Global DPS 2025 Schedule*
*Times subject to change
Tuesday, September 16
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration |
9:00 AM - 9:50 PM | Opening Plenary & Book Signing: Winning the War for Talent |
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
3 Concurrent Sessions How One City Created a Process to Reduce Damage to Their Underground Utilities What Can Be Done to Reduce the Number One Cause of Damage to Underground Utilities Session 3 |
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Cultivating High-Performance Board Culture: Strategies for Effective Leadership and Engagement Can the Creation of a Damage Prevention Certification Program Help Reduce Damages and Improve Safety? Session 3 |
12:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Lite Bites |
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Case Study: Igel Increases Efficiency and Minimizes Risk with New Excavator Focused Technology The New Era of Utility Mapping: How AI is Redefining Infrastructure Projects & the Subsurface Utility Ecosystem One Simple Change Significantly Reduced Our Gas Utility Damage |
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Leveraging Geofencing Technology for Utility Safety and Public Awareness Contractor Assessment Program to Enhance Pipeline Safety From Crisis to Culture Shift: What America Burning Teaches about Damage Prevention |
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Vendor Sessions Vendor Session: Above and Below Ground Digital Twin with Integration of UAV LiDAR/Photogrammetry and Ground Penetrating Radar Subsurface Imaging Array Vendor Session: Build Next-Generation Utility Maps for Digital Twins Vendor Session 3 |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall - Exhibitor Door Prizes |
Wednesday, September 17
Thursday, September 18
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Exhibits |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Lunch with Exhibitors |
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Underground Heroes: Taking an Unknown Profession Out of the Shadows Session 2 Session 3 |
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Locate the Unlocatables: GIS Mapping is Key for Utility Damage Prevention Session 2 Session 3 |
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM |
3 Concurrent Sessions Rethinking Trench Safety: Misinterpretations, Inaccuracies, and False Knowledge Clarified What Does Effective Enforcement Look Like? Drawing the Line: The Blurred Boundary Between Locating and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) |
3:00 PM -3:50 PM |
Closing Plenary: Damage Prevention Roundtable: What are Our Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities to One Another to Reduce Damages? Cash Prize and Hard Hat Giveaway! |