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Compelling plenary speakers
Unprecedented learning opportunities: cross-cutting and innovative concurrent sessions
An opportunity to participate in the pre-conference Innovation Bootcamp
Post event on-demand content
Engaging networking opportunities
Inspiring professional sessions
Insights into Future World Vision

Great pricing includes access to:

The ASCE Blue Sky Innovation Contest national finals
OPAL Awards Gala
The ASCE Tech Talks series, showcasing independent programming by Institutes & technical groups of ASCE

Day 1 / Wed, Oct 06, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Welcome Remarks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Opening Plenary
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM	Digging Deep for a Supertall in Manhattan SP Sustainable Procurement for Infrastructure MDT Need to Fulfill CEBOK3 for Responsible Charge STI Power Pairing: Engineering Innovation with Diverse Teams PD
01:45 PM - 02:45 PM	Strategies to Improve Large-Diameter Pipelines Seismic Resilience NMD Blue Ridge Tunnel: From Epidemic to Pandemic HH Modernizing Civil Engineering through Machine Intelligence STI Leverage Your People-Power: Civil Engineers Shape Policy SI
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM	Celebration of Leaders
04:15 PM - 05:45 PM	Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (aka Tappan Zee Bridge) SP Leadership Development through Volunteering PD Innovation in Civil Engineering STI Emerging Risks in Engineering MDT

Day 2 / Thu, Oct 07, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	ASCE Annual Membership Meeting & Society Awards
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM	Positioning Your Community for an UNIMAGINABLE Future! STI Future Climatic Data for Infrastructure Design NMD CE Magazine: "The Shed" SP Matthes-Evans Topographic Map of the Grand Canyon HH
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Industry Leaders Forum
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Leadership Today: Building Your Path PD Dubai Storm Water Tunnel — Sustainability Lessons SP Building Mackinac Bridge HH What's Up in Washington STI
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM	Blue Sky Innovation Contest National Finals

Day 3 / Fri, Oct 08, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Failure Investigation: A Puzzle Without the Box MDT Empowering Innovation in Civil Engineering Education STI Ethics Session PD Edenville and Sanford Dam Failures: Field Reconnaissance Report NMD
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM	Structural Typology Issues and Existing Building Codes SI Hardening the 21st Century Electric Grid for Resiliency NMD Futuristic Infrastructure: The Age of Megacities STI Partnering to Deliver the Nation’s Largest Progressive Design‐Build Water Treatment Plant Project SP
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM	Closing Keynote & Innovation Awards
06:00 PM - 07:15 PM	OPAL Awards Gala

The best of the best from ASCE’s Technical Groups & Institutes. Part of the ASCE virtual Convention and free to Convention registrants.

The 6–week series will run Tuesdays from 1:00–3:30 PM ET, October 12–November 16.

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