2025 EXPO SCHEDULE

2025 CFSEI Expo will feature educational opportunities in the latest advancements in cold-formed steel framing (CFS). Expo educational program is suited to both skilled CFS professionals and newcomers. CFSEI Expo sessions will be delivered by industry-recognized experts in CFS. In three days, expo participants will have the ability to earn more than ten continuing education credits.

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Monday, May 19, 2025
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.      Rear Parking Lot	CFS - Tool Time Hands-On
5:00 pm. – 6:00 p.m.      Glenwood Terrace/Glenwood Foyer	Welcome Reception
6:00 pm. – 7:00 p.m.     Glenwood Terrace/Glenwood Foyer	Young Member Group Mixer
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast - Glenwood Ballroom
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.      Glenwood Ballroom	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU State of the Standards Moderator: Jay Larson, P.E.,F.ASCE, Steel Framing Industry Association Panel: Patrick Ford, P.E., Steel Framing Industry Association Jon-Paul Cardin, P.E., Metal Building Manufacturers Association Christopher Raebel, P.E., American Institute of Steel Construction Thomas Sputo, P.E., Steel Deck Institute Click here for details
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break with Sponsors
Crabtree A-D	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Cold-Formed Steel Classroom: Flexural Member Design Reinhold Schuster, Ph.D., P.Eng., S.E., University of Waterloo Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute Click here for details
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Crabtree E-H	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Special Loading Conditions for Cold-Formed Steel Trusses Peter A. Humphrey, P.E., MiTek Click here for details
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	Lunch: Annual Meeting & Awards - Glenwood Ballroom
Crabtree A-D	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Roll Forming Process: Hidden Insights for Better Engineering Design Dr Hari Magarabooshanam, Scottsdale Construction System Mahsa Mahdavian, Scottsdale Construction System Click here for details
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Crabtree E-H	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Seismic Design Karl L. Schroeder, P.E., Devco Engineering, Inc. Kirsten Zeydel, S.E., Nevell Group, Inc. Click here for details
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Break with Sponsors
Crabtree A-D	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU Mixed Reality Technology in Steel Construction and Education Hannah Blum, University of Wisconsin-Madison Click here for details
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Crabtree E-H	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW All Things Screwed: Don't Bolt on your Connection Madeleine Grimmer, P.E., Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. Click here for details
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Break with Sponsors
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.      Glenwood Ballroom	Earn 1 PDH KEYNOTE: Strategies for Integrating AI into the Structural Engineering Profession John-Michael Wong, PhD, S.E., NCSEA Foundation's Innovation in Structural Engineering Grant Team on Artificial Intelligence Click here for details
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.	Dinner and Social Event
	Pig Pickin' at the Raleigh Beer Garden Click here for details
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
7:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast - Glenwood Ballroom
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.      Glenwood Ballroom	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU Engineering Ethics: Follow the Rules or Face the Consequences Fred Mendicino, Faughnan Mendicino, PLLC Click here for details
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break with Sponsors
Crabtree A-D	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Radiused Cold-Formed Steel Structure Design Josh Garton, P.E., S.E., McClure Daniel Linneman, P.E., S.E.,McClure Click here for details
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Crabtree E-H	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW Composite Beams and Diaphragms in Steel-Framed Buildings Matthew R. Eatherton, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Click here for details
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	Lunch: Award Winners Presentations - Glenwood Ballroom
Crabtree A-D	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU The Growing Popularity of Prefabricated Exterior Skins & Off-Site Construction Matt Chance, Advanced Exterior Systems Click here for details
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Crabtree E-H	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW EQ + Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) = Winning with Sustainable Steel Adam Shoemaker, ClarkDietrich Click here for details
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Break with Sponsors
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.      Glenwood Ballroom	Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU What's Hot on the Hotline? Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute Patrick M. Hainault, P.E., R.A. Smith, Inc. Andrew Newland, P.E., ADTEK Engineers, Inc. Click here for details
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Emerging Technologies Session  2 PDHs / 2 LU
Crabtree A-D	A Study a Novel Composite Steel Floor System Benjamin W. Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., Johns Hopkins University Click here for details
Crabtree A-D	Microsoft .NET Open-Source Cold-Formed Steel Codes and Standards Cris Moen, Ph.D., P.E., RunToSolve LLC Chu Ding, Ph.D., P.E., RunToSolve LLC Click here for details
Crabtree A-D	Developing Innovative Cold-Formed Steel Space Trusses Cheung Yu, Ph.D., University of North Texas Click here for details
Crabtree A-D	Maximizing Adaptive Reuse with Cold-Formed Steel Frame and Lightweight Structural Cementitious Panels Frank Pospisil, United States Gypsum, Co. Click here for details
Crabtree A-D	Automating AISI S100 Direct Strength Method Design Calculations for Arbitrary Cross-Sections: pyCUFSM and ClearCalcs Brooks H. Smith, ClearCalcs, Pty Ltd. Click here for details
5:30 p.m.	Expo Closes

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