Event Agenda
October 21 - Professional Development Conference
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Lounge Meeting Rooms
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Emerging Professionals Panel Discussion topic: TBD
Lakelands Hall
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakout Session - Choose One of the Following
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
The Champion Mindset: How Engineers Open Doors to Possibility, Progress, and Purpose.
Lakelands Hall
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
We Built This City on Rock
Annapolis Room
Ann-Marie Flinn
Maureen Matthew
10:45 AM - 10:59 AM
Break
Lounge Meeting Rooms
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Networking
Lounge & Acadia Room
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Keynote Lunch Presentation: The Blueprint for Influence: An FBI Negotiator’s Guide to Human Behavior
Lounge Meeting Rooms
Melissa Fortunato
1:30 PM - 1:44 PM
Breakout Session - Choose One of the Following
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Building a Stronger Nova Scotia
Lakelands Hall
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Complaints and Discipline 411
Annapolis Room
David James Benoit
Kris Dove, P.Eng.
Break
2:30 PM - 2:44 PM
Lounge Meeting Room
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Session - Fireside Chat
Lakelands Hall
Pal Mann, P.Eng.
Closing Remarks
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Lakelands Hall
October 22 - Annual Business Meeting 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Lakelands Hall
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Town Hall with CEO & President
Lakelands Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
Lounge Meeting Room
10:30 AM - 12:30 AM
Annual Business Meeting
Lakelands Hall
October 22 - President Reception & Engineering Excellence Gala
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Registration & President Reception
Lounge Meeting Room
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Engineering Excellence Gala - Awards & Dinner
Lakelands Hall