Event Details

2025 MITA Annual Conference

Wednesday, January 22 @ 8:00 am - 08:00 pm

2025 MITA SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025

8:00 am
Registration Opens

8:00 am – 9:00 am
Saginaw Room
MISS DIG Conference Breakfast*
Please also register for the MISS DIG
Conference to attend this session

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Anishnabeg Room
AI for Construction: Better, Safer & More
Productive Worksites
Presented By: Tenna

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Black River Room
Dangers with Indemnity Clauses & the
Extent to Which Your Liability Insurance
Provides Protection
Presented By: Clark Hill & Kapnick Insurance

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Swan Creek Room
MDOT OBD Update
Presented By: MDOT Office of Business
Development

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Ojibway Room
Building Resiliency and Opportunity in an
Unsettling Environment
Presented By: UHY

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Three Fires Room
Board of Directors Roundtable

10:00 am – 11:00 am
Swan Creek Room
Protecting Endangered Species During
Road Construction – (1 CEH)
Presented By: MDOT

10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Black River Room
MDPB Best Practices*
Please also register for the MISS DIG
Conference to attend this session
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ojibway Room
The Freedom Workshop: Creating a
Company That Can Thrive Without You &
Still Maximize Value
Presented By: Kaltz-Coulombe PLLC

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Swan Creek
Recruiting + Retaining Top Talent: Look no
Further Than Your … Corporate Retirement
Plan?
Presented By: Rehmann

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Anishnabeg Room
WIP Schedule – Your Most Valuable
Management Tool & Contractor Tax
Updates
Presented By: Doeren Mayhew

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Three Fires Room
Future Leaders Session with Keynote
(Future Leaders only)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Entertainment Hall
Lunch and Trade Show Opens

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Entertainment Hall
Keynote Speaker: John “Gucci” Foley

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Entertainment Hall
Welcome Remarks, Future Leaders Awards
& Honorary Member Presentation

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Saginaw/Swan Creek Room
Small Business Program Cocktail
Reception, Sponsored by AIS/CRC

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Past President’s Dinner
Sponsored by Alta Equipment
(Past President’s & Invited Guests Only)

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Black River Room

President’s Breakfast, Sponsored by Alta
Equipment

8:00 am

Registration Opens

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Saginaw Room

Engineering Ethics – (1 CEH)

Presented By: Rowe Professional Services

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Swan Creek

Advanced Construction Bonding

Presented By: Kotz Sangster & Guy Hurley

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Three Fires Room

Road Conductor to avoid the AASHTOware
and Claims topics

Presented By: CRA

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Black River Room

Facing High Suicide Rates in Construction
with Life-Saving Solutions

Presented By: Healing with Katie

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Ojibway Room

Political Landscape

Presented By MITA & GCSI

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Saginaw Room

Office of Major Projects and Contractor
Panel on Progressive Design Build and other
delivery models
& Digital Vision/BIM update
– (1 CEH)

Presented By MDOT

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Three Fires Room

Cyber Security

Presented By: Plante Moran

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Swan Creek

Paid Sick Leave

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Black River Room

Safety Directors Roundtable

Presented By: MITA, MDOT & MIOSHA

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Anishnabeg Room

Navigating A Sale of your Business: Sale
Options, Unions & Bonding

Presented By: Lazear Capital Partners

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Saginaw Room

AASHTOWare Project Update, TSMO and
BOBS Collab on Electrical Work & Contract
Services – Staffing Update – (1 CEH)

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Room TBD

Construction Claims

Presented By: Butzel Long

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Entertainment Hall

Lunch and Trade Show Opens

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Entertainment Hall

The 4 Domains of Safety Leadership:
Measurable traits that change everything

Presented By: Justin Ganschow, Caterpillar
Safety Services

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Entertainment Hall

MDOT Leadership Presentation and MDOT
Partnership Award

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entertainment Hall

ARTBA Presentation

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Saginaw/Swan Creek Ballroom

Industry Reception, Sponsored by Michigan
CAT

9:00 pm – 12:00 am

Ascend Nightclub

ALTA Afterglow

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Location

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858
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