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May 10, 2019
San Francisco

2019 SE3 Symposium
#ChangeXSE3

 A Changing Workplace 
How to Engage, Retain and Secure the Future of our Profession

 **Symposium tickets are sold out. Networking-only tickets are still available. Click here to register for the networking social.
***If you are registered for the symposium but can no longer attend, please email us at se3@seaonc.org ASAP so your seat can be released to individuals on our wait list. Thank you!

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Sympo​sium Program
Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 | 1 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Program Description

SEAONC SE3 is proud to introduce its second symposium on Friday, May 10th 2019 at SPUR San Francisco. This half-day event is for engineers of all levels, business owners, human resource managers, partners, and all professions in the A/E/C industry who are interested in promoting discussion on engagement and equity in the structural engineering profession.

The theme of the 2019 
#ChangeXSE3 symposium is A Changing Workplace - How to Engage, Retain, and Secure the Future of Our Profession.

The event will open with a keynote from a researcher on organizational psychology, followed by an an overview of the 2018 survey findings on employee retention and career development.

Attendees will have an opportunity to collaborate and share during the planned breakout sessions on focused topics including: creating corporate culture, career trajectories and alignment of firm and personal values, and establishing a diverse and inclusive environment in the workplace. The c
losing session will be a discussion on maintaining corporate culture and the value of a structural engineer.

A networking social will follow the daytime activities in the SPUR reception area.
Schedule Overview:
 
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12:30 PM Registration
1:00 PM Opening Remarks
1:10 PM Keynote Address
1:45 PM Session A | 2018 NCSEA SE3 Survey Results
2:15 PM
Session B | Breakout Sessions & Workshops | Storytelling
Breakout Session B1: Building our Culture
Breakout Session B2: Buttressing our Foundations and Values
Breakout Session B3: Stressing the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
3:10 PM Coffee & Dessert Break
3:30 PM Session C | Securing Today’s Talent with Strategic Direction and Mindful Leadership
4:50 PM Closing Remarks
5:00 PM Networking Social
7:30 PM Close

Thought Leaders & Session Moderators

Please visit this page for more information on the 2019 SE3 Symposium presenters, speakers, keynote guest and thought leaders. 
Dr. Zinta Byrne
Zahraa Saiyed, SEAONC SE3 Co-chair
Hayley Dickson, SEAONC SE3 Co-chair
Rose McClure, NSCEA SE3 Chair, SE3 Co-founder
Ken O'Dell, Breakout B1 Thought Leader
Joe Collins, Breakout B1 Thought Leader
Lisa Cassedy, Breakout B1 Lead Coordinator
Gina Tesser Phelan, Breakout B2 Thought Leader
Theresa Curtis, Breakout B2 Lead Coordinator
Zander Sivyer, Breakout B3 Thought Leader
Ji Su Lee, Breakout B3 Lead Coordinator
Miato Okamoto, Breakout B3 Coordinator
Simin Naaseh, Session C Panelist
Peter Lee, Session C Panelist
Jami Lorenz, Session C Panelist
Randy Collins, Session C Panelist
Natalie Tse, SESSION C Lead
Kate Speisman, Symposium Co-lead
Jenny Van Truong, Symposium Co-lead
This program is brought to you by the SEAONC SE3 Symposium Committee.

Detailed Program

1:00 PM WELCOMING REMARKS / KEYNOTE ADDRESS​
Emcee:
Zahraa Saiyed, SE3 Co-Chair
5 minutes
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​Keynote Speaker:
Zinta Byrne, PhD. 30-35 minutes
1:45 PM SESSION A: 2018 NCSEA SURVEY RESULTS
30 minute presentation about the survey findings, conclusions, and best practices
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Rose McClure, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
SE3 Co-founder & 2018 NCSEA SE3 Chair
2:15 PM SESSION B: BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
55 minute breakout and workshop sessions.
Breakout Session B1: Building our Culture
This breakout session will briefly discuss the difference between corporate values and corporate culture.  We will then dive into what defines good corporate culture, how it evolves, and how to influence it.  We will discuss how having an inclusive, dynamic corporate culture positively affects hiring and retaining quality staff.  Attendees at all levels should walk away with ideas of ways to enhance their company's corporate culture.
Thought Leaders/Storytellers:
Kenneth O’Dell, MHP
Joseph Collins, Arup

Lead Coordinator:
​Lisa Cassedy
, HOK
Breakout Session B2: Buttressing our Foundations and Values
In this breakout session, participants will explore the intersection of personal and organizational values, and gain an understanding of how such framing can illuminate and expand possibilities to lead change, technical or cultural.
​Thought Leader/Storyteller: 
Gina Tesser Phelan, Tipping Structural Engineers

Lead Coordinator: Theresa Curtis, Thornton Tomasetti ​
Breakout Session B3: Stressing the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
This breakout session will incorporate storytelling and interactive, small group activities to encourage participants to reflect on and share their own experiences. Specifically, we hope to provide participants (including both individual contributors and firm leadership) with tools and actionable insights to take back to their own firms and instill a more inclusive work environment.  ​
Thought Leader/Storyteller:
Zander Sivyer, Holmes Structures
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Lead Coordinators: 
Ji-Su Lee, Arup
Maito Okamato, Martin/Martin Inc



3:10 PM BREAK
20 minute coffee and dessert break
3:30 PM SESSION C:
​SECURING TODAY'S TALENT WITH STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND MINDFUL LEADERSHIP

How do leaders express and employ the value of a structural engineer while creating an inclusive, values-based corporate culture.
60 minute closing panel discussion with 20 min Q&A
Panelists:
Simin Naaseh, Forell / Elsesser
Peter Lee,
Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Randy Collins, FTF Engineers
Jami Lorenz, DCI Engineers

Moderator: 
Natalie Tse, Tipping Structural Engineers
4:50 PM CLOSING REMARKS
10 minutes
Zahraa Saiyed
5:00 PM NETWORKING SOCIAL
2 hour networking event
Welcoming/Opening Remarks: 
Hayley Dickson
, SEAONC SE3 Co-chair
Kate Speisman, Symposium Co-chair
Jenny Van Truong
, Symposium Co-chair


7:00 PM CLOSE

Registration

*Registration for the symposium has now opened! Click here to register.

Platinum / Title Sponsor "UNBEATABLE DRAGON"

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COMPUTERS AND STRUCTURES, INC.

Coffee Break "INVESTORS"

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SIMPSON STRONG-TIE

Photo Booth Sponsor "DisSEmination EXPERT"

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​MAR STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Espresso Bar Sponsor "DisSEmination EXPERT"

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HELLMUTH, OBATA & KASSABAUM, INC. (HOK)

3D Commitment Card Display "DisSEmination EXPERT"

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THORNTON TOMASETTI

Silver "PROGRESSIVES"

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ZFA STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA), DCI ENGINEERS (SAN FRANCISCO), SC SOLUTIONS (SUNNYVALE, CA), DEGENKOLB ENGINEERS (SF & OAKLAND), HOLMES STRUCTURES (SAN FRANCISCO), FTF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, FORELL / ELSESSER STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, PEOPLES ASSOCIATES STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

Bronze ​"PARTNERS"

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TIPPING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, STRANDBERG ENGINEERING, MAFFEI STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 
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RYAN JOYCE STRUCTURAL DESIGN, WOMEN@LANGAN, MARX | OKUBO, SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL (ATC), LIFTECH, RUTHERFORD & CHEKENE

Collaborators "ADVOCATES"

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (SEAONC),
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS / STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (ASCE/SEI), KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, WISS JANNEY ELSTENER (WJE) ASSOCIATES, INC., SQUARE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, INC, OLLM CONSULTING ENGINEERS,
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, TUAN & ROBINSON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, ELEMENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS,
EQUITY BY DESIGN (EQxD), KPW STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING, CAST CONNEX, HILTI

Sponsorship Opportunities

Please go to the following site for more information on sponsorship opportunities.
​Feel free to contact us at se3@seaonc.org if you have any questions.
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