2019 Conference
May 18-20, 2019
Dallas, TX
Four Seasons Resort and Club
Monday, May 18
11:15am: Registration
12:00 – 1:30pm: Opening Keynote Lunch – Opening Lunch with Michael Farr, CEO and Founder, Farr, Miller & Washington, LLC– No Recession, But No Smooth Sailing
1:45 – 3:00pm: General Session A: Anatomy of a Deal: CHA Consulting’s Acquisition of Daedalus Projects
3:15 – 4:30pm: Breakout Session 1: Breakout Session 1: From Due Diligence to Exit Planning: Key Strategies to Ensure Success
3:15 – 4:30pm: Breakout Session 2: Assessing Cultural Internally and Externally
6:00 – 9:00pm: Cake Wars: Iconic Architecture and Engineering
Tuesday, May 21
7:30 – 8:45am: Keynote Breakfast with Brad Strittmatter, CEO, Olsson, M&A Is the Way to Grow, Right?
9:00 – 10:15am: General Session B – Talent Acquisition: Retention and Recruitment = Growth
10:15 – 10:30am: Break
10:30 – 11:45pm: Breakout Session 3: ESOPs: Ownership Structure and Growth
10:30 – 11:45am: Breakout Session 4: The Future of Risk and its impact on M&A Deals
12:00 – 1:30pm: Keynote Luncheon with Susan Reisbord, CEO, Americas Region, Cardno
1:45 – 3:00pm: Breakout Session 5: Ownership Transition and Valuation for Internal Buy-Sell Agreements
1:45 – 3:00pm: Breakout Session 6: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy — Building Walls That Matter
3:00 – 3:15pm: Break
3:15 – 4:30pm: General Session C: Valuation Case Study — Is Innovation Worth More?
6:00 – 7:00pm – Cocktail Party
7:00 – 9:00pm: Keynote Dinner with Jim Carroll – Futurist, Aligning to Velocity: Timing the Future In The Era of Acceleration
Wednesday, May 22
7:45 – 9:00am: Keynote Breakfast — Innovation and Venture Capital dollars into E&C
9:00 – 10:15am: Breakout Session 7: Private Equity: Valuation and an Outside Capital Investment
9:00 – 10:15am: Breakout Session 8: Innovation and Disruption — The Future is Here: How are You Preparing Your Firm?
10:30am – 12:00pm : General Session D: Dodgeball: What do you want to know, throw it at the expert.
12:00- 12:30: Closing comments and Buffet Lunch