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

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Exhibits
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Outdoor Demos
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch with Exhibitors
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

3 Concurrent Sessions

Explore the Evolution of Digital Locating™ Technology and its Transformative Impact on Underground Utility Operations 

Power of Don't

Prevention of Natural Gas Cross Bores in Sewer Systems

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3 Concurrent Sessions

811 Executive Apprenticeship Program: For the Next Generation of Leaders

Utility Locating & Mapping Technologies: EM, GPR, Acoustic, SPAR and RTK

Damage Prevention: The Unplanned Inspection

3:00 PM -3:50 PM

3 Concurrent Sessions

Alternate Locate Provider (ALP) Program: A New Option for Locate Delivery in Alberta

Eyes Wide Open - New and Young Workers

Session 3

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

3 Concurrent Sessions

Root Cause Analysis of Underground Asset Strikes in Australia: Damage Prevention for a 3.3 Million Square Mile Telecommunication Network

Positive Response Codes - Contributing to Clarity or Confusion

PHMSA Strategies to Ensure Compliance

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Safety Shindig
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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!