Monday, January 3, 2011

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration - Lobby - 4th floor
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception - Lobby - 4th floor

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Registration - Lobby - 4th floor

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Opening Breakfast - Austin Grand Ballroom - 6th Floor - State of the Department

Speaker: Amadeo Saenz, Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
Video (WMV 71.7MB)
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

General Session I - Governor's Ballroom - 4th floor - Federal Transportation Roundtable
Video: On A Mission to Modernize: Electric Dredger

Moderator: William Moore, Partner, Transportation Transformation Group

Speakers:
Melanie Alvord, Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Patrick Mullane, Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Video (WMV 179.6 MB)

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Road Hand Awards Luncheon - Austin Grand Ballroom - 6th floor

Master of Ceremonies: Lawrence Olsen, Texas Good Roads Transportation Association

Road Hand Award Recognition: Steven E. Simmons, Deputy Executive Director,
Texas Department of Transportation
Presentation (PDF 3.5MB)
Video (WMV 34.2 MB)

Keynote Address: Governor Edward G. Rendell, State of Pennsylvania
Video (WMV 104.4 MB)

1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

General Session II - Governor's Ballroom - 4th floor - State Transportation Roundtable
Video: On A Mission to Modernize: CDA

Speakers:
Senator Glenn Hegar, Jr., Chair, Sunset Advisory Commission

Representative Drew Darby, Chair, House Select Committee on Transportation Funding

Representative Eddie Rodriguez, Vice Chair, House Select Committee on Transportation Funding

Representative Rafael Anchia, Sunset Advisory Commission
Video (WMV 156.1 MB)

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

General Session III - Governor's Ballroom - 4th floor - Intersections: I-69, Policy, and History
Video: On A Mission to Modernize: PFC

Speaker: Matt Dellinger, Author, I-69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
Video (WMV 96.8 MB)

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception - Austin Grand Ballroom Lobby and Salon G - 6th floor

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration - Lobby - 4th floor
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

General Session Breakfast - Austin Grand Ballroom - 6th floor - The Future of Transportation

Speakers:
Senator Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
Presentation (PDF 408KB)
Representative Joe Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
Presentation (PDF 3.4MB)
Gas Tax Placemat (PDF 2.2MB)
Video (WMV 93.1 MB)

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

General Session IV - Governor's Ballroom - 4th floor - Sunset: Two Years Later
Video: On A Mission to Modernize: MY 35
Handout: MY 35 Main Street, Texas: The Road Ahead

Speakers:
The Honorable Ed Emmett, Judge, Harris County
Planning and Programming Rules
Judy Hawley, Commissioner, Port of Corpus Christi
Carol A. Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Transportation Training and Research, Texas Southern University
Presentation (PDF 2.7MB)
TSU Study (PDF 276 KB)
Video (WMV 171.2 MB)

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. General Session V - Governor's Ballroom - 4th floor - Rails and Roads: A Key to our Economic Health
Video: On A Mission to Modernize: GPS

Speakers:
Matthew "Matt" Rose
, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BNSF Railway Company
Presentation (PDF 4.6 MB)
Video BNSF
Robert M. Brown, DFW CDA Program Manager, Texas Department of Transportation
Keith Sasich, Project Director, Northgate Constructors
Presentation (PDF 2.2MB)
Video (WMV 127.8 MB)

12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Break
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote Address - Austin Grand Ballroom - 6th floor

Keynote Address: Brian Deery Sr., Director, Highway & Transportation Division, Associated General Contractors of America
Video (WMV 67.4 MB)