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AeA Keynote Speaker
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John Palafoutas
Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy
and Congressional Affairs
AeA (American Electronics Association)
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“John Palafoutas, Senior Vice
President for Domestic Policy and Congressional
Affairs at AeA (American Electronics Association),
is AeA’s principal lobbyist in Washington
and is responsible for overseeing AeA’s domestic
policy division, including workforce issues.
He is has been studying the effects of job
outsourcing (business process outsourcing)
on the engineering industry over the past
few years. Mr. Palafoutas will be discussing
the pros and cons of the recent surge towards
job outsourcing as it applies to the A/E/C
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AISC Guest Speaker
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Carol Pivonka, P.E.
Director of Continuing Education "AISC for
the Frugal Minded"
AISC, Inc.
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Carol graduated from Texas
A&M University in 1977 with a BSCE, emphasis
on structural engineering. She is a licensed
professional engineer in both Texas and Montana
and has spent most of her career working for
large consulting firms, i.e., Brown & Root
in Houston and Stone & Webster in Denver,
and smaller A/E firms in Oklahoma and Montana.
In December 2000, Carol began her career at
AISC as a Senior Engineer in the Continuing
Education Department. In June 2002, she assumed
the position of Director of Continuing Education
at AISC, overseeing the continuing education
activities throughout the US while still running
AISC’s seminars and programs throughout the
western 13 states. She travels extensively,
but her permanent address is in Billings,
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Learn what AISC offers you for free and
for cheap. This presentation will bring
you up to date on the wealth of technical
information and other resources AISC makes
available to you -- and how to get it.
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Intergraph Guest Speaker
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Robert Christian
Business Development
Intergraph’s PPM division (Process, Power
and Marine) |
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Topic: The integration of STAAD.Pro
with PDS (Plant Design System) and how E
& C companies in the petrochemical field
can maximize efficiency in managing their
structural and piping models.
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Tekla Structures Guest Speaker
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Amber Freund
Senior Applications Engineer
Research Engineers International |
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Topic: 3D structural information
modeling (SIM) for the building space using
a 3D parametric modeler with STAAD to automate
physical modeling, analysis and design,
production of GA drawings and designing
connections.
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