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Younger Member & Student Program

The YOUNGER MEMBER & STUDENT PROGRAM provides opportunities for ASCE members 35 years of age and younger to network, share ideas, enhance professional development, learn industry leadership skills, and forge career connections. Activities include the 3rd Annual Younger Member/Student Workshop, a high energy event that features a team-building activity to test participants' project management and creative skills.

Sunday, November 3
Younger Member/Student Member Workshop Moderated by Michael Shumsky
Washington Convention Center, Rooms 30 and 31
2:00-2:15
Introductions

2:15-5:30
"Teambuilding Skills," Valerie Tutor - presentation on the principles of team work and relationships in business that make people effective and enthusiastic participants both professionally and personally (3 CEU's)

Social Event Led by the National Capital YMG: 7:00-11:00PM
Capital City Brew Co (11th/H Streets NW) - Meet in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel.

Monday, November 4
Younger Member Leadership Symposium, Moderated by Chris Garlick
Washington Convention Center, Room 31
Sponsored by Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

2:00-2:05
Introduction - Christopher Garlick, Zone I Representative,
ASCE Committee on Younger Members

2:05-3:05
Implementation of ASCE Policy 465: Academic prerequisites for licensure and professional practice -Jeff Russell, Chair TCAP3 & Dr. Col. Tom Lenox, Sr. Managing Director, Education, Geographic Services and Diversity

3:05-3:45
Younger Member Group Reports

3:45-4:00
Break

4:00-5:00
Younger Member Group Reports

5:00-5:30
CYM Report, Deepal Eliatamby

Social Event led by the National Capital YMG: 7:00-11:00Ppm
Fado's Irish Pub (in Chinatown (7th/H Streets NW)
- Meet in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel.

Tuesday, November 5
Daniel W. Mead Session: Washington Convention Center, Room 27
Sponsored by Whitney, Bailey, Cox and Magnani

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Daniel W. Mead Session, Moderated by Deepal Eliatamby

  • MAJ Victor Nakano, United States Military Academy, "Civil Engineering: Past, Present and Future"
  • Tamara Larson, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Evolution of Engineering Ethics over the past 150 Years"
  • Tom Smith, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel Ethics and ASCE
    • Younger Member Leadership Symposium, Moderated by Chris Garlick
    Washington Convention Center, Room 31:
    Sponsored by National Capital Section, ASCE

    2:00-3:00
    "Risk Management" - Minimizing Risk in a high-risk profession. Speaker: Maria Lehman, Zone I Vice President, Commissioner of Public Works, Erie County (1 CEU)

    3:00-3:45
    National Officer Interaction with President-Elect-Elect Galloway and Executive Director Pat Natale

    3:45-4:00
    Break

    4:00-4:45
    Intelligent Transportation Systems - Integrating ITS in Civil Engineering Projects. Speaker: David E. Hill, P.E. Vice President, HNTB Corporation

    4:45-4:50
    Recognition of YM Award Winners

    4:50-5:20
    ASCE Technology Initiatives

    5:20-5:30
    Summary and Evaluation

    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    ASCE Committee on Younger Members Reunion

    (By invitation)

    Former CYM members are invited to drop by to mingle with others who have helped inspire younger member involvement through the years.

    Wednesday, November 6 * 12 NOON - 1:45 PM
    ASCE Honorary Members' Luncheon

    Tickets included in Younger Member Registrations. (See page 16.)

    Younger Member & Student Activities of Interest

    Younger Member & Students are invited to take part in all Younger Member and Student activities. Students and Younger Members are also encouraged to attend Conference technical sessions and participate in these Conference events and field trips of interest:

    Saturday, November 2 * 10:00 am - 10:30 am
    Family Activity: National Building Museum Demonstration Cart: "Arches and Trusses: The Tension Builds"

    12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    COPRI Field Trip: Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

    Sunday, November 3 * 10:00 am - 10:30 am
    Family Activity: National Building Museum Demonstration Cart: "Arches and Trusses: The Tension Builds"

    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    150th Anniversary Exhibition

    National Building Museum Private Viewing:
    Me, Myself and Infrastructure: Private Lives and Public Works in America

    11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Build-a-Thon: Building Big? in the Nation's Capital

    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    National Building Museum

    Behind the Scenes Tour

    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Special Social Activity:

    Scandal Tour of Washington

    Monday, November 4 * 10:30 am (tentative)
    ASCE Plenary with President George W. Bush (invited)

    Please take your seat early!

    10:30 AM- 12 noon
    ASCE Opening Plenary with Tim Russert

    12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
    Exposition Hall Lunch

    1:00 PM- 5:30 pm
    4th Annual National Civil Engineering Career Fair
    Exposition Hall

    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    150th Anniversary Celebration

    Washington Convention Center Ballroom C
    Sponsored by Marsh Affinity Group Services, a service of Seabury & Smith

    Tuesday, November 5 * 7:00 am - 8:15 am
    Education Breakfast

    8:30 am - 10:00 am
    TISP Opening Plenary: Threat Identification & Assessment

    10:00 am - 10:30 am
    Family Activity: National Building Museum Demonstration Cart: "Arches and Trusses: The Tension Builds"

    10:30 am - 12 noon
    Federal Forum

    10:30 am - 12:30 pm / 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    ASCE Reston Headquarters Tours

    12 noon - 5:30 pm
    4th Annual National Civil Engineering Career Fair

    Exposition Hall

    1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    COPRI Canoe Trip: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

    1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    COPRI Field Trip: Horsehead Wetlands Center, Wildfowl Trust of North America

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Special Student Session: Civil Engineering Goes to Washington

    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    National Building Museum Behind the Scenes Tour

    Wednesday, November 6 * 8:30 am (tentative)
    ASCE Plenary with President George W. Bush (invited)
    Please take your seat early!

    10:30 am - 12 noon
    ASCE Annual Business Meeting, Awards Presentation & Presidential Inauguration

    Includes presentation of the Younger Member Group Awards to outstanding large and small Younger Member Groups.

    10:30 am - 12:30 pm / 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    ASCE Reston Headquarters Tours

    2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
    COPRI Field Trip: Phillip Merrill

    Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

    6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    ASCE's 150th Anniversary Gala Banquet

    Washington Convention Center Ballroom C