04 Sep 2025 Sept 4

Time Title Speaker
8:15 am - 8:55 am Badge Pick-up & Networking Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am Welcome
George K. Guszcza
President and CEO, National Institute of Building Sciences
Aileen Fuchs
President & Executive Director, National Building Museum
9:10 am - 10:00 am Punchbowl News Fireside Chat with Secretary of Labor Chavez-DeRemer
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Labor
Anna Palmer
CEO and Founder, Punchbowl News
10:00 am - 10:25 am Coffee and Conversations Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am The Future of the Workforce + Technology Fireside Chat
Irish Horsey, PhD
Director of Industry Advancement Procore Technologies, Inc.
11:20 am - 12:00 pm Unlocking the Veteran Workforce Pipeline
Elizabeth O'Brien
Senior Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Hiring Our Heroes
12:00 pm - 12:55 pm Midday Mingle & Meal
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm By the Data: Decoding America’s Labor Market Shortage
Kelly Marchese
Infrastructure Leader, Deloitte
Branka Minic
Chief Executive Officer
Ellen Thorp
Managing Director, Coalition for Sustainable Roofing
2:00 pm - 2:55 pm The Role of AI in Workforce Development
Heide Abelli
Co-Founder and CEO, Sage X, Inc.
John Belcik
CEO, International Code Council
Alex Boesenberg
Manager for Standards Advocacy, International Society of Automation
Tatiana Khayrullina
Vice President and Industry Lead, Outsell, Inc.
Joan O’Neil
Chief Knowledge Officer and Executive Vice President of Content and Services, the International Code Council
2:55 pm - 3:05 pm Stretch Break
3:10 pm - 3:55 pm National Building Museum Panel
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Closing Remarks
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Networking Reception