Hilton Long Beach Hotel

701 West Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90831-3102

The ASCE Region 9 California Infrastructure Symposium is an essential event for professionals in the field.

Water, environmental, transportation, and infrastructure leaders share insights, success stories, lessons learned, and answers to your questions.
Innovators offer insight into emerging technology and transportation equity.
California-specific experts cover climate, energy, and even broadband.

This will be a unique opportunity for infrastructure consultants, owners, managers, builders, and suppliers to network and contribute. Networking is essential to learning and stewardship to the public. Contributors help attendees anticipate and mitigate future challenges, advance their field, and work toward a more resilient and sustainable infrastructure.

Program

Schedule of Events

Wed, 4/23 – Envision SP Training – We offer this full-day training session the day before the Symposium at the same venue (Long Beach Hilton). The course, led by instructor Rachael Keish, includes lunch. (ASCE local younger member groups are also hosting a pre-conference mixer with separate tickets.)

Thurs, 4/24 – CA Infrastructure Symposium – Includes a full day of sessions (three concurrent tracks, with three sessions each) with industry leaders in transportation, water, and other disciplines of civil engineering, as well as a reception in the evening. A few of the industry leaders who have confirmed their attendance include:

Toks Omishakin, Secretary of Transportation
Dina El-Tawansy, District 4 Director, Caltrans
Darrell Johnson, CEO, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Mario Orso, Executive Director, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
Adan Ortega, Chair, Southern California Metropolitan Water District (MWD)
Andrew Fremier, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Dina Aryan-Zahlan, Deputy Executive Director, Port of LA
Sean Gamette, Director of Engineering Services, Port of Long Beach

Fri, 4/25 – Awards Luncheon / Technical Tours – An ASCE Region 9 Awards ceremony will be held mid-day. Technical tours of Port of Long Beach and the Long Beach Aquarium will be held in the morning.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Registration/Check-In

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Welcome & Keynote with Adan Ortega, MWD

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM – Session 1
Water – Getting Real about Real Time Operations
Transportation – Building Resiliency into Key Corridors (LOSSAN, Hwy 37)
General Infrastructure – Sustainable Aspects of California’s Ports

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM – Lunch & Keynote with Toks Omishakin, CalSTA

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM – Session 2
Water – Potable Reuse: Projects, Pitfalls, and Promises
Transportation – Making the Connection (High Speed Rail – LA to Vegas)
General Infrastructure – Future K-12 & Higher Education Campuses

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Networking Break – Snacks & Refreshments

2:30 PM – 3:45 PM – Session 3
Water – New Dams, Old Dams, And Dam Problems
Transportation – Modular Terminal Construction at LAX
General Infrastructure – LA Fires and Aftermath – Rebuilding

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Keynote

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Evening Networking Reception

* Program subject to change

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