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ASCE Texas Section Updates

1. CECON 2024: Registration & Supporter Opportunities

The Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON™) offers a snapshot of the best in Texas civil engineering, while providing unique opportunities to learn and build relationships across the state and beyond, contributing to the industry’s technical diversity as never before. With the upcoming 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card it is only fitting that for this year’s CECON program we showcase, celebrate, and highlight the engineering communities’ work and accomplishments over the last four years within most infrastructure foundations that has contributed to continual improvement and betterment of our state’s infrastructure, covering including transit, aviation, water, energy, and many others.

TOP 4 REASONS TO ATTEND CECON:

• Build relationships with Texas civil engineers & suppliers
• Explore legislative & industry panels
• Learn from innovative technical presentations
• Earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Register online for CECON 2024 here.

Looking to grow your company’s brand? Exhibit at or sponsor CECON to make a big impression on hundreds of top civil engineers and the profession’s leaders from across Texas and

beyond! Your CECON support not only puts your brand front and center at our flagship annual conference, it also helps support the ASCE Texas community’s other important programs, such

as the Texas Infrastructure Report Card and the Student Symposium. 

For questions regarding sponsor packages, please reach out to [email protected]. Contact [email protected] for details on the exhibit space options. Don’t see an opportunity that fits your needs? Contact us to see how we can help CECON work for you.

2. Poster Presentations at CECON 2024

The Poster Session is part of the annual ASCE Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON) happening September 18-20, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and Younger Members are invited to showcase their technical work through visual displays and present their research & answer questions from attendees. Conference registration is required to participate in the Poster Session. Student registration is discounted through August 31. Posters should be submitted in PDF format to Mark Mann at [email protected] no later than August 9, 2024. Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than August 26, 2024.

Session Details

• You may begin putting up posters at 8:00 AM on Thursday, September 19. Posters will be displayed in the main hallway or in a breakout session room of the conference center. Please look for the number marked with your name and set up on half of that stand.
• The Poster Session Q&A time will be communicated with your acceptance notification. Presenters should stand by their poster and expect to talk with attendees as they view their poster.
• Posters should remain on display until the conference ends on Friday at 1:45 PM.
• Stands will be provided. Please bring push pins and brochures or flyers (sometimes abstracts or mini version of the poster) if you wish to offer takeaways for attendees. Don’t forget to put your contact information on this takeaway so attendees can contact you later with questions.
• Please dress professionally and appropriately for a professional conference.

Best,

 Mike Sosa

Operations Specialist

ASCE Texas Section

(512) 472-8905

TexASCE.org

5511 Parkcrest Dr Ste 207, Austin, TX 78731