A statement from the Panama Canal Authority reads:

For the first time experts will present talks on megaprojects in Panama

Panama City, March 22nd, 2012. -

The presidents of two of the largest construction and project management companies in the world, the director of civil works from the U.S. Army Engineers Corps and the administrator of the Panama Canal, will be keynote speakers at the "International Congress on Engineering and Panama Canal Infrastructure 2012. "

President of CH2M HILL, Lee McIntire, the director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Engineers Corps , Steven L. Stockton, the president of the Louis Berger Group, Fredric Berger, and the administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, Alberto Alemán Zubieta, will take part from 18th to 20th April in this conference which will feature over forty experts from ten countries.

Lee McIntire, of CH2MHILL, will examine the role of engineers in solving problems and talk about his company’ focus on program management in some of the world's largest projects.

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