Open to All Attendees

October 5, 2025

Time
8:00 am–​6:15 pm
10:00 am–​1:00 pm

Board of Directors Meeting

Open to all Conference attendees.
2:30 pm–​4:30 pm

Very Large Firm CEO Roundtable(501+ employees) Moderated by DPC

Open to all Full and Sunday Daily Attendees. Join large firm (500 + employees) CEOs and other top executives for an interactive discussion of best practices, business management concerns and other industry issues. Open to all registered attendees. Hosted by the Design Professionals Coalition.
4:45 pm–​5:45 pm

Fellows Connect: New Fellows Orientation & Business Meeting

Open to all New Fellows Inductees and members of the Fellows Committee only. This combined session—bringing together two previously separate meetings—welcomes new Fellows to the College, provides guidance for those interested in becoming Fellows, and offers updates from Committee leadership on current initiatives. It’s an opportunity to connect, contribute, and stay engaged in the evolving work of the College of Fellows.
5:15 pm–​6:15 pm

Women’s Leadership Forum Reception

Open to all Full and Sunday Daily attendees.
6:00 pm–​7:30 pm

Welcome Reception

Open to all Full, Sunday Daily, and Guest attendees.

October 6, 2025

Time
6:00 am–​7:00 am

Fellows Charity Walk

The College of Fellows Charity Walk raises money for the ACEC Scholarship Fund and is open to all attendees and guests. Registration Required.
7:00 am–​8:00 am

Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors

Open to all Full, Monday Daily, and Guest Attendees.
7:00 am–​5:00 pm
8:00 am–​9:45 am

Opening General Session

Kaihan Krippendorff 
Open to all Full and Monday Daily attendees. More information coming soon!
9:45 am–​10:30 am

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Open to all Full and Monday Daily Attendees.
10:30 am–​11:30 am

Water & Environment Committee

Open to all Full and Monday Daily attendees. Meeting of the Water & Environment Committee to discuss the committee's advocacy priorities.
11:45 am–​1:30 pm

General Session Lunch

Open to all Full and Monday Daily Attendees. More information coming soon!
1:30 pm–​2:15 pm

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Open to all Full and Monday Daily Attendees
2:15 pm–​3:15 pm

Workforce Committee

Open to all Full and Monday Daily attendees. The purpose of this committee is to consolidate and organize all the various elements of ACEC’s workforce program from early education through workforce development, advocacy initiatives, and communications. The Committee will help drive the engineering industry’s workforce agenda through identification, development, and execution of workforce related priorities, programs, and legislative advocacy efforts.
3:15 pm–​4:00 pm

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Open to all Full and Monday Daily Attendees.
4:00 pm–​5:00 pm
5:00 pm–​6:00 pm

Reception with Exhibitors

Open to all registered Full, Monday Daily, and Guest Attendees.
6:00 pm–​7:15 pm

ACEC/PAC Pinewood Rally

Open to all Full, Monday Daily, and Guest Attendees. Don’t miss the Annual ACEC/PAC Pinewood Rally in San Diego! See champions face off against tough new competition and vote for your favorite cars at this popular event!

October 7, 2025

Time
7:00 am–​8:00 am

Technology Committee

Open to all Full and Tuesday daily attendees. The Technology Committee is committed to providing value to our members by engaging and influencing our membership, clients, and future talent on the value of adopting digital technology by listening & engagement, education, and advocacy. We will discuss these efforts and any new issues brought up by attendees.
7:00 am–​5:15 pm
8:00 am–​9:30 am

General Session & ACEC/PAC Sweepstakes Drawing

Debra Searle
Open to all Full and Tuesday daily attendees. More information coming soon! ACEC/PAC Sweepstakes Drawing Tickets are $200 each, with a limit of 5 per person.  Click here for more details.
9:30 am–​10:15 am

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Open to all Full and Tuesday daily attendees.
10:15 am–​11:15 am

Tech Pulse: Benchmarking AEC Innovation with the ACEC Research Institute

Join this interactive benchmarking conversation with the ACEC Research Institute to explore how AEC firms are adopting, investing in, and measuring technology.
1:45 pm–​2:15 pm

Dessert in Exhibit Hall

Open to all Full and Tuesday Daily attendees.
2:15 pm–​3:15 pm

Transportation Committee

Open to all Full and Tuesday Daily attendees. The Transportation Committee develops and promotes industry priorities on transportation infrastructure issues before Congress, Federal and State agencies.
3:15 pm–​3:30 pm
3:30 pm–​4:30 pm

Land Development Roundtable

Open to all Full and Tuesday Daily attendees.
5:00 pm–​6:30 pm

Celebrate San Diego Reception

Open to all Full, Tuesday Daily, and Guest attendees.

October 8, 2025

Time
7:30 am–​8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Open to all Full and Wednesday Daily attendees.
7:30 am–​10:00 am
9:30 am–​9:45 am