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Hotel Information

Location Details
Embassy Suites Des Moines Downtown
101 East Locust 
Des Moines, IA  50309
(515) 244-1700

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** Cut-off Date: September 5, 2022 **
 Ask for the NAWIC Midwest Region Fall Conference Rate

Agenda at a Glance

Wednesday, October 5, 2022
                    3:00 - 5:00 pm  -  Iowa Capitol Tour (optional)
6:00 pm  -  Optional Dinner

Thursday, October 6, 2022
                         8:00 - 12:00 pm  -  Welcome & Breakout Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm  -  Lunch
1:15 - 3:00 pm  -  Breakout Sessions
3:15 - 4:15 pm  -  Keynote Presentation
4:30 - 5:15 pm  -  First-Timers Networking Event
5:00 - 9:00 pm  -  Fall Flannel Festival 

Friday, October 7, 2022
8:45 - 11:45 am  -  General Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm  -  Lunch
1:15 - 3:30 pm  -  NAWIC Business Meeting
5:30 - 8:00 pm  -  Optional Activity & Dinner

Speakers
Kayleen McCabe
Contractor, TV Host and Marketer
Denver, Colorado

​Kayleen McCabe’s passion for the trades takes her from garages to global summits.  A Contractor and industry ambassador, she’s a sought-after speaker on trade education, career choices, America’s labor shortage, and women as skilled laborers – all marked by her trademark playful-ness, candor, and informed wit. The longtime host of DIY Network’s Rescue Renovation, Kayleen is committed to soliciting respect and visibility for Craft Professionals and the careers associated with them.  Her nonproft, The McCabe Foundation, tightens America’s skills gap by encouraging young men, women and Veterans to consider careers in this undervalued, unflled sector.
Kayleen is a familiar face at industry events and in schools across the nation, and partners exclusively with respected partners including SkillsUSA, NAWIC, ACTE, and NCCER.  When she’s not knocking down stereotypes or walls, Kayleen caters to a wide array of clients on custom construction projects, and enjoys as much time as possible in her home state of Colorado. 
Bill Carney
Design Technology Leader, DLR Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

As DLR Group’s Design Technology Leader, Bill’s focus is global to work with the Integrated Design Leadership to establish and execute strategies that will help enhance BIM and digital design technology teams to ensure the work delivered by each team is done on the cutting edge of AEC standards and practices. Bill is one of DLR Group’s R&D Studio leaders where he focuses his lens of Design Technology to research tools that will impact the design process in the future or that can be used to assist the project research process.
Patrick Willey
Employee Development Manager, Dean Snyder Construction 
Omaha, Nebraska

Pat grew up in Omaha, Nebraska where he attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  Upon graduation, he worked for Kiewit for nine years during which he found his calling in talent development.  While at Kiewit, Pat supported creation and delivery of best-in-class leadership training and technical development for craft and staff employees, as well as the management of development technologies.  In November of 2021 he had an opportunity to go to Dean Snyder Construction and start an employee development department.

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