7:45 - 8:30am

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8:30- 8:45am

8:45- 9:45am

9:55 - 11:05am

11:15am - 12:25pm

12:30 - 1:15pm

1:15 - 1:45pm

1:45 - 2:15pm



2:15 - 2:30pm

2:40 - 3:50pm

3​:50 - 4:00pm

Registration & Light Breakfast

Lobby (1st Floor Campus Center)

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Welcome Remarks

Nancy Greenwald, Executive Director, Construction Institute

Carolina Cudemus-Jones, AVP Capital Projects, Smith College

Opening Keynote Address

Networking Your Way to More Friends, More Adventures, and More Success!

Julie Brown, Networking Expert & Founder, JBBD, Inc

Sponsored by The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Breakout sessions

Blueprints for Change: Sustainable Building Structures

Kate MacDougall, e2 engineers

Trey Zaharek, e2 engineers

Sponsored by Gilbane Building Company

Don’t Fear the Algorithm: Making AI Your Friend in Getting Things Done

Corren Collura, Dellbrook|JKS

Erik Sanford, Dellbrook|JKS

Sending the Elevator Down – Why Female Leaders are Responsible for Empowering the Next Generation of Women in the AEC Industry

Karri May, CannonDesign

Sponsored by O&G Industries

This session will be repeated at 11:15am

Unstoppable Connections

Laura Cruickshank, University of Connecticut

Carolina Cudemus-Jones, Smith College

Cathy DeFrances-Vittorio, Fuss & O'Neill, Inc

Janine Helwig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Karin Patriquin, Patriquin Architects

Melissa Sheffy, Network Interiors, Inc

Sponsored by SMMA

This session will be repeated at 11:15am

Breakout sessions

Building Hope: How a Women-led Project Team Delivered a Future for the YWCA and Their Community

Deborah Fennick, Fennick McCredie Architecture

Janice Narowski, Consigli

Katy O’Donohoe, Fennick McCredie Architecture

Jody Staruk, Consigli

Sponsored by Consigli

Inclusive Design, Rationale + Practice

Emily Barna, Amenta Emma Architects

Valerie Fletcher, Institute for Human Centered Design

Ian Law, Fuss & O’Neill

Sponsored by Amenta Emma Architects

Sending the Elevator Down – Why Female Leaders are Responsible for Empowering the Next Generation of Women in the AEC Industry

Karri May, CannonDesign

Sponsored by USG Ceilings

This session will be repeated at 9:55am

Unstoppable Connections

Laura Cruickshank, University of Connecticut

Carolina Cudemus-Jones, Smith College

Cathy DeFrances-Vittorio, Fuss & O'Neill, Inc

Janine Helwig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Karin Patriquin, Patriquin Architects

Melissa Sheffy, Network Interiors, Inc

Sponsored by Bond Building

This session will be repeated at 9:55am

Lunch

Afternoon Keynote Address

Be That One Guy

Vicki O'Leary, Director of Diversity, Ironworkers International

Sponsored by Red Thread & Steelcase

​Champions of Change Awards

Meet the Awardees!

Tim Kostuk, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Uma Ramanathan, Shepley Bulfinch

Flash networking

Interactive Workshop

Building Your Presence and Impact

Amy Dunn, Dunn Talent Consulting

​Closing Remarks & Raffle Drawing