Program

Convention Topic Legend

GEN – General / Main
HH – History & Heritage
IS – Integrated Systems
SF – Systems Failures
PP – Strategic Issues / Public Policy
SP – Significant Projects
STI – State of the Industry / Profession

Schedule-at-a-glance

*Program is subject to change

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Day 1 / Wed, Oct. 18, 2023
Time	Session
08:00 AM - 05:30 PM	Registration open
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM	Optional tour: Architectural River Cruise
12:00 PM - 04:30 PM	Short course: Managing Engineer's Project Risks
12:25 PM - 03:50 PM	Optional tour: Frank Lloyd Wright Tour
01:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Technical tour: Northerly Island Park Restoration
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM	Technical tour: Chicago-style Bascule Bridge Tour
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Technical tour: Architecture Tour with Inside Chicago (1 of 2)
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM	Special Session: Blame it on the Brain: the Biology of Unconscious Bias
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM	Student & Emerging Leaders Mixer
05:30 PM - 08:00 PM	Welcome Reception at Museum of Science and Industry

Day 2 / Thu, Oct. 19, 2023
Time	Session
06:30 AM - 06:15 PM	Registration open
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM	Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall open
07:30 AM - 08:15 AM	Student & Emerging Leaders Welcome Breakfast and Orientation
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Opening Plenary Session: Preparing for the Next Wave of Innovation with Sheryl Connelly
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Concurrent Sessions Dubai Storm Water Tunnel - Sustainability Lessons SP Please Don't Go: Retention of Women Engineers STI Reversal of the River IS Now What? How to Turn a Degree into a Career Mile Long Bridge Planning, Design and Construction SP Future World Vision: Developing the Workforce of the Future
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Networking break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
12:00 PM - 01:45 PM	Celebration of Leaders Luncheon
01:30 PM - 05:00 PM	Innovation Contest
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Construction Monitoring: Improved Reliability through Redundancy SF Stronger Teamwork, Project Delivery through Lean Design IS Innovation in Civil Engineering Education for Future Ready CEs STI The Competitive Workforce STI Future World Vision: Civil Engineering Standards for Smart Cities
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions Ethical Behavior and Leadership in the Face of Harassment & Bullying: Ethics Training 101 PP
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM	Networking break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering Alumni: Lights Camera Action! Using EJCDC Documents to Deliver Your Project PP Vulnerable Road User Planning and Design PP NEW! Tornado Loads in ASCE 7-22 and 2024 IBC STI Building the Mackinac Bridge HH
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Global Civil Engineering STI
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM	Global Reception
06:00 PM - 09:30 PM	Optional tour: Chicago Food Tour

Day 3 / Fri, Oct. 20, 2023
Time	Session
07:00 AM - 05:30 PM	Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall open
07:00 AM - 08:15 AM	Networking breakfast in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
07:30 AM - 05:30 PM	Registration open
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM	Chair Yoga
08:15 AM - 09:45 AM	ASCE Annual Meeting & Society Awards
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions Future World Vision: Off Planet Communities Me? Run for Elected Office? YES!! PP Raising Chicago from the Muck HH Messages Matter: Attracting the Engineer Workforce of the Future STI Fighting PFAS: Where should our money go? SF The Future of Transportation: Connected Automated Vehicles STI
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM	Innovation Contest Meet the Teams
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM	Lunch on your own
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer: Charging Your Electric Vehicle While You Drive IS An Examination of Unethical Behavior Among Engineers STI From Capitol Hill to Main Street: Navigating the Latest Infrastructure Policy Changes STI Water System Disaster Response: Wildfires & More SF ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering Alumni: Persisting in a Male-Dominated Profession Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award Nominees Present SP
02:15 PM - 03:45 PM	Industry Leaders Forum: Infrastructure Resilience—Natural Disasters and Beyond GEN
03:45 PM - 04:15 PM	Networking break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
04:15 PM - 05:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions Bonnet Carre Spillway HH Creating Self-Innovating Organizations with Measurable Results! STI Future World Vision: Moving Research and Innovation into Practice ASCE Presents: 800 Fulton Market, Chicago's Smartest Building SP Community Engineering Corps - Striving Towards Equitable Infrastructure STI Port Terminal Modernization and Zero Emission Strategies SP
06:00 PM - 07:15 PM	OPAL Registration Desk Opens
06:30 PM - 10:00 PM	OPAL Awards Gala

Day 4 / Sat, Oct. 21, 2023
Time	Session
07:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Registration open Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall open
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions Civil Engineering Online Presents: Public Speaking - Master this Hard Skill STI Collaborative Intelligence: Pairing Human and Machine Learning Chicago Subway System and Ralph B. Peck HH Success in Failure: Case Studies of Mistakes SF Future World Vision: From CGI to Reality Turkiye Earthquake of February 6, 2023 – Post-Event Reconnaissance Summary STI
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM	Networking break in Experience ASCE & Exhibit Hall
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions Integrating Future Climate into Codes and Standards IS Advancing the Integration of IoT in Construction IS Discussing Student Chapter Operations: Issues to Solution STI Roswell Mason: Railroad Builder + The Era of the Great Builder HH Design of the Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure SP Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Improve Communication Skills STI Thinking Differently About Ethics STI
11:30 AM - 01:30 PM	Closing Luncheon with Greg MacGillivray - Lights, Camera, Innovation: Exploring the intersection of artistry and technology GEN
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Technical tour: Architecture Tour with Inside Chicago (2 of 2)