Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering CEE Alumni Weekend in Washington, D.C.  April 17-19, 2009

Weekend Schedule

Friday, April 17, 2009

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Registration & Reception - Palomar Hotel
 
  • Welcome - Joseph B. Hughes, Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Eng.
  • Introduction to Weekend Activities - Richard Tucker, (CE '64 & '65) Chair, CEE External Advisory Board
  •  History of DC and GT's influence - Frank Williams, Jr. (CE '56), Chairman, Williams Enterprises

7:00 pm

Explore Washington, DC - Free time

Saturday, April 18, 2009

7:30 - 8:00 am

Breakfast - Palomar Hotel

8:00 - 8:45 am

A Veteran's Story

Orson Swindle (IM '59), Chairman, Information Security, Hunton & Williams LLP.

8:45 - 9:00 am

Overview of Days Events

William Calhoun (CE '81), Exec. VP, Clark Construction, Inc. & Chair, CEE EAB Alumni Relations

9:00 - 11:30 am

National Mall Bus Tour

Chip Akridge (ME’68), President, National Mall Trust and National Park Service

12:00 - 3:00 pm

The Future of US Infrastructure Luncheon

Infrastructure Panel Discussion - Moderator, Dr. Reginald DesRoches, Professor, Georgia Tech Panelist include:

  • Dr. John Crittenden, Georgia Tech, Dir., Brook Byers Sustainability Institute
  • JC Goldman – Executive Vice President, United Water
  • Mike Messner (CE '76), Co-founder & Partner, Seminole Capital Partners
  • David Nash , President,  Dave Nash and Associates
  • Larry Roth, ASCE Government Relations Representative ( TBD)

 

3:00 - 6:30 pm

Free Time on Own

6:30 - 9:00 pm

Reception, Private Tour & Dinner at the Smithsonian Castle

Keynote Speaker: Dr. G. Wayne Clough (CE '63 & '65), Secretary Smithsonian Institute

Sunday, April 19, 2009

7:30 - 9:00 am

Breakfast & wrap-up of weekend's activities

8:00 am

Solutions to Grand Challenges: CEE Students Changing the World

Joseph B. Hughes, School Chair