Conference Glance

NSPE 2008 Annual Conference
Portland, Oregon
July 24–27

July 24 | July 25 | July 26 | July 27

Thursday, July 24
8:30 a.m. –10:00 a.m.	General Session: Planning for the Future of the Engineering Profession
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Managing a Complex Multipurpose Hydropower Federal Facility (Part I)
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Introduction to Wave Energy
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Challenging the P.M.: Controlling Project Design Costs
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: The Risk of Sustainability
1:00 p.m.– 5:30 p.m.	Fun: NSPE Educational Foundation Golf Tournament
1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m.	Tech Tour: Managing a Complex Multi-Purpose Hydropower Federal Facility, USACE Bonneville Lock and Dam (Part II)
1:00 p.m.– 4:30 p.m.	Fun Tour: Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.	Fun Tour: Portland's Microbrewery Tour

Friday, July 25
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.	NSPE Order of the Engineer Breakfast
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.	NSPE Order of the Engineer Induction
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	General Session: Peoplemap Workshop
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.	Young Engineers' Forum
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: The Language of Business—for Every Engineer!
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Reducing the Carbon Footprint: Climate & Renewable Policy Trends
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Engineered Materials Arrestor System at Midway and O'Hare
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Contracts—The Front Line in Risk Management
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	NSPE Networking Lunch: Become the Ultimate Communicator
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	Fun Tour: Oregon Wineries
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Education Session: Ten Mistakes of Risk Management
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Education Session: Emerging Technologies of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Education Session: New Tools for Construction in Seismic Zones
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Education Session: It's Who You Know: The Power and Process of Building Your Network
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	General Session: The Leader in You
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.	NSPE Ice Breaker Reception
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.	Fun: NSPE–PAC Wine and Cheese Reception
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.	NSPE–PEPP Dinner

Saturday, July 26
6:00 a.m–7:00 a.m.	Fun: NSPE PAC Fun 3K Walk, 5K Run along the Willamette
8:00 a.m.– 10:00 a.m.	NSPE Awards Breakfast with Speaker: Energy in the 21st Century–The Critical Role of Innovation
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Education Session: PEs in the LEED World
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Education Session: Managing Project Change
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Education Session: The Art of Persuasion: How to Make Friends and Influence People (and Get Your Way)
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Education Session: Risk Management in Premises Liability: Design, Construction, and Maintenance
8:00 a.m.–noon	NSPE–PEPP Council of Principals Roundtables
9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m.	Fun Tour: Mount St. Helens Volcano
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Microbial Fuel Cells: Direct Electricity Generation from Wastewater Using Microbial Fuel Cell
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Confronting the Generation Gap in Engineering Firms
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Project Management Best Practices and Profitability
10:30 a.m.–noon	Education Session: Drainage Solutions in Buildings
Noon–1:30 p.m.	NSPE Awards Luncheon
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Education Session: Conflict is Not a Dirty Word: How to Make Conflict a Problem Solving Event
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Education Session: Field Modifications for Steel Frames
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Education Session: Don't Let Green Design Cause Red Ink
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Education Session: Harnessing Climate Change and Engineering a Healthy Economy
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	General Session:  You Be the Judge–Ethical Practice of Engineering
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.	Fun: NSPE Educational Foundation Fundraising Portland Tour (Wine and Cheese Too!)

Sunday, July 27
Noon–2:00 p.m.	NSPE Installation Luncheon