BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55-146@sjbr.r9-asce.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T130000 DTSTAMP:20250105T032850Z URL:https://sjbr.r9-asce.org/events/january-2025-joint-apwa-asce-luncheon/ SUMMARY:January 2025 Joint APWA | ASCE Luncheon DESCRIPTION:Join the APWA Silicon Valley Chapter and the ASCE San Jose Bran ch for their annual joint luncheon.\nJoubin Pakpour\, Region 8 Director of APWA\, and David Luera\, Operations and Maintenance Manager for the City of Pleasanton\, will present:\nPublic Works Visibility: How to be Recogniz ed as First Responders\nDate: January 15\, 2025\nTime: 11:30AM - 1:00PM\nL ocation: Michael's at Shoreline\n2960 N Shoreline Blvd\, Mountain View\, C A\nRegistration can be completed through APWA's website:\nREGISTER HERE\n\ n\n\nPresentation Description:\nPublic Works Professionals have been refer red to as the silent first responders\, first in\, last out. They are typi cally first to arrive after natural or manmade disasters\, clearing the wa y for other first responders\, and last to leave to leave\, long after the emergency is over. Yet many community members\, elected officials and eve n other agency departments do not regard public works as first responders. In response to 9/11\, the federal government issued Presidential Policy D irective 8\, officially recognizing public works as first responders. This presentation will dive into increasing the visibility of your public work s department with the public\, elected officials and other departments wit hin your agency. Practical lessons learned from other public works departm ents will be shared.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Speakers\nMr. Joubin Pakpour is the current Region 8 Director for the American Public Works Association (APWA)\, representing over 5\,000 public works professionals from Califor nia on the APWA national board of directors. He has worked both in the pub lic and private sectors and currently serves as District Engineer for seve ral water districts on the San Francisco Peninsula. He has been a vocal ad vocate of public works for close to three decades. As a volunteer\, he tra vels the country\, passionately speaking on public works visibility and fi rst responders and sharing lessons learned from other departments.\nMr. Da vid Luera currently serves as the Operations &\; Maintenance Manager fo r the City of Pleasanton. During his time at Alameda County and now at the City of Pleasanton he has been instrumental in helping recognize the City and County public works employees as First Responders. He has made presen tations to City Councils and other Departments regarding Public Works Firs t responders fostering a collaborative approach with other first responder s (police and fire departments). He will share his presentations and lesso ns learned. Due to his efforts\, the City of Pleasanton now recognizes the Public Works Department as first responders.\nThe ASCE San Jose Branch is a subsidiary of the ASCE San Francisco Section\, a 501c(3) non-profit org anization\, operating locally in the San Francisco bay area. CATEGORIES:San Jose Branch LOCATION:Michaels Restaurant\, 2940 North Shoreline Boulevard\, Mountain Vi ew\, CA\, 94043\, Bay Area\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2940 North Shoreline Boulev ard\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, Bay Area\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIU S=100;X-TITLE=Michaels Restaurant:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR