Program

Time

Topics

Speakers

7:30 am-8:30am

Continental Breakfast

 
8:30am-9:00am

Opening Remarks

Gary Higbee, AIA

Director of Industry Development, The Steel Institute/ Ornamental Institutes of New York
Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI

Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York, NY

9:00am-10:20am

Innovations in Building Envelope Engineering

Performance History of Curtain Wall and Glazing Systems

Wilfried Laufs, Ph.D., LEED A.P.

Vice President,Thornton Tomasetti,

New York, NY

Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E.

Senior Principal, President and Head of Building Technology Group, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, New York, NY

10:20am-10:50am

Break

 
10:50am-12:00pm

Recladding for Longevity

Israel Berger, AIA

President, Israel Berger & Associates,

New York, NY
Jeff Heymann

Regional Director - Eastern Region , Benson Industries LLC, Portland, OR

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

 
1:00pm-2:00pm

Corrosion Engineering of Structural and Architectural Metals

Ron Latanision, Ph.D., P.E.

Corporate Vice President and Director of Mechanics and Materials Practice,

Exponent , Boston, MA

Vincent Hock, F.NACE

Metallurgist, ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL

2:00pm-2:30pm

Steel Frame Longevity

Michel Bruneau, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professsor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental

Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2:30pm-3:00pm

Performance Lessons from Forensic Investigations

David Peraza, P.E.

Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, Buildings and Structures Practice, Exponent , New York, NY

3:00pm-3:30pm

Break

 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Longevity and Sustainable Design

Robert C. Field, P.E., LEED A.P.

Associate, Robert Silman Associates, Washington, D.C.

John P. Cross, P.E

Vice President, AISC, Chicago, IL

4:30pm-5:00pm

Concluding Remarks

Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI

Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York, NY