April 14

Noon-5:00pm

Registration

Noon-1:00pm

Lunch and Welcome

Teresa Adams, Director, National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)

1:00-2:30pm

Workshop I

Demonstration 1

Freight

View I

I-95 Freight Academy [pdf] [podcast]

MVFC Clearinghouse [pdf]

2:30-3:00pm

Break

3:00-400pm

Workshops 2

Demonstration 2

Freight

View 2

Multistate Performance Management [pdf] [podcast]

MVFC Truck Parking [pdf]

Freight Bottlenecks [pdf]

6:00-9:00pm

States Dinner and Discussion

April 15

7:30am-8:30am

Breakfast and Registration

8:30am-8:45am

Welcome

Teresa Adams, Director, CFIRE

Ernie Wittwer, Facilitator, MVFC

8:45am-9:30am

Host State Comments

Ernie Perry, Freight Development Administrator, Missouri DOT [pdf] [podcast]

John Maddox, Freight and Rail Unit, Kansas DOT [pdf] [podcast]

9:30am-10:15am

Keynote Speaker

Secretary Deb Miller, Kansas DOT [podcast]

10:15am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-noon

Moving Freight in the Midwest Region and Beyond

Shellee Currier, WATCO Companies [pdf] [podcast]
Mac McMichael, Alliance Shippers [pdf] [podcast]
Skip Kalb, BNSF Railway [pdf] [podcast]

Questions and Answers [podcast]

Noon-1:30pm

Lunch with Keynote Speaker

Paul Nowicki, Asst. Vice President, Gov't & Public Policy, BNSF Railway [pdf] [podcast]

1:30pm-3:00pm

Waterways: A Freight Resource for the Midwest
Paul Rhode, Waterways Council, Inc. [pdf 1] [pdf 2] [podcast]
Lynn Muench, American Waterways Operators
Bob Goodwin, Maritime Administration, USDOT [pdf] [podcast]

3:00pm-5:30pm

Tour: Hunt Midwest's Subtropolis, the world's largest Underground Business Complex [website]

6:00pm-7:30pm

Reception
Featured poster presentations of ongoing Coalition activities and provided dialogue between researchers, public officials, and freight stakeholders

April 16

7:30am-8:00am

Breakfast and Registration

8:00am-9:00am

Federal Authorization Update
Leo Penne, AASHTO [pdf] [podcast]

9:00am-9:30am

Cross Town Improvement Project (C-TIP)
Ron Achelpohl, Mid-Americal Regional Council

9:30am-10:00am

Break

10:00am-10:30am

Coalition for Transportation Productivity
John Runyan, International Paper [pdf] [podcast]

10:30am-Noon

State Freight Planning Initiatives
Keith Bucklew, Indiana DOT [pdf] [podcast]
Dave Christianson, Minnesota DOT [pdf] [podcast]
John Maddox, Kansas DOT [pdf] [podcast]

Noon-1:30pm

Lunch with Keynote Speaker

Chris Guiterrez, President, KC Smartport [website] [podcast]

1:30pm

Adjourn