel Tube Institute Casey Robb Business Development Consultant & President – C. F. Robb Consulting Services, LLC	AIA 1.0 LU ICC 0.1
11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Closing Plenary Panel: Making the Business Case of Revenue Resilience for Disaster Mitigation	Rallis Kourkoulis Managing Partner, Grid Maria C. Lehman US Infrastructure Market Leader, GHD Sissy Nikolaou Engineering Laboratory, NIST Terence Smith CEO, Smith's Research & Gradings