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Forum: 10 on 10 - Client Roundtable Forum & Luncheon
When: 05/19/09
Registration/Networking Time: 8:00 - 8:30 am
Event Time: 8:30 am -1:30 pm
Location: 103 West | Directions | 103 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.233.5993
Cost: Forum & Luncheon: $100 Members | $135 Non-Members
Cost: Luncheon Only: $65 Members & Non-Members
Domains: 3-Client and Business Development | 6-Information, Resources & Organizational Management
CEU Hours: 4
Registration: Forum & Luncheon Registration | Luncheon Program Only Registration
This not-to-be-missed event will feature top professionals from target clients for the A/E/C industry sharing with attendees their preferred methods for generating more business with their organizations. Attendees will participate in three (3) roundtable exchanges selecting from the list of ten distinguished panelists. Each attendee will choose his or her top preferences for the roundtable discussions, and SMPS will make table assignments based on their selections.
After the roundtable discussions, join us for our luncheon keynote session Leveraging Digital Technology to Market A/E/C Services with speaker John Vaci of McGraw Hill Construction. In these tough economic times, firms have to fight for every project win. Learn more about how technology can help your firm truly differentiate itself from your competitors.
Panelist:
- Bobby Adams, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Steve Baughman, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Sharon Brittain, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
- Lynne Jackson, Georgia Department of Education
- Patrick McKeen, KLMK Group
- D.C. Maudlin, Georgia State Financing & Investment Commission
- Mike Plumb, Technical College System of Georgia
- Steve Thweat, Emory University
- Tyrone Rachal, Atlanta Development Authority
- Glen Wong, Invesco
Speaker:
Leveraging Digital Technology to Market AEC Services
John S. Vaci
McGraw-Hill Construction
John Vaci is an architect with McGraw-Hill Construction, where he heads up development and implementation of strategic initiatives. The Majority of his work focuses on creating new ways for building product manufacturers to integrate their products in the construction process.
John is very closely involved with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the digital technologies associated with BIM. He is currently working on a partnership with Autodesk where critical product information will be available to architects and engineers inside Autodesk’s flagship applications. BIM comes down to data and that means product data—McGraw-Hill is a leader in building product data collection and publishing. John was a partner in his own practice in the Chicago area prior to joining McGraw-Hill where he has been a consultant for the last 15 years. John lives in Birmingham, Alabama and maintains his own consulting practice there.
