Program

Convention Topic Legend

AI – Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
ET – Emerging Technologies
FWV – Future World Vision
GEN – General / Main
HH – History & Heritage
IS – Integrated Systems
SP – Significant Projects
ST – Standards
STI – State of the Industry
PP – Strategic Issues / Public Policy
SF – Systems Failures

Program schedule subject to change.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Day 1 / Wed, Oct. 8, 2025
Time	Session
08:00 AM - 06:30 PM	Registration Open
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM	Envision® Sustainability Professional Credentialing Workshop
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM	[Technical Tour] Colman Dock ASCE/COS 73-23 Standard Practice for Sustainable Infrastructure Workshop
12:00 PM - 02:30 PM	[Optional Tour] Coffee and Food Tour
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM	Short Course: Tsunamis - The How and Why of Designing for Disaster GEN
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM	Student & Emerging Leaders Mixer
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM	Welcome Reception

Day 2 / Thu, Oct. 9, 2025
Time	Session
07:00 AM - 06:00 PM	Registration Open (Thursday)
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM	Student & Emerging Leaders Welcome Breakfast & Orientation
08:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Welcome and Opening Panel: Lofty Construction Goals and Goals on the Ice GEN
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM	Concurrent Sessions Understanding Future Heat Risk to Critical Systems IS Creating Operational Resilience: Engineering during a Cyberattack PP Making the Grade: 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure PP Mitigating Human Factor Errors in Structural Inspections STI Fostering Transportation Equity with Micro Mobility Hubs PP Performance-Based Design of the LAX/Metro Transit Center SP ASCE K-12 STEM Outreach Training Cascading Impacts of Sequential Flood Events SF GGBFS-Cement 3D-Printed Concrete Rheology ET
12:00 PM - 01:45 PM	Celebration of Leaders Luncheon
02:15 PM - 03:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions Compound Flooding Manual of Practice for Engineers ST International Federations - Strategies for Resilience and Sustainability New Faces Alumni: From College to Career – Strategies for Success as You Enter (And Advance in) the Workforce STI Engineering Practice Needs in Addressing Climate Change STI Highlighting Transportation Innovation: Let's Go Dutch! ET FT Maritime Innovation Center: LBC Transformation ET Surveying the Pacific Northwest and the U.S.-Canadian Borders HH Hot Topics in Engineering Ethics STI Sustainably Expanding the San Diego International Airport SP
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Crystal Springs: The World's Oldest Concrete Dam HH HS2 UK Viaducts. Innovation and Sustainability IS Civil Engineering Source Presents: Navigating Funding Shifts as a Government Engineer STI Prepare your Workforce to "Manage for Meteors" PP Forward-Looking Building Standards ST Innovative Methods to Enlarge Howard Street Tunnel SP Confronting the "Barbosanisation" of Civil Engineers STI Construction Industry Safety and Workplace Challenges STI Houston Public Works - Stormwater Plan Reviews ST Nature-based Solutions: Evidence and Engineering Guidance ET
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM	Global Reception
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions Leveraging the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge to Shape the Future of Engineering Education

Day 3 / Fri, Oct. 10, 2025
Time	Session
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM	Registration Open (Friday)
08:15 AM - 09:45 AM	ASCE Annual Meeting & Society Awards
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Concurrent Sessions Workforce Innovation Powering Future Resilient Infrastructure Systems STI The 119th Congress: What’s Up In Washington PP Smart City Standards: Walking the Talk on Future World Vision FWV Reducing the cost of US Transit PP Acequias and the American Southwest HH Strategies for Regional Resilience: LA County Water Plan PP Sustainable Construction Safety with CIO Frameworks SF Ethics and Responsibility in Civil Engineering PP Insights for Advancing Climate-Resilient Standards and Codes PP Phased Future Planning: Building Coastal Community Resiliency SP
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM	Easy Eats with the Exhibitors
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	[Industry Leaders Forum] After the Fire: Leadership and Resilience in the Face of Crisis GEN Designing and building for our Probable Futures: Understanding climate risk and readiness in a changing world GEN
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions Future Conditions: Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty ET Critical Behavioral Lessons from Past Wildfire Evacuations SF Recent Federal Government Fraud and Corruption Cases The Future is Now: Enabling Next Gen Technologies for Safety and Traffic Management IS Bridging the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Gap PP Student Presidential Group Town Hall Detecting and Mitigating Contaminated Drinking Water - CANCELED SF Second Generation Bridge Deck Overlays - CANCELED STI Future World Vision: Workforce Challenges of the Future – From Perception to Recruitment FWV Envision World Cup of Sustainable Infrastructure PP
04:00 PM - 05:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions Engineering Knowledge by Design: Sharing Smarter STI So, Mrs. Roebling - What's Your Side of the Story GEN Uncertainty Quantification in Bridge Deck Condition Predictions STI Construction Materials Carbon Management in Infrastructure Prototyping Resilient Housing Using Mass Ply Panels ET A Global Perspective on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience for Infrastructure Contractor and Design Engineer's 3D Collaboration ET Newly Transitioning Member Panel STI Legislation Human Behaviors and Wildfire Damages STI
04:00 PM - 07:00 PM	OPAL Registration
06:30 PM - 10:00 PM	OPAL Awards Gala

Day 4 / Sat, Oct. 11, 2025
Time	Session
07:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Registration Open (Saturday)
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM	Trade Policy & Economic Outlook: Shaping the Future of the Construction Industry GEN Understanding Challenges in Achieving Future Risk Reduction through Civil Engineering Practice GEN
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions Learning Leadership STI Engineering Resilient Coastal Structures: an Overview of Two Projects Geospatial Technologies: Mapping the Future of Climate-Resilient Infrastructure ASCE-NOAA TF Climate Resilience in Engineering Practice PP AASHTO Bike Guide - Designing for All ST Future World Vision: AI and Civil Engineering – Current State of Practice and Ensuing Opportunities FWV Bridging Construction Safety, Leadership, and Mental Well-Being STI Building The Forth Bridge HH Stronger Teamwork and Project Delivery Through Lean Design IS
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM	Luncheon and Closing Panel: Engineering the Future of Global Events: Smart Infrastructure, Immersive Tech, and the Road to FIFA 2026 GEN
02:00 PM - 05:30 PM	[Technical Tour] - Boeing Factory
02:45 PM - 05:00 PM	[Technical Tour] Climate Pledge Arena