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Confident, Powerful, Fearless
The Women Who Build Summit celebrates an inspiring day of educational presentations, motivational stories, confidence-boosting interactions, and networking opportunities. The event brings together women and men to celebrate, to explore, to connect, to share, and to inspire the innovators and glass-ceiling breakers of tomorrow.
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Wednesday & Thursday
April 26-27, 2023 UMass Amherst Lincoln Campus Center (1st Floor) 1 Campus Center Way Amherst, MA 01002 |
Introducing June Millington
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Pioneer for women in Rock, guitarist singer-songwriter/record producer June Millington was born and raised in the Philippines to a mixed-race couple just after WWII. She moved with her family Sacramento, CA at thirteen years old where she and her sister Jean, outsiders from birth, managed to succeed in forming the first all-girl band to be signed to a major record label (Warners), release entire albums, tour internationally and serve notice that women could rock as well and as hard as men.
Despite, or perhaps because of, the prejudice and obstacles Millington has met along the way, she has been a trailblazer for women in music. Among her many accomplishments, Millington co-founded the Institute for the Musical Arts, a nonprofit with a mission to support women and girls in the field of music and music-related business; and written her autobiography ("Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock in Roll World"). Millington will share the lessons learned and the tools gathered during her lifelong journey. |
Champions of Change Awardees
Congratulations to the 2023 Champions of Change awardees! Learn more about this year's awardees, and join us at the 2023 Women Who Build Summit to honor this year's winners.
Francis (Frank) X. Hayes
President BOND Building Construction |
Lisa Clauson
Director of Strategic Partnerships North Atlantic States Carpenters Labor Management Program, Central and Western MA |
Agenda
Wednesday, April 26, 2022
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1:00 - 3:00pm
3:30 - 5:00pm 5:00 - 7:00pm |
Pre-conference workshops (separate registration required for preconference workshops)
1st Floor, Lincoln Campus Center, Lobby outside of the Auditorium Design, Build, and Operate Your Network Brigitte Perera, Exponent Tips for Mitigating Disputes and Disruptions through Contracts Robyn Blumberg, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Stephanie Garraway, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP John W. Olver Design Building: An Architectural Walking Tour You must sign up separately in order to secure your place on the architectural tour. Meet at the CI Registration Desk, Lobby of the Lincoln Campus Center (1st Floor), outside of the Auditorium Welcome Reception Nancy Greenwald, Construction Institute Carolina Cudemus-Jones, Smith College Amherst Room (10th Floor Campus Center) |
Thursday, April 27, 2022
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7:45 - 8:30am
8:30 - 8:45am 8:45 - 9:55am 10:00 - 11:15am 11:20am - 12:30pm 12:30 - 1:45pm 1:45 - 2:30pm 2:30 - 4:00pm 4:00 - 4:15pm |
Registration
1st Floor, Lincoln Campus Center, Lobby outside of the Auditorium Welcome Remarks Nancy Greenwald, Construction Institute Carolina Cudemus-Jones, Smith College Opening Panel Discussion Resilient and Sustainable - Women of Green Sandy Beauregard, Competitive Energy Services Abbe Bjorklund, Dartmouth College Janine Helwig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monica Kachru, Eversource Martha Larson, RMF Engineering, Moderator Breakout sessions What Doesn’t Beat Us Makes Us Stronger Marianne Monte, Shawmut Design and Construction Christina Oneglia Rossi, O&G Industries, Inc. Wendy Venoit, Cozen O’Connor Heeding the Warning Signs – Strategies for Identifying and Managing a Troubled Project Sara Bryant, Murtha Cullina LLP Emily Federico, Ankura Colleen Lenz, Ankura Raising the Standard for Sustainable Building: Living Building Challenge Jan Koch, Shawmut Design and Construction Elizabeth Murphy, Shawmut Design and Construction Kelly O’Brien, Shawmut Design and Construction Procuring for Success: How E-Procurement Can Drive Project Cost Reduction and ESG Best Practices Lynne Cooper, el sea llc Martha Delaney, Neu-Ion Inc April Moss, DigiBuild Thomas Smith, AIT Group Late Morning Panel Discussion Robots, AI and Blockchain: Where is Technology Taking Us? Megan Berry, Hilti Lindsey Peterson Black, Hinckley Allen Lynne Cooper, el sea llc Nirva Fereshetian, CBT Architects Kayleigh Houde, Buro Happold Lunch Champions of Change Awards Remarks by Laura Cruickshank, University of Connecticut Keynote Address How to Become an Agent of Change While Rockin’ and Rollin’ It June Millington, Female Guitarist & Trailblazer Group Workshop Powerful Questions: For Collaborating, Connecting, and Building Confidence Deb Elbaum, Deb Elbaum Coaching LLC Closing Remarks & Raffle Drawing |
Registration
A separate registration is required for the Preconference Workshops on April 26. The registration for the Summit includes the Architectural Tour and Reception on April 26 and the all-day program on April 27.
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Collaborating Sponsors
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Media Sponsor
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Annual Sponsors
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Hotel Accommodations
We have secured a limited number of sleeping rooms at the host hotel at a group rate of $169 per night plus applicable fees (currently 6% plus $1.00 per room, per night). The group event rate is available until March 28, 2023. After March 28, the available hotel rate is at the hotel's discretion.
The host host:
Hotel UMass
1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003
877.822.2110
hotelumass.com
To reserve your room online: https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1760&skipfirstpage=true&page=800507
To reserve your room via phone: call 877.822.2110 and use the group number 800507 to secure our group event rate.
The host host:
Hotel UMass
1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003
877.822.2110
hotelumass.com
To reserve your room online: https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1760&skipfirstpage=true&page=800507
To reserve your room via phone: call 877.822.2110 and use the group number 800507 to secure our group event rate.
Covid-19 Policy
We ask that only those fully vaccinated attend this conference. Vaccination status is on the honor system. We will be following all state, county, and university regulations in place at the time of the event.
Resources
Program Attendance Credit
Construction Institute is an AIA Registered Provider, CCM Recertification Point Provider and NYS approved sponsor of CE - NYS sponsor # 9040. Program attendees wishing to receive AIA Continuing Education Learning Units and/or CCM Renewal Points should contact admin@construction.org.
Earn up to 2 credit hours for a Preconference Workshop and 6.25 credit hours for the full-day Women Who Build Summit.
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Policies
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made 10 business days prior to an event for a refund. If amount is outstanding, the entire amount will still be due the Construction Institute. Substitutions may be made before the start date of any event. Events may be rescheduled due to speaker conflict or severe weather. We reserve the right to cancel due to insufficient enrollment, in which case event fees will be refunded in full. Thank you for your consideration.
Recording and Photographic Release
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, Construction Institute events and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, video recordings, electronic reproductions, and audio recordings of such events and activities by the Construction Institute. No other recording is allowed.
Cancellations must be made 10 business days prior to an event for a refund. If amount is outstanding, the entire amount will still be due the Construction Institute. Substitutions may be made before the start date of any event. Events may be rescheduled due to speaker conflict or severe weather. We reserve the right to cancel due to insufficient enrollment, in which case event fees will be refunded in full. Thank you for your consideration.
Recording and Photographic Release
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, Construction Institute events and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, video recordings, electronic reproductions, and audio recordings of such events and activities by the Construction Institute. No other recording is allowed.