2020 Annual Conference
Hotel Reservations
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Room rate: $99 + taxes & fees
Deadline to reserve rooms: March 30, 2020
We highly encourage you to make your room reservations as soon as possible. Reservations made outside of our block will be sold at the prevailing rate. It is possible that the hotel will sell out during our event, so be sure to get your room as soon as possible.
Schedule at a Glance
Program descriptions will be available soon.
Wednesday, May 6
11:30 AM Golf Outing
Arnold Palmer’s The Legend at Shanty Creek Resort
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Board Meeting
Thursday, May 7
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Keynote Speaker
Topic Coming Soon
Dennis Dobbs - Consumers Energy
9:30 AM Legislative Update
Leanne Panduren - MSPE Legislative & Government Affairs Committee Chair
11:00 AM Breakout Session
Innovations in Manufacturing and Product Development to Promote Green Infrastructure and Sustainability
Mick Vargas - Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
11:00 AM Breakout Session
Large Scale Solar Generation Planning and Design Considerations
John Gauss - Consumers Energy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30 PM Breakout Session
TVC Project
Bob Nelesen - Prein&Newhof
1:30 PM Breakout Session
Utility Scale Storage: Opportunities and Lessons Learned
Nathan Washburn - Consumers Energy
2:45 PM General Session
Mackinac Bridge Then and Now
Kim Nowack - Mackinac Bridge Authority
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Networking with Exhibitors
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Tour & Social
Shorts Brewing Company *extra fee*
Friday, May 8
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM NSPE Update
Topic Coming Soon
Mark Golden - CEO & Executive Director of NSPE
9:30 AM Business Meeting & Order of the Engineer
10:30 AM Breakout Session
Technology 2050
Alex Yazdani - Sigma Technologies
10:30 AM Breakout Session
PFAS
Mark Prein - Prein&Newhof
11:30 AM Breakout Session
Innovative Access Solutions
James Cassell - EJ
11:30 AM Breakout Session
Ethics Panel
Moderated by John Kraus -
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Awards Lunch & Recognition of Newly Licensed Engineers
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM East Jordan Foundry Tour
Located about 30 minutes Northeast of the hotel in Elmira, MI. EJ has requested that only engineering professionals register for this tour.