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Conference Agenda
Thursday, April 11:
Registration 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
2:30 pm – Meet in hotel lobby to board buses for Space Needle
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Space Needle and Happy Hour with Heavy Appetizers
6:00 pm– 8:00 pm - Registration
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – First timers meeting
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Presidents meeting
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – National Chair meeting
8:30 pm – Nightcap Reception in Hotel Bar with Light Appetizers
Friday, April 12:
7:30 am – 12:30 pm – Registration
7:30 am – Hosted Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – General Session Opens
9:00 am – Keynote Opening Speaker: Alisha Valavanis, General Manager and President of the Seattle Storm
10:15 am –Safety on Site: A Global Company Perspective: Amber McAteer, Starbucks
11:00 am – Business Development and Building Relationships: Katie Trimpe, Turner Construction
12:15 pm – Hosted Lunch Featuring Community Service Partner Low Income Housing Institute
1:15 pm – National Candidates, SOA from Mid-Year Board
2:15 pm – Invitation to AM&EC – Atlanta
2:20 pm – Region Fund Update
2:50 pm – Women in the Trades Panel, Moderated by Kabri Lehrman-Schmid, Hensel Phelps
Panelists: Melinda Nichols, 45+year Carpenter, Board Vice-President of the Low Income Housing Institute, Women4Women Tiny Houses, Seattle City College;
Megan Clark, Development Director at ANEW (Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Employment for Women);
Krishna Richardson Daniels, PACT Director at the Wood Technology Center;
Sam Schultz, Program Manager of Sawhorse Revolution
4:00 pm – Break for Day
6:00 pm – Springtime in Paris (Seattle) Champagne Soiree
Saturday, April 13:
7:30 am – Morning Yoga with Katie Peabody, Lakeside Industries
8:00 am - 9:00 am – Hosted Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Dr. Mittie Cannon
10:45 am – Topography Captured by Drone: Liz Cowen and Glenn Grovenburg, Goodfellow Bros.
12:00 pm – Hosted Lunch – NEF/NFSF Auction and presentation by the Puget Sound Chapter
1:15 pm – Pull Planning/LEAN: Lindsey York, Southland Industries
2:30 pm – Closing Presentation: TBD
3:30 pm – Invitation to FORUM 2020
Uber Transportation to the Museum of History and Industry and FlatStick Pub
