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BD+C's Under 40 Leadership Summit update

BD+C's Under 40 Leadership Summit update

The two-day Under 40 Leadership Summit continued with a Leadership Style interactive presentation; Great Solutions presentations from Under 40 attendees; the Owner’s Perspective panel discussion; and the Blue Ocean Strategy presentation.


By By BD+C Staff | December 27, 2011
BD+C Under 40 Leadership Summit
Attendees of the first BD+C Under 40 Leadership Summit visit one of the Make it RIght Foundation residential sites in New Orlean
This article first appeared in the December 2011 issue of BD+C.

Building Design+Construction’s first Under40 Leadership Summit took place this past October in New Orleans. The industry’s top young professionals took part in three days of networking, leadership development, and strategy generating.

The event kicked off with a Building Team Tour that included stops at the Make it Right Foundation residential construction sites in the Lower 9th Ward; an Army Corps of Engineers levee system and pumping station; and the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life and Dinwiddie Hall at Tulane University.

The two-day Under 40 Leadership Summit continued with a Leadership Style interactive presentation; Great Solutions presentations from Under 40 attendees (see Great Solutions, page 44); the Owner’s Perspective panel discussion; and the Blue Ocean Strategy presentation.

Be sure to visit www.bdcnetwork.com/under40 to view exclusive video and photos from the 2011 Under 40 Leadership Summit and links to the new Under 40 social media sites. BD+C

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