2008 ASME Annual Meeting to Explore the Emerging Challenges Faced by the Engineering Industry

Early Career Engineers Can Save 50% on Meeting Registration!

The 2008 ASME Annual Meeting this June (formerly the ASME Summer Annual Meeting) will bring together senior-level engineering executives from leading firms – IBM, Westinghouse Electric and Boeing, among others – and other distinguished speakers to assess the emerging business challenges facing the engineering profession.

The agenda for the meeting also offers guidelines and strategies of interest to early career engineers for career advancement and personal growth in the rapidly evolving workplace.

ASME is making a special offer for early career engineers – save 50% on meeting registration.  To find out more about this special offer, visit http://www.asmeconferences.org/annualmeeting08/SpecialOffer.cfm

Based on the theme “Innovative Partnering: Interdisciplinary Challenges to Designing the Future,” the meeting will enable early career engineers to learn about and explore emerging business challenges in the profession and how to cope with these challenges through skills enhancement. 

Topics to be covered in the meeting will include key trends and management challenges; collaborations and partnerships; managing virtual teams; negotiation and consensus building; project management and other keys to success in tomorrow’s engineering workplace.

The 2008 ASME Annual Meeting will be held June 7-11, at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  The program of the meeting consists of plenary sessions, workshops, professional development sessions, and a Career Expo.

The plenary sessions are titled "Envisioning the Future," "Critical Skills Needed to Overcome 21st Century Challenges," and “Partnering: Interdisciplinary Approaches Are the Keys to Success.”  Each plenary session runs for 90 minutes and features expert commentary from CEO and vice president-level corporate decision makers, academic scholars, and business consultants. 

Michael Rogers, futurist-in-residence at The New York Times Company, will chair and moderate the plenary sessions.  Rogers is one of nation’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business.

Workshops will explore the subjects treated in the plenary sessions, however in greater depth.  The 90-minute workshops will provide a forum for Q&A between speakers and attendees.

The professional development program at the meeting will focus on building career skills that are critical for early career engineers to succeed in the evolving marketplace.  It will also cover two of ASME’s most popular technical codes and standards, the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standard.

The 2008 ASME Annual Meeting also will include meetings of the Society’s Board of Governors and volunteer committees and a social program.  For information, visit www.asmeconferences.org/annualmeeting08 or call (866) 519-1299.