2009 Conference and Annual Meeting

The 2009 MVFC Conference and Annual Meeting was held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Kansas City–Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri on April 14-16, 2009. This event has hosted by the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation.

Proceedings

Note: Only the sessions with archived presentations and/or audio are listed in the proceedings. For a complete listing of the schedule of the 2009 Conference and Annual Meeting, consult the agenda.

Archived presentations are served as Portable Document Format (PDF) files; recorded audio is served as MP3 files.

April 14, 2009

I-95 Freight Academy
Marygrace Parker, I-95 Coalition (Presentation | Audio)

MVFC Clearinghouse
Ravi Pavuluri, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)

Multistate Performance Management
Ernie Wittwer, MVFC Faciliator (Presentation | Audio)

MVFC Truck Parking
Praveen Srivastava, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)

Freight Bottlenecks
Andrew Obernesser, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)

    April 15, 2009

    Host State Comments
    Ernie Perry, Freight Development Administrator, Missouri DOT (Presentation | Audio)
    John Maddox, Freight and Rail Unit, Kansas DOT (Presentation | Audio)

    Morning Keynote Address
    Secretary Deb Miller, Kansas DOT (Audio)

    Moving Freight in the Midwest Region and Beyond
    Shellee Currier, WATCO Companies (Presentation | Audio)
    Mac McMichael, Alliance Shippers (Presentation | Audio)
    Skip Kalb, BNSF Railway (Presentation | Audio)
    Questions and Answers (Audio)

    Lunch Keynote Address
    Paul Nowicki, Assistant Vice President–Government & Public Policy, BNSF Railway (Presentation | Audio)

    Waterways: A Freight Resource for the Midwest
    Paul Rhode, Waterways Council, Inc. (Presentation | Audio)
    Bob Goodwin, Maritime Administration, USDOT (Presentation | Audio)

      April 16, 2009

      Federal Authorization Update
      Leo Penne, AASHTO (Presentation | Audio)

      Coalition for Transportation Productivity
      John Runyan, International Paper (Presentation | Audio)

      State Freight Planning Initiatives
      Keith Bucklew, Indiana DOT (Presentation | Audio)
      Dave Christianson, Minnesota DOT (Presentation | Audio)
      John Maddox, Kansas DOT (Presentation | Audio)

      Lunch Keynote Speaker
      Chris Gutierrez, Kansas City Smartport, Inc. (Website | Audio)