American Council of Engineering Companies Alabama • Arkansas • Louisiana • 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: http://www.sandestin.com/23O0EJ.aspx | Group Code: 23O0EJ.aspx Group Reservations 800.320.8115 | Fax 850.267.8221 Cut-off date for reservations is June 25, 2018, after which rooms will be sold on a space-available basis.

American Council of Engineering Companies ALABAMA (334) 264-1500 | ARKANSAS (501) 978-1157 | LOUISIANA (225) 927-7704 | MISSISSIPPI (601) 420-2002 American Council of Engineering Companies 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 penthous- es, 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 800.320.8115, or book online Sandestin® Group Reservations: http://www.Sandestin.com/23O0EJ.aspx 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 Beach- front 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: http://www.sandestin.com/23O0EJ.aspx

Accommodation Rate Accommodation Rate

Beachside 2 Bdrm* $ 509.00 Lakeside 4 Bdrm $ 469.00 Luau Studio* $ 215.00 Village 2 Bdrm $ 359.00

Luau 1 Bdrm* $ 250.00 LeJardin 3 Bdrm $ 495.00

Luau 2 Bdrm* $ 375.00 Grand Complex Studio $ 224.00 Beachwalk 2 Bdrm $ 319.00 Grand Complex 1 Bdrm $ 255.00 Bayside 2 Bdrm $ 275.00 Grand Complex 2 Bdrm $ 359.00 Lakeside 2 or 3 Bdrm $ 305.00 or $ 395.00 Grand Complex 3 Bdrm $ 471.00 American Council of Engineering Companies 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)

American Council of Engineering Companies ALABAMA (334) 264-1500 | ARKANSAS (501) 978-1157 | LOUISIANA (225) 927-7704 | MISSISSIPPI (601) 420-2002 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

American Council of Engineering Companies ALABAMA (334) 264-1500 | ARKANSAS (501) 978-1157 | LOUISIANA (225) 927-7704 | MISSISSIPPI (601) 420-2002

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, Ta- bella, 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 . St. John has been named the state’s top chef three consecutive years and was honored as Mississippi Restaurateur of the Year. His restau- rant— 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 fine- dining restaurant in the South (just behind Commander’s Palace). Tabella has been voted “Best Italian” in Mississippi, Cres- cent 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 se- ries 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 Open- ing General Session on Friday morning.

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 train- ing 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 power- ful 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 psycholo- gy 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.

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 education- al 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 govern- ance, 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 Docu- ments—Ownership in the Digital Age”, on Saturday morning.

American Council of Engineering Companies 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 Educa- tional 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: $

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Phone: Email: Early Bird Registration Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2018

Cancellation Policy: Payment must be received in full by July 6, 2018. 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.

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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:

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American Council of Engineering Companies 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:

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Phone: Email: Printed Materials Registration Deadline (need logos & payment by): Friday, June 29, 2018 Cancellation Policy: Payment must be received in full by July 6, 2018. 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.

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