Career and Personal Development

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        Ethical Yoga – How Flexible Are Your Principles?
    Ethics are complicated. Sometimes public works professionals are faced with difficult public policy choices that may stretch our ethical boundaries. Discover how to create and maintain an ethical culture in your agency.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Create a framework for ethical decision-making.
    2. Determine the appropriate ethical balance that is right for you and your agency’s culture.
    3. Encourage an ethical culture in your agency.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Susan M. Hann, PE, PWLF, AICP
      City Manager,  City of Palm Bay,  Palm Bay,  FL

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Ethics for the Public Works Leader
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Public Works leaders must walk the talk, set the tone, hold themselves accountable, and strive to create a culture of openness, democracy, merit, and creativity. Only by exercising the principles of ethical leadership can we meet the challenges of the future and sustain the public’s trust in our decisions and stewardship of public resources.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conduct yourself in conformance with the highest principles of public ethics.
    2. Lead others to conform to your behavior, actions, and decisions to the highest standards of ethics.
    3. Create a culture and climate of democracy, transparency, servant ethics, and public-mindedness.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Vanessa Conrad
      Principle Administrative Analyst,  SFPUC Wastewater Enterprise, Planning & Regulatory Compliance,  San Francisco,  CA
    • Mr. Donal Hartman, Jr
      Program Director,  Norwich University SGCS,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

Monday, August 26, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Educate, Inspire, and Transform the Leaders of Tomorrow
    Sponsored by APWA’s Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) The 2012-2013 Emerging Leaders Academy Class recommends that APWA increase its presence in colleges and universities to educate students about the public works field. Strategies being developed include establishing a national committee on higher education outreach that will pursue establishing a toolkit for developing student chapters and marketing to post-secondary institutions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Describe the importance of the National Higher Education Outreach Committee and the involvement of chapters in the process.
    2. Identify the components of a toolkit for establishing student chapters.
    3. Examine the APWA marketing plan to post-secondary institutions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mrs. Lauren J. Behm
      Airport & Ferry Analyst,  Pierce County Public Works & Utilities,  Tacoma,  WA
    • Mr. Donnie E. Scharff
      Street Maintenance Team Supervisor,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS
    • Ms. Kathryn Elizabeth Horner Gonzalez
      Highway Design EIT,  HDR Engineering,  Kansas City,  MO
    • Ms. Amy L. Johannsen
      Engineering Inspector,  City of Coralville,  Coralville,  IA
    • Ms. Dina Ochoa
      Assistant Director of Operations,  University of CA Irvine (UCI) Transportation and Distribution Services,  Irvine,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Update on Issues and Advocacy for Infrastructure in Canada
    Sponsored by the Canadian Public Works Association Attend this update on current advocacy for infrastructure issues in Canada.

    Learning Objectives:
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    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Darwin K. Durnie, PWLF
      Principal,  Stantec Consulting Ltd,  Red Deer,  AB

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development

        What Employees Expect from Their Bosses–Hear Firsthand for Yourself!
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Studies show the factors that most contribute to an engaged and productive workforce include: involvement in the decision-making process, team contribution, and effective performance evaluations. Learn firsthand from line level staff about the challenges and opportunities they encounter from different leadership styles.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop a better understanding about what employees feel are important in the areas of leadership and management.
    2. Manage staff utilizing modern leadership practices and information gained from the staff we supervise.
    3. Challenge yourself to take a realistic review of your respective program to determine if you are capitalizing on the expertise of your employees.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Gary L. Rank
      Facilities Manager,  City of West Des Moines,  West Des Moines,  IA
    • Mr. Matt Dolan
      Public Works Operation Specialist,  City of West Des Moines,  West Des Moines,  IA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Becoming a Master Leader - The Myron Calkins Excellence in Leadership Series
    Titles or positions may designate people as “leaders", but that doesn’t mean that they can lead. Leadership is an art. Join this exploration of the traits people look for in their leaders. You’ll discover the importance of optimism and the difference between leadership and management.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explore human leadership traits necessary for others to WANT to follow.
    2. Examine how leadership is an art and is linked to reputation, credibility, and trust.
    3. Identify how management is different than leadership.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ronald J. Calkins, PE, PWLF
      Public Works Director (retired),  City of Ventura, CA,  Oak View,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Tools to Motivate Your Millennials-From the Millennials' Perspective
    Examine survey data from public works professionals about each generation and the management practices that are most effective for each. Hear from two millennials about what motivates their generation and how best to use the skillsets and values they bring to the workplace.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify what motivates millennials and why they want to work for you.
    2. Recognize and leverage your millennials' strengths.
    3. Create an environment where your millennials can thrive.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Akbar Alikhan
      Public Works Analyst,  City of Thousand Oaks,  Thousand Oaks,  CA
    • Mr. Ryan Gallagher
      Operations Manager,  AECOM,  Camarillo,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
       Tuesday General Session Cy Wakeman, Thought Leader and Best-selling Author
    Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results Reality check: The fact that the times we live in are challenging for all of our organizations – is NOT the source of our pain. The source of our pain is our inability to respond to our challenges with leadership that is based in reality. That’s a provocative statement, but in this dynamic presentation, thought leader and author, Cy Wakeman, will reveal how to be the kind of leader who helps employees change the way they think about and perceive their circumstances. Do you relate to any of these questions? • Do you have people in your workplace in the habit of greeting change with surprise, panic, and blame? • Do you or any members of your staff make decisions based on assumptions about the motivations of others? • Are people more invested in being right than in getting the job done? • Should you just go ahead and list “drama” as a line item in your budget because time and energy are being devoted to it anyway? Cy Wakeman’s groundbreaking ideas will help us stop managing and start leading by breaking through resistance, conflicts, and excuses to solve long standing issues. She is a successful business entrepreneur, an expert blogger for both FastCompany.com and Forbes.com and the author of two books: Reality-Based Leadership – Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results and Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances and Will Make You Happier. Cy Wakeman will also present an afternoon workshop called: Reality-Based Leadership: A Deeper Dive. Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Executive-Level Leadership...Are YOUth ready??
    Attention young professionals! Don’t miss this presentation from a successful public works director who achieved the positions of city engineer by age 29 and public works director by age 33. Along the way, he benefited from career and life-changing tips and mentoring that helped him step into an executive leadership position. Now, he wants to share that wisdom with you.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Prepare to step into executive leadership positions when the opportunities arise.
    2. Mentor other young professionals on ways to grow and be more productive and beneficial to the entire organization.
    3. Seize the moment and succeed when thrown into leadership positions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ramiro S. Adeva, III, BE Civil, MPA, PE
      Director of Public Works/City Engineer,  City of Agoura Hills,  Agoura Hills,  CA
    • Mr. Paul Kimura
      Principal,  Avery Associates,  Los Gatos,  CA
    • Mr. Sri Chakravarthy, PE, TE
      Engineer/Associate,  Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.,  Canoga Park,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Opportunity Is Knocking – the APWA Jennings Randolph Fellowship
    Sponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee Join former Jennings Randolph Fellows in an upbeat exploration of their intriguing and enlightening experiences participating in this program that provides opportunities for exchange information, trends, and advances in public works with APWA’s international partners.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Differentiate yourself as a Jennings Randolph Fellow - a select group of scholars.
    2. Challenge yourself - step outside your own borders, in terms of country, to learn how others approach public works.
    3. Educate others, establish relationships, add to the global body of knowledge - all while conducting a study tour of your own design.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Noel C. Thompson, PWLF
      Consultant,  Thompson Resources,  Louisville,  KY
    • Mr. Ross Vincent
      Chief Executive,  INGENIUM,  Thames,  New Zealand

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
       Diversity Brunch
    Ticketed Event (separate fee and registration required) Description and speaker information coming soon! Speaker: Rex W. Huppke, Business Reporter & Columnist, Chicago Tribune Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        A View from the Top-Women in Public Works Talk About Their Lives and Careers
    Sponsored by APWA’s Diversity Committee Lessons learned-from those who have made it to the top. That is what you can expect from this extraordinary panel of women in the public works profession. They will discuss the thinking behind their career decisions, the importance of finding the right mentor, plus stories about challenges met and resolved. Show up and get your questions answered.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Recognize and implement actions that will lead to a successful career in public works.
    2. Participate in networking with women who have achieved professional and personal success.
    3. Identify career pitfalls and missteps that can affect women in public works.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Jill M. Marilley, PE, PWLF
      Senior Project Manager,  HDR,  Shoreline,  WA
    • Ms. Joline McFarlane
      Asset Management Specialist,  City of Airdrie,  Airdrie AB,  AB
    • Ms. Mary J. Anderson
      PWLF,  City of Port Orange,  Port Orange,  FL
    • Ms. Susan M. Hann, PE, PWLF, AICP
      City Manager,  City of Palm Bay,  Palm Bay,  FL
    • Mrs. Cora Jackson-Fossett, PWLF
      Public Information Director II,  City of Los Angeles Public Works Department,  Los Angeles,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Building Values-Driven Leadership in the City of Peoria, Arizona
    Is your management team pulling in opposite directions? Delve into this real-life case study revealing a team of public service managers who transformed from territorial positioning into a collaborative, cooperative, and impactful force.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate opportunities to increase your teams’ effectiveness and leadership competency.
    2. Integrate experiential learning to build a team’s organizational interdependence and cooperation.
    3. Motivate your teams for greater contribution and collaboration.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Maher Marcel Hazine, PE, PWLF
      Deputy Public Works Director,  City of Peoria,  Peoria,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

        Leadership Strategies to Retain, Engage and Motivate A Multigenerational Workforce
    What is employee engagement? Discover how to use coaching, mentoring, and other techniques to engage employees from all of the generations in the workforce and motivate them to do good work.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Analyze the impact of a mutigenerational workforce on leaders, teams, and organizations and discover solutions to lead your team forward.
    2. Communicate effectively to engage employees, increase productivity, and reduce conflict.
    3. Improve leadership skills to meet the needs of your multigenerational staff.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Jeannette Austin
      Executive Director,  Public Works Association of British Columbia,  Kamloops,  BC

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
       Reality-Based Leadership™: A Deeper Dive
    Speaker, Cy Wakeman, Leadership Thought Leader and Author The revolution begins with a few good leaders practicing reality-based leadership. We need leaders who are willing and able to quickly see and radically accept the reality of the situation, conserve precious team energy and use that energy, instead, to capitalize on opportunities without drama, resistance, or defense. Cy Wakeman will rock you to the core as she dives deeper into the principles of Reality-Based Leadership™. Be prepared to change the way you think. It will change the way you lead. Join the ranks of Cy's wildly successful Reality-Based Leaders: *Reality-Based Leaders refuse to argue with reality. *Reality-Based Leaders know that the stress in life is caused by thoughts, not realities. *Reality-Based Leaders greet change with a simple "Good to know." *Reality-Based Leaders value action over opinion. *Reality-Based Leaders work with the willing. *Reality-Based Leaders lead first, manage second. *Reality-Based Leaders work to bullet proof employees so they can succeed, regardless of the circumstances. *Reality-Based Leaders make the news rather than report the news. *Reality-Based Leaders are very careful about what we think we know for sure. *Reality-Based Leaders work to be "happy" rather than be "right." Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
        How to Innovate in Public Works
    Despite the challenges facing public works operations, limited resources and structured systems often discourage us from expanding our thinking, changing our behavior, and finding innovative solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about key techniques for motivating your team to innovate for best solutions and practices.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Adapt to modern challenges and develop systems and processes that spur innovation among your employees.
    2. Lead change in your organization by harnessing the strengths of your employees and inspiring the next generation of public works leaders to step forward.
    3. Develop systems for measuring the value of innovation, exemplifying why it matters for future viability and sustainability of public works operations.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Nicholas Kittle
      Public Works Team Leader,  City of Colorado Springs,  Colorado Springs,  CO

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Workforce Diversity: Recruiting and Retaining Minorities and the Disadvantaged
    Sponsored by the Diversity’s Committee Don’t miss this presentation about recruiting and retaining young people from all walks of life into the public works workforce. Chapter outreach into high schools and technical schools, and human resources initiatives for building a diverse workforce will be discussed.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Adopt best practices in Chapter outreach programs for pre-college students from all walks of life.
    2. Examine programs that are being implemented across the country for recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce.
    3. Develop your own program for recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Charles R. Jordan, MPA
      Management Analyst III,  City of Largo, Florida,  Largo,  FL
    • Mr. William H. Dunlop, PE
      Senior Project Engineer,  JSD Professional Services,  Verona,  WI
    • Mr. Charles E. Pinson
      Safety Manager,  Anderson County,  Anderson,  SC

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        APWA Certifications - What Are They Really All About?
    Certificants from the various APWA certification programs will share their real-life stories on the challenges of the certification and testing process and the benefits accrued since obtaining their credential. Bring your questions and join in this helpful dialogue.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate whether or not certification is right for you.
    2. Acquire the information necessary to complete the certification process and prepare for the examination.
    3. Identify the benefits that certification can provide as you move forward with your career.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Becky Stein, CAE
      Certification Manager,  American Public Works Association,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Media Relations for Public Works Professionals
    Need some tips for avoiding the pitfalls of understanding and working with the media? Effectively working with the media is crucial for public works professionals. This workshop will provide meaningful media relations guidelines to building support for public works services and projects. This interactive session features many areas of how the media business works, including: *Interaction with reporters from all aspects of media – Print, social media, radio and television *Developing effective relationships with local media representatives – How to cooperate and work with media *How to prepare for broadcast and other interviews – What a BAD interview looks like *How to develop and deliver key messages – Guidance for interview situations *Answer questions without damaging your reputation *Demystifying news release writing – Learn to write news releases that catch the attention of reporters *Prepare for and give powerful presentations to council, neighborhood groups or other audiences Knowing how to cooperate and communicate with media is very important for public works professionals, and this workshop will benefit staff at all levels. Speakers are Lauren Behm, Public Information Specialist at Pierce County Washington Public Works and Utilities, and Laura Bynum, M.A. APWA National Media Relations and Communications Manager, based in Washington, D.C

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conduct professional, powerful media interviews by focusing on carefully crafted key messages and presenting a positive image of your agency.
    2. Create compelling news releases that will be sure to be picked up by numerous media outlets.
    3. Coach your coworkers and staff on how to effectively communicate with media representatives in addition to learning how to develop a meaningful media relations policy for their agency.
    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        Growing up in Public Works: A Young Professional’s View
    Sponsored by APWA’s Diversity Committee Young professionals, who are making their way through their public works careers, will describe their own personal examples of success and failure. You will be asked for your opinion and commentary too-so be prepared to be part of this discussion.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare these speakers’ experiences with your own or the young professionals on your team.
    2. Interpret a young professional’s behavior and provide guidance in a new job environment.
    3. Acquire insight into the views of young public works professionals.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Eric L. Dundee, PE
      Engineer IV,  City of Madison - Engineering Division,  Madison,  WI
    • Ms. Therese Mersmann, PE
      Project Manager,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS
    • M. Rylan Wadsworth
      Public Works Director,  Ville de Montreal-Ouest,  Montreal-Quest,  QC

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
       Closing General Session Mike Ditka, ESPN Analyst, Pro Football Hall of Fame Player, Super Bowl Winning Coach
    ACE: Attitude, Character and Enthusiasm Pro Football Hall of Fame player and Super Bowl-winning coach, Mike Ditka, is a Chicago icon, playing for the Bears for five years and returning later as Head Coach leading them to six NFC Central titles, three NFC championship appearances and the Super Bowl XX title. Boasting a career that few can match, Iron Mike is only the second person to win the Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. He is currently an analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and makes regular appearances on ESPN SportsCenter and ESPN radio. As the Closing General Session speaker, Coach Ditka will deliver a powerful presentation highlighting the key characteristics people need to achieve their personal and professional goals. With his first-hand experience, clear illustrations, and humorous anecdotes, his presentation will have impact and immediate, take-home value for you to reflect upon as you return to home to lead your public works agencies and business organizations forward. Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Construction Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        Funding-to-Construction in Four Months! Arterial Roadway Construction
    Kansas City, Missouri, is using an innovative design-build approach to address arterial roadway reconstruction. Learn about the RFP evaluation and best value selection process, including technical scoring and cost evaluation.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Improve project delivery scheduling and performance and reduce costs by using a design-build approach.
    2. Administer a public works construction program using a single procurement process for design and construction.
    3. Determine if the steps used to deliver Kansas City’$33 million roadway reconstruction program can be used by your agency.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jeffery A. Martin, PE
      Assistant City Engineer,  City of Kansas City, Public Works Department,  Kansas City,  MO
    • Mr. Paul V. Plotas, PE, PTOE
      Senior Project Manager,  Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Construction Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        So, You Want to Build a Downtown Train Station on an Existing Rapid Transit Line?
    The Village of Skokie, Illinois, celebrated the opening of their downtown train station stop in April 2012. This complicated project involved government agencies at all levels and was successfully shepherded to completion using the construction manager approach. It is pedestrian-oriented, used by walkers, bus travelers, and bicyclists.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare the construction manager approach vs. the traditional general contractor project delivery methods.
    2. Discover proven tools for obtaining successful communication and coordination between federal, state, local, transit authorities and utilities through various project phases.
    3. Explore the value of perseverance and ways to obtain decisions, approvals, and solutions during complicated public improvement projects.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Frederick G. Schattner
      Director of Engineering,  Village of Skokie,  Skokie,  IL

    Category:
    • Construction Management

        Wisconsin's First Use of a Low Bid-Design-Build Delivery Method for the Accelerated Construction of Two Lift Bridges
    Examine the lessons learned in implementing a low bid-design-build delivery for two highly visible bridge projects. An aggressive and accelerated project schedule limited the period each bridge needed to be closed. Collaboration was successfully achieved by using innovative partnering strategies.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explain low-bid-design build concepts and apply this delivery method to infrastructure projects.
    2. Develop and implement effective project partnering strategies for managing infrastructure projects.
    3. Plan and manage a complex and accelerated construction project and apply the lessons learned by all parties to improve the process.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Dale E. Mejaki, PE
      Infrastructure Operations Manager,  City of Milwaukee, Department of Public Works, Infrastructure Services Division,  Milwaukee,  WI
    • Mr. Adam Dour
      Project Engineer,  Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc.,  Plain,  WI
    • Mr. Jason M. Roselle, PE
      Project Supervisor,  State of Wisconsin - Department of Transportation, Southeast Region,  Waukesha,  WI

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Construction Management

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Mega Project - Monster Management
    Recently, Marina del Rey, California, began a $40 million infrastructure make-over, which includes 14 projects that will overlap and test the patience of the community. Project engineers and managers are collaborating on construction schedules and public outreach.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Anticipate challenges and obstacles beyond the technical construction planning.
    2. Engage internal and external stakeholders over and over again.
    3. Adapt to changes that will serve the project and the community.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Pamela Manning
      Business Relations,  Los Angeles County CA,  Alhambra,  CA

    Category:
    • Construction Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        Evaluating Project Risks to Improve Performance, Avoid Surprises, and Keep Your Elected Officials Happy
    King County uses a risk assessment tool that improves transparency and accountability by gathering and presenting project information in a standard format. Examine the risk factors that are measured by the scorecard tool and how these results are used.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate relative risk on projects across diverse capital programs.
    2. Create a risk assessment process to focus management and elected official scrutiny on projects where it matters most.
    3. Identify project management practices that can help to mitigate project risks.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Tina J. Rogers, PE
      Capital Projects Oversight Mgr,  King County Auditor's Office,  Seattle,  WA
    • Ms. Jane Hague
      Council Member,  Metropolitan King County Council, District 6,  Seattle,  WA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Construction Management

Emergency Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Public Works: A First Responder for Traffic Incidents and All-Hazards Emergencies
    Sponsored by APWA’s Emergency Management Committee Working with other first responder disciplines on traffic incident management events provides opportunities to develop those key relationships and define roles for other major disasters.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Acquire a better understanding of the role of public works in traffic incident management and how that serves as foundation for all-hazards emergency functions.
    2. 2. Participate in all phases of emergency management as a full and equal partner with other first responder disciplines.
    3. Establish stronger working relationships with other first responder disciplines to develop protocols and policies for effective performance under Incident Command and Unified Command.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. David L. Bergner, (retired), PWLF
       Monte Vista Associates, LLC,  Mesa,  AZ
    • Mrs. Kimberly C. Vasconez, MPA
      MPIA Team Leader Traffic Incident and Events Management,  Federal Highway Administration - DOT,  Washington,  DC
    • Mr. Philip R. Mann, PE
      Traffic Operations Manager,  City of Gainesville,  Gainesville,  FL
    • Mr. Kürt D. Blomquist, PE
      Public Works Director,  City of Keene,  Keene,  NH

    Category:
    • Emergency Management

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network – Responding to the Call
    Sponsored by APWA’s Emergency Management Committee The Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (IPWMAN) has been assisting local agencies since its incorporation in 2009. Learn about the agreements that allow member agencies to respond to requests from other communities; the types of requests they respond to; and the systems in place to make requests, effectively communicate, and dispatch necessary resources.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Review the agreements/legislation that allows local government agencies to form a public works mutual aid organization.
    2. Demonstrate the specific process for requesting emergency assistance.
    3. Discuss the results of responses to exercises and emergency requests.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Barbara Stiehl
      Assistant To the Director,  City of Urbana,  Urbana,  IL
    • Mr. Keith A. Watson
      Assistant Public Works Director,  Village of Bartlett,  Bartlett,  IL
    • Mr. Tony Torres
      Director of Operations Public Works,  Village of Bolingbrook,  Bolingbrook,  IL
    • Ms. Elizabeth Harrison
      Environmental Quality Control Supervisor,  Village of Lake Zurich,  Lake Zurich,  IL

    Category:
    • Emergency Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Emergency Management 101: Why Should You Care?
    Sponsored by APWA’s Emergency Management Committee Attend this overview of information that public works professionals need to know to effectively perform their roles as emergency management first responders. Topics will include: incident command systems, NIMS, first responder fundamentals, operation planning, caring for employees, continuity of operations, and more.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify basic training courses required for public works emergency managers.
    2. Educate colleagues on the role public works plays as a first responder.
    3. Expand on what continuity of operations means.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Christine Walsh
      Director of Operations,  City of Beloit,  Beloit,  WI

    Category:
    • Emergency Management

Engineering and Technology

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        The Joplin Tornado: Redevelopment
    Last year, we heard from the City of Joplin about first responder and recovery activities after the devastating 2011 tornado. Now, it is time for a report on redevelopment and repair activities for vital infrastructure assets. Examine the progress made and funding options used.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate infrastructure repair options.
    2. Look into funding options for reconstruction of public and private development.
    3. Examine the building approaches being used in Joplin to create new public and private development.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. David K. Hertzberg, PE
      Director of Public Works,  City of Joplin,  Joplin,  MO

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Engineering and Technology

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Report Card - America's Infrastructure Needs 2013
    Every four years, ASCE releases a "Report Card" grading America's infrastructure condition in 15 categories. The 2009 Report Card gave America's infrastructure an accumulated grade of D and early indications are that the 2013 Report Card grades will not show improvement. Also being released are four "Failure to Act" reports that measure the impact under-investment will have on Gross Domestic Product and household incomes.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare the results of the 2009 Report Card to the findings of the 2013 Report Card.
    2. Support the need for additional funding to care for America's infrastructure.
    3. Communicate to the general public, elected and appointed officials the crisis that is impending for America if we continue to fail to adequately invest in our nation's infrastructure.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Larry W. Frevert, PE, PWLF
      Retired Public Works Engineer,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

        Using Technology to Its Fullest Potential
    Using iPads, the City of Lenexa, Kansas, is enhancing the productivity of staff at all levels. Field staff view, create, and close out work orders on-site. A traffic signal app identifies and documents issues. Street crews use Omnicast to observe street conditions during snow and ice events. iPads cost less than laptops and are more functional in the field.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Use technology to become more mobile and efficient.
    2. Examine the pros and cons of going mobile and decide if these technologies are a good fit for your organization.
    3. Develop a plan based on technology needs and budget.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Nick Arena
      Assistant Municipal Services Director,  City of Lenexa,  Lenexa,  KS
    • Mr. Thomas Audley
      Asset System Coordinator,  City of Lenexa,  Lenexa,  KS
    • Mr. Ted Semadeni
      Storm Water Supervisor,  City of Lenexa, Municipal Services,  Lenexa,  KS

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        A Nation on the Move - China's National High Speed Rail Network
    Sponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee China has the world’s longest high speed rail network with 6,200 miles (10,000km). It is expected to reach 16,000 miles (more than the rest of the world combined) by the end of 2015, connecting 42 cities, at a cost of $750 billion. Compare China’s project with California’s HSR planning.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discover how a fast and reliable public transportation system is developed.
    2. Identify how HSR development creates short term job growth and long term economic efficiency and growth.
    3. Examine how environmental protection and sustainable energy management can be incorporated into a HSR network.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Susan Pan, PE
      Engineering Manager II,  Ventura County CA,  Moorpark,  CA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology

        Our Filing System Went Electronic. WE FAILED! Then We Did It the Right Way
    Follow this organization’s saga with first picking the wrong system and consultant for transferring their paper system into an electronic system, to righting the ship by hiring a new consultant with software that exactly fit their needs. It is smooth sailing now. Find out what they did wrong so you don’t make the same mistake.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Acquire information on types of document and record management systems.
    2. Identify how to succeed in transferring a paper filing system into an electronic system by involving the right people, internally and externally, and the right process for your organization.
    3. Decide if moving to an electronic filing system is prudent at this time or if you should wait for the industry to work out more of the bugs.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Paul A. Hindman, PE, PWLF
      Executive Director,  Urban Drainage & Flood Control District,  Denver,  CO
    • Ms. Amelia Deleon
      Administrative Services Manager,  Urban Drainage & Flood Control District,  Denver,  CO

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

Monday, August 26, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        The Benefits of a Geographic Approach to Infrastructure Management
    Using a geographic approach, the needs of all municipal assets (water, sewer, streets, storm drains, etc.) are managed in one coordinated, cohesive, and sustainable manner. This allows for opportunities to combine and fund infrastructure development together.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare and contrast geographic- vs. utility-based approaches to infrastructure management.
    2. Explore the benefits of a geographic-based approach.
    3. Correlate the geographic-based approach to future development, sustainability, and funding.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Patricia C. Passariello, P.E.
      Technical Leader,  Weston & Sampson,  Peabody,  MA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
        Roughing It! Rating High-Speed, High-Volume Roadways
    The City of Overland Park, Kansas, worked with the manufacturer of the ARRB Roughometer to incorporate an intertial roughness sensor with GPS to quickly measure and report roadway conditions using GIS systems. Mounted in a pickup truck, this system is affordable and accurate.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify the challenges associated with rating high speed, high volume roadways.
    2. Decide whether a roughness measurement device is a practical solution for rating their roadway network.
    3. Recognize the benefits of implementing a low-cost, internationally acceptable rating system to inspect high-speed, high-volume roadways.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tony Rome, PE
      Civil Engineer,  City of Overland Park,  Overland Park,  KS
    • Mr. Michael S. Ross, PE
      Manager Technical and Administrative,  City of Overland Park,  Overland Park,  KS

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Engineering and Technology

        Tablet Application Revolutionizes Public Works Operations
    Street, water, and wastewater crews for the City of El Segundo, California, are using tablet applications to revolutionize operation activities. They are able to graphically document the locations and frequency for maintenance activities and emergencies.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Improve public works operations using digital technology.
    2. Schedule and track maintenance proactively.
    3. Communicate more convincingly with budget and decision makers.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Stephanie R. Katsouleas
      Director of Public Works,  City of El Segundo,  El Segundo,  CA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology

        WIGS and Green Dots – Getting Organizations to Focus on What’s Important
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Find out how two cities have implemented a simple, yet elegant process for focusing on key priorities that emphasize accountability and execution. Both processes have increased employee motivation and productivity and provided a tool for reporting successes and resource issues to elected officials.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Use visual data to improve service delivery and improve your ability to obtain additional funding during the budget process.
    2. Integrate Maintenance Management Systems (MMS) with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
    3. Recognize how mapping out a process, along with peer accountability, can readily improve your success in executing your goals.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Vitaly B. Troyan, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Oakland,  Oakland,  CA
    • Mr. Don Bessler
      Public Works Director,  City of Tempe,  Tempe,  AZ
    • Ms. Wydale K. Holmes, MPA, CPM
      Senior Learning & Organizational Development Associate,  City of Tempe, AZ,  Tempe,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Retroreflectivity, Redundancy and Replacement Using GIS to Manage Your Signs and Budget
    Sponsored by the APWA Small Cities Rural Communities Committee In response to the MUTCD, the Village of Fox Point, Wisconsin, inventoried all signs using GPS-enabled mobile data collectors to expedite processing and to include comprehensive information about every sign. This information was used to develop a sign replacement budget and schedule.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Design and conduct a comprehensive sign inventory to collect useful data in support of an effective sign management program.
    2. Apply GIS mapping and data management capability to simplify sign asset management, redundancy evaluation, and regulatory compliance.
    3. Use sign inventory data to develop a long-term sign replacement program and accompanying program budget.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jeff M. Mazanec, PE
      Senior Project Manager,  R.A. Smith National,  Appleton,  WI
    • Mr. Scott Brandmeier
      Director of Public Works,  Village of Fox Point,  Fox Point,  WI

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Traffic Engineering

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Tablet Technology – Powerful Inventory and Reporting Application
    The emergence of smartphones and tablets has led to an explosion of innovative applications. The City of Minneapolis uses tablets for display of a comprehensive plowing status map. Using an Iphone/Ipad app called ADA Field Collector, they are able to inventory curb ramps for ADA compliance.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Use mobile technology to acquire field data for curb ramp inventory.
    2. Create graphical reporting tools for progress tracking and performance reporting of work activities.
    3. Encourage the benefits of new technology to public works activities.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Michael D. Kennedy, PE
      Director of Transportation Maintenance and Repair,  City of Minneapolis,  Minneapolis,  MN
    • Mr. Donald Elwood
      Director, Transportation Planning & Engineering,  City of Minneapolis, Department of Public Works,  Minneapolis,  MN
    • Mr. Steve T. Hoium
      Engineering Application Manager,  City of Minneapolis, Department of Public Works,  Minneapolis,  MN

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
       AAEE Breakfast
    Ticketed Event (separate fee and registration required) Description and speaker information coming soon! Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Customer Service You Can APP-reciate! Blending Mobile Apps, Web Requests and Technology
    Discover what two public agencies did to optimize limited resources while improving customer service through the use of available features of current software and employing new technologies, including web requests and mobile apps, that link to their maintenance management systems.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify current technology that assists in customer service using limited resources.
    2. Explore the planning and implementation issues associated with public agencies introducing a mobile application for its residents to register complaints/ infrastructure issues.
    3. Discuss the evaluation process and metrics used to determine if the program actually resulted in improved customer service.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Amie Drotning, PWLF
      Consultant,  LA Consulting Inc,  Manhattan Beach,  CA
    • Mr. Gene Hewitt
      Manager, Administrative Services,  Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department,  Fremont,  CA
    • Mr. Rick Ruiz, PWLF
      Deputy Director,  Alameda County Public Works Agency,  Hayward,  CA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
        Benefits of High Friction Surface Treatment
    Sponsored by APWA’s Transportation Committee Find out about the effects of increased surface friction on the number of accidents. This presentation will feature the various applications of HFS for steep grades, bridged decks, and horizontal curves; the benefits of spot treatment; and the costs associated with this approach.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate if HFS would be beneficial to your local roads.
    2. Promote the benefits of HFS for public road systems.
    3. Provide a cost-effective safety measure to the public road system.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Pat Kennedy, PE
      Senior Engineer,  City and County of Denver, Public Works, Street Maintenance,  Denver,  CO
    • Mr. Mike Moravec
      Senior Highway Engineer,  Federal Highway Administration,  Washington,  DC
    • Mr. Mike Burns, P. E.
      Project Manager, Southeast Freeways Construction,  Wisconsin Department of Transportation,  West Allis,  WI
    • Mr. Jerry Roche, P. E.
      Safety & Traffic Operations Engineer,  Federal Highway Administration,  Ames,  IA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges

        Yes I See…Using Visuals Through GIS and CMMS for Better Maintenance Decisions
    Using GIS technology coupled with a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) can help your agency to better plan, organize, schedule, and control resources. Discover how to use maintenance frequency modeling for a visual representation of how service levels are being met for specific activities.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discuss how to use the latest technology and historical maintenance data to identify customer service levels for positive change.
    2. Examine how maintenance frequency modeling can be used to improve operations and become more proactive in planning and scheduling service delivery.
    3. Assess your agency’s readiness to implement maintenance frequency modeling.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. William Cox, PE
      Senior Professional Engineer,  Hillsborough County Public Works Department,  Tampa,  FL
    • Mr. Harry C. Lorick, PE, PTOE, PWLF
      Principal/President,  LA Consulting, Inc.,  Manhattan Beach,  CA
    • Mr. John Lyons, PE, PSM
      Director, Public Utilities Department,  Hillsborough County FL,  Tampa,  FL

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Engineering and Technology

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        Leveraging Advanced Metering Infrastructure to Improve Customer Service
    Discover how the Town of Danvers, Massachusetts, planned, designed, procured and implemented an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for electric and water. AMI is an emerging technology that is being leveraged by utilities to increase customer service and improve meter reading efficiencies.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Acquire knowledge of the emerging advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems.
    2. Evaluate the policies and procedures that are enabled by new technologies.
    3. Discern the challenges encountered when implementing cutting edge technologies.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. David B. Lane
      Director of Public Works,  Town of Danvers,  Danvers,  MA
    • Mrs. Margaret MCCarthy, PE
      Team Leader,  Weston Sampson,  Peabody,  MA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Water / Waste Water

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        A Small City’s Story of Implementing a Work Order and Asset Management System
    Sponsored by APWA’s Small Cities Rural Communities Committee The City of Colleyville, Texas, (population 25,000) recently graduated from pencils, paper, and institutional knowledge to a work order and asset management system that captures all data in one place. The implementation process helped them document and improve processes.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Determine the agency’s unique goals in implementing a work and asset management system.
    2. Identify what to consider during the software selection process.
    3. Plan for and implement change in the field with the least amount of resistance.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Robert D. Lowry, MPA, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Colleyville,  Colleyville,  TX
    • Ms. Beth E. Wimpy
      Assistant To the Director,  City of Colleyville,  Colleyville,  TX

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

        Technology for Parking Control
    State-of-the-art parking control technologies are essential for the modern community. This is your chance to learn about multiple parking technologies, including: electronic chalking (License Plate Recognition); electronic handheld ticket writers; multi-space and single-space smart meters; parking payment via smartphone systems; and wireless parking space monitoring.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Describe several technology driven parking control tools.
    2. Engage leadership and stakeholders on the value of parking control technology.
    3. Recommend parking control technology that may benefit your municipality.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Bruce E. Campbell
      Parking Services Manager,  City of Kansas City,  Kansas City,  MO
    • Mr. Jeff Colvin, AICP
      Parking Consultant,  Walker Parking Consultants,  Indianapolis,  IN
    • Mr. Anderson Moore
      Vice President Operations, Eastern Region,  Duncan Solutions, Inc.,  Milwaukee,  WI
    • Mr. Roamy R. Valera
      Senior Vice President Municipal Services,  Standard Pakring - SP Plus,  Miami,  FL

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology

        The Gold in Conversion of 30,000 Cobra Head Street Lights to LED
    Evaluate the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned by the City of Oakland’s street lighting conversion project. We’ll take you through the RFP, street light audit, public education process, implementation activities, project monitoring, data collection and budget/financial planning.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Justify LED conversion to decision-makers as a “green winner".
    2. Improve visual clarity through LED street lighting.
    3. Budget for LED conversion taking into account the energy savings that will result after the initial investment.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Paul M. Chan, PE
      Supervisor Street Lighting and Undergrounding,  PW Agency Dept of Infrastructure & Ops,  Oakland,  CA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges

Environment/Sustainability

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        A Sustainable Building Program: BIM as a Tool for Maintenance and Operations
    Examine this use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) throughout a facility's lifecycle. This technology offers facilities management professionals the ability to monitor and control maintenance and operations activities throughout the facility, share information, and control systems from a central location.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Manage BIM and the Facility-Life-Cycle.
    2. Identify BIM and COBie impacts on everyday maintenance and operations.
    3. Build a dynamic facility operations model.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tim Spaeth
      Project Manager,  ARCADIS U.S., Inc.,  Wilmington,  CA
    • Mr. Joe Harris
      Project Manager,  ARCADIS U.S., Inc.,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Facilities
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Assessing Vulnerabilities of Infrastructure to Climate Change
    Sponsored by APWA’s Center for Sustainability It is time to shift our approach for infrastructure security and resilience from the reactionary, cope-and-recover methods to a plan-and-prepare strategy. Discover how you can use the ISI Envision Rating System as a tool to help decision makers understand existing infrastructure vulnerabilities and to create a more climate-resilient community.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Assess the impact of climate change on infrastructure.
    2. Motivate action towards creating a more resilient community.
    3. Integrate new data sources on anticipated climate change impacts into your decision making process for new infrastructure.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Kim Lundgren
      Director of Sustainability,  Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.,  Watertown,  MA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Building Sustainable Business with Mexican Local Governments
    Join this expert panel in an exploration of public/private opportunities and the critical issues for sustainable public works projects in Mexico. The goals are investment potential, economic savings, fossil fuels savings, and reductions in greenhouse emissions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Encourage project budgeting based on sustainable cost-benefit decisions.
    2. Alert businesses and governing bodies of the benefits of and potential for sustainable development in Mexico.
    3. Create a bi-national and regional network for developing sustainable public works projects.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Edgar Villaseñor, M Eng
      Executive Director,  ICLEI,  Mexico City,  Mexico
    • Ms. Itzel Alcérreca Corte
      Director of Programs and Projects,  ICLEI,  Mexico City,  Mexico

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

        Green Streets and Porous Pavement: Lessons for Sustainability, Savings, and Success
    Sponsored by APWA's Transportation Committee Explore the emerging trends and options available for greener streets and non-motorized vehicles. Examine other agencies’ experiences with the post-construction performance of porous asphalt and concrete and review cost comparison methods.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explain the impact of municipally owned impervious surfaces on water quality; identify the pros and cons of porous paving options.
    2. Evaluate how to develop total cost comparison criteria for sustainable approaches.
    3. Identify measureable criteria for assessing post construction performance of porous pavements.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Evan N. Pratt, PE
      Water Resources Commissioner,  Washetenaw County, MI,  Ann Arbor,  MI
    • Mr. Freeman Anthony, PE
      Project Engineer,  City of Bellingham,  Bellingham,  WA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        An Innovative and Cost-Effective Stormwater Retrofit Program: The Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard (GIPS)
    Chicago’s Center for Neighborhood Technology is designing and piloting the Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard, which advances the installation of green infrastructure for increasing the volume of stormwater runoff and pollutants retained onsite and reducing flow into sewer systems and surface waters.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Be better prepared to establish a stormwater retrofit program for your municipality or region.
    2. Evaluate the benefits and costs of implementing GIPS in your service district.
    3. Be able to inform management and elected officials about how to implement a GIPS program.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Hal Sprague
      Manager of Water Policy,  Center for Neighborhood Technology,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Comparative Management and Policy Analysis in a Global Context: Building Sustainable Communities
    Explore the sustainability initiatives being implemented in the United Kingdom and Europe. Examine zero carbon housing requirements in England, solar panel uses in Germany, and composting/recycling efforts and transportation infrastructure initiatives in the Netherlands.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discuss international sustainability initiatives.
    2. Conceptualize entire communities built around sustainability principles.
    3. Advocate for the use of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) EnvisionTM system during planning, development, and construction.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Brian Adam Coopman, MPA
      Public Works Operations Analyst,  City of Davenport Public Works,  Davenport,  IA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Nationalized Cap and Trade Solid Waste Systems
    Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Current solid waste management systems are not equipped to accommodate predicted trends of increasing population and consumption. Explore how a cap and trade system would cap levels for overall waste production and reward the most efficient states through trading credits.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify cap and trade options for solid waste management.
    2. Discover how to cap levels of overall waste production.
    3. Evaluate a process for trading credits relating to solid waste management.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jason M. Marcotte, MPA
      Village Manager,  Village of Northfield,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Shifting the Burden of Graffiti Abatement from Public Works to the Public: The Chicago Method
    Graffiti Action Days are volunteer graffiti removal events that empower the community to reclaim their neighborhoods from the visual blight of graffiti. The cost burden of graffiti removal is shifted from the City to neighborhood groups, and using SoSafe Graffiti removers, volunteers can quickly and easily remove graffiti tags. Additionally, high visibility “graffiti hot spots” are identified and proactive measures are taken with the cooperation of property owners to reduce or prevent graffiti occurrences, which results in a reduced burden on city graffiti abatement resources.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Recognize the negative impact of graffiti tagging on community reinvestment and on public works department budgets.
    2. Promote a Graffiti Action Day program to city councils, community leaders and other neighborhood stakeholders.
    3. Coordinate a Graffiti Action Day to effectively shift the burden of graffiti abatement from public works to the public.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Adam Natenshon
      Founder,  Graffiti Action Hero,  Highland Park,  IL
    • Mr. Proco Joe Moreno
      Alderman, 1st Ward,  City of Chicago,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Jerry Gabrielatos
      Senior Adviser,  City of Chicago,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
       Green Alleys and Streets – How Are They Working?
    Sponsored by APWA's Water Resources Committee Join this expert panel from across the United States to explore green alley and street initiatives using pervious concrete, porous asphalt, and permeable interlocking concrete pavements. In addition to real-life case studies, this two-hour super session will include a summary of ASCE’s Manual of Practice on Permeable Pavements.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explain the role of green alleys and streets as a cost-effective tool to reduce combined sewer overflows and relieve overflowing storm drainage systems.
    2. Differentiate critical structural and hydrologic design variables for permeable pavement alleys and streets.
    3. Engage maintenance schedules, plus practical maintenance steps and essential equipment required for cleaning green alleys and streets.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. David R. Smith
      Technical Director,  Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute,  Herndon,  VA
    • Ms. Janet L. Attarian, AIA
      Project Director - Streetscape and Sustainable Design Program,  City of Chicago Department of Transportation,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Carl Del La Fuente
      Project Manager,  City of Los Angeles Deptartment of Public Works,  Los Angeles,  CA
    • Mrs. Michelle Virts, P.E. LEED AP
      Deputy Director,  City of Richmond Dept of Public Utilities,  Richmond,  VA

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability
Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        LEED Certified Solid Waste Facilities
    Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Examine LEED Certification success stories for the construction and operation of solid waste facilities. These facilities excel in handling construction waste, energy usage, lighting, indoor air quality, water conservation and truck wash water recycling, and open space development.

    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jason M. Marcotte, MPA
      Village Manager,  Village of Northfield,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Practical Steps in Pursuit of Sustainability – Milwaukee County Steps Forward
    Discover how Milwaukee County established Green Print goals to guide their process of increasing sustainability throughout its fully-developed urban county. Using a holistic approach the county also adopted an innovative method to guide the design process for the replacement of aging infrastructure with new facilities.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify a range of facility or operational elements that can be managed to achieve greater sustainability.
    2. Clarify actionable steps to incrementally improve sustainability through water and energy conservation, improved resource management, effective staff education, new facility and improved facility maintenance.
    3. Develop and implement an approach to effectively navigate through the design challenges of practical stormwater management.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Sean Hayes
      Engineer-Environmental,  Milwaukee County WI,  Milwaukee,  WI

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Smart Trees! Success in Growing and Protecting the Urban Forest!
    Learn how Cupertino, California, incorporated innovative and practical applications of GIS, QR code and smartphone technologies to identify and protect street trees while also educating and engaging the community. Inventorying Cupertino’s nearly 14,000 trees was both a beginning and catalyst to improvement of their urban forest.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Integrate GPS and new smart phone technology into your street tree program to better manage tree inventory.
    2. Modernize the way that you communicate with the community about street trees.
    3. Control the amount of harmful pruning or removal of street trees by property owners.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Timm D. Borden
      Director of Public Works,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA
    • Mr. Roger S. Lee
      Assistant Director of Public Works,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA
    • Mr. Jonathan Peter Ferrante
      PPW Supervisor,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Sustainable Stormwater Solutions in Mature Neighborhoods – Innovative Delivery of Functional Improvements
    The Village of Downers Grove, Illinois, will share information about the innovative project delivery methods used to deploy sustainable stormwater solutions into mature neighborhoods. You will analyze existing mature neighborhood drainage problems with a new perspective.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Analyze existing drainage problems in mature neighborhoods with a new perspective, looking at several different sustainable solutions and innovative delivery methods.
    2. Benefit for the lessons learned by the Village of Downers Grove to improve similar projects in your jurisdiction.
    3. Determine how to bring many stakeholders together to solve issues and establish sustainable stormwater solutions in mature neighborhoods.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Andrew J. Sikich, PE
      Assistant Director Public Works - Engineering,  Village of Downers Grove,  Downers Grove,  IL

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Storm Water / Flood Control

        Waste Not, Want Not: Feasible Uses, Options and Markets for Your Wood Waste
    Sponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee It is estimated that 16 million green tons of wood is removed from urban areas as a result of pests, wind storms, construction, hazard trees and other factors. Unfortunately, most of this wood ends up in landfills. This dynamic panel presentation will demonstrate successful urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in your local community.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conceptualize the need to eliminate wood waste from landfills.
    2. Explore alternative options and markets for utilizing wood waste.
    3. Implement urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in local communities.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Brittany Gifford
      Technical Associate,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Josh Behounek
      Urban Forester,  Davey Resource Group,  Columbia,  MO
    • Ms. Eve Pytel
      Director,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Kevin Sorby
      Village Forester,  Village of Wilmette,  Wilmette,  IL

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Watersheds Know No Political Boundaries: A Look Into the Benefits and Challenges of Watershed Permitting
    The Menomonee River Watershed includes a variety of agricultural, suburban sprawl, and heavily urbanized land uses. Attend this overview of the process used by several governmental and nongovernmental organizations to jointly obtain watershed permits.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare your MS4 program and permit implementation with the concept of watershed permitting.
    2. Identify potential efficiencies through the joint implementation of watershed projects to achieve pollution control standards.
    3. Differentiate between the various forms of watershed permitting and the anticipated benefits and challenges of each.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Bryan Hartsook, PE
      Water Resources Engineer,  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,  Waukesha,  WI
    • Mr. Mike G. Hahn, P.E., P.H
      Chief Environmental Engineer,  Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission,  Waukesha,  WI

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Fixing Streams for Free
    Learn about the Prince William Environmental Mitigation Bank. Through the sale of stream credits on the open market, the county can restore miles of local, degraded and impacted stream corridors at no expense to the Prince William County taxpayer.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discover how the Prince William County Environmental Mitigation Bank was established.
    2. Determine if an Environmental Mitigation Bank can work for your locality.
    3. Examine both the pros and cons of establishing an Environmental Mitigation Bank.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Thomas E. Dombrowski, CVWD
      Environmental Engineer,  Prince William County Public Works, Watershed Branch,  Woodbridge,  VA
    • Mr. Benjamin Eib
      Assistant Chief,  Prince William County Public Works, Watershed Management Branch,  Woodbridge,  VA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Storm Water / Flood Control

        Partnering to Achieve Green Infrastructure Goals
    Chicago’s Climate Action Plan, pledges an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050. Several private sector partners that have stepped forward to advance these goals: 1) energy efficient buildings, 2) clean and renewable energy sources, 3) improved transportation options, 4) reduced waste and industrial pollution, 5) adaptation.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine and discuss Chicago’s Climate Action Plan.
    2. Engage other public partners to advance green infrastructure strategies.
    3. Explore green infrastructure tools and techniques in practice today.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Debra Mitchell, , FASLA, LEED AP
      Senior Vice President,  SmithGroup JJR,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Aaron Durnbaugh
      Director of Sustainability,  Loyola University,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Patrick Brawley
      Associate,  SmithGroupJJR,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability

        The Benefits of a Geographic Approach to Infrastructure Management
    Using a geographic approach, the needs of all municipal assets (water, sewer, streets, storm drains, etc.) are managed in one coordinated, cohesive, and sustainable manner. This allows for opportunities to combine and fund infrastructure development together.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare and contrast geographic- vs. utility-based approaches to infrastructure management.
    2. Explore the benefits of a geographic-based approach.
    3. Correlate the geographic-based approach to future development, sustainability, and funding.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Patricia C. Passariello, P.E.
      Technical Leader,  Weston & Sampson,  Peabody,  MA

    Category:
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
        A Grassroots Approach to Sustainable Projects while Nurturing Future Generations of Systems-Thinking Public Works Professionals
    Sponsored by APWA’s Center for Sustainability Learn about a unique approach, taken by a local government and their consultant, to give senior year engineering students the opportunity to interact with public works professionals and to play a key role in developing innovative approaches to a sustainable stormwater harvesting project.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Challenge conventional assumptions on your projects by including college seniors as part of your feasibility study team.
    2. Teach the next generation of technical professionals the value of serving the public and systems thinking.
    3. Design planning studies that include college seniors enabling them to contribute and see the rewards of public service.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Scott H. Whalen
      Vice President,  WK Dickson & Co, Inc,  Raleigh,  NC
    • Ms. Judith K. Weseman
      Senior Project Manager,  WK Dickson Inc,  Raleigh,  NC

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Storm Water / Flood Control

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Building Sustainability into Your Infrastructure Plan: Changing the Culture of Decision Making
    Public works services founded on the pillars of sustainability and life cycle management requires a significant shift in organizational decision making and performance reporting. Learn how the City of Saskatoon strategically aligned operating and capital programming to develop a 10 year $200 million service strategy for its water distribution system.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify ten key organizational practices that must change to move from historical to service-based budgeting.
    2. Recognize how the industry must strategically align infrastructure, financial, and environmental planning activities around frameworks and tools to deliver sustainable practice.
    3. Motivate public works practitioners to recognize and embrace the need to plan, deliver, and evaluate infrastructure around sustainability principles.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Greg P. Chartier
       Independent Infrastructure Management Consultant,  Saskatoon,  SK

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management
    • Water / Waste Water

        Driving Sustainability and Efficiency in Historic Buildings - Milwaukee City Hall Complex
    Learn how the City of Milwaukee uses an effective preventive maintenance program and best management practices to reduce operating costs and improve working conditions at the historic Milwaukee City Hall Complex.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify methods to improve efficiency and sustainability in public facilities by working with other municipal departments.
    2. Establish an improved preventive maintenance program that will save energy and prolong the life of mechanical equipment.
    3. Evaluate various methods for changing policies and documenting measures for all aspects of facility management.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Rock Ridolfi
      Commissioning Analyst,  Transwestern Sustainability Services,  Milwaukee,  WI
    • Mr. Leonard C. Moye
      Operations & Maintenance Mgr,  City of Milwaukee,  Milwaukee,  WI

    Category:
    • Facilities
    • Environment/Sustainability

        How to Divert Waste Material From Going to the Landfill
    In 2004, nearly all of the material taken to the Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre was sent to the landfill with only glass, cardboard, and metal being recycled. Committed to reducing the amount of material going into the landfill, the City of Whitehorse invested in new programs for pricing, public education, and materials recycling.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify how the City of Whitehorse managed the sensitivity of abutting land uses at their Recycling and Waste Centre.
    2. Review the details of the actions the City of Whitehorse took to increase recycling and reduce the amount of material going to the landfill.
    3. Examine potential options available to increase recycling including new price structures for depositing material at the landfill and public education program.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Philip Warner, Dip Env Sci, GAICD
      General Manager Infrastructure,  City of Whitehorse,  Wantirna,  Victoria

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        "Beauty Pays Better Than Any Other Commodity”: Industry, Leisure, and Port Development in Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
    Sponsored by the Public Works Historical Society (PWHS) Chicago urban planner Daniel Burnham famously argued that “beauty pays better than any other commodity.” His master 1909 Plan of Chicago boldly advocated transforming the banks of the Chicago River and the shoreline of Lake Michigan from one of the world’s largest industrial workshops into a site of leisure, lined with parks, beaches, and pleasure piers. This session examines how and why Burnham successfully transformed Chicago’s waterfront from an industrial to a post-industrial landscape. It demonstrates that by the 1890s a confluence of factors—including industrial sewage, traffic at Chicago’s bridges, and changes in Great Lakes shipping technology—had begun to undermine the industrial uses of the Chicago River. Thus, it suggests that by the time Burnham published his 1909 plan beauty did indeed pay better than any other commodity because it was the only commodity that would pay at all. Finally, the presentation considers how past decisions about river pollution and waterfront use have created great challenges and opportunities for planners and policymakers in contemporary Chicago.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine how rapid technological and market transformations can render harbor infrastructure obsolete.
    2. Consider how urban planners, business leaders, and municipal politicians have reinvented post-industrial waterfront landscapes in Chicago to promote economic development.
    3. Discuss some of the long-term effects of the reversal of the Chicago River for water quality and invasive species.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Joshua Salzmann, Ph.D.
      Assistant Professor of History,  Northeastern Illinois University,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Water / Waste Water
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Parks and Grounds

        Collaborating to Retrofit Communities for 21st Century Weather
    The Center for Neighborhood Technology is developing the nation’s first wet weather retrofit service, which will provide cities and residents low-cost, effective solutions to the problem of urban flooding. The Wetrofit™ approach works across multiple jurisdictions to develop data-driven solutions that draw upon diverse funding streams and public/private partnerships.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop informed decisions on investments in data collection and public reporting.
    2. Recognize opportunities to address urban flooding through investment in decentralized community-scale infrastructure.
    3. Identify unique partnerships within and around the community for collaborative problem-solving.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ryan M. Wilson, RLA LEED AP
      Stormwater Program Manager,  Center for Neighborhood Technology,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Ground Water Recharge with Storm Water Management – A Sustainable Development
    Combining the multiple priorities and goals of several agencies resulted in the design and construction of a “green” and sustainable groundwater recharge facility near the headwaters of Thorn Creek in Illinois, creating wetland filters and a storm drainage outfall.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Achieve an environmentally sustainable drainage system by incorporating low impact design elements.
    2. Discuss the advantages and challenges associated with non-traditional drainage and storm water management facilities.
    3. Decide if an intended sustainable site targeted for a “green” development has the necessary attributes needed to implement a ground water recharge facility.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Joel S. Koenig, P. E.
      Senior Project Manager,  Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc.,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Chris Dagiantis, P.E., CFM
      Senior Project Manager,  Crawford, Murphy Tilly, Inc.,  Aurora,  IL
    • Mr. Andrew Hawkins
      Superintendent of Planning and Development,  Forest Preserve District of Will County,  Joliet,  IL

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Storm Water / Flood Control

        Sustainability Fueling Phoenix’s Past, Present, and Future
    Making a strong commitment to their alternative fuel program, the City of Phoenix recently installed additional CNG fueling infrastructure at four of its major service centers. This presentation will discuss the findings of their performance tests and review the complexities of transitioning to new fuel programs.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine the test results of pilot programs about the performance of CNG refuse trucks.
    2. Describe lessons learned from the transition to a new fuel including equipment specification, capital investment, and technical training issues.
    3. Develop an appropriate strategy with support throughout the organization to achieve sustainability objectives.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tony Miano
      Solid Waste Administrator,  City of Phoenix,  Phoenix,  AZ

    Category:
    • Fleet Services
    • Environment/Sustainability

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        Alternative Strategies for Funding Fleets and Fleet Replacement
    Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Join this in-depth discussion and open forum about alternative funding strategies for developing a sustainable fleet management and replacement program that reduces life-cycle costs, complies with emissions standards, and lessens environmental impacts.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Generate ideas and stimulate support for developing a sustainable fleet replacement plan and funding mechanisms.
    2. Develop fleet replacement strategies for new sustainable technologies and a cost-effective fleet business.
    3. Benefit from learning about the fleet replacement strategies from multiple agencies.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Mary Joyce Ivers, CPFP, PWLF
      Fleet and Facilities Manager,  City of Ventura Public Works,  Ventura,  CA
    • Mr. Dave L. Seavey
      Director Fleet Management Division,  City of Seattle - SDOT Fleets and Facilities Department,  Seattle,  WA
    • Mr. Samuel P. Lamerato, CPFP
      Superintendent- Fleet Maintenance,  City of Troy MI,  Troy,  MI

    Category:
    • Fleet Services
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Certified Silver or Gold – How to Navigate the Waters of Sustainability Certification Programs
    Sponsored by APWA's Center for Sustainability There are so many sustainability rating systems out there now. Expert speakers will provide a third-party perspective on the best way to incorporate each of the rating systems into everyday operations and projects. From LEED to Envision, to Green Roads and the STAR Community Index, they will provide a thorough assessment of how each system is best applied.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Apply the various rating systems to projects and operations as appropriate.
    2. Integrate the principles of sustainability into projects and operations in a more streamlined fashion.
    3. Recognize the best framework to help achieve your specific sustainability goals.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Kim Lundgren
      Director of Sustainability,  Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.,  Watertown,  MA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Modern Methods of Sewer and Water Main Rehabs, Saving Tax Dollars
    Sponsored by APWA’s Engineering & Technology Committee The estimated cost of replacement and rehabilitation of sewer and water mains is projected at $2.2 trillion over the next five years. Modern rehab approaches could reduce this cost substantially. Examine the advantages and disadvantages of various rehabilitation measures and their applicability to specific project conditions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify various sewer and water main rehabilitation approaches that are available to address the issue cost effectively.
    2. Demonstrate the process of selecting the proper sewer rehabilitation method suited to any project condition.
    3. Describe how these new technologies promote sustainability.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Timothy J. Thur
      Environmental Manager,  City of Milwaukee,  Milwaukee,  WI
    • Ms. Valerie S. McCaw, P.E., D WRE, CFM
      President,  VSM Engineering, LLC,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Water / Waste Water

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM
        Workshop/Tour: Chicago Bike Lanes & Cycle Center
    This tour will be by bicycle! Space is very limited, must register in advance and participants will be chosen first come, first served. A separate $30 fee is required for bike and helmet rental. (See registration form.) You will be asked to sign a liability waiver form. Environmentalists, urban planners, and cycling enthusiasts from around the world have expressed interest in Chicago’s Cycle Center and Bike Lanes. Here is your opportunity to bicycle the lanes yourself, view the unique features, including the specific bicycle traffic light on Wacker Drive. You will also see how the McDonald’s Cycle Center in Millennium Park operates. Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Parks and Grounds

        Workshop/Tour: Chicago's Green Roofs
    Must sign-up in advance. Space is limited; first-come, first served. Participation is at no additional charge to full Congress registrants. Others must pay one-day registration fee for Wednesday as noted on the registration form. Chicago has long been a national leader in the use of green roofs to promote energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The first tour stop will be Chicago City Hall Rooftop Garden which was designed in 2001 to test different kinds of green roof systems. Although not normally open to the public, the City Hall Roof Garden is a treasured Chicago landmark appreciated by the occupants of the many taller buildings around it. The tour will conclude at the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park which, at 2.5 acres, is the world’s largest green roof; built over several parking garages and the commuter rail system. Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        Adopting a Holistic Approach to Asset Management
    The City of Olathe, Kansas, moved from asset management by departmental silos to a holistic approach that merged into one system, maintenance activities for divisions with large, linear assets (water distribution, wastewater and stormwater collection, streets, signals, signs, lights).

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Create an asset management-centric organization that focuses on service delivery based on activities, not functions or bureaucracy.
    2. Design a holistic asset management approach for your organization through shared organizational consensus and goals.
    3. Engage asset management champions within all levels of the organization that elicit cross-activity cooperation.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Scott Parker
      Assistant Public Works Director,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS
    • Mrs. Sarah Kay Doherty
      Asset Manager,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Water Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Using Envision™
    Hear from a panel of engineers, operators, planners, and utility managers who will share case studies and future trends for using the Envision™ Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System. Interactive exercises for using Envision™ will be conducted, and you’ll leave equipped with practical knowledge for implementing this planning and designing tool.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Begin to see how practitioners of the Infrastructure Sustainability Rating system - Envision™ use it for public infrastructure and sustainability applications.
    2. Advocate for a uniform and structured approach to evaluating and prioritizing public infrastructure (other than occupied buildings) included as part of a capital improvement program.
    3. Establish basis for another sustainability tool as a planning and design tool.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. John Paul Semper, LEED AP, PE
      Associate,  Greeley and Hansen,  Norfolk,  VA
    • Mr. Kelvin Coles, EIT
      Project Engineer,  Greeley and Hansen,  Norfolk,  VA

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Water / Waste Water

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        An Integrated Green Infrastructure Plan to Address CSOs, Stormwater, and Nutrient Reductions
    Attend this overview of the City of Lancaster’s Green Infrastructure (GI) Plan. You will discover strategies to integrate GI with urban renewal and infrastructure needs, thereby better leveraging public investments.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify a multitude of opportunities to implement GI on public and private properties.
    2. Implement a plan to identify, design, construct and maintain GI practices.
    3. Educate the public to promote buy-in on GI BMPs for stormwater control and convey the importance of green, sustainable infrastructure.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Charlotte H. Katzenmoyer
      Director of Public Works,  City of Lancaster,  Lancaster,  PA

    Category:
    • Storm Water / Flood Control
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Integrated Infrastructure Planning: Baltimore’s Integrated Planning Framework
    Examine the City of Baltimore’s Integrated Planning Framework (IPF), which is based on a triple bottom line approach where all projects are evaluated against economic, environmental, and social criteria.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Plan for a sustainable utility.
    2. Develop a utility-wide prioritization plan for capital and O&M investment.
    3. Review and explain the potential benefits of developing an integrated utility plan.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Rudolph S. Chow
      Bureau Head, Bureau of Water & Wastewater,  City of Baltimore Deptartment of Public Works,  Baltimore,  MD
    • Mr. Sean Searles, PE, PMP
      Program Manager,  MWH Americas, Inc.,  Atlanta,  GA
    • Ms. Lynette Cardoch, PhD, PE
      Vice President,  MWH Americas, Inc.,  Miami,  FL
    • Ms. Jane McLamarrah, PhD, PE
      Technical Expert Wet Weather Practice,  MWH Americas, Inc.,  Atlanta,  GA
    • Mr. Seth Yoskowitz, PE
      Associate Director,  MWH Americas, Inc.,  Washington,  DC

    Category:
    • Water / Waste Water
    • Environment/Sustainability

Facilities

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        A Sustainable Building Program: BIM as a Tool for Maintenance and Operations
    Examine this use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) throughout a facility's lifecycle. This technology offers facilities management professionals the ability to monitor and control maintenance and operations activities throughout the facility, share information, and control systems from a central location.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Manage BIM and the Facility-Life-Cycle.
    2. Identify BIM and COBie impacts on everyday maintenance and operations.
    3. Build a dynamic facility operations model.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tim Spaeth
      Project Manager,  ARCADIS U.S., Inc.,  Wilmington,  CA
    • Mr. Joe Harris
      Project Manager,  ARCADIS U.S., Inc.,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Facilities
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Driving Sustainability and Efficiency in Historic Buildings - Milwaukee City Hall Complex
    Learn how the City of Milwaukee uses an effective preventive maintenance program and best management practices to reduce operating costs and improve working conditions at the historic Milwaukee City Hall Complex.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify methods to improve efficiency and sustainability in public facilities by working with other municipal departments.
    2. Establish an improved preventive maintenance program that will save energy and prolong the life of mechanical equipment.
    3. Evaluate various methods for changing policies and documenting measures for all aspects of facility management.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Rock Ridolfi
      Commissioning Analyst,  Transwestern Sustainability Services,  Milwaukee,  WI
    • Mr. Leonard C. Moye
      Operations & Maintenance Mgr,  City of Milwaukee,  Milwaukee,  WI

    Category:
    • Facilities
    • Environment/Sustainability

Fleet Services

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Retrofitting Fleet Garages to Maintain CNG/LNG Vehicles
    Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Discover ways to reduce the costs of retrofitting existing fleet garages for maintenance and repair of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas vehicles. Learn about the impact of different building codes and structural and HVAC considerations on retrofits.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discuss what makes CNG/LNG fuels different from gasoline or diesel.
    2. Use a checklist to explain major design elements that need to be incorporated in retrofitting existing garage for CNG/LNG fueled vehicles.
    3. Identify methods to reduce the cost of retrofitting existing fleet garages for CNG/ LNG fueled vehicle repairs.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Thomas E. Tarkowski, PE
      Mechanical Engineer IV,  City of Milwaukee,  Milwaukee,  WI

    Category:
    • Fleet Services

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Fleet Benchmarking for Advanced Decision Making
    Using fleet management information systems (FMIS), fleet managers can make quick decisions based on real-time data. Examine the benefits of FMIS for life cycle cost analysis, shop staffing, vehicle equivalency (VE’s) ratios, fuel trend analysis, vehicle replacement, and parts acquisition.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop tables and graphs from FMIS data to quickly construct, sort, and explain key fleet benchmarks.
    2. Summarize database information in Excel format to reconstruct into a graphical representation for analysis and presentation.
    3. Implement systems that facilitate decisions based on data derived from the benchmarking process.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Aaron A. Alvarado, MBA
      Public Utilities Fleet Manager,  Tacoma Public Utilities,  Tacoma,  WA

    Category:
    • Fleet Services

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Sustainability Fueling Phoenix’s Past, Present, and Future
    Making a strong commitment to their alternative fuel program, the City of Phoenix recently installed additional CNG fueling infrastructure at four of its major service centers. This presentation will discuss the findings of their performance tests and review the complexities of transitioning to new fuel programs.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine the test results of pilot programs about the performance of CNG refuse trucks.
    2. Describe lessons learned from the transition to a new fuel including equipment specification, capital investment, and technical training issues.
    3. Develop an appropriate strategy with support throughout the organization to achieve sustainability objectives.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tony Miano
      Solid Waste Administrator,  City of Phoenix,  Phoenix,  AZ

    Category:
    • Fleet Services
    • Environment/Sustainability

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        Alternative Strategies for Funding Fleets and Fleet Replacement
    Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Join this in-depth discussion and open forum about alternative funding strategies for developing a sustainable fleet management and replacement program that reduces life-cycle costs, complies with emissions standards, and lessens environmental impacts.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Generate ideas and stimulate support for developing a sustainable fleet replacement plan and funding mechanisms.
    2. Develop fleet replacement strategies for new sustainable technologies and a cost-effective fleet business.
    3. Benefit from learning about the fleet replacement strategies from multiple agencies.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Mary Joyce Ivers, CPFP, PWLF
      Fleet and Facilities Manager,  City of Ventura Public Works,  Ventura,  CA
    • Mr. Dave L. Seavey
      Director Fleet Management Division,  City of Seattle - SDOT Fleets and Facilities Department,  Seattle,  WA
    • Mr. Samuel P. Lamerato, CPFP
      Superintendent- Fleet Maintenance,  City of Troy MI,  Troy,  MI

    Category:
    • Fleet Services
    • Environment/Sustainability

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        Tier 4 Engine Equipment Compliance
    Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Get a better understanding of what the requirements are and could be in the future for smaller diesel engine emissions, how your organization will be affected, and what your next course of action should be.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Gain a basic understanding of the Tier 4 requirements.
    2. Identify the steps that fleet departments must take to ensure compliance.
    3. Determine how to get updates and more information about the requirements as they are released.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Thomas C. Collins, PWLF
      Deputy Director,  Town of Natick,  Natick,  MA
    • Ms. Mary Roethler
      Tier 4 Manager,  Caterpillar,  Peoria,  IL
    • Mr. Dennis R. Hogan, CAFM, CPFP
      Fleet Services Manager,  City of Cedar Rapids,  Cedar Rapids,  IA
    • Mr. Glen L. Chrusciel
      Program Manager, Retrofit & Repower,  John Deere Power Systems,  Waterloo,  IA

    Category:
    • Fleet Services

Management

Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
       Saturday Workshop: Self Assessment Using the Public Works Management Practices Manual
    Separate fee required: $300 Member, $350 Nonmember (fee includes instruction, materials, and breaks. Lunch will be on your own). Are your operational performance and productivity levels as high as you want them to be? This workshop is designed to help you examine and evaluate your agency's current management policies and procedures. You'll learn how to target problem areas, identify opportunities, and improve the overall effectiveness of all of your public works operations. If you are already using the Management Practices Manual to prepare for APWA accreditation, the new format will give you hands-on training. This workshop is designed for public works directors, managers, supervisors, and accreditation managers, as well as municipal administrators performing public works functions.

    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Ann Daniels
      Director of Credentialing,  American Public Works Association,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Management
Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        Building Sustainable Business with Mexican Local Governments
    Join this expert panel in an exploration of public/private opportunities and the critical issues for sustainable public works projects in Mexico. The goals are investment potential, economic savings, fossil fuels savings, and reductions in greenhouse emissions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Encourage project budgeting based on sustainable cost-benefit decisions.
    2. Alert businesses and governing bodies of the benefits of and potential for sustainable development in Mexico.
    3. Create a bi-national and regional network for developing sustainable public works projects.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Edgar Villaseñor, M Eng
      Executive Director,  ICLEI,  Mexico City,  Mexico
    • Ms. Itzel Alcérreca Corte
      Director of Programs and Projects,  ICLEI,  Mexico City,  Mexico

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

        Ethical Yoga – How Flexible Are Your Principles?
    Ethics are complicated. Sometimes public works professionals are faced with difficult public policy choices that may stretch our ethical boundaries. Discover how to create and maintain an ethical culture in your agency.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Create a framework for ethical decision-making.
    2. Determine the appropriate ethical balance that is right for you and your agency’s culture.
    3. Encourage an ethical culture in your agency.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Susan M. Hann, PE, PWLF, AICP
      City Manager,  City of Palm Bay,  Palm Bay,  FL

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Strengthen Your Workforce – Create a Formula for Success
    During 2012, Eighteen City of Lenexa, Kansas, employees received promotions based on an innovative career path matrix and supervisory checklist. The agency has a strong training program that includes leadership and values training for everyone and their hiring approach examines the potential of each applicant for filling next-step positions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Assess the competencies and skill levels of your current workforce.
    2. Identify the skills and knowledge needed to ensure leadership continuity.
    3. Implement a personnel development tool that will engage employees.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Chuck Williams, PWLF
      Municipal Services Director,  City of Lenexa,  Lenexa,  KS
    • Mr. Nick Arena
      Assistant Municipal Services Director,  City of Lenexa,  Lenexa,  KS

    Category:
    • Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
       Opening General Session Thomas L. Friedman, Best-selling Author and Columnist for the New York Times
    That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Tom Friedman is renowned for his direct reporting and sophisticated analysis of complex issues facing the modern world. Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, he has covered monumental stories from around the globe for The New York Times since 1981. Vanity Fair called him “the country’s best newspaper columnist.” His latest bestseller, co-written with Michael Mandelbaum, is That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back. According to The Christian Science Monitor, “Anyone who cares about America’s future …. ought to read this book and hear the authors’ compelling case.” That Used to be Us chronicles the four major challenges we face as a country – globalization, the speed of change in information technology, chronic deficits, and our pattern of energy consumption. Public works professionals are all too familiar with the impacts of aging infrastructure on the country’s economic prosperity and future investment in innovative solutions for 21st century challenges. Make it a priority to attend this thoughtful discussion of how these challenges can be met by studying America’s history and the formula for success that led this nation through the last two centuries, and a potential way forward that echoes Alexander Hamilton’s vision of a system that promotes private enterprise and provides the favorable conditions for funding infrastructure. In addition to That Used to Be Us, Tom Friedman is the best-selling author of multiple books including Hot, Flat, and Crowded and The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. Category:
    • Management
Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Ethics for the Public Works Leader
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Public Works leaders must walk the talk, set the tone, hold themselves accountable, and strive to create a culture of openness, democracy, merit, and creativity. Only by exercising the principles of ethical leadership can we meet the challenges of the future and sustain the public’s trust in our decisions and stewardship of public resources.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conduct yourself in conformance with the highest principles of public ethics.
    2. Lead others to conform to your behavior, actions, and decisions to the highest standards of ethics.
    3. Create a culture and climate of democracy, transparency, servant ethics, and public-mindedness.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Vanessa Conrad
      Principle Administrative Analyst,  SFPUC Wastewater Enterprise, Planning & Regulatory Compliance,  San Francisco,  CA
    • Mr. Donal Hartman, Jr
      Program Director,  Norwich University SGCS,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

        Report Card - America's Infrastructure Needs 2013
    Every four years, ASCE releases a "Report Card" grading America's infrastructure condition in 15 categories. The 2009 Report Card gave America's infrastructure an accumulated grade of D and early indications are that the 2013 Report Card grades will not show improvement. Also being released are four "Failure to Act" reports that measure the impact under-investment will have on Gross Domestic Product and household incomes.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Compare the results of the 2009 Report Card to the findings of the 2013 Report Card.
    2. Support the need for additional funding to care for America's infrastructure.
    3. Communicate to the general public, elected and appointed officials the crisis that is impending for America if we continue to fail to adequately invest in our nation's infrastructure.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Larry W. Frevert, PE, PWLF
      Retired Public Works Engineer,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

        Shifting the Burden of Graffiti Abatement from Public Works to the Public: The Chicago Method
    Graffiti Action Days are volunteer graffiti removal events that empower the community to reclaim their neighborhoods from the visual blight of graffiti. The cost burden of graffiti removal is shifted from the City to neighborhood groups, and using SoSafe Graffiti removers, volunteers can quickly and easily remove graffiti tags. Additionally, high visibility “graffiti hot spots” are identified and proactive measures are taken with the cooperation of property owners to reduce or prevent graffiti occurrences, which results in a reduced burden on city graffiti abatement resources.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Recognize the negative impact of graffiti tagging on community reinvestment and on public works department budgets.
    2. Promote a Graffiti Action Day program to city councils, community leaders and other neighborhood stakeholders.
    3. Coordinate a Graffiti Action Day to effectively shift the burden of graffiti abatement from public works to the public.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Adam Natenshon
      Founder,  Graffiti Action Hero,  Highland Park,  IL
    • Mr. Proco Joe Moreno
      Alderman, 1st Ward,  City of Chicago,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Jerry Gabrielatos
      Senior Adviser,  City of Chicago,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Our Filing System Went Electronic. WE FAILED! Then We Did It the Right Way
    Follow this organization’s saga with first picking the wrong system and consultant for transferring their paper system into an electronic system, to righting the ship by hiring a new consultant with software that exactly fit their needs. It is smooth sailing now. Find out what they did wrong so you don’t make the same mistake.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Acquire information on types of document and record management systems.
    2. Identify how to succeed in transferring a paper filing system into an electronic system by involving the right people, internally and externally, and the right process for your organization.
    3. Decide if moving to an electronic filing system is prudent at this time or if you should wait for the industry to work out more of the bugs.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Paul A. Hindman, PE, PWLF
      Executive Director,  Urban Drainage & Flood Control District,  Denver,  CO
    • Ms. Amelia Deleon
      Administrative Services Manager,  Urban Drainage & Flood Control District,  Denver,  CO

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

Monday, August 26, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Educate, Inspire, and Transform the Leaders of Tomorrow
    Sponsored by APWA’s Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) The 2012-2013 Emerging Leaders Academy Class recommends that APWA increase its presence in colleges and universities to educate students about the public works field. Strategies being developed include establishing a national committee on higher education outreach that will pursue establishing a toolkit for developing student chapters and marketing to post-secondary institutions.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Describe the importance of the National Higher Education Outreach Committee and the involvement of chapters in the process.
    2. Identify the components of a toolkit for establishing student chapters.
    3. Examine the APWA marketing plan to post-secondary institutions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mrs. Lauren J. Behm
      Airport & Ferry Analyst,  Pierce County Public Works & Utilities,  Tacoma,  WA
    • Mr. Donnie E. Scharff
      Street Maintenance Team Supervisor,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS
    • Ms. Kathryn Elizabeth Horner Gonzalez
      Highway Design EIT,  HDR Engineering,  Kansas City,  MO
    • Ms. Amy L. Johannsen
      Engineering Inspector,  City of Coralville,  Coralville,  IA
    • Ms. Dina Ochoa
      Assistant Director of Operations,  University of CA Irvine (UCI) Transportation and Distribution Services,  Irvine,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Public Works Camp – “Right-This-Minute” Topics
    How many times have you attended a conference and wished that issues that are in the forefront of your mind right now - this very minute – could be discussed in a forum or facilitated discussion? OR- have you thought that it would be great to get into a deeper follow-up conversation about a keynote or breakout session? While the Congress Program Review Committee and staff spend long hours building a diverse program of sessions and workshops, sometimes the planning timeline prevents us from addressing issues that are on your mind right now or advances that break into your awareness in the few weeks just before the event. So, we are trying to remedy that! We are setting aside a couple of specific times and rooms for you to come together with other attendees to discuss and learn from each other about issues that you bring to the table – be it regulatory compliance, best practices, new ideas, or challenges. Category:
    • Management

        Total Resource Management - Managing All Your Assets
    Sponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee Total resource management is knowing the quantity and condition of all of your physical assets for parks, buildings, and grounds and the maintenance requirements for keeping them in optimal condition. Examine how to identify maintenance resources needed within budget constraints.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discuss the importance of parks to the public.
    2. Differentiate between a management system and management plan.
    3. Identify better ways to manage assetts.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Brian Carthan, PWLF
      Park Supervisor II,  City of Oakland,  Oakland,  CA

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Management

        Turning Successful Public and Media Involvement Campaigns into Funding
    Don’t underestimate the importance of effective two-way and results-oriented public involvement campaigns on your agency’s credibility and ability to obtain funding for transportation projects. The Nevada Department of Transportation will describe the outreach and media strategies used for some of their more controversial transportation projects.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify the benefits of successful public involvement and outreach campaigns.
    2. Discover specific outreach techniques to apply to various projects.
    3. Demonstrate the relationship between public perception and future funding.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Kathleen Marie Taylor
      Senior Public Outreach Specialist,  ATKINS,  Reno,  NV

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Management

        What Employees Expect from Their Bosses–Hear Firsthand for Yourself!
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Studies show the factors that most contribute to an engaged and productive workforce include: involvement in the decision-making process, team contribution, and effective performance evaluations. Learn firsthand from line level staff about the challenges and opportunities they encounter from different leadership styles.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop a better understanding about what employees feel are important in the areas of leadership and management.
    2. Manage staff utilizing modern leadership practices and information gained from the staff we supervise.
    3. Challenge yourself to take a realistic review of your respective program to determine if you are capitalizing on the expertise of your employees.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Gary L. Rank
      Facilities Manager,  City of West Des Moines,  West Des Moines,  IA
    • Mr. Matt Dolan
      Public Works Operation Specialist,  City of West Des Moines,  West Des Moines,  IA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

Monday, August 26, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
        Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA) Luncheon The Municipal Risk Assessment Tool - Why Municipalities Should Care About Climate Change
    Ticketed Event (separate fee and registration required) Speaker: Mary Lou O'Reilly, Senior Vice President, Issues and Management, Insurance Bureau Canada It is no secret that the frequency and severity of natural disasters is on the rise in Canada and worldwide. Hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires and severe rainstorms are happening more often than ever before and costing us dearly. In fact, water damage is now the leading cause of property damage in Canada, costing insurers approximately $1.7 billion per year. And, infrastructure failure is to blame for most of the damage caused by severe weather events in recent decades. IBC is leading the charge to encourage individuals, households, and communities to adapt the way they live and build to minimize the impact of natural disasters associated with our changing climate. This includes the development of a municipal risk assessment tool that will help municipalities identify infrastructure vulnerabilities and allocate their improvement funds strategically. CPWA welcomes Mary Lou O’Reilly, SVP, Senior Vice-President, Issues Management and Communications, IBC as our Keynote Speaker. Ms. O’Reilly leads the development of IBC’s strategic planning, the process that ensures that IBC addresses the priority issues of its members. In this role, she is also advancing the industry’s leadership in adaptation to severe weather. CPWA encourages you to join us for this important discussion.

    SPEAKERS:
    • Mary Lou O'Reilly
      SVP, Issues Management and Communications,  Insurance Bureau of Canada,

    Category:
    • Management

Monday, August 26, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
        Continuous Improvement – How the City of Ottawa Public Works Department Generated $1 Million in Annual Savings from Employee Ideas
    The City of Ottawa uses a structured framework to engage employees in a process of identifying innovative management, operating, and business practices to improve performance and reduce costs. Discover how to get started and turn ideas into reality.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop practices and processes to evaluate ideas brought forward by employees.
    2. Improve ways to engage your employees.
    3. Establish a fair and transparent process to evaluate employee ideas.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Philippe Landry, P Eng
      Manager, Traffic Management and Operational Support Branch,  City of Ottawa Dept of Public Works,  Ottawa,  ON

    Category:
    • Management

        Monetizing Public Works Assets: Salvation or Snake Oil?
    Sponsored by APWA’s Engineering & Technology Committee Agencies and elected officials have been attracted by the prospect of turning fixed capital assets into income. Options range from placing advertising on transit shelters to offering long-term leases on major highways. Proponents see ways to boost return on public investments; skeptics see a diversion of public funds and depletion of a legacy.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Assess whether strategies for turning fixed capital assets into cash and income may be useful in your community.
    2. Identify potentially useful strategies for turning fixed capital assets into cash and income.
    3. Explain the potential rewards and risks of monetizing public works assets.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Dr. Andrew C. Lemer, Ph. D.
      Senior Program Officer,  The National Academies, Transportation Research Board,  Washington,  DC
    • Mr. Mark Morehouse
      Managing Director, Infrastructure Investment Banking,  William Blair & Company,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Management

        WIGS and Green Dots – Getting Organizations to Focus on What’s Important
    Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Find out how two cities have implemented a simple, yet elegant process for focusing on key priorities that emphasize accountability and execution. Both processes have increased employee motivation and productivity and provided a tool for reporting successes and resource issues to elected officials.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Use visual data to improve service delivery and improve your ability to obtain additional funding during the budget process.
    2. Integrate Maintenance Management Systems (MMS) with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
    3. Recognize how mapping out a process, along with peer accountability, can readily improve your success in executing your goals.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Vitaly B. Troyan, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Oakland,  Oakland,  CA
    • Mr. Don Bessler
      Public Works Director,  City of Tempe,  Tempe,  AZ
    • Ms. Wydale K. Holmes, MPA, CPM
      Senior Learning & Organizational Development Associate,  City of Tempe, AZ,  Tempe,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

Monday, August 26, 2013 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
       "Make No Little Plans" - Chicago's Epic Public Works Story
    “Make No Little Plans” – these words, attributed to architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham, had a profound influence on the development of Chicago in the early 20th Century. The visionary Plan of Chicago, co-authored by Burnham, continues to guide Chicago planners well into the 21st Century. Enjoy this fast-paced, fascinating presentation from city officials about the extraordinary public works projects that shape the urban fabric and human experience of one of the world’s greatest cities. Green alleys, streetscapes, Wacker Drive reconstruction, development of the new Riverwalk – discover all this and more! Category:
    • Management
Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Becoming a Master Leader - The Myron Calkins Excellence in Leadership Series
    Titles or positions may designate people as “leaders", but that doesn’t mean that they can lead. Leadership is an art. Join this exploration of the traits people look for in their leaders. You’ll discover the importance of optimism and the difference between leadership and management.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explore human leadership traits necessary for others to WANT to follow.
    2. Examine how leadership is an art and is linked to reputation, credibility, and trust.
    3. Identify how management is different than leadership.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ronald J. Calkins, PE, PWLF
      Public Works Director (retired),  City of Ventura, CA,  Oak View,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Getting what you need out of Activity Planning and Activity Based Costing
    The process of implementing and fine tuning APS and ABC systems creates a great deal of work for many internal stakeholders. All staff should be involved from the beginning because they are the experts on labor, equipment, materials, and vehicle needs.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Implement activity planning and activity-based-costing systems into your operations.
    2. Collaborate with all levels in the organization to gain the buy-in required to make APS and ABC systems a successful business tool.
    3. Report on what it costs to provide the programs and services to the public and compare it against what you planned to spend.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Angela L. Storey
      Manager, Business Services,  City of Hamilton Public Works Department,  Hamilton,  ON

    Category:
    • Management

        Global Solutions for Local Problems
    Sponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee Investigate the “world” of public works innovations around the globe. This is your opportunity to step out of the box and seek out different approaches for solving your local infrastructure issues.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Investigate the "world" of public works and study public works innovations around the globe.
    2. Challenge yourself and others to step outside your own local way of doing things and seek out different approaches.
    3. Participate in the global community by sharing knowledge.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Mary Louise Monahan
      Owner,  MLM Connections,  Holyoke,  MA

    Category:
    • Management

        Turning Data Into Actionable Information
    Sponsored by APWA’s Solid Waste Management Committee The City of Phoenix, Arizona, is working to better understand raw data captured through its daily solid waste operations and use it to make sound business decisions. Using business intelligence (BI) to streamline data from multiple sources, they are able to maximize the return on their investment and enhance customer service.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop a plan to incorporate Business Intelligence (BI) into an organization's business processes.
    2. Discuss the importance of turning data into actionable information.
    3. Determine an agency's need for streamlining data and accurately interpreting the data into actionable business decisions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. John A. Trujillo
      Acting Public Works Director,  City of Phoenix,  Phoenix,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Solid Waste

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Building Sustainability into Your Infrastructure Plan: Changing the Culture of Decision Making
    Public works services founded on the pillars of sustainability and life cycle management requires a significant shift in organizational decision making and performance reporting. Learn how the City of Saskatoon strategically aligned operating and capital programming to develop a 10 year $200 million service strategy for its water distribution system.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify ten key organizational practices that must change to move from historical to service-based budgeting.
    2. Recognize how the industry must strategically align infrastructure, financial, and environmental planning activities around frameworks and tools to deliver sustainable practice.
    3. Motivate public works practitioners to recognize and embrace the need to plan, deliver, and evaluate infrastructure around sustainability principles.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Greg P. Chartier
       Independent Infrastructure Management Consultant,  Saskatoon,  SK

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management
    • Water / Waste Water

        Lessons Learned from Peer Review of Public Agencies
    APWA members who have participated in ASCE’s public agency peer review program will share the resulting insights they’ve gained on the challenges facing public agencies and the best practices being implemented. You will probably hear discussion on some of the issues that your agency faces and be able to take away a new perspective on finding the right solutions for your situations.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine common organizational problems that limit program effectiveness and success.
    2. Diagnose the sources of problems and Explore effective strategies for improvement.
    3. Compare and contrast agency management practices with other organizations to discern effective long-term strategies.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Stuart A. Moring, MCP, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works/Environment,  City of Roswell,  Roswell,  GA
    • Ms. Heidi Hamilton, MSc, PE
      Deputy Director of Public Works,  City of Minneapolis,  Minneapolis,  MN
    • Mr. Dennis A. Randolph, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Grandview,  Grandview,  MO

    Category:
    • Management

        Tools to Motivate Your Millennials-From the Millennials' Perspective
    Examine survey data from public works professionals about each generation and the management practices that are most effective for each. Hear from two millennials about what motivates their generation and how best to use the skillsets and values they bring to the workplace.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify what motivates millennials and why they want to work for you.
    2. Recognize and leverage your millennials' strengths.
    3. Create an environment where your millennials can thrive.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Akbar Alikhan
      Public Works Analyst,  City of Thousand Oaks,  Thousand Oaks,  CA
    • Mr. Ryan Gallagher
      Operations Manager,  AECOM,  Camarillo,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
       Tuesday General Session Cy Wakeman, Thought Leader and Best-selling Author
    Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results Reality check: The fact that the times we live in are challenging for all of our organizations – is NOT the source of our pain. The source of our pain is our inability to respond to our challenges with leadership that is based in reality. That’s a provocative statement, but in this dynamic presentation, thought leader and author, Cy Wakeman, will reveal how to be the kind of leader who helps employees change the way they think about and perceive their circumstances. Do you relate to any of these questions? • Do you have people in your workplace in the habit of greeting change with surprise, panic, and blame? • Do you or any members of your staff make decisions based on assumptions about the motivations of others? • Are people more invested in being right than in getting the job done? • Should you just go ahead and list “drama” as a line item in your budget because time and energy are being devoted to it anyway? Cy Wakeman’s groundbreaking ideas will help us stop managing and start leading by breaking through resistance, conflicts, and excuses to solve long standing issues. She is a successful business entrepreneur, an expert blogger for both FastCompany.com and Forbes.com and the author of two books: Reality-Based Leadership – Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results and Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances and Will Make You Happier. Cy Wakeman will also present an afternoon workshop called: Reality-Based Leadership: A Deeper Dive. Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        City Art Re-Imagines Saint Paul’s City Systems
    A non-profit group, Public Art Saint Paul, and the City of Saint Paul Public Works Department are 8 years into an innovative partnership that integrates artists into daily public works operations. The bold, central concept behind this program is that city art is made from and within the life-sustaining systems of the city.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Communicate the benefits of deep, systemic collaboration with artists embedded in public works.
    2. Conceptualize a standard sidewalk maintenance program as a systemic way to create a large-scale and innovative work of art.
    3. Implement an Artist in Residence program to create synergy between city art and public works.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Marcus Young
      City Artist in Residence,  Public Art Saint Paul & Saint Paul Department of Public Works,  Saint Paul,  MN
    • Mr. Rich Lallier
      Director Public Works,  City of Saint Paul,  Saint Paul,  MN

    Category:
    • Management

        Customer Service You Can APP-reciate! Blending Mobile Apps, Web Requests and Technology
    Discover what two public agencies did to optimize limited resources while improving customer service through the use of available features of current software and employing new technologies, including web requests and mobile apps, that link to their maintenance management systems.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify current technology that assists in customer service using limited resources.
    2. Explore the planning and implementation issues associated with public agencies introducing a mobile application for its residents to register complaints/ infrastructure issues.
    3. Discuss the evaluation process and metrics used to determine if the program actually resulted in improved customer service.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Amie Drotning, PWLF
      Consultant,  LA Consulting Inc,  Manhattan Beach,  CA
    • Mr. Gene Hewitt
      Manager, Administrative Services,  Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department,  Fremont,  CA
    • Mr. Rick Ruiz, PWLF
      Deputy Director,  Alameda County Public Works Agency,  Hayward,  CA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

        Executive-Level Leadership...Are YOUth ready??
    Attention young professionals! Don’t miss this presentation from a successful public works director who achieved the positions of city engineer by age 29 and public works director by age 33. Along the way, he benefited from career and life-changing tips and mentoring that helped him step into an executive leadership position. Now, he wants to share that wisdom with you.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Prepare to step into executive leadership positions when the opportunities arise.
    2. Mentor other young professionals on ways to grow and be more productive and beneficial to the entire organization.
    3. Seize the moment and succeed when thrown into leadership positions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ramiro S. Adeva, III, BE Civil, MPA, PE
      Director of Public Works/City Engineer,  City of Agoura Hills,  Agoura Hills,  CA
    • Mr. Paul Kimura
      Principal,  Avery Associates,  Los Gatos,  CA
    • Mr. Sri Chakravarthy, PE, TE
      Engineer/Associate,  Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.,  Canoga Park,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Public Works Camp – “Right-This-Minute” Topics
    How many times have you attended a conference and wished that issues that are in the forefront of your mind right now, this very minute – could be discussed in a forum or facilitated discussion? OR- have you thought that it would be great to get into a deeper follow-up conversation about a keynote or breakout session? While the Congress Program Review Committee and staff spend long hours building a diverse program of sessions and workshops, sometimes the planning timeline prevents us from addressing issues that are on your mind right now or advances that break into your awareness in the few weeks just before the event. So, we are trying to remedy that! We are setting aside a couple of specific times and rooms for you to come together with other attendees to discuss and learn from each other about issues that you bring to the table – be it regulatory compliance, best practices, new ideas, or challenges. Category:
    • Management

        Toolkit for Public Works Advocacy
    Sponsored by APWA’s Small Cities Rural Communities Committee Public works departments in small cities and rural communities often face challenges in advocating for federal, state, and community support for issues and funding related to critical services and infrastructure. Attend this session and get practical ideas and tools to engage elected officials and bring positive results for your agency.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Explore methods used to advocate for support for public works issues.
    2. Assess methods and ideas for applicability and use in your community.
    3. Develop a practical strategy for advocacy with federal, state, and local officials.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Stan Brown, P Eng, PWLF
      City Manager,  City of Oakwood,  Oakwood,  GA
    • Mr. David J. Pinsonneault, CSFM, CPRP
      DPW Operations Manager,  Town of Lexington Department of Public Works,  Lexington,  MA
    • Mr. Robert D. Lowry, MPA, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Colleyville,  Colleyville,  TX
    • Dr. Jason M. Peek, PhD, PE
      Transportation Department Manager,  City of Stillwater OK,  Stillwater,  OK
    • Mr. Andy Haney
      Director of Public Works,  City of Ottawa,  Ottawa,  KS

    Category:
    • Management

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        A View from the Top-Women in Public Works Talk About Their Lives and Careers
    Sponsored by APWA’s Diversity Committee Lessons learned-from those who have made it to the top. That is what you can expect from this extraordinary panel of women in the public works profession. They will discuss the thinking behind their career decisions, the importance of finding the right mentor, plus stories about challenges met and resolved. Show up and get your questions answered.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Recognize and implement actions that will lead to a successful career in public works.
    2. Participate in networking with women who have achieved professional and personal success.
    3. Identify career pitfalls and missteps that can affect women in public works.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Jill M. Marilley, PE, PWLF
      Senior Project Manager,  HDR,  Shoreline,  WA
    • Ms. Joline McFarlane
      Asset Management Specialist,  City of Airdrie,  Airdrie AB,  AB
    • Ms. Mary J. Anderson
      PWLF,  City of Port Orange,  Port Orange,  FL
    • Ms. Susan M. Hann, PE, PWLF, AICP
      City Manager,  City of Palm Bay,  Palm Bay,  FL
    • Mrs. Cora Jackson-Fossett, PWLF
      Public Information Director II,  City of Los Angeles Public Works Department,  Los Angeles,  CA

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        Accreditation Is for EVERYONE!
    APWA’s Accreditation program recognizes excellence in the operation and management of the services encompassed by the public works umbrella. More and more public works service providers from various municipal, state, and federal organizations and public utilities are seeking to gain respect for their outstanding service through APWA accreditation.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Obtain a definition and explanation of the APWA Accreditation program.
    2. Challenge agencies to promote an accreditation to all departments/divisions to demonstrate excellence in operations and management.
    3. Be prepared to work through the Accreditation program to successful completion.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Ann Daniels
      Director of Credentialing,  American Public Works Association,  Kansas City,  MO

    Category:
    • Management

        Building Values-Driven Leadership in the City of Peoria, Arizona
    Is your management team pulling in opposite directions? Delve into this real-life case study revealing a team of public service managers who transformed from territorial positioning into a collaborative, cooperative, and impactful force.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate opportunities to increase your teams’ effectiveness and leadership competency.
    2. Integrate experiential learning to build a team’s organizational interdependence and cooperation.
    3. Motivate your teams for greater contribution and collaboration.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Maher Marcel Hazine, PE, PWLF
      Deputy Public Works Director,  City of Peoria,  Peoria,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

        Leadership Strategies to Retain, Engage and Motivate A Multigenerational Workforce
    What is employee engagement? Discover how to use coaching, mentoring, and other techniques to engage employees from all of the generations in the workforce and motivate them to do good work.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Analyze the impact of a mutigenerational workforce on leaders, teams, and organizations and discover solutions to lead your team forward.
    2. Communicate effectively to engage employees, increase productivity, and reduce conflict.
    3. Improve leadership skills to meet the needs of your multigenerational staff.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Jeannette Austin
      Executive Director,  Public Works Association of British Columbia,  Kamloops,  BC

    Category:
    • Management
    • Career and Personal Development

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
       Reality-Based Leadership™: A Deeper Dive
    Speaker, Cy Wakeman, Leadership Thought Leader and Author The revolution begins with a few good leaders practicing reality-based leadership. We need leaders who are willing and able to quickly see and radically accept the reality of the situation, conserve precious team energy and use that energy, instead, to capitalize on opportunities without drama, resistance, or defense. Cy Wakeman will rock you to the core as she dives deeper into the principles of Reality-Based Leadership™. Be prepared to change the way you think. It will change the way you lead. Join the ranks of Cy's wildly successful Reality-Based Leaders: *Reality-Based Leaders refuse to argue with reality. *Reality-Based Leaders know that the stress in life is caused by thoughts, not realities. *Reality-Based Leaders greet change with a simple "Good to know." *Reality-Based Leaders value action over opinion. *Reality-Based Leaders work with the willing. *Reality-Based Leaders lead first, manage second. *Reality-Based Leaders work to bullet proof employees so they can succeed, regardless of the circumstances. *Reality-Based Leaders make the news rather than report the news. *Reality-Based Leaders are very careful about what we think we know for sure. *Reality-Based Leaders work to be "happy" rather than be "right." Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
        How to Innovate in Public Works
    Despite the challenges facing public works operations, limited resources and structured systems often discourage us from expanding our thinking, changing our behavior, and finding innovative solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about key techniques for motivating your team to innovate for best solutions and practices.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Adapt to modern challenges and develop systems and processes that spur innovation among your employees.
    2. Lead change in your organization by harnessing the strengths of your employees and inspiring the next generation of public works leaders to step forward.
    3. Develop systems for measuring the value of innovation, exemplifying why it matters for future viability and sustainability of public works operations.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Nicholas Kittle
      Public Works Team Leader,  City of Colorado Springs,  Colorado Springs,  CO

    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

        What Gets Measured Gets Done - Performance Standards for Solid Waste Management
    Over 30 years ago, the City of Phoenix embarked on a massive cultural change by introducing managed competition for the collection of solid waste. Fast-forward to the present and Phoenix has a proven track record for overall improved customer service and increased efficiency and effectiveness. Discover what performance measures they use and the scorecard tool used to assess accountability.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop performance measures for solid waste collection and disposal delivery systems.
    2. Improve overall customer service through implementation through use of a Performance Management Guide (PMG).
    3. Achieve improved employee accountability through establishment of a scorecard performance measurement system.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Tony Miano
      Solid Waste Administrator,  City of Phoenix,  Phoenix,  AZ

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
        Adopting a Holistic Approach to Asset Management
    The City of Olathe, Kansas, moved from asset management by departmental silos to a holistic approach that merged into one system, maintenance activities for divisions with large, linear assets (water distribution, wastewater and stormwater collection, streets, signals, signs, lights).

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Create an asset management-centric organization that focuses on service delivery based on activities, not functions or bureaucracy.
    2. Design a holistic asset management approach for your organization through shared organizational consensus and goals.
    3. Engage asset management champions within all levels of the organization that elicit cross-activity cooperation.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Scott Parker
      Assistant Public Works Director,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS
    • Mrs. Sarah Kay Doherty
      Asset Manager,  City of Olathe,  Olathe,  KS

    Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Management

        Evaluating Project Risks to Improve Performance, Avoid Surprises, and Keep Your Elected Officials Happy
    King County uses a risk assessment tool that improves transparency and accountability by gathering and presenting project information in a standard format. Examine the risk factors that are measured by the scorecard tool and how these results are used.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate relative risk on projects across diverse capital programs.
    2. Create a risk assessment process to focus management and elected official scrutiny on projects where it matters most.
    3. Identify project management practices that can help to mitigate project risks.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Tina J. Rogers, PE
      Capital Projects Oversight Mgr,  King County Auditor's Office,  Seattle,  WA
    • Ms. Jane Hague
      Council Member,  Metropolitan King County Council, District 6,  Seattle,  WA

    Category:
    • Management
    • Construction Management

        Pass-Through Financing of Public Works Projects
    Bexar County, Texas, is the largest recipient of pass-through financing projects in the state. The county issued bonds secured by an ad-valorem tax base to design and construct projects; then was reimbursed by Texas DOT. Coupled with the Advanced Transportation District Sales Tax, the County has achieved financing for six major transportation projects.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Analyze different approaches to financing un-funded transportation projects.
    2. Examine the public/private partnership example used in Bexar County and evaluate their applicability to your community.
    3. Recommend to elected officials and financial advisors, alternative financing methods rather than traditional pay-as-you-go or bond election delivery systems.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Renee D. Green, PE
      Director of Public Works County Engineer,  Bexar County Public Works,  San Antonio,  TX
    • Mr. David R. Wegmann, PE
      Engineering Services Manager,  Bexar County Public Works,  San Antonio,  TX

    Category:
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Media Relations for Public Works Professionals
    Need some tips for avoiding the pitfalls of understanding and working with the media? Effectively working with the media is crucial for public works professionals. This workshop will provide meaningful media relations guidelines to building support for public works services and projects. This interactive session features many areas of how the media business works, including: *Interaction with reporters from all aspects of media – Print, social media, radio and television *Developing effective relationships with local media representatives – How to cooperate and work with media *How to prepare for broadcast and other interviews – What a BAD interview looks like *How to develop and deliver key messages – Guidance for interview situations *Answer questions without damaging your reputation *Demystifying news release writing – Learn to write news releases that catch the attention of reporters *Prepare for and give powerful presentations to council, neighborhood groups or other audiences Knowing how to cooperate and communicate with media is very important for public works professionals, and this workshop will benefit staff at all levels. Speakers are Lauren Behm, Public Information Specialist at Pierce County Washington Public Works and Utilities, and Laura Bynum, M.A. APWA National Media Relations and Communications Manager, based in Washington, D.C

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conduct professional, powerful media interviews by focusing on carefully crafted key messages and presenting a positive image of your agency.
    2. Create compelling news releases that will be sure to be picked up by numerous media outlets.
    3. Coach your coworkers and staff on how to effectively communicate with media representatives in addition to learning how to develop a meaningful media relations policy for their agency.
    Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
        A Small City’s Story of Implementing a Work Order and Asset Management System
    Sponsored by APWA’s Small Cities Rural Communities Committee The City of Colleyville, Texas, (population 25,000) recently graduated from pencils, paper, and institutional knowledge to a work order and asset management system that captures all data in one place. The implementation process helped them document and improve processes.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Determine the agency’s unique goals in implementing a work and asset management system.
    2. Identify what to consider during the software selection process.
    3. Plan for and implement change in the field with the least amount of resistance.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Robert D. Lowry, MPA, PE, PWLF
      Director of Public Works,  City of Colleyville,  Colleyville,  TX
    • Ms. Beth E. Wimpy
      Assistant To the Director,  City of Colleyville,  Colleyville,  TX

    Category:
    • Management
    • Engineering and Technology

        Municipal Partnering Initiative “No Municipality is an Island”
    Motivated by the fiscal crisis, 19 northern Cook County and Lake County municipalities have formed a new business model where they work together to purchase shared services and commodities. In the first year alone, they achieved significant savings for the taxpayers.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Promote joint purchasing and partnering with other communities to achieve savings.
    2. Challenge others to think outside the framework of “we’ve always done it this way” to a collaborative and cost-effective approach.
    3. Discuss the keys to success, challenges and barriers to municipal partnering and how communities can overcome them.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jerry Burke
      Director of Public Works,  Village of Glenview,  Glenview,  IL
    • Mr. Joe Kenney
      Director of Capital Projects and Inspectional Services,  Village of Glenview,  Glenview,  IL
    • Ms. Sarah Kuechler
      Assistant To the Village Manager,  Village of Glenview,  Glenview,  IL
    • Mr. Peter John D'Agostino
      Management Analyst,  Village of Glenview,  Glenview,  IL

    Category:
    • Management

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
       Closing General Session Mike Ditka, ESPN Analyst, Pro Football Hall of Fame Player, Super Bowl Winning Coach
    ACE: Attitude, Character and Enthusiasm Pro Football Hall of Fame player and Super Bowl-winning coach, Mike Ditka, is a Chicago icon, playing for the Bears for five years and returning later as Head Coach leading them to six NFC Central titles, three NFC championship appearances and the Super Bowl XX title. Boasting a career that few can match, Iron Mike is only the second person to win the Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. He is currently an analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and makes regular appearances on ESPN SportsCenter and ESPN radio. As the Closing General Session speaker, Coach Ditka will deliver a powerful presentation highlighting the key characteristics people need to achieve their personal and professional goals. With his first-hand experience, clear illustrations, and humorous anecdotes, his presentation will have impact and immediate, take-home value for you to reflect upon as you return to home to lead your public works agencies and business organizations forward. Category:
    • Career and Personal Development
    • Management

Parks and Grounds

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Smart Trees! Success in Growing and Protecting the Urban Forest!
    Learn how Cupertino, California, incorporated innovative and practical applications of GIS, QR code and smartphone technologies to identify and protect street trees while also educating and engaging the community. Inventorying Cupertino’s nearly 14,000 trees was both a beginning and catalyst to improvement of their urban forest.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Integrate GPS and new smart phone technology into your street tree program to better manage tree inventory.
    2. Modernize the way that you communicate with the community about street trees.
    3. Control the amount of harmful pruning or removal of street trees by property owners.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Timm D. Borden
      Director of Public Works,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA
    • Mr. Roger S. Lee
      Assistant Director of Public Works,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA
    • Mr. Jonathan Peter Ferrante
      PPW Supervisor,  City of Cupertino,  Cupertino,  CA

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Waste Not, Want Not: Feasible Uses, Options and Markets for Your Wood Waste
    Sponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee It is estimated that 16 million green tons of wood is removed from urban areas as a result of pests, wind storms, construction, hazard trees and other factors. Unfortunately, most of this wood ends up in landfills. This dynamic panel presentation will demonstrate successful urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in your local community.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conceptualize the need to eliminate wood waste from landfills.
    2. Explore alternative options and markets for utilizing wood waste.
    3. Implement urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in local communities.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Brittany Gifford
      Technical Associate,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Josh Behounek
      Urban Forester,  Davey Resource Group,  Columbia,  MO
    • Ms. Eve Pytel
      Director,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Kevin Sorby
      Village Forester,  Village of Wilmette,  Wilmette,  IL

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        Total Resource Management - Managing All Your Assets
    Sponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee Total resource management is knowing the quantity and condition of all of your physical assets for parks, buildings, and grounds and the maintenance requirements for keeping them in optimal condition. Examine how to identify maintenance resources needed within budget constraints.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Discuss the importance of parks to the public.
    2. Differentiate between a management system and management plan.
    3. Identify better ways to manage assetts.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Brian Carthan, PWLF
      Park Supervisor II,  City of Oakland,  Oakland,  CA

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Management

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Trees in the Pipeline Right-of-Way
    Sponsored by APWA's Utilities and Right-of-Way Committee Invasive tree roots can apply significant pressure to pipeline joints and coatings. The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) has implemented a formal tree management policy to identify, monitor, approve or remove encroachments on pipelines.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate SDCWA’s research on the effects of tree roots on large diameter pipelines.
    2. Examine SDCWA’s tree management policy to accommodate trees in the right-of-way.
    3. Determine if the tree management program implemented by SDCWA would work for your agency.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Vic Bianes, PE
      Engineering Manager,  San Diego County Water Authority,  San Diego,  CA
    • Mr. Tad Brierton
      Right of Way Supervisor,  San Diego County Water Authority,  San Diego,  CA

    Category:
    • Utility and Public Right-of-Way
    • Parks and Grounds

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
        "Beauty Pays Better Than Any Other Commodity”: Industry, Leisure, and Port Development in Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
    Sponsored by the Public Works Historical Society (PWHS) Chicago urban planner Daniel Burnham famously argued that “beauty pays better than any other commodity.” His master 1909 Plan of Chicago boldly advocated transforming the banks of the Chicago River and the shoreline of Lake Michigan from one of the world’s largest industrial workshops into a site of leisure, lined with parks, beaches, and pleasure piers. This session examines how and why Burnham successfully transformed Chicago’s waterfront from an industrial to a post-industrial landscape. It demonstrates that by the 1890s a confluence of factors—including industrial sewage, traffic at Chicago’s bridges, and changes in Great Lakes shipping technology—had begun to undermine the industrial uses of the Chicago River. Thus, it suggests that by the time Burnham published his 1909 plan beauty did indeed pay better than any other commodity because it was the only commodity that would pay at all. Finally, the presentation considers how past decisions about river pollution and waterfront use have created great challenges and opportunities for planners and policymakers in contemporary Chicago.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine how rapid technological and market transformations can render harbor infrastructure obsolete.
    2. Consider how urban planners, business leaders, and municipal politicians have reinvented post-industrial waterfront landscapes in Chicago to promote economic development.
    3. Discuss some of the long-term effects of the reversal of the Chicago River for water quality and invasive species.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Joshua Salzmann, Ph.D.
      Assistant Professor of History,  Northeastern Illinois University,  Chicago,  IL

    Category:
    • Water / Waste Water
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Parks and Grounds

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
        Emerald Ash Borer Program
    The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) epidemic is sweeping through the urban forests of the U.S. and Canada. The City of Naperville, Illinois, has implemented a comprehensive program of hybrid treatments, removal, and public education. Discover how to develop an EAB program to maximize ash tree survival within budgetary constraints.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop an EAB educational program for residents.
    2. Prepare data that will assist your City Council with EAB program decisions.
    3. Develop an EAB program to maximize Ash tree survival within budgetary restraints.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Dick Dublinski
      Director of Public Works,  City of Naperville,  Naperville,  IL
    • Ms. Christine Schwartzhoff
      Operations Team Leader,  City of Naperville,  Naperville,  IL
    • Mr. Jack Mitz
      Forestry Supervisor,  City of Naperville,  Naperville,  IL

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM
        Workshop/Tour: Chicago Bike Lanes & Cycle Center
    This tour will be by bicycle! Space is very limited, must register in advance and participants will be chosen first come, first served. A separate $30 fee is required for bike and helmet rental. (See registration form.) You will be asked to sign a liability waiver form. Environmentalists, urban planners, and cycling enthusiasts from around the world have expressed interest in Chicago’s Cycle Center and Bike Lanes. Here is your opportunity to bicycle the lanes yourself, view the unique features, including the specific bicycle traffic light on Wacker Drive. You will also see how the McDonald’s Cycle Center in Millennium Park operates. Category:
    • Environment/Sustainability
    • Parks and Grounds

        Workshop/Tour: Millennium Park Tree and History Tour
    Must sign-up in advance. Space is limited; first-come, first served. Participation is at no additional charge to full Congress registrants. Others must pay one-day registration fee for Wednesday as noted on the registration form. Millennium Park is a 24.5 acre park located in the heart of the Chicago Downtown Loop. Urban planners/designers and urban foresters alike will enjoy this tour. Part One of the tour will feature the story of how this world-class public park was, throughout the 20th century, a wasteland of railroad tracks, parking lots, and blight. But for the 21st century and beyond, it is now a state-of-the art public space that Chicagoans will enjoy for generations to come. Part Two of the tour will cover the landscape design of the park including the garden, trees, and other plantings.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate successes in planning, construction and on-going maintenance of a large, rehabilitated outdoor urban space.
    2. Evaluate lessons learned in planning, construction and on-going maintenance of a large, rehabilitated outdoor urban space.
    3. Explore Millennium Park & Lurie Gardens.
    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds

Snow and Ice

Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
        New Tools for Your Winter Maintenance Arsenal
    The past couple of years have seen significant advances in snowplow technology, liquid deicers, road condition information systems, and material spreaders. Check out what's new and discuss how to make good budget decisions that meet the long term goals of your organization.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Evaluate new technologiebased on their merit for your organization's needs.
    2. Analyze the performance of the new technology and equipment to determine if meets the long term goals or your organization.
    3. Generate enthusiasm among your staff by getting them engaged in the decision-making process for new technologies and equipment.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Bret Hodne, PWLF
      Public Works Director,  City of West Des Moines,  West Des Moines,  IA

    Category:
    • Snow and Ice

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        Snow & Ice Performance Evaluator
    The Ohio Department of Transportation developed a snow and ice performance measurement tool using live speed data combined with live Road Weather Information System (RWIS) data. They are tracking how quickly vehicle speeds recover from a snow and ice event.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Examine ODOT’s use of technology to measure snow and ice removal performance.
    2. Determine if this type of methodology could be applied to your agency’s program.
    3. Evaluate how incorporating such a method would benefit your agency’s program.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Thomas M. Lyden, PE
      Administrator, Office of Maintenance,  Ohio Department of Transportation,  Columbus,  OH
    • Ms. Sonja Simpson
      Deputy Director, Division of Operations,  Ohio Department of Transportation,  Columbus,  OH

    Category:
    • Snow and Ice
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Evaluating the New Possibilities of Snow Logistics in a Growing Urban Environment
    In Finland, a new evaluation method called “snow balance in street area” has been developed to help urban planners and designers calculate snow storage capacity in streets and how much needs to be transported away. Snow logistics are a cost for society and need to be incorporated into urban planning and sustainable development efforts.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Analyze the snow balance in street areas.
    2. Develop better and sustainable snow logistics in urban environment.
    3. Identify how winter maintenance solutions used in Finland may be replicated in North America.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Ville Alatyppö
      Head of Office,  City of Helsinki,  Helsinki, AA,  Finland
    • Mr. Jyrki Paavilainen, BE Civil
      Department Manager,  Ramboll Finland Ltd,  Kuopio,  Northland

    Category:
    • Snow and Ice

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
        Winter and Politics
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    Winter and politics-often contentious and debated, but rarely openly explored from the viewpoints of all involved. Join us as public works professionals and high level officials discuss the politics of winter. What happens when officials fail in setting policies and adequate budgets -or- when managers fail to deliver a level of service expected by the politicians? Who shoulders the blame? Can it end careers? What can be done to improve communication? This promises to be a lively discussion.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify the challenges associated with winter maintenance and politics.
    2. List the steps for consistently seeking the funding, staffing, materials, and equipment needed for winter operations.
    3. Manage and improve both external and internal communications regarding winter maintenance activities.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. R. Mark DeVries, PWLF
      Superintendent,  McHenry County Division of Transportation,  Woodstock,  IL
    • Mr. Robert L. Marsili, Jr
      Citywide Program Manager,  DC Department of Transportation, Office of the Director,  Washington,  DC

    Category:
    • Snow and Ice
    • Streets, Roads and Bridges

Solid Waste

Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Nationalized Cap and Trade Solid Waste Systems
    Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Current solid waste management systems are not equipped to accommodate predicted trends of increasing population and consumption. Explore how a cap and trade system would cap levels for overall waste production and reward the most efficient states through trading credits.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify cap and trade options for solid waste management.
    2. Discover how to cap levels of overall waste production.
    3. Evaluate a process for trading credits relating to solid waste management.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jason M. Marcotte, MPA
      Village Manager,  Village of Northfield,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        LEED Certified Solid Waste Facilities
    Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Examine LEED Certification success stories for the construction and operation of solid waste facilities. These facilities excel in handling construction waste, energy usage, lighting, indoor air quality, water conservation and truck wash water recycling, and open space development.

    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Jason M. Marcotte, MPA
      Village Manager,  Village of Northfield,  Northfield,  VT

    Category:
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

        Waste Not, Want Not: Feasible Uses, Options and Markets for Your Wood Waste
    Sponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee It is estimated that 16 million green tons of wood is removed from urban areas as a result of pests, wind storms, construction, hazard trees and other factors. Unfortunately, most of this wood ends up in landfills. This dynamic panel presentation will demonstrate successful urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in your local community.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Conceptualize the need to eliminate wood waste from landfills.
    2. Explore alternative options and markets for utilizing wood waste.
    3. Implement urban wood waste utilization programs that are feasible and doable in local communities.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Ms. Brittany Gifford
      Technical Associate,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Josh Behounek
      Urban Forester,  Davey Resource Group,  Columbia,  MO
    • Ms. Eve Pytel
      Director,  Delta Institute,  Chicago,  IL
    • Mr. Kevin Sorby
      Village Forester,  Village of Wilmette,  Wilmette,  IL

    Category:
    • Parks and Grounds
    • Solid Waste
    • Environment/Sustainability

Monday, August 26, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
        Big Box Store Recycling
    The City of Bakersfield has created a new commercial recycling program for big box stores that shifts the paradigm of how roll off compactors are used. Recycling has been increased and truck mileage reduced.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Achieve higher solid waste diversion goals by providing large volume generators an economical way to avoid spoiling mixed recyclables.
    2. Eliminate miles of truck travel by redirecting loads away from outlying landfills to nearby recycling facilities.
    3. Teach large volume generators to recycle and save money by making a few simple adjustments in their work patterns.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Sal Moretti
      Superintendent,  City of Bakersfield Solid Waste Division,  Bakersfield,  CA

    Category:
    • Solid Waste

Monday, August 26, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
        Turning Data Into Actionable Information
    Sponsored by APWA’s Solid Waste Management Committee The City of Phoenix, Arizona, is working to better understand raw data captured through its daily solid waste operations and use it to make sound business decisions. Using business intelligence (BI) to streamline data from multiple sources, they are able to maximize the return on their investment and enhance customer service.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Develop a plan to incorporate Business Intelligence (BI) into an organization's business processes.
    2. Discuss the importance of turning data into actionable information.
    3. Determine an agency's need for streamlining data and accurately interpreting the data into actionable business decisions.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. John A. Trujillo
      Acting Public Works Director,  City of Phoenix,  Phoenix,  AZ

    Category:
    • Management
    • Solid Waste

Monday, August 26, 2013 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
        How to Divert Waste Material From Going to the Landfill
    In 2004, nearly all of the material taken to the Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre was sent to the landfill with only glass, cardboard, and metal being recycled. Committed to reducing the amount of material going into the landfill, the City of Whitehorse invested in new programs for pricing, public education, and materials recycling.

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Identify how the City of Whitehorse managed the sensitivity of abutting land uses at their Recycling and Waste Centre.
    2. Review the details of the actions the City of Whitehorse took to increase recycling and reduce the amount of material going to the landfill.
    3. Examine potential options available to increase recycling including new price structures for depositing material at the landfill and public education program.


    SPEAKERS:
    • Mr. Philip Warner, Dip Env Sci, GAICD
      General Manager Infrastructure,  City of Whitehorse,  Wantirna,  Victoria