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7:30 am Check In & Networking

Overcoming Regulatory Constraints

8:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

8:40 am Panel: Exploring Government Regulation & Prefabrication Implementation Across the United States

  • Ryan Colker Vice President, Innovation, International Code Council

Synopsis

  • Developing a regulatory framework for prefab construction to streamline approvals across multiple states
  • Creating a pre-certification process for modular units, ensuring compliance with varying state building codes
  • Establishing an interstate task force to monitor regulatory updates and standardize prefab adoption

9:40 am Chair’s Morning Close

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

9:50 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Track One

Track One: Owner Playbook, Programming & Project Set-Up

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Managing Project Partner Relationships


10.50 am Highlighting Your Expectations to Project Teams to Enhance AEC Alignment with Operational Needs

Chris Lagana, Executive Director of Design & Construction, John Hopkins Medicine


11.35 am Panel: Building the Future: Modular Construction & Innovation in Airport Development

Thomas Lyon, Senior Vice President of Airport Development, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Michael Christensen, Assistant General Manager Airports of Chief Development Officer, Los Angeles World Airport

Khaled Naja, CEO, Core Group Partners

Palmina Whelan, Capital Program Construction, The New Terminal One 


12.45 pm Lunch


Striving for Excellence & Efficiency


1.45 pm Exploring Developer-Led Responsibility for More Sustainable Solutions

Allan Bedwell, Chief Sustainability Officer, Clark Pacific


2.30 pm Audience Discussion: Rethinking Installation & Integration: The Owner’s Perspective on Mitigating Risk of Rework & Wasted Time

Nancy Novak, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters

Andy Tolbert, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Echelon Data Centres

Marc Paolicelli, Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer, RK Industries

Catherine Donnolley, President, Delicate Balance Consulting

Stephen Keiser, NAM Operations Leader, Senior Director, Schnieder Electric


3.10 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking

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Roundtables

Looking to the Future

4:00 pm Enabling the Green Energy Transition Through Long-Duration Batteries

  • Jose Andrade Vice President of Civil Engineering, Energy Vault

Synopsis

  • Leveraging precasting and advanced construction technologies to reduce costs and improve efficiency in long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems
  • The impact of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) and lean six-sigma (LSS) optimization on the scalability of grid-scale LDES solutions
  • Overcoming challenges in constructability, durability, and temperature control to enable effective integration of LDES with renewable energy grid

5:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

5:10 pm End of Main Conference