Inside AWI’s First Engineering Summit:

About this episode

Jacob Edmond reflects on the first Engineering Summit at AWI Spring Leadership in Las Vegas, discussing its significance and the focus on engineering in the industry.

Text us your feedback on the podcast! In this solo episode of Verify In Field, host Jacob Edmond reflects on the first ever Engineering Summit at AWI Spring Leadership in Las Vegas. What started as an idea to fill a long standing gap in the industry quickly turned into a record setting event with more than 200 attendees focused on one topic that has long been overlooked at conferences: Engineering. Jacob shares where the idea came from, why engineering has historically been left out of indust...

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Edmond

Topics covered

• Engineering
• Industry Events
• Leadership
• Millwork
• Networking

Keywords

• Engineering Summit
• AWI
• Las Vegas
• Millwork
• Industry Leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AWI

Places: Las Vegas

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