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Compelling educational sessions: earn up to 24 PDHs, including your ethics requirement
OPAL Awards Gala celebration honoring the year’s top projects and legends of the profession
The ASCE Tech Talks series, showcasing independent programming by institutes and technical groups of ASCE
Insights into Future World Vision

Photo of OPAL Award Winners 2020 by Nick Klein

Compelling plenary speakers
Unprecedented learning opportunities: cross-cutting and innovative concurrent sessions
Be inspired by the ASCE Blue Sky Innovation Contest national finals
Participate in the pre-conference Innovation Bootcamp
Never miss a session with post event on-demand content
Network opportunities with your peers

Day 1 / Wed, Oct 06, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
08:00 AM - 06:30 PM	Registration
08:30 AM - 05:00 PM	Short Courses
09:00 AM - 04:30 PM	Technical Tours Optional Tours
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM	Community Service Project
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM	Welcome Reception

Day 2 / Thu, Oct 07, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
06:45 AM - 05:00 PM	Registration
07:30 AM - 08:15 AM	Student & Emerging Leaders Welcome Breakfast and Orientation Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Opening Plenary Session & Keynote
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking Break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Concurrent Sessions
12:15 PM - 01:45 PM	Celebration of Leaders Luncheon
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Networking Break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM	Optional evening tours

Day 3 / Fri, Oct 08, 2021
Time (EDT)	Session
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM	Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall Registration
07:30 AM - 08:15 AM	Networking Breakfast in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
08:15 AM - 09:45 AM	ASCE Annual Membership Meeting & Society Awards
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Optional tours
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM	Innovation Contest Concurrent Sessions
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM	Global Luncheon & Program (ticketed)
11:45 AM - 01:15 PM	Lunch on your own
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM	Industry Leaders Forum
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM	Networking Break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions
06:30 PM - 10:00 PM	OPAL Awards

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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