|
The Farkas Berkowitz Forum
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
3:00 pm Realizing Efficiencies in Information Management
Learn about state-of-the-art, cost-saving measures for engineers and contractors in this special workshop held by Forum sponsor, American Reprographics Company.
3:30 pm CEO Roundtable on Strategic and Operational Innovations
Four CEOs share their stories of innovation, with plenty of time for open discussion. The workshop is limited to 50 participants to encourage candid give-and-take.
|
Robert Gomes
President and CEO
Stantec
|
Steven Halverson
President and CEO
The Haskell Company
|
|
|
Patrick McCann
President and CEO
Weston Solutions
|
Robert Scaer, P.E.
President
Gannett Fleming
|
|
5:00 pm Welcoming Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm Peter Hart – “Taking Stock of the Body Politic at the Turn of the Decade”
Peter Hart is a leading analyst of American public opinion. He has provided polling for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal for over 20 years, and he shares his insights on such programs as Meet the Press, Today Show, and NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He gives a decennial check-up to our body politic.
7:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm After-Dinner Drinks and Cigars Overlooking the Historic C&O Canal
Thursday, May 6, 2010
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am The 22nd Annual State-of-the-Industry Report
Farkas Berkowitz presents its assessment of design and construction markets relating to infrastructure, facilities, and environmental protection. CEOs of firms serving these markets add their commentary.
|
U.S. Economic and Financial Outlook
|
|
Lawrence Adam, III
Managing Director &
Chief Investment Strategist
Deutsche Bank Alex Brown
|
Barry Bosworth
Senior Fellow, Economic
Studies Program
The Brookings Institution
|
Joseph Gagnon
Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
|
|
|
Transportation and Power Markets for Design and Construction
|
|
George J. Pierson
Chief Executive Officer
Parsons Brinckerhoff
|
Kevin J. McMahon
Group Vice President
Jacobs Engineering
|
Len C. Rodman
Chairman, President and CEO
Black & Veatch
|
|
|
Facilities Markets for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
|
|
Doug Woods
President
DPR Construction
|
William Calhoun, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Clark Construction
|
Joseph Brown
Group Chief Executive
AECOM Planning, Design & Development
|
|
|
Industrial Environmental Markets and Federal Markets for Support, Design, and Construction
|
|
Robert Weber, P.E.
Group Chief Executive
AECOM Environment
|
Thomas Roell
Group Executive, Operations/Risk
Parsons Corporation
|
Bob Kingsbury
President and COO
Los Alamos Technical Associates
|
|
|
Water and Wastewater Treatment Markets for Design, Construction, and Operations
|
|
Mark Lasswell
Group President
CH2M Hill
|
Louis Tortora
Chief Operating Officer
AECOM Water
|
Laurent Auguste
President and CEO
Veolia Water America
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
12:30 pm Lunch and “Reflections on the Leadership of Ralph Peterson,” Mark Lasswell, Group President, CH2M Hill
Continuing our tradition of honoring great leaders in our industry as they retire or near retirement, we pay posthumous tribute to Ralph Peterson, CEO of CH2M Hill from 1991-2008. Over his 18-year tenure, Ralph led the transformation of the firm from an American engineering company doing $400 million in revenue to an international engineer-constructor with revenues of $6.4 billion. Mark Lasswell, a 20-year veteran of the firm, will reflect on Ralph Peterson as a man and as a leader.
1:45 pm The Decade Ahead: The Future of the Design and Construction Industry
Our industry looks very different today than it did in 2000, and the pace of change is accelerating. What will it look like in 2020? How will the recession affect its direction? Our distinguished panelists will address these questions and explore the impact on our industry of such forces as globalization, information technology, alternative delivery, sustainability, and workforce demographics.
|
Greg Bentley
Chief Executive Officer
Bentley Systems
|
Doug Woods
President
DPR Construction
|
Matthew Walsh
Chief Executive Officer
The Walsh Group
|
|
Len C. Rodman
Chairman, President and CEO
Black & Veatch
|
Brian Conlin
President and CEO, Principal
Golder Associates
|
|
3:15 pm Concurrent Small Group Workshops
|
Placing Strategic Bets on an Ever-Changing Game Board. In good times, strategic planning hardly seems necessary. In tough times, it hardly seems affordable. And in uncertain times, it hardly seems feasible. Learn how firms are investing in their future during these tough and uncertain times.
|
|
Mark Swallow
President
Golder Associates US
|
Steven Halverson
President and CEO
The Haskell Company
|
Richard Wankmuller
President, Water and Infrastructure
Parsons Corporation
|
|
|
Taking Share in a Buyers’ Market. Many firms are rethinking their approach to business development, questioning their reliance on seller-doers and striving to make sales and marketing more productive. Explore how firms are trying to keep the top line growing in an increasingly competitive buyers’ market.
|
|
Bradley Mallory
President and CEO
Michael Baker
|
Christopher Vincze
Chairman and CEO
TRC Companies
|
Brian Zeve
Managing Dir. Professional Services
Microsoft
|
|
|
Nurturing Diversity in the Workforce. Client organizations are becoming far more diverse than their service providers in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, and educational background. Find out how firms are working to develop organizations that look more like the clients they serve.
|
|
Steve Washburn
Chairman and CEO
ENVIRON
|
Ann Massey
President and CEO
MACTEC
|
Dennis Thompson
President
Walton Construction
|
|
|
Facing the Carbon Quandary: What Next? As we prepare for global warming, we will also attempt to reduce our carbon footprint. The drive for sustainability exacerbates an already complicated power outlook. Learn how resolving the carbon quandary creates both opportunities and threats.
|
|
Robert Weber, P.E.
Group Chief Executive
AECOM Environment
|
Jack Hand
President
POWER Engineers
|
Judah Lifschitz, Esq.
Partner
Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram
|
|
4:30 pm Adjournment
Global Summit for Leaders in Information Technology
Sustaining Infrastructure
Farkas Berkowitz & Company
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Thursday, May 6, 2010
5:30 pm Welcoming Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm Mayor Pat McCrory – The Politics of Infrastructure: View from the Trenches
Pat McCrory’s 14 years as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina made him the longest serving mayor in the city’s history. His many accomplishments include over $2 billion worth of road improvements and light rail. He reflects on lessons learned in Charlotte that may apply to our national infrastructure challenges.
7:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm After-Dinner Drinks and Cigars Overlooking the Historic C&O Canal
Friday, May 7, 2010
7:30 am Continental Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am Update on Bentley Systems’ Efforts to Sustain Infrastructure
Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, Incorporated
8:30 am Highlights of Farkas Berkowitz’s 22nd Annual State-of-the-Industry Report
Alan Farkas, Managing Director, Farkas Berkowitz & Company
9:00 am Meeting the Challenge of the Great Recession: IT to the Rescue
The Great Recession has forced many CIOs to trim their own budgets and to help improve efficiency firm wide. Now, faced with an uncertain recovery, CEOs are looking to their CIOs to help meet the challenge of increasingly competitive markets. Learn which cost-cutting measures have delivered good value and which have not, and explore how firms are leveraging IT to lower costs and create competitive advantage.
|
Raul Cruz
Senior VP and CIO
AECOM
|
Brad Vaughan
Senior VP and CIO
Black & Veatch
|
Norman Thurow
Vice President and CIO
Zachry Holdings
|
10:30 am Refreshment Break
11:00 am Realizing the Full Potential of the Design Process
The full potential of 3-D design software and BIM for design, construction, and asset management is not being realized. For process plants, the development of an ISO standard promises a step in the right direction. Evaluate what designers and contractors need to do to perfect the application of 3-D design to deliver greater value to the owner and to pocket greater profits for themselves.
|
John Bailey
CIO, Europe
Bechtel
|
Radhika Menon
Chief Information Officer
DPR Construction
|
Robert Bell
CIO and Partner
Ghafari Associates
|
12:30 pm Lunch and “Integrated Information from Design Through Project Implementation," Yvan Beliveau, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Beliveau is the author of over 100 papers and the holder of 27 patents. He also brings to this topic hands-on construction experience as a tradesman, foreman, superintendent, project manager, and construction company owner. He is currently the Director of the Myers-Lawson School of Constrruction at Virginia Tech.
1:45 pm Addressing Critical IT Challenges: Breakout Groups
Participants break into groups to consider critical IT challenges. Participants then return to the plenary session to consider the findings of each group and to reflect on the results of the entire workshop.
|
Social Networking for the Enterprise
Social networking presents both opportunities and threats to an enterprise. The development of an internal “Facebook” has the potential to advance knowledge management, while external networks can advance recruiting or be the source of embarrassing or even liability-creating information. This group will address the promises and pitfalls associated with internal and external social networks.
|
|
|
|
Raul Cruz
Senior VP and CIO
AECOM
|
Radhika Menon
Chief Information Officer
DPR Construction
|
Glenn Sakaki
Managing Director
Execution Technology
Hatch, Ltd.
|
|
The Evolving Role of the CIO
Information technology is changing and so is the design and construction industry. These changes inevitably lead to a re-consideration of the role of the CIO and the organization of the IT function. CIOs will compare notes on how their roles and organizations are changing and what they are doing to ensure these changes facilitate the use of IT as a strategic resource.
|
|
|
|
Robert Scaer, P.E.
President
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
|
Mike Williams, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior VP and CIO
Parsons Brinckerhoff
|
James Sabin
Chief Information Officer
The Shaw Group
|
|
State of the Practice in Unified Communications
Many firms are currently integrating real-time communication services, such as instant messaging, presence information, internet protocol telephony, and video conferencing, with unified stored messages, such as voicemail, e-mail, mobile phone messages, and fax. This session will evaluate lessons learned to date and whether unified communications are delivering a good return on investment.
|
| |
|
Matthew Kyte
Corporate Director, IT
ARCADIS NV
|
Robert Bell
CIO and Partner
Ghafari Associates
|
Norman Thurow
Vice President and CIO
Zachry Holdings
|
| |
3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:15 pm Addressing Critical IT Challenges: Plenary Session
Participants return to the plenary session to discuss the results of the breakout groups and the workshop as
a whole.
4:00 pm Adjournment
|
