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2022 Visionaries Forum March 10, 2022 Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT The Construction Institute’s Visionaries Forum is the premier platform for trendsetters and thought-leaders to look at what is next in the industry. The Visionaries Forum gives you an opportunity to look ahead, to pause from day-to-day focus, and to learn about the kind of creativity that will be helping the industry move into the future.
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Innovation is changing at lightning speed in the AEC
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What will I learn?
new talent, retain highly motivated leaders, and win
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Who are this year’s Visionaries?
new methodologies reshape the future of design
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Who attends?
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How can my company participate?
industry. We need to embrace these ideas to attract work in this highly competitive industry. How will and construction? This year’s visionaries are experts in industrialized construction, disruptive computational design and robotic hybrid fabrication, leveraging big data and advanced analytics to improve performance, and innovative, sustainable materials. They have their pulse on the investment in new technologies that will disrupt and transform the industry.
“There is so much more to think about besides our ordinary day-to-day business vision and strategies. By setting aside time to consider forward-reaching ideas and technologies, we position ourselves to be ready for the next trends in our industry.”
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JAMES CHONG, MODERATOR AECOM James Chong is Director of Digital Innovation Consulting and Subject Matter Expert at AECOM, providing leadership and cross-functional management of strategic programs globally. He is an entrepreneur and innovator in enterprise software, artificial intelligence, security, intelligent transportation and IoT.
JIT KEE CHIN Suffolk Construction Company Jit Kee Chin is the Chief Data & Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President at Suffolk. Chin is responsible for leveraging big data and advanced analytics to improve the organization’s core business, positioning Suffolk to achieve its vision of transforming the construction experience.
HAL HINKLE BamCore, Global Bamboo Technologies Hal Hinkle is the CEO of BamCore and its parent Global Bamboo Technologies, Inc. His commercial focus is on bringing structural fibers from bamboo and select fast growing trees into the built environment.
MANIA AGHAEI MEIBODI
University of Michigan Mania Aghaei Meibodi is Assistant Professor and director of DART at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. Her research and lab focus on developing disruptive computational design and robotic hybrid fabrication methods with additive manufacturing at its core for real-world construction.
CURTIS RODGERS
Principal, Brick & Mortar Ventures Curtis Rodgers is a construction technologist and investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures, with six years of construction operations experience across federal, energy, industrial, infrastructure, and commercial markets at both Kiewit and McCarthy Construction. He founded The Society for Construction Solutions (SCS) in 2014.
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Panelists of Past Visionaires Forums Sudhi Bangalore
Damien Hernandez
Pierce Reynoldson
James Barrett
Mark Klusza
Rick Rundell
Terry Bennett
Chris LaRosa
Fady Saad
James Benham
Chris Leary
Gregory Sauter
Michael Bergin
Greg Luth
Allison Scott
Phil Bernstein
Patrick MacLeamy
Paul Sells
Roberto Bicchiarelli
Paul MacLelland
Scott Simpson
Alissa Briggs
Chris Mayer
Marijke Smit
Stephen Brown
Holly McNamara
Richard Swett
Dr. Luciana Burdi
Rich Merlino
Michael Tardif
Anthony Colonna
Rex Miller
John Tocci
Fiona Cousins
Kathleen Murray
Chris Toomey
Howard Carsman
Dr. Ibrahim Odeh
James Vandezande
James Cramer
Dietmar Offenhuber
Barbara White-Bryson
Paul Doherty
Kimon Onuma
Melodie Yashar
David Fano
Jon Pickard
Mark Gage
Andrew Quirk
Who attends? A multigenerational group of diverse professionals representative of our industry. Thought leaders and technology practitioners who are responsible for shaping their organization’s future. This includes owners and facilities managers, architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, estimators, accountants, attorneys, manufacturers, and more.
Registration Member Individual
$120
Nonmember Individual
$150
Municipality or Government Employee
$75
Student
Contact CI for availability
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Companies Represented at Past Visionaries Forums A. P. Construction Company
KC Architects, LLC
AdvanceCT
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
AI Engineers
LaRosa Building Group
AIA Connecticut
M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc.
Amenta Emma Architects
MassRobotics
Antinozzi Associates
McKinsey & Company
ARCADIS
Microdesk
Autodesk
Montagno Construction, Inc.
Bartlett Brainard Eacott
NEREJ
Baystate Medical Group
O&G Industries
Berkeley Research Group
PAC Group LLC
BL Companies
Permasteelisa North America
Central Connecticut State University
Pfizer
City of Hartford - Division of Licenses & Inspection
Phalcon USA
Consulting Engineering Services
Pickard Chilton
Danbury Hospital
Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies
Dimeo Construction Company
Red Thread
e2 engineers
Resource Options Incorporated
ENCON
Ritz Inc/DIRTT
ESPN
Robinson + Cole LLP
Eversource
Siemens
F+F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
Skanska USA Building, Inc
FATHOM
Standard Builders
Flow Tech, Inc.
Stanley Black & Decker
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc
Steelcase Inc
General Electric Company
Tecton Architects PC
GeoDesign, Inc
The S/L/A/M Collaborative
Geomatrix Productions
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Gilbane Building Company
Travelers
GLCM Group, Columbia University
Triton Environmental
greenbox-is, Interior Solutions
TSKP STUDIO
High-Profile Monthly
Tucker Mechanical/Emcor Group Inc.
Hoffman Architects
Turner Construction Company
HRP Associates, Inc.
United Steel
IMTL - Independent Materials Testing Labs
University of Connecticut Health Center
Interscape Commercial Environments
University of Hartford
Interstate Electrical Services Corporation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
JCJ Architecture
Viking Construction
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HOW CAN MY COMPANY PARTICIPATE? We are a non-profit organization that serves the needs of the AEC industry. Sponsor dollars support programming and operations of our internationally-recognized association.
Marquis
$5,000
Diamond
Name on conference banner
Logo on event notebook
Participate in program introduction
7 complimentary registrations
8 complimentary registrations
Full page ad in program book
Full page ad in program book
Individual recognition on social media
$4,000
Individual recognition on social media
Signature Cocktail
$3,000
Pen
Create event’s signature cocktail
Logo on event pen
Logo on cocktail napkin
5 complimentary registrations
6 complimentary registrations
Half page ad in program book
Half page ad in program book
Individual recognition on social media
$2,500
Individual recognition on social media
Panelist
$2,500
Gold
Logo on chosen panelist’s biography page
4 complimentary registrations
5 complimentary registrations
Half page ad in program book
Half page ad in program book
Individual recognition on social media
$2,000
Individual recognition on social media
Mark Twain House Tour
$1,500
Silver
3 complimentary registrations
2 complimentary registrations
Half page ad in program book
Quarter page ad in program book
Individual recognition on social media
Underwriter
$500
All Sponsorships Include
1 complimentary registration
Recognition during program introduction
Eighth page ad in program book
Recognition on announcements & website
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2022 Visionaries Forum March 10, 2022
OUR LEADERS Planning Committee
Executive Committee
Erik Sanford, Program Chair
Kara Gruss, Co-Chair
Dimeo Construction Company
KarMa Marketing
Nick Ambrosino
Petina Killiany, Co-Chair
Daniel O’Connell’s Sons, Inc.
ARCADIS
Peter Botelho
Melissa Ferrucci, Co-Treasurer
Dimeo Construction Company
CohnReznick LLP
Nick Castler
Kathyann Cowles, Secretary & Chair, Advisory Council
O&G Industries, Inc.
KC Architects, LLC
Allison Scott
Zoraida Ferguson, Past Chair
Autodesk
Pratt & Whitney/UTC Nancy Greenwald Ex Officio, Construction Institute
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