Preparing for the 2020 Virtual Professional Engineers Conference

Registration is open for this year’s professional engineers conference held from August 3 to August 7! To ensure the health and safety of all attendants and speakers, PECon will be presented virtually. Professional engineers will be able to earn PDHs as usual and will even be able to join networking roundtable discussions! Each day of the conference kicks off with a daily coffee talk session to connect with fellow professional engineers from across the country and to discuss the topics important to you.

This year there are three registration options available:

1. Purchase an individual session. Buy a single session or two, each session gives you access to 1 PDH. $39 ($99 for non-members.)
2. Purchase a track. Buy a full-day track, gives you access to 3 PDH sessions, networking morning “coffee talk” roundtables of your choice each day, and evening post-session discussions. $99 ($279 for non-members.)
3. All-access. Gives you access to 15 PDH sessions, access to your choice networking morning “coffee talk” roundtables each day, and evening post-session discussions. $249 ($1,149 for non-members; Join now for $299 and receive member pricing.)

      * Student memberships gain FREE access to PECon

Each day features a different educational track:

• Monday, August 3: Communications Skills for PEs
• Tuesday, August 4: Public Works
• Wednesday, August 5: Innovation
• Thursday, August 6: Sustainability
• Friday, August 7: Building & Leading Your Team

If you’re interested in a certain track but are unable to attend that day, don’t worry! A recording of the sessions will be available for viewing immediately following the conclusion of the session. For this reason, there are NO refunds.

Featured sessions:

Day 1:

• Present With Impact: A Professional Engineer’s Guide to Making Effective Presentations
• Technical Writing for Professional Engineers
• Ensuring Successful Stakeholder and Community Involvement

Day 2:

• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Planning: Compliance Guidelines for Your Facility
• RO Concentrate Management: Challenges of Expanding Potable Reuse in Santa Clara County
• Key Geometric Design Principles for Roundabout Safety

Day 3 (PE Day!):

• The Importance and Responsibilities of Professional Engineers
• Engineering Behind Automated Vehicles
• The Professional Engineer’s Role in Artificial Intelligence and Technology

Day 4: 

• Ethics of Sustainable Design
• LEED v4: Overview and Analysis of Updates over LEED 2009
• Overcoming Volcanic Eruption Damage: How HDOT Kept Two State Highways Open

Day 5:

• Shrinking the Distance for Virtual Teams to Succeed
• Three Characteristics of Supercharged Teams
• Building the Team and Fighting for the Profession

Click here to register for the conference!

Take advantage of member rates by becoming an NJSPE member today.