October 21-23, 2025 | Houston, TX

Texas and the South
M&A and Business Symposium

Symposium Schedule

Tues, Oct 21
Concurrent Business Workshops
Confidential CEO Meetings
Opening Reception
CEO Networking Dinners
Wed, Oct 22
General Sessions
Reception
CEO Networking Dinners
Thu, Oct 23
Keynote Presentation by Dr. Ray Perryman
Concurrent M&A and
Capitalization Panels
The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston, TX

Join us for the 11th annual
Texas and the South Symposium

Bringing together over 200 AE and environmental consulting industry executives and investors in one of the nation’s most dynamic and fastest-growing cities.


Over three days at the luxurious, five-star Post Oak Hotel at Uptown, Houston, attendees will make new connections to advance their firms, learn what’s new in the world of M&A, discover business best practices, and explore the future of the industry.

Houston Flag Skyline Photo

What’s not to love about Houston in the fall, y’all…?

World class shopping, arts, and cultural attractions by day.

Exciting dining and nightlife after dark.

It’s the perfect venue and time to…

Network

  • With over 200 AE and environmental industry executives, buyers, sellers, investors, and experts
  • You’ll connect with decision-makers from across Texas, the South, North America, and overseas
  • Make the connections to take your firm to the next level and achieve your goals

Learn

  • How the industry is performing right now – and where it’s headed
  • How to grow, transition, or exit your business
  • How the trends sweeping the industry provide opportunities for you and your firm
  • Best practices to improve your firm’s performance

Be Inspired

  • All new for 2025, Integrating Acquisitions session explores the essential strategies for maximizing your acquisition ROI while reducing voluntary turnover and increasing employee engagement
  • Explore the future of the industry with CEOs from ENR Top 500 firms
  • Hear the stories of owners who’ve successfully sold or recapitalized their firms

A Special Focus on Mergers & Acquisitions

For over a decade, our Symposiums have provided a forum for AE and environmental industry acquirers, sellers and investors to network and learn. We’re committed to providing our guests with the most current intelligence on M&A trends and best practices, and real-time M&A valuations. Over the years, many industry transactions can point to our Symposiums as where the first meeting between buyer and seller took place.

  • The industry’s most prolific and skilled acquirers share their perspectives on the market
  • Deal-makers discuss what works and doesn’t in 2025
  • Consolidation trends – and what they mean for your firm
  • Private Equity – is it right for your firm?
  • How deal valuations are performing in 2025 – increasing, flat, declining?

What’s New for 2025

Schedule Your Confidential, One-on-One Meeting with a Morrissey Goodale Consultant

Got a question about strategy? Or how to improve your bottom line? Want to know what’s next with industry M&A? Or how to value your firm? Or are you considering selling or recapitalizing your firm?

Schedule your 30-minute, confidential, one-on-one, in-person meeting with one of our team on the afternoon before the opening reception. Our consultants are available from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on Tuesday to meet with you. (Exclusively for firm CEOs and Presidents)

Next-Level CEO Networking

Join our principals—Nick Belitz, Brendon Cussio, and Jon Escobar—as they host small-group networking dinners on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. (Dinners are exclusively for industry CEOs, Presidents, and Board Chairs.)

Space is limited, so register soon to reserve your place at the table!

Two All-New Interactive Panel Discussions

M&A Integration Best Practices/Cases
This interactive panel discussion will discuss how to unlock the potential of acquisitions through integration best practices and how to avoid common mistakes.

Investing in the Industry: A Private Equity Perspective
This panel discussion will explore why the AE and environmental consulting industry are so attractive to Private Equity investors, explore what’s behind the over 120 Private Equity industry platform firms, why one quarter of the ENR Top 100 design firms have selected a capital structure that includes Private Equity, and what the next phase of Private Equity industry involvement looks like.

The reviews are in:

“This symposium provided valuable information and networking opportunities. Essential for business owners and management.”
Peggy Carrasquillo
President, KT Civil (Austin, TX)
“The event was very open and welcoming to newbies, many conferences have established groups of long timers and it is difficult to break in. The high concentration of MG people help with this.”
Travis Smith
President and CEO, Smith Engineering
“The Morrissey Goodale Team provided terrific insights, especially regarding deal trends and valuation benchmarks. Excellent experience overall.”
Debra Caminiti, President
Caminiti Consulting Co., Inc.
“High impact event. Great collection of expert insights and real-world experience shared.”
Mike Munn
President & CEO, McAdams (ENR #250)
“This was my first M&A event and thought it was of high quality, from attendees, to panels, to networking and the MG team!”
Todd Helmer
CEO, THA Consulting, Inc.
“Morrissey Goodale does a very nice job of creating a good networking environment at their symposiums.”
Jay Clare
Executive Vice President/Strategic Growth Director, Kleinfelder (ENR #47)
“Morrissey Goodale does a great job of tailoring the panel discussion questions to issues that really matter in mergers and acquisitions.”
Chris Young
Chief Executive Officer, Plummer Associates, Inc. (ENR #311)
“The M&A Symposium is an exceptional well-rounded education from both the buyer and seller perspective. I would recommend any firm trying to determine their growth strategy to attend. The panelists on today’s hot topics as well as the networking opportunities were invaluable.”
Caitlin Muradian
CFO/Partner, TETER – Fresno, CA

Register Now

Your registration fee includes opening reception on October 21, the full day of events, materials, reception on October 22, and breakfast and half day sessions on October 23.

Discounts & Event Policies

Engineering Registered Continuing Education Program

Earn 7 Professional Development Hours

Morrissey Goodale has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program. Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP. Certificates of Completion will be issued to all participants. Complaints regarding registered providers may be sent to RCEP at www.RCEP.net