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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