We had a great time working with the USC Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America! It was held downtown at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel for their 18th Annual Megacities: Sustainable Energy & Green Energy Symposium. The day's conference closed with a Dinner featuring leaders across the private and public sectors.
The event started with all day sessions and panelists on topics such as school and campuses, transportation, healthcare, entertainment, infrastructure, and government and transportation.
The symposium dinner was held that night in the California Ballroom and included dinner and a panel discussion from industry leaders. It's always great when we can experiment with different decor ideas for our diverse panel of clients, and this event was a perfect example. To welcome attendees that only participated in the dinner event we had "construction" sign rotating - Welcome to USC CMAA 2012! That was just the beginning...
It was fantastic being able to incorporate a student into our main keynote panel presentation. This event is about the students and here is a pic with our panelists: George Hershman – VP & Division
Manager of Swinerton Renewable Energy, Jason Hartke, VP, Advocacy and Public
Policy from the U.S. Green Building Council, David Jacot, PE, Business Portfolio
Manager, Customer Energy Efficiency & Solar
Division, Southern California Edison, Rob Oglesby, Executive Director,
California Energy Commission, Kameron Burk - USC Student, and it was moderated by Jonathan Powers, Federal Environmental Executive.
Now, because we are doing an event for a construction group... why not play it up... For our centerpieces, we used cinder blocks and placed yellow orchids and garnet ribbon - USC colors. Let's just say we had some heavy lifting to do! LOL... Keeping with the construction theme, we also placed hazard signs and construction cones on the perimeter of the tables. It never hurts to have a little fun!
To close - we have to give major kudos to our main girl at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Yvonne Chang, CMP - You Rock! Thank you for always being fantastic at what you do and a great friend!
