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2025 COAA-GA Summer Forum | CHRIS 180
Building Smarter: Drones, Systems, and the Future of Facilities Management
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Chris Beals
Mechanical Engineer
SmithGroup (Atlanta)
Arjun Bir
Principal & Unit Manager
Copeland Building Envelope Consulting
Brendan Bowen
Sr. Executive Director, Office of Capital Planning & Facilities
Technical College System of Georgia
Jenell Calloway
Manager, Meetings & Events
Construction Owners Association of America
Wendy Cunningham
Director, Business Development
Manhattan Construction (Atlanta, GA)
Thomas Daniel
National Account Manager
Dynamic National(Atlanta)
Nicole Dobbs
Sr. Regional Program Manager
Technical College System of Georgia
Eric Downey
Senior Client Development / Building Enclosure Specialist
Terracon (Kennesaw, GA)
Dick Dutro
President
Total Systems Commissioning, Inc.
Jennifer Ingram
Perkins+Will (GA)
Jay Jenkins
GA Real Estate & Institutions Market Leader
VHB (Atlanta)
David Johnson
Construction Management
Auburn University Facilities Management
Richard Meinert
Design & Construction Project Manager IV Project Mgmt Recovery
Auburn University Facilities Management
Maggie Mitchell
Principal
Walker Architects
Dave Mogge
Deputy Director, Department of Support Services
Gwinnett County, Department of Support Services
Michelle Moore
Outside Sales Associate
Southern Lighting Source
Mike Moreland
Director of the Atlanta Office
Flad Architects (GA)
Darby Mullen
Ajax Building Company (GA)
Mohammad Nadizadeh
Senior Project Manager
BDR Partners (GA)
Elliott Oslund
JE Dunn Construction (Atlanta, GA)
Cody Parker
RMF Engineering (ATL)
Katie Pedersen
Associate | Sr. Project Manager
SmithGroup
Trevor Pitt
Project Manager
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (GA)
Tarek Rakha
Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the High Performance Building Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chris Robinson
Fitzgerald Collaborative Group
Kelly Rogers
Project Manager
Flad Architects (GA)
Shelly Schwerzler
Business Development Manager
Swinerton
Shawn Sheehan
Regional Department Manager - Building Enclosure
ECS (Atlanta)
Connor Spruell
Trade Attache
Quebec Government Office (Atlanta)
Rodney Swann
Sr. Regional Program Manager
Technical College System of Georgia
Ashley Templeton
Director of Operations - Atlanta
Setty Engineering
Charles Vill
President
Oconee Construction Services, LLC
Agenda
| July 16 | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Registration Check in upon arrival to pick up your name badge, event agenda, and raffle ticket. Get ready to connect, learn, and win. Your participation starts here! |
| 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM |
Reimagining Building Envelope Diagnostics: How Drones and AI Are Transforming Facilities Management
Tarek Rakha, Ph.D - CEO and Co-founder of Lamarr.AI and Georgia Tech Arjun Bir, PE, RRC, RRO, - Principal & Unit Manager and Copeland Building Envelope Consulting Thomas Daniel Sr. - National Account Manager, Dynamic National |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Chris 180 Build Little Free Libraries Jay Jenkins/VHB |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch (Latin Fresh) Latin Fresh is a fast-casual restaurant chain inspired by the vibrant flavors of Latin American cuisine. The menu celebrates the region's diverse culinary traditions, ingredients, colors, cultures, and music, all while honoring the beauty of Latin American people. |
| 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM |
UGA Holmes Hunter Academic Building Renovation: When your Building is 150 Years Old, How can you give it Another 150?
Jennifer Ingram/P+W Chris Robinson /FC Darby Mullen/Ajax Melanie J. Ford/UGA |
| 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM |
Code Analysis 101: Setting Your Project Up for Success
Mike Moreland/FLAD Kelly Rogers/FLAD |