2019 Conference

Keynote Speaker

Kelly Whitaker

Information Technology Officer

National Weather Service


She is an information technology officer with the National Weather Service. Her degrees include a BS in Computer Science from State University of New York, a MS in Technology Management from SDSM&T, and a AD in Paralegal Studies from Community College of the Air Force.

Her words of wisdom: "You will learn much more from your failures than successes."


Schools Attending

Sponsors

Exhibitors

  • American Engineering Testing
  • Black Hills National Forest
  • Black Hills Power
  • Black Hills State University
  • Casey Peterson and Associates, Ltd.
  • Caterpillar Corporation
  • CRETEX Concrete Products
  • Delta Dental of South Dakota
  • Dynamic Kids Therapy
  • Ferber Engineering
  • Hotel Alex Johnson
  • Interstate Engineering
  • Ketel Thorstensen
  • Midcontinent Testing Laboratories
  • Rapid Precious Metals
  • RBC Wealth Management
  • RESPEC Consulting and Services
  • South Dakota Dental Association
  • South Dakota Engineering Society
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
  • Summit Signs and Supply
  • West River Electric Association
  • Western Dakota Technical Institute
  • Zonta Club of the Black Hills
  • Black Hills Corporation
  • Black Hills National Forest
  • Black Hills State University
  • Black Hills State University - W.I.S.E. & Chemistry
  • Caterpillar Corporation
  • Clinical Laboratory
  • The Mammoth Site
  • Midcontinent Testing Laboratories
  • NOAA, National Weather Service
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service
  • Rapid City Fire/EMS
  • SD DOA Wildland Fire Suppression
  • SD National Guard
  • SDSU West River Nursing Department
  • Star Base
  • USD, Nursing
  • US Geological Survey
  • Western Dakota Technical Institute
  • SDSM&T Army ROTC
  • SDSM&T CAMP
  • SDSM&T Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Industrial Engineering
  • SDSM&T Geology and Geological Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Mechanical Engineering
  • SDSM&T Mining Engineering and Management
  • SDSM&T Museum of Geology
  • SDSM&T WISE