Calendar of Events

Leading Project Teams: Emerging Technologies and Smart Design

Attendees will receive an overview of emerging technologies and their potential impact on professional engineers. Tom Conway, P.E., will share his experiences supporting US military efforts with technology planning and implementation involving UAVs/drones, 3D deliverables, cybersecurity, cloud computing, big data, and more. He will provide insights into the history and interconnectivity of these technologies and what it may mean for the future of the profession.  

This seminar includes management techniques, technology forecasting and application including the implementation of smart design processes, such as “sprints,” to get specific projects done under compressed schedules. 

Thomas G. Conway, P.E. has over 30 years of experience planning, developing, and procuring technology solutions for the US military. He has a BS and P.E. in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Bio-Medical Instrumentation and patents in infrared technology. He has presented in many DOD, trade, and commercial venues, as well as published in many periodicals including Mechanical Engineering magazine. He is the owner of Conway Diversified Services.

Mindfulness in Action

Mindfulness is a mindset and an exercise that can help people enhance performance such as decision making and relationship building at work. You may have heard about mindfulness, because it is widely mentioned in the media. Although it is not a panacea, mindfulness practice can become an important tool for improving your work performance.

You will learn how to:

• Know when to use mindfulness
• Use mindfulness for preparedness
• Use mindfulness in stressful situations
• Use mindfulness to increase emotional intelligence 

Matthew Siegel is an executive coach and owner of Matthew Siegel Consulting LLC. Matt fosters active learning through collaborative relationships in which enhanced self-awareness and skill lead to goal oriented behavior change. He has helped many professionals improve their performance in fields such as banking, technology, non-profit, media, government, and healthcare. Matt uses his professional training and practice in behavioral science to achieve desired results. He has a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. Find out more about Matt at www.msiegelconsulting.com.

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Vendors and Colleagues

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Vendors and Colleagues - NSPE Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Arthur Schwartz will discuss issues relating to serving as manufacturing representative, loan from a contractor, spouse as employee of vendor and participation in seminar and reward program for specifying a product. Polling questions and opportunity for Q&A will allow opportunities for audience interaction.

NSPE Northeast Regional Meeting

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Join us for great educational sessions and networking opportunities at the New Hampshire Joint Engineering Societies Conference and the National Society of Professional Engineers Northeast Regional Meeting. The meeting will take place from October 17-19 at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH.

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Event Summary:

NH Society of Professional Engineers 2019 Conference
Start Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
End Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Hotel(s) offering your special group rate:

• Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel for 219 USD per night

Clients are from Venus, Consultants from Mars: A Guide to Effective Management of Consultants

Clients are from Venus, Consultants from Mars: A Guide to Effective Management of Consultants

Speaker: Michael Ellegood, P.E.

In today’s public works environment, the use of consultants to provide engineering services is endemic. Despite the interdependency of public client and consultant, their worlds, business models, accounting systems, and legal environments are all very different. Even the fundamental aspects of how public agencies and consultants are motivated and how they interact with other agencies and competitors differ.

This webinar showcases these differences so that client and consultant can better understand each other’s operating environment. This improved understanding will result in better communication and mutual expectations.

Topics to be covered include:

• The respective business models of public client and consultant
• The real financial world of the consultant
• How clients perceive consultants, the hierarchy of consultants.
• Tips on consultant selection
• What clients expect of consultants
• How to deal with an underperforming consultant

Michael Ellegood is a practicing Civil Engineer and has managed major projects. He was Public Works Director, County Engineer and Transportation Director for Maricopa County, Arizona, as well as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County. He has been a consulting engineer and a senior manager in the Parsons Corporation, Tudor Engineering Company, and T.Y. Lin International.  Mr. Ellegood has also been active in the Arizona Society of Professional Engineers and served as ASPE’s president. Mr. Ellegood is a retired Army combat veteran and served in Vietnam.

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Serving the Public

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Serving the Public - NSPE Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Arthur Schwartz will examine a series of cases involving building of a village road, the design and construction of a house in a flood zone, serving as a chairman of a homeowner’s association, use of a former public employee and other issues. Polling questions and opportunity for Q&A will allow opportunities for audience interaction.

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