The message at the 2018 Construction & Maintenance Conference was clear: evolve, expand, and energize. International President Lonnie Stephenson reflected on when times weren't as strong as they are now, during the 2008 recession. He said, "We didn’t give up, and we didn’t give in. Instead, we adapted. We survived and we thrived because sooner or later we knew the economy was going to bounce back. We went out of our way to make sure every worker doing electrical work had a place in the IBEW." Lo