‘Back to the Future’ for the 71st Annual CES D&C Conference and Trade Show
Nearly 200 attendees, 20 sponsors/exhibitors, and 20 presenters helped us bring our Design & Construction Conference and Trade Show “Back to the Future”! The highly anticipated conference that has long been a part of the Cleveland Engineering Society’s history made its resurgence on March 23, 2023 with the first in-person D&C Conference and Trade Show event since 2019.
Opening session for the 2023 CES Design & Construction Conference and Trade Show.
With the theme of the 2023 conference being Back to the Future: Air | Land | Water, we hope that our attendees felt as excited as we are to start looking forward to future endeavors again. The D&C Conference brought together many relevant topics that span the design, construction, and technical fields, such as, commercial space and where it is going, stormwater management & water quality in NE Ohio, modernizing a comprehensive transportation system in Ohio, renewable energy, electric vehicles and more! The event offered a full-day that included two panel discussions, 12 different breakout sessions to choose from, focus time on networking and exhibition, and the opportunity for attendees to earn up to five continuing education credit hours.
CES President and Manager of Engineering at The Austin Company, David K. Oshins, opens the morning session.
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Chief Executive Officer of NEORSD, presents during one of the afternoon breakout sessions.
We appreciate the continued support from our CES members and our greater community. Here's what our attendees had to say about the event this year.
“It was my first event and it was great!.”
“Walking around and seeing many friends in one short day, especially people from the Cleveland area. . . .”
“The sessions and speakers were excellent!”
“This conference was an excellent opportunity to network with my colleagues in the engineering profession.”
“The one-day event has a lot of CEU’s.”
“Everything was great! The speakers were awesome, very informative and easy to understand [. . .]. Overall great experience, can’t wait for the next one.”
‘Space Race’ panel discussion. Pictured left to right: David K. Oshins, Chris Pestak, Michael Heil, Steve Barsi, Karl Baker and John M. Alexander.
Lee E. Meadows, PhD, presents during an afternoon breakout session.
We are thrilled to be able continue to put on this program for our CES community. Be on the lookout for Design & Construction Conference and Trade Show information for 2024. We hope to see you there!