Ohio Engineers Legislative Day - Earn 4.0 CPD hours during a virtual program

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Ohio Engineers Legislative Day

 

Earn 4.0 CPD hours during Ohio Engineers Legislative Day, a virtual program on April 24.

The registration fee is $40 for members of NSPE / NSPE-Ohio / IEEE, and it is $57 for nonmembers. Register online by April 15.

Location: Virtual event

Date and time: Fri, Apr 24, 2026 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM ET

Organizer: Travis Rhoades, PE, (614) 223-1144, ospe@ohioengineer.com



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  • Co-sponsored by Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE-Ohio)






Agenda

SCHEDULE:

Friday, April 24, 2026, 9:00 AM-1:30 PM

9:00 am
Welcome
Travis Rhoades, PE, F.NSPE, Vice President,
Legislative & Government Affairs,
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers

9:05 am-9:35 am (0.5 CPD HOUR)
Ohio Business Legislation: Implications for Professional Engineers
Sydney Sanders, Director of Policy & Communications,
Governmental Policy Group, Inc. & RH Resources

9:40 am-10:10 am (0.5 CPD HOUR)
House Bill 433: Understanding Ohio's Amusement Ride Classifications
State Representative Roy Klopfenstein, House Agriculture Committee, Chairman

10:15 am-11:15 am (1.0 CPD HOUR)
Legislative News in Ohio: Public Policy Impacting PEs
State Senator Louis W. Blessing, III, PE

11:25 am-12:25 pm (1.0 CPD HOUR)
Delivering Cleveland's Lakefront Future:
Infrastructure Decisions and Development Feasibility
Mackenzie Makepeace, Managing Director, DiGeronimo Development

12:30 pm-1:30 pm (1.0 CPD HOUR)
Energy Policy Panel
Moderator: Travis Rhoades, PE, F.NSPE
Panelists:
State Senator Brian Chavez, Senate Energy Committee, Chairman
State Representative Adam Holmes, House Energy Committee, Chairman
Dr. Carol Smidts, Director, Reliability and Risk Laboratory & Professor,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

1:30 pm
Program Concludes



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