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Sunday, March 19, 2023
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Chapter Leaders Meeting
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Chapter Leaders Meeting
Location: Salon M
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
CDT
Registration Open
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
CDT
Registration Open
Location: 3rd Floor Foyer
Registration
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
CDT
Opening Networking Break in the Point
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
CDT
Opening Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
CDT
Tip Off: Welcome to Focus23
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
CDT
Tip Off: Welcome to Focus23
Location: Salons E&F
Speaker:
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA
Speaker:
Khaled Naja, CCM, PE
– Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Speaker:
Christine Oates, CCM (she/her/hers)
– Jacobs
Speaker:
Craig Sweet, CCM
– Parametrix
Education / Learning Session
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Focus23 Tailgate
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Focus23 Tailgate
Location: Pearl Room 1 - 3
Networking & Food Function
Monday, March 20, 2023
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
CDT
Registration Open
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
CDT
Registration Open
Location: 3rd Floor Foyer
Registration
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
CDT
Breakfast Plenary Session: The Connected Leader
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
CDT
Breakfast Plenary Session: The Connected Leader
Location: Salons E&F
Speaker:
Colette Carlson
Education Session & Food Function
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
Location: Conference Rooms 20-21
Moderator:
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA
Moderator:
Carol Holland, PE, CCM
– CMAA Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education / Learning Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Dealing with Difficult Clients: How to Make the Client the Hero
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Dealing with Difficult Clients: How to Make the Client the Hero
Location: Salons C&D
Speaker:
Rebecca Jones, FCMAA (she/her/hers)
– SafeworkCM
Education / Learning Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Partner Session: How Contract Surety Bonds Make for Savvy Construction Risk Management! (NASBP)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Partner Session: How Contract Surety Bonds Make for Savvy Construction Risk Management! (NASBP)
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
Michael Cronin
– Markel Surety
Speaker:
Howard Cowan (he/him/his)
– Acrisure, LLC dba Cowan-Hill Bond Agency
Education / Learning Session
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Inclusive Work Environments
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Inclusive Work Environments
Location: Salons E&F
Moderator:
Anne E. Cotter, CCM
– Cotter Consulting, Inc.
Moderator:
Paul Foster, CCM, FCMAA
– Foster CM Group, Inc.
Education / Learning Session
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: Recruiting
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: Recruiting
Location: Conference Rooms 20-21
Moderator:
Charles C. Bain, CCM
– MBP
Moderator:
Rebecca Jones, FCMAA (she/her/hers)
– SafeworkCM
CMAA Forum
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Language is Your Superpower
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Language is Your Superpower
Location: Salons C&D
Speaker:
Andrea Robbins (she/her/hers)
– Brent Darnell International
Speaker:
Brent Darnell (he/him/his)
– Brent Darnell International
Education / Learning Session
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Partner Session: RICS: Overview & Standards and Practice Statements for Cost Managers (RICS)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
CDT
Partner Session: RICS: Overview & Standards and Practice Statements for Cost Managers (RICS)
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
Ben Manning (he/him/his)
– Turner & Townsend
Education / Learning Session
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
CDT
Networking Lunch in the Point
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
CDT
Networking Lunch in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
Location: Conference Rooms 20-21
Moderator:
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA
Moderator:
Luis Delgado
Education / Learning Session
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Delivering Net Zero: Creative Approaches to Execution and Funding
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Delivering Net Zero: Creative Approaches to Execution and Funding
Location: Salons C&D
Speaker:
Douglas Melnick
– City of San Antonio
Moderator:
Lourdes Gonzalez, AIA (she/her/hers)
– Primera Engineers, Ltd.
Speaker:
Anna Morton Rivera
Speaker:
Staley Harrison
Education / Learning Session
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Partner Session: Innovating the Corps (USACE)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CDT
Partner Session: Innovating the Corps (USACE)
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
Kenneth Simmons
Speaker:
Alexandra B. Henderson Connors
– USACE
Speaker:
Darrick Godfrey, PE
– US Army Corps of Engineers
Education / Learning Session
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Workforce Development
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Workforce Development
Location: Salons E&F
Moderator:
Bill S. Johal, CCM
– Kitchell
Moderator:
Christine Goins, PE, CCM
– S&ME
Education / Learning Session
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: DEIB
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Location: Conference Rooms 20-21
Moderator:
Justine A. Belizaire-Gouveia, CCM
– HNTB Corporation
Moderator:
Chad J. White, JD, CCM (he/him/his)
– Bowers+Kubota
CMAA Forum
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Partner Session: US Private Real Estate Investment in 2023 (AFIRE & NAREIM)
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Partner Session: US Private Real Estate Investment in 2023 (AFIRE & NAREIM)
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
Gunnar Branson (he/him/his)
– AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate)
Moderator:
Zoe Hughes
– NAREIM
Speaker:
Carrington Brown
Education / Learning Session
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Simplifying Your Digitalization Journey
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CDT
Simplifying Your Digitalization Journey
Location: Salons C&D
Speaker:
Ralph Kreider, Ph.D., PE
– Berkeley Research Group
Education / Learning Session
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CDT
Reception in the Point
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CDT
Reception in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
7:00 AM – 1:45 PM
CDT
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 1:45 PM
CDT
Registration Open
Location: 3rd Floor Foyer
Registration
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
CDT
Wellness: Yoga for Every Body
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
CDT
Wellness: Yoga for Every Body
Location: Conference Room 4
Wellness
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
CDT
Networking Breakfast in the Point
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
CDT
Networking Breakfast in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
CDT
Partner Session: Ask, Listen, Respond...Skills for Successful Business Development (SMPS)
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
CDT
Partner Session: Ask, Listen, Respond...Skills for Successful Business Development (SMPS)
Location: Salons C&D
Speaker:
Kayla McCause, CPSM (she/her/hers)
– Dragonfly AEC Consulting
Education / Learning Session
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
CDT
Partner Session: Meet NIBS
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
CDT
Partner Session: Meet NIBS
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
AC Powell, JD (he/him/his)
– National Institute of Building Sciences
Education / Learning Session
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Risk & Claims
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Risk & Claims
Location: Salons E&F
Moderator:
Joe Seibold, PE, FCMAA
– Arcadis
Moderator:
Richard Citrine (he/him/his)
– Arcadis
Moderator:
Greg Holness, ESQ, PE
– Arcadis
Education / Learning Session
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: Technology
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
CMAA Forum: Technology
Location: Salons C&D
Moderator:
Kristen Van Gilst, CCM
– STV
Moderator:
Ralph Kreider, Ph.D., PE
– Berkeley Research Group
CMAA Forum
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
Partner Session: How to Future-Proof Your Organization (San Antonio SHRM Chapter)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CDT
Partner Session: How to Future-Proof Your Organization (San Antonio SHRM Chapter)
Location: Salons A&B
Speaker:
Gonzalo Soliz, MSHRM, SHRM-SCP (he/him/his)
– San Antonio HR Management Association (SAHRMA)
Education / Learning Session
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
CDT
Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
Networking & Food Function
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
CDT
Owners' Future Forecasting Town Hall (with Lunch)
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
CDT
Owners' Future Forecasting Town Hall (with Lunch)
Location: Salons E&F
Education Session & Food Function