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 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 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
12:00 PM - 01:45 PM	Celebration of Leaders Luncheon
02:15 PM - 03:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions 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 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
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
04:00 PM - 05:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions 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 Engineering Knowledge by Design: Sharing Smarter STI So, Mrs. Roebling - What's Your Side of the Story GEN
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	Understanding Challenges in Achieving Future Risk Reduction through Civil Engineering Practice GEN Trade Policy & Economic Outlook: Shaping the Future of the Construction Industry GEN
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions 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 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
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