We had a number of good speakers/topics at the NCSEA Annual Conference this year in New Orleans.
1. Strategic Planning Seminar by Kelly Riggs with the Business LockerRoom.
http://bizlockerroom.com/
2. Wind Engineering Beyond the Code by Roy Denoon who leads the structural wind loading team at CPP. He made an interesting comment about solar structures performing differently than ASCE 7 load tables suggest that they should.
http://www.cppwind.com/who-we-are/thought-leaders/roy-denoon
3. Common Seismic Design Errors by Local Expert?
4. Common Wind Design Errors by Local Expert?
-James Newhall