Agenda

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updated July 8, 2010    

SUNDAY, July 11, 2010
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
 Golf Outing
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
 Registration- Ramkota Hotel, Courtyard
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
 Ice Breaker Reception- BSC National Energy Center of Excellence

MONDAY, July 12, 2010
7:00 am  - 5:00 pm
 Registration- Ramkota Hotel, Courtyard
7:00 am - 8:15 am
 Breakfast Buffet- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
 Internet Café- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom Area
7:30 am - 3:15 pm
 Exhibitors’ Trade Show- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
 Guest Hospitality Suite- Ramkota Hotel. Room 1258
8:15 am - 9:45 am
 Opening Session- Bismarck Civic Center, Prairie Rose Room (Transportation Provided)
Welcome - Francis Ziegler, North Dakota DOT Director
Posting the Colors - North Dakota Amvets
National Anthem - Robin Reidman, North Dakota DOT
Governor Hoeven’s Welcome
State’s Roll Call, Paula Hammond, Washington State DOT Secretary of Transportation, WASHTO President
Memorial Roll Call of Fallen Highway Workers - Francis Ziegler, North Dakota DOT Director
America’s Transportation Awards - Larry L. “Butch” Brown, Mississippi DOT, Executive Director, AASHTO President, and John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director
Dr. L.I. Hewes Awards - Francis Ziegler, North Dakota DOT Director
Invitation to WASHTO 2011 - Gary Ridley, Oklahoma DOT Director
9:45 am - 10:15 am
 Break- Bismarck Civic Center
10:15 am - 11:45 am
 Opening Session- Bismarck Civic Center, Prairie Rose Room
Keynote Speaker   - Malcom Chapman (http://www.malcomchapman.com) - Report from the Future
Information and Logistics - Tim Horner, North Dakota DOT Deputy Director of Business Support
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
 Lunch- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm AGC Caucus Meeting- Ramkota Hotel, Governors Room
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
 Session One- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom
Topic - Strategic Highway Safety Plan Best Practices
     -Beth Alicandri, FHWA Director of the Office of Safety Programs,
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
 Break- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
 Session Two- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom
Topic - Transportation  Funding/Legislation Panel
      - John DeVierno, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC
      - Brian Deery, Senior Director, Highway and Transportation Division, AGC of America
      - William Millar, CEO, American Public Transportation Association
     -Tim Lynch, Senior Vice President, American Trucking Associations     
    - Taylor Bowlden, 3M Company
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
 State Dinner Night- Buckstop Junction

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TUESDAY, July 13, 2010
7:00 am - 1:30 pm
 Registration- Ramkota Hotel, Courtyard
7:00 am - 9:00 am
 Breakfast Buffet- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
 Internet Café- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom Area
7:00 am - 8:30 am
 AASHTO -AGC - ARTBA Joint Committee Breakfast (by Invitation Only)- Ramkota Hotel, Governor's Room
7:30 am - 1:30 pm
 Exhibitors’ Trade Show- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
9:00 am - 11:00 am
 CEO Business Meeting/AASHTO Finance Report- Ramkota Hotel, Governor's Room
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
 Guest Hospitality Suite- Ramkota Hotel, Room 1258
9:00 am - 10:15 am
 Session Three - Breakout
  Technical Session T31 -Training Opportunities for the Transportation Industry- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Heart Room
    - Free online opportunities for Transportation Industry - William Stalcup, Missouri DOT
    - Transportation Learning Network (TLN) and its Benefits - Gene Griffin, Director, UGPT
Technical Session T32 - Best Practices to reducing Greenhouse Gases, Engineering Transportation Solutions - Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Sheyenne Room
    - Why model what you can measure? - Ray Schreiber, Sensys Networks
    - Hawaii’s Clean Energy Initiative - Brennon Morioka, Hawaii DOT Director
    - The Green Roadway, How LEED and Sustainability in General are moving into Civil Projects with a specific eye on Roadways - John Haynes, Project Controls Manager, PPS, Hill International
Technical Session T33 - Accelerated Bridge Construction in Utah- Ramkota, Missouri Ballroom, Cannonball Room
    - Accelerated Bridge Construction Development and Implementation - James McMinimee, Principal Enginerr, Applied Research Associates
    - Accelerated Bridge Construction Program and Projects - Carmen Swanwick, Chief Structural Engineer, Utah DOT
    -Bridges on the Move - Accelerated Construction Methods for Moving Bridges and Methods to Mitigate Move Related Damage - Paul Blackham, Principal Structural Engineer, Stanley Consultants, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
10:15 am - 10:45 am
 Break- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
 Session Four- Breakout

 

 

 

 

 Technical Session T41 - Working on Challenging Project Elements: Accelerated Construction, Public Entity Coordination, or Traffic Control Impact- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Heart Room  
    - I -80 Coalition, Ralph Patterson, Weather Operations/RWIS Manager, Utah DOT
    - 2009 Domestic Scan of Accelerated Construction Practices, Christopher Schneider, Construction & Systems Preservation Engineer, FHWA Office of Asset Management
    - Best Practices on Utility Coordination - Grey Truner, P.E., Wilbur Smith Associates
Technical Session T42 - Performance Measures & Reauthorization - Preparing for the Next Transportation Bill- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Sheyenne Room
    - Funding and Legislation - Hal Kassoff, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff
    - Accountability and Transparency in Construction Made Easy with the Right Tools - Joe Phelan, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Info Tech, Inc.
    - Performance Measurement in Washington State - Paula Hammond, Washington State DOT Secretary of Transportation
Technical Session T43 -  Maintenance Decision Support System - MDSS- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Cannonball Room
   - Shared Successes in the MDSS Pooled Fund Study  - Dave Huft, South Dakota DOT Office of Research
    - MDSS and Mobile Data Collection as an Integrated ITS System - Michael Howarth, Senior Executive, Intelligent Devices Inc. 
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
 FHWA/CEO Roundtable- Ramkota Hotel, Governor's Room
12:15 pm
 Box Lunch- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
12:15 pm - 4:30 pm
 Technical Tours- Buses for Technical Tour* (Board Buses at Door #4)
  Energy Production Tour*
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan*
Knife River Indian Village*
Maintenance & Snow Removal Equipment*- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom
Dinner on your own

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WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2010
7:00 am - 1:30 pm
 Registration- Ramkota Hotel, Courtyard
7:00 am - 9:00 am
 Breakfast Buffet- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
7:30 am - 9:00 am
 ARTBA CEO Breakfast(by Invitation Only) - Ramkota Hotel, Governor's Room
7:30 am - 3:15 pm
 Internet Café- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom Area
7:30 am - 3:15 pm
 Exhibitors’ Trade Show- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
 Guest Hospitality Suite- Ramkota Hotel, Room 1258
9:00 am - 10:15 am
 Session Five - Breakout

Technical Session T51 - North Dakota DOT Environmental and Technical Advancements- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Heart Room 
    - Wetland Delineations and Wetland Banking in North Dakota: An Interagency Success Story - Sheri Lares, North Dakota DOT, Environmental Section Leader, and Matt Mikulecky, USACE North Dakota Regulatory Office
    - Photogrammetry: Aerial and Infrared Interpretation and Applications for Wetland Delineations - Mike Davis, North Dakota DOT, Environmental Scienctist ll and Paul Stubbs, North Dakota DOT, Photogrammentry Manager

Technical Session T52 - North Dakota DOT Tribal Consultation and NPDES/Water Quality- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Sheyenne Room
    - Tribal Cultural Programmatic Agreement - Jeani Borchert, North Dakota DOT, Archaeologist,  
    - Developing and Implementing a Storm Water Management Program in a Transportation Agency - Scott Taylor and Anna Lantin, RBF Consulting
 
Technical Session T53 - Is it Hot Mix or just Warm to the touch- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Cannonball Room
    - Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt in South Dakota Conditions” SDDOT Research Project 2008 -03 - John Foster, South Dakota DOT Office of Research
    - Update on Warm Mix Asphalt Usage in the Northern Great Plains; Ken Swedeen - Executive Director, Dakota Asphalt Pavement Association
10:15 am - 10:45 am
 Break- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
 Session Six- Breakout
Technical Session T61 - Highway Safety - Geometrics, Safety Hardware and the Human Factor- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Heart Room 
    - David A. Nicol, Director, Office of Safety Design, Federal Highway Administration
    - Innovative Safety Devices and Materials for Roadway Safety - Arthur M. Dinitz, Chairman and CEO, Transpo Industries, Inc.

Technical Session T62 - Technology Break Through - Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Sheyenne Room
    - 3D Civil Design Information Modeling for Transportation Infrastructure - Tom Clemens, Vice President, Civil Marketing, Bentley Systems
    - Alaska Smart Snowplow and Eagle Flood Response - Frank Richards, Alaska DOT and Public Facilities, Deputy Commissioner
    -The Traffic Group, Inc is using new ALPR/ANPR technology for Origin/Destination Studies to assist states with determining future revenue if tolling were implemented and for security and dismissal improvements in schools - Joe Caloggero, Senior Project Manager and John Blair, Senior Project Manager, The Traffic Group, Inc.
Technical Session T63 - Potpourri- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom, Cannonball Room
    - Solving Our 21st Century Infastructure Demand Challenges - Sergio Barvo, Market Manager, POLY -CARB, Inc.
    - Repair/Restore Pipe Life - Ken Moulds, Sales and Marketing, Subsurface, Inc.
    - Preserving Arterial Performance Using Access Management - Philip Demosthenes, Consultant
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
 Lunch- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
 Session Seven- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom
Topic - Asset Management, Bridges and Highways
    - Making Asset Management a Priority - Lessons Learned, Butch Wlaschin, FHWA, Director, Office of Asset Management
    - Managing Risks in the Project Pipeline – Minimizing the Impacts of Highway Funding Uncertainties - Larry Redd, P.E., IPM Analytics
    - UDOT’s New Pavement Preservation Priority System - Ahmad Jaber, Utah DOT Planning and Programming Director
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
 Break- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
 Session Eight- Ramkota Hotel, Missouri Ballroom
Topic - SHRP 2
    - Rail-DOT Mitigation Strategies - Shobna Varma, President and CEO, Starlsis Corporation
    - Interactions Between Transportation Capacity, Economic Systems, and Land Use (Project C03) - Steve Fitzroy, Director of Operations and Trade Analysis, Economic Development Research Group Inc
    - Analytic Procedures for Determining the Impacts of Reliability Mitigation Strategies (Project L03) - Richard A. Margiotta, a Principal with Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
 Social Hour- Ramkota Hotel, Courtyard
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
 Closing Dinner- Ramkota Hotel, Dakota Ballroom

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THURSDAY, July 15, 2010
8:00 am - 10:30 am
 2010 WASHTO WRAP -UP BREAKFAST- Ramkota Hotel, Governors Room (Invitation only meeting for 2011 and 2012 WASHTO Conference Hosts)
  updated July 8, 2010

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