Deep South Convention 2018

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1 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Deep South Convention 2018 Come, Find Your Place in the Sun. Join with owners and key principals from premiere consulting engineering companies from across the Deep Southern States of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi for the ACEC Deep South annual convention and exhibitor s trade show to be held at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, located on the Emerald Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Destin, Florida. Bring your family and join with your peers for profitable and enjoyable return. Make Reservations Today. Book online: Group Code: 23O0EJ.aspx Group Reservations Fax Cut-off date for reservations is June 25, 2018, after which rooms will be sold on a space-available basis.

2 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Deep South Convention 2018 Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Destin, Florida July 26-28, 2018 Sandestin Housing Information Group Code 23O0EJ Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort is the perfect solution to find your place in the sun. Unlike a hotel, the exquisite 2,400 acre resort s collection of 1,250 vacation rentals includes studios to 4-bedroom units, condos, homes, villas and penthouses, giving you an enticing array of options. You also have four resort areas to choose from including Beachside, Bayside, Lakeside and the Village stretching from our postcard-perfect beach to tranquil Choctawhatchee Bay. Sandestin offers, use of bicycles, boogie boards, kayaks, tennis, access to our fitness center and our resort-wide tram service. Spectacular activities that have made Sandestin so popular include four celebrated championship golf courses, the Village of Baytowne Wharf and our 7-mile strand of powdery white sand beaches. Make your reservation at Sandestin to find your place in the sun. Call , or book online Sandestin Group Reservations: Cut-off date for reservations is June 25, 2018, after which rooms will be sold on a space-available basis. Group Accommodations and Rates A deposit of one night s room rate is required to secure rooms. All room rates quoted DO NOT include 12% fees and 11.5% taxes. All requests are subject to availability at time booking request is received. Any other type of accommodation besides what is in your block will vary in cost depending on location. *A minimum stay of 4 nights is required on Beachfront and Luau accommodations. The Grand Complex consists of accommodations in the Grand Sandestin, LaSata, Bahia, and Elation. Deposit is refundable in the event of individual room cancellation, provided notice is received by Sandestin seven days prior to scheduled arrival date. For online booking, visit: Accommodation Rate Accommodation Rate Beachside 2 Bdrm* $ Lakeside 4 Bdrm $ Luau Studio* $ Village 2 Bdrm $ Luau 1 Bdrm* $ LeJardin 3 Bdrm $ Luau 2 Bdrm* $ Grand Complex Studio $ Beachwalk 2 Bdrm $ Grand Complex 1 Bdrm $ Bayside 2 Bdrm $ Grand Complex 2 Bdrm $ Lakeside 2 or 3 Bdrm $ or $ Grand Complex 3 Bdrm $

3 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Deep South Convention 2018 Topics and Speakers Doing Business in the 21st Century South Chef Robert St. John (1 PDH) R=P³, Retain = Passion, Purpose, Promise Melinda Stallings (1 PDH) The Business of Engineering: Roundtable Discussions (1.0 PDH) Give Me Your Documents Ownership in the Digital Age Nicole Mangino, Esq (2.0 PDH) ACEC National Update - On the Point for Member Firms Speaker: Steve Hall, (1.0 PDH)

4 Deep South Convention 2018 Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Destin, Florida Wed, July 25 Convention Schedule Location 3:00-5:00 Sandestin Pre-Convene Meeting with ACEC Executive Directors and Staff Thu, July 26 12:00-5:00 Exhibitor s Trade Show Setup Noon 2:00 Joint MO Leadership Luncheon 1:00-5:00 Convention Registration 2:00-5:00 ACEC/Alabama Executive Committee Meeting 2:00-4:00 ACEC/Arkansas Executive Committee Meeting 2:00-5:00 ACEC/Louisiana Board of Governor's Meeting 2:00-3:00 ACEC/Mississippi Executive Committee Meeting 3:00-4:00 ACEC/Mississippi General Membership Meeting 5:30-7:00 Opening Deep South Reception & Entertainment with Exhibitors Fri, July 27 7:30-8:30 Networking Breakfast with Trade Show Exhibitors 7:30-8:30 Louisiana Past President s Council Meeting 8:30-9:30 Opening Keynote: Doing Business in the 21st Century South, Chef Robert St. John (1 PDH) 9:30-10:30 Session II: R=P³, Retain = Passion, Purpose, Promise, Melinda Stallings (1 PDH) 10:30-11:00 Networking Break & Door Prizes with Exhibitors 11:00-12:30 Session III: The Business of Engineering: Roundtable Discussions (1 PDH Breakout) 12:30-1:30 Session IV: Minimum Standards of Land Surveying ( 1.0 PDH - LS Licensees) Sat, July 28 7:30-8:30 Networking Breakfast with Trade Show Exhibitors 8:30-9:30 Session I: Give Me Your Documents Ownership in the Digital Age, Nicole Mangino, Esq (2.0 PDH) 9:30 10:30 Session II: TBA 10:30-11:00 Networking Break & Door Prizes with Exhibitors 11:00-12:00 Session III: "On the Point for Member Firms: ACEC Trust & Advocacy Update" - Steve Hall (1.0 PDH) 11:00-1:00 Exhibitor Trade Show Tear Down 12:30-5:30 Golf Tournament: Shotgun Start (Tee times TBA boxed deli lunch included) (Raven Course) 6:30-7:30 Closing Cocktail Social 7:30-9:00 Closing Banquet & Officer's Induction Ceremony

5 Keynote Speaker Chef Robert St. John CHEF, AUTHOR, RESTAURANTEUR, & WORLD-CLASS EATER Doing Business in the 21st Century South Robert St. John is a restaurateur, chef, columnist, and author. Robert St. John has spent almost four decades in the restaurant business. Thirty of those years have been as the owner of the Purple Parrot, Crescent City Grill, Mahogany Bar, Branch, Tabella, and Ed s Burger Joint in Hattiesburg, MS. For 20 years he has written a weekly syndicated newspaper column. St. John was just named a part of the 2017 Mississippi Top Fifty by Y all Politics and Supertalk Mississippi. St. John has been named the state s top chef three consecutive years and was honored as Mississippi Restaurateur of the Year. His restaurant The Purple Parrot Cafe has been named the best fine dining restaurant in Mississippi and just received its sixth Four-Diamond rating from the AAA Travel Guide. Additionally, in 2011, AAA named Purple Parrot Cafe the second-best finedining restaurant in the South (just behind Commander s Palace). Tabella has been voted Best Italian in Mississippi, Crescent City Grill has been voted one of Mississippi s Top Ten restaurants, and the Mahogany Bar has been voted among the Top 100 Beer Bars in America for the past three consecutive years. St. John is the author of ten books, including three previous collaborations with watercolorist Wyatt Waters. His 11th book, A Mississippi Palate, another collaboration with Waters was released November 1st. Their book, An Italian Palate, was written in Europe while St. John, his wife, and his two children traveled through 17 countries on two continents for six months. He and Waters lead group tours to Italy twice a year. St. John is the creator, producer, and host of the Public Broadcasting series Palate to Palette with Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters which begins airing on October 12th. St. John has been featured in USA TODAY and appeared on The Food Network, The Travel Channel, National Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living, and the Turner South network, among others. In 2009, St. John founded Extra Table, a non-profit organization that purchases healthy foods and provides them to soup kitchens and mission pantries throughout Mississippi. Chef will provide our Opening General Session on Friday morning.

6 Presenter R=P³ Retain = Passion, Purpose, Promise You ve wooed them, wowed them, won them and now you want to KEEP them! Hiring and keeping the best and brightest talent minds requires more than training them to do the job your firm s way. The marketplace is rapidly changing, and the expectations of employees are changing along with it. They are more informed, savvier and have greater expectations about their work life than ever before. This interactive session will invite you to think about your most powerful retention tools, your firm s values and culture, and how you fully engage the passion, purpose and promise of the talented individuals that you hired. Melinda Stallings, M.A., SHRM-SCP is known as The Positive Coach. She has masterfully practiced the art of integrating business and industrial/organizational psychology principles for 20 years within Fortune 10 to family-owned businesses. Her consistent results? More positive workplace more positive profits! Her central goal is to positively influence the collective, one individual at a time by helping people to discover their greatness that lies within. She is the award-winning author of The Power of Positive Conflict Resolution 8 Simple Steps to Take Any Situation from Breakdown to Breakthrough and the creator of The Positive Approach to Conflict Resolution learning experience for managers and leaders to significantly reduce conflict and turn cash drain into profit gain (and engage and retain their best and brightest!). Melinda will present this session on Friday.

7 Presenter Nicole Mangino, Esq. XL Catlin Insurance Nicole Mangino is a Vice President/ Director of Underwriting Operations with the design professional group for XL Catlin Insurance. She currently works closely with claims staff, actuarial and loss education to benefit XL Design Professional s clients through educational programs and advising on trends and insurance coverage solutions. Nicole began her career as a commercial litigator representing international and domestic corporate clients in complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, corporate governance, insurance coverage disputes, and regulatory compliance matters. She joined XL in 2006 as an Executive Claims Counsel handling construction, environmental and design professional liability claims worldwide. In her current role, she regularly presents nationally on risk management and loss control topics for design professionals and their clients. Nicole will present Give Me Your Documents Ownership in the Digital Age, on Saturday morning.

8 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Deep South Convention 2018 Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Destin, Florida July 26-28, 2018 Registration & Exhibitor Pricing Information Early Bird Member Registration, $725: Price includes: Thursday Deep South Bash; Friday & Saturday Breakfasts; Continuing Educational Sessions; Breaks; Saturday Closing Social & Dinner. After July 1st, $825. Early Bird Non-Member Registration, $825: Price includes: Thursday Deep South Bash; Friday & Saturday Breakfasts; Continuing Educational Sessions; Breaks; Saturday Closing Social & Dinner. After July 1st, $875. Spouse/Guest Registration, $165: Thursday Deep South Bash; Saturday Closing Social & Dinner. After July 1st, $200 Child Registration (ages 5-16), $70: Thursday Deep South Bash; Saturday Closing Social & Dinner. Trade Show Exhibitor, $975 (One Company) $1,475 (Two Companies): Space rental and setup fees; 8 x10 piped and draped booth; skirted table, chairs, signs, 2 adult tickets to Thu Deep South Bash; Friday & Saturday Breakfasts; Breaks. After July 1: $1,075 & $1,575 Registration Form (PLEASE RETURN TO RESPECTIVE STATES) Amnt Due Name/Exhibitor: $ Spouse/Guest/Co-Exhibitor: $ Child & age: $ Child & age: $ Child & age: $ Child & age: $ Child & age: $ State: Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Regional Total Due: $ Billing Address: Phone: Early Bird Registration Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2018 Cancellation Policy: Payment must be received in full by July 6, Refunds will not be given after this date. You will be billed for your registration if you do not cancel by this date. Substitutes are welcome. Credit Card Authorization Card Holder: Card Number: Billing Address: Payment by Check Check Number: Date Rec d: By: Exp Date: Signature:

9 Deep South Convention 2018 Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Destin, Florida Please Include this Form With Registration to Register for Ala-Carte Ticketing by Friday, June 29th Name: Ala-Carte Tickets P/P Cost # Tickets Amount Due Thursday Deep South Bash Adult $65 Child (ages 5-16) $25 Friday Buffet Breakfast with Trade Show Exhibitors Adult $40 Child (ages 5-16) $15 Saturday Breakfast with Trade Show Exhibitors Adult $40 Child (ages 5-16) $15 Saturday Closing: Cocktail Social & Banquet Adult $100 Child (ages 5-16) $45 Saturday Golf Tourney (Cart, Greens Fees & Boxed Deli Lunch) $160 Handicap (s): Total Due: Cancellation Policy: Payment must be received in full by July 6, Refunds will not be given after this date. You will be billed for your registration if you do not cancel by this date. Substitutes are welcome. Credit Card Authorization Card Holder: Card Number: Billing Address: Payment by Check Check Number: Date Rec d: By: Exp Date: Signature:

10 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Deep South Convention 2018 Sponsorships (please indicate) - Registration Deadline, Friday, June 29, 2018 All Sponsors will be listed on printed & digital materials Sandestin Room Key Card Sponsor - $3,000 Full Reg plus 1 add l comp ticket to Thu and Sat Socials Exhibit Hall Sponsor - $2,500 Full Reg plus 1 add l comp ticket to Thu and Sat Socials Thu Deep South Bash Sponsor (4) - $1,000 2 Comp ticket to Deep South Bash Thu Deep South Bash Entertainment Sponsor (3) - $500 1 Comp tickets to Deep South Bash Sat Closing Social (2) - $2,000 Full Reg plus 1 add l comp ticket to Closing Social & Dinner Sat Closing Banquet (2) - $2,000 Full Reg plus 1 add l comp ticket to Closing Social & Dinner Convention Headquarters - $1,000 1 Comp ticket Thu Social, Fri & Sat Breakfast Continuous Breaks throughout Convention (3) - $1,000 1 Comp ticket to Fri & Sat Breakfast Golf Tourney Boxed Lunches & Prizes (2) - $1,000 1 Comp ticket to Golf Tournament Thu Executive Committee Meeting Breaks (4) - $750 1 Comp ticket to Fri & Sat Breakfast Fri Breakfast (3) - $750 1 Comp tickets to Fri Breakfast Sat Breakfast (3) - $750 1 Comp tickets to Sat Breakfast Meeting Break Door Prizes - $500 Exhibitors may donate door prizes Golf Hole Sponsor - $250 ALL Sponsors will be listed on printed & digital materials Donated Prize (value) $ TOTAL DUE: Sponsorship Registration Form State: Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Regional Name: Billing Address: Phone: Printed Materials Registration Deadline (need logos & payment by): Friday, June 29, 2018 Cancellation Policy: Payment must be received in full by July 6, Refunds will not be given after this date. You will be billed for your registration if you do not cancel by this date. Substitutes are welcome. Credit Card Authorization Card Holder: Card Number: Billing Address: Payment by Check Check Number: Date Rec d: By: Exp Date: Signature: