The Roundtable at Planet Underground - December 12th

The Roundtable Goes on the Road!

Join us for a slightly different version of our most popular yearly event, as we host select members of the utility construction and safety industries around the country with live-streaming and live Q&A discussion reaching professionals worldwide.

Site locations and dates to be announced. Check back for updates!

Over 140 industry professionals from over 60 companies attended The Roundtable at Planet Underground in 2019. Together they shared a wide array of innovative ideas through unscripted, frank discussions about reducing and ultimately eliminating damages and injury from underground utility excavation.

Why Attend This Event

At The Roundtable, opportunities for networking and innovation are unparalleled! This unique event marks an industry-first milestone in moving discussions on damage prevention towards real-word action, recognizing excavators as drivers of change.

What To Expect

This is not a trade show. By recording and filming unscripted discussions, we give a voice to a group of influencers that want to positively impact the industry. Panels of experts take unscripted questions from the entire event audience during and after the discussions.

"The Roundtable provides valuable educational insight for those with a stake in utility locating. Listening in on discussions by seasoned industry professionals with diverse experiences and opinions transports you right to the field without having to leave your seat, and you walk away feeling more informed than before you arrived."

The Roundtable has proven to be a unique event where numerous, diverse stakeholder groups are encouraged to share thoughts and ideas regarding the challenges and direction of damage prevention throughout the United States and beyond. The information, discussions, and networking opportunities offered not only assist with assessing our current state, but provide pathways toward growth and development of our safety, technical, and service programs of tomorrow.

The "Roundtable" is the one event that brings all of the various stakeholders together to find out what is, what could be, and what should be with respect to excavating and damage prevention within the underground infrastructure industry. This isn't a "preaching to the choir" event. Each participant brings a unique history, past practices, and forward-looking ideas to the event and throws them out to the others for feedback, push-back and ah-ha moments.

"It was a great event and I found the format and flow very effective. It was a great experience, and a good opportunity to hear from other folks in the industry on challenges many of us face. I will definitely be attending again next year."

"I almost feel like one of the founding fathers trying to establish a republic for the people by the people."

"What a great event! And you pulled it off by gaining participation from so many of the utility excavation stakeholders."