Time

Topics

Speakers

Continental Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Gary Highbee, 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

Innovations in Building Envelope Engineering

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

Vice President,Thornton Tomasetti,

New York, NY

Jeremy Mucha

Vice President, Benson Industries LLC, Portland, OR

Break

Performance History of Curtain Wall and Glazing Systems

Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E.

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

Recladding for Longevity

Armand J. Labelle

Principal and Director of International Projects, Israel Berger & Associates,

New York, NY
Jeremy Mucha

Vice President, Benson Industries LLC, Portland, OR

Lunch

Corrrosion 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

Steel Frame Longevity

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

Professsor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental

Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Performance Lessons from Forensic Investigations

David Peraza, P.E.

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

Break

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

Concluding Remarks

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

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