Program & Speakers: DFI-SuperPile

View the Conference Program here.

A dynamic technical program is planned for SuperPile ’19. This program includes DFI’s Board and Technical Committee Meeting Schedule. A Pre-Conference Workshop on Impact Testing for Site Characterization will be held on Wednesday, May 1^stfrom 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM. This workshop is a Ticketed Event – Register here. Thursday, May 2nd Plenary Session includes a Webinar from 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM. The content of the Webinar will be The Osterberg Memorial Lecture presented by Samuel Paikowsky, PhD., University of Massachusetts Lowell and an Industry Owner Collaborative Forum. If you are unable to attend SuperPile ’19, you may register for this free webinar here.

Wednesday, May 1

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM	DFI Educational Trust Board Meeting and Executive Committee Meeting
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM	Workshop – Impact Testing for Site Characterization (Ticketed Event)
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM	DFI Technical Committee and Working Group Meetings
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM	Conference Registration
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM	Exhibitor Set-Up
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM	DFI Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Networking Reception (Off-Site, Ticketed Event)

8:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Opening Plenary Session Presentations
10:45 PM – 12:30 PM	Plenary Session 2 – WEBINAR (Non-Conference Attendees - Click here to register)
12:30 PM – 5:15 PM	Plenary Sessions 3 and 4 Presentations
5:15 PM – 7:15 PM	Conference Welcome Reception and Exhibition

8:45 AM –9:15 AM	Pacific Pile ‐ Terminal 5 PoS	Brice Exley, P.E. Hart Crowser, Inc. United States
9:15 AM –9:45 AM	Concrete Filled Tubes	Dawn Lehman University of Washington United States and Amy Leland Washington Department of Transportation
9:45 AM –10:15 AM	Design of Piling Systems for Ports	Stephen Dickenson New Albion Geotechnical, Inc. United States
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM	Osterberg Memorial Lecture	Samuel Paikowsky, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

You may register for this Conference using a major Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Check or Purchase Order. Check payments due within 30 days of registration and made payable to DFI.

DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE

326 Lafayette Avenue

Hawthorne, NJ 07506

Memo: SuperPile '19

For wire payments, contact bookkeeper@dfi.org.

Cancellations must be made in writing by mail, email or fax to:

Email: events@dfi.org

Fax: (973) 423-4031

All payments are net 30 days from the date of registration.

Refunds for Exhibit Space will not be issued after Friday, March 21, 2019.

Refunds for Registration will not be issued after Monday, April 1, 2019. However, you may transfer your registration to another DFI Member.

Images of individuals may be captured by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) during events/activities organized and hosted by DFI using still photography, video or any other medium. DFI reserves the right to use such images on the DFI website, in Deep Foundations Magazine, in newsletters and/or other publicity material. By registering and/or participating in a DFI event/activity, the persons whose images are captured during such an event consent to the use of said images by DFI as described above.

As a registrant of this event, and its related activities, you agree to receive email from DFI relating to its events, membership, and publications as well as newsletters, updates, and other announcements.

DFI’s 2019 Osterberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, May 2. Samuel Paikowsky, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell, has been selected as this year’s lecturer.

Dr. Paikowsky is also the President of GeoDynamica Inc. and he has over 30 years of experience in geotechnical related consulting, research and engineering projects. He is an internationally renowned expert in the field of deep foundation, reliability based design instrumentation, testing and analysis, and has been involved in projects worldwide.

The lecture was established in honor of Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg, to recognize innovations in deep foundations construction related to engineering design, testing or education.

An Industry-Owner Collaborative Panel Discussion will be presented after the lecture by representatives leading industry forums for collaboration with owners. Various industry-owner collaborative program will be presented followed by a question and answer session. Programs include:

Washington Department of Transportation-ADSC contractor forum
DFI's Seepage Control Committee, Chennai Metro Working Group, and City of Toronto Groundwater Management Working Group
PDCA's Pile Advocacy Program and
Introduction of New Technologies to AASHTO

Panel Moderator: Matthew Janes, P.Eng. | Isherwood Associates and President, Deep Foundations Institute

Panelists: Pollyanna Cunningham | Chair, Deep Foundations Institute Driven Pile Committee and ICE® - International Construction Equipment Inc. and

Mark Gaines, P.E. | Washington State DOT

Silas Nichols, P.E. | U.S. Federal Highway Administration

David Paul, P.E. | Trustee, Deep Foundations Institute and Paul GeoTek Engineering, LLC

An increasing number of professional engineering licensing organizations require members to pursue professional development on a formal basis. DFI is pleased to provide a general Certificate of Participation for all its technical programs. This certificate is accepted by most licensing boards and serves as documentation of your pursuit of continuing education credits. There are some states that may not accept the general DFI certificate. Attendees are responsible for determining whether or not DFI PDHs are accepted by their respective licensing board. The number of general PDHs for this conference are 5 for Day 1 Plenary, 6.5 for Day 2 Parallel A or B for a total of 11.5 PDHs for the conference.

NEW YORK: Approved New York State (NYS) Professional Development Hours are sought for all DFI events from the Practicing Institute of Engineers. PDHs will be determined when approval is received. Those individuals requiring NYS approved hours must follow the guidelines and procedures requested by event management to qualify. The procedure typically includes the need to sign-in at the Registration Desk as proof of your attendance at the entire event. This procedure is subject to change. The approved hours for this conference will be announced within the three weeks leading up to the conference. The approved hours for this conference will be announced soon.

Please note the following deadlines as you prepare your presentation:

Program Schedule

View the Conference Program here. Please locate your presentation and name on the schedule. It is subject to change. If it does, you will be contacted by the Program Committee or the DFI Events Team. NOTE: Writing a technical paper is NOT required for this conference. If you choose, you are free to submit a paper to the DFI Journal for consideration.

Online Registration

Please register for SuperPile ‘19 today by clicking here. The registration fee for Speakers is only $315.00. The first speaker may register at the discounted rate. Additional speakers should register at their applicable registration level.

Information/Materials Required

Item	Deadline
Brief Presentation Summary (2-3 sentences only): Please include: Title of your presentation Individual presenter names, professional designations (P.E., Ph.D., etc.), company names for EACH presenter for the printed conference program	Friday, January 18
Presenter Bio(s): Short biographical paragraph FOR EACH PRESENTER as a Microsoft Word document (view sample)	Friday, January 18
Presentation Release Form: Click here for the PRESENTATION RELEASE FORM. Please download, complete and submit here.	Friday, January 18
Final PowerPoint Presentation: View DFI's Presentation Guidelines for important information about the appearance of your PowerPoint Slide Format: 16:9 (wide-screen) Rule of thumb: one slide per minute of presentation time Corporate logos may only appear on the first and last presentation slide. (unless your organization is a not-for-profit entity, e.g., university, association) Ensure you have permission to use or own the rights to photographs that appear in your PowerPoint Your presentation will be loaded and run on DFI’s laptop in the Session Room	Friday, April 5
3 Quiz-Type Questions: 3 learning/assessment questions about the content of the presentation (multiple choice, fill-in the blank, etc.; answers not needed) View sample questions and learn why these questions are important These questions are needed for New York State PDH approval for licensing	Friday, April 5
A/V Request: Click here to dowload the AUDIO/VISUAL REQUIREMENT FORM. Please download, complete and submit here. Special requests may not be accommodated without DFI receiving this form in advance.	Friday, April 5

You may continue to update your presentation and submit the final version by Wednesday, April 24, 2019. After this date, you must bring your presentation to the Speaker Preparation Meeting the morning of your presentation using a flash drive. The conference staff will load it to DFI’s laptop.

All speakers are encouraged to bring a back-up of their presentation on a flash drive.

Please be aware of the importance of limiting commercial aspects in your presentation and to focus on technical features. DFI reserves the right to later not accept a presentation that is too commercial. Additionally, unless your organization is a not-for-profit entity, corporate logos may appear on the first and last presentation slide only. Reference the Presentation Guidelines for details.

Please email the DFI Events Team at speakers@dfi.org if you cannot adhere to these deadlines.

Again, thank you for presenting at SuperPile '19.

You may register for this Conference using a major Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Check or Purchase Order. Check payments due within 30 days of registration and made payable to DFI.

DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE

326 Lafayette Avenue

Hawthorne, NJ 07506

Memo: SuperPile '19

For wire payments, contact bookkeeper@dfi.org.

Cancellations must be made in writing by mail, email or fax to:

Email: events@dfi.org

Fax: (973) 423-4031

Refunds for Exhibit Space will not be issued after Friday, March 21, 2019.

Refunds for Registration will not be issued after Monday, April 1, 2019. However, you may transfer your registration to another DFI Member.

8:30 AM – 3:00 PM	Parallel Technical Sessions in Two Tracks
3:00 PM – 5:15 PM	Panel Discussion and Closing Plenary Session

Quick Links

Program Schedule

Conference Invited Speakers

Osterberg Memorial Lecturer

Industry-Owner Collaborative Panel Discussion

Information about PDHs

Reminders for Speakers