Breakfast
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Start your day with breakfast and making valuable connections with industry executives and investors.

Opening Remarks
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Mick Morrissey, Managing Principal, Morrissey Goodale

State of the Industry
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This powerful opening session brings together the results of Deltek’s just released 45th Clarity Survey of AE and Environmental Firms (the most comprehensive financial and business survey of the industry), with proprietary Morrissey Goodale data and intelligence to paint a picture of how the industry is performing now in real-time. It’s a great way for you to benchmark your firm’s performance.

PRESENTERS:
Nick Belitz, Principal, Morrissey Goodale
Megan Miller, CPSM, Director, Product Marketing, Deltek

Morrissey Goodale’s Excellence in Acquisitive Growth Awards Series Presentation

Networking Break
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Future of the Industry ENR 500 CEO Panel
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CEOs from four of the industry’s leading firms share their perspectives on where the industry is headed and debate the opportunities and risks that they see in the future.

PANELISTS:
Darin P. Anderson, Chairman & CEO, Salas O’Brien (ENR #39)
M. Gayle Packer, President & CEO, Terracon (ENR #18)
Steve Thompson, Chairman, Veenstra & Kimm (ENR #453)
(Additional panelists to be announced)

MODERATORS:
Karen Erger, Senior Vice President & Director of Practice Risk Management, Lockton
Sarah Thornhill, Consultant, Morrissey Goodale

Lunch
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Take lunch while continuing your power networking with AE industry executives, investors and experts.

Buyers Best Practices Panel
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Panelists in this panel discussion come together to share the best practices that make them some of the best acquirers in the industry and describe how they are viewing the market in 2024.

PANELISTS:
Rebecca Ashton, Chief Operating Officer, Verdantas (ENR #113)
Paul Greywall, President & CEO, Trinity Consultants
David Richter, Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, Atwell (ENR #71)

MODERATOR:
Lisa Elster, Consultant, Morrissey Goodale

Networking Break
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Sellers Best Practices Panel
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Selling or recapitalizing your firm is one of the most important decisions that you can make. And you want to do it right. And you really only want to do it once. This panel discussion brings together CEOs from both the Southeast and nationally who have recently sold their firms to share their stories and answer your questions about what it takes to successfully sell or recapitalize your firm.

PANELISTS:
Cortney Brand, President & CEO – LRE Water
Dylan Crawford, PLS, President, O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood Company
Allen Ramsey, PE, Regional President, RaganSmith

MODERATOR:
Nate Wentworth, Senior Consultant, Morrissey Goodale

Networking Break
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Behind the Scenes: How one of the industry’s most impactful acquisitions came together
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In March of this year, Salas O’Brien (ENR #39) announced that Nashville’s I.C. Thomasson Associates (ICT) (ENR #276) had joined the company, creating a combined presence of more than 80 North American offices with over 2,800 team members. Going forward, the combination allows both firms to be better positioned at the forefront of the healthcare, institutional, industrial, power generation, advanced manufacturing, and renewable sectors. Salas O’Brien and ICT share a unified vision for the future, including expanded employee-ownership and growth opportunities for team members.

In this interactive and informative panel discussion, Brendon Cussio takes you inside one of the biggest deals of 2024. You’ll hear the perspectives of the principals from Salas O’Brien and ICT about how everything came together over several months for a remarkable marriage of these two highly-successful firms.

PANELISTS:
Shane Kirby, P.E., President, I.C. Thomasson Associates
Grant Reindl, CFO, Salas O’Brien
Nathan Rust, VP Corporate Development, Salas O’Brien
John Wimberley, P.E., CEO, Chairman, I.C. Thomasson Associates

MODERATOR:
Brendon Cussio, Principal, Morrissey Goodale

Networking Reception
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Continue your networking and discussions as you enjoy an open bar and hors d’oeuvres.