ABC members that attend BizCon, Feb. 19-20 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will have the opportunity to hear from leaders in the health care, energy, retail and chemical sectors who collectively have more than $20 billion in construction projects in their pipeline, according to Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Capital Expenditures List.

During BizCon’s Major Construction Users Panel, these leaders will talk about

  - What drives their capital spending decisions;
  -  Key indicators that affect expansion and growth of their real estate portfolios;
  -  Short- and long-term construction priorities; and
  -  Improvement opportunities and priorities they see for the construction industry.

Panelists include:

  -  Scott N. Dahl, Senior Construction Engineering Manager with Dow Chemical
  -  Greg Stein, Vice President, Design & Construction with Hospital Corporation of America
  -  Vineet Mohan, Managing Director of Projects, Construction and Engineering with The AES Corporation
  -  Carl Crowe, Vice President of Construction with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

BizCon also will feature four additional panels: Trends in Major Land Development, Real Estate Finance and Investment, Real Estate Development and Public-Private Partnerships. 

The conference’s keynote speakers include: political icon, Karl Rove, economists Arthur Laffer and Anirban Basu and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni. 

Register before Jan. 25 to take advantage of the early-bird discount. Visit bizcon.abc.org for more information.