Pre-Registration

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Guilford Foyer

Pre-Summit Technical Tour at NC A&T University (pre-registration required)

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

NC A&T University

Come and see the latest technology in action! Expand your Summit stay and experience innovations in autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles and buses, unmanned aerial systems, wheelchair charging, and more! Transportation accommodations (leaving from Koury Center) and refreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is required.

Registration

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Guilford Foyer

WTS Breakfast*

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Grandover

*Invitation Only

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Ballroom A/B/C

NCDOT Job Fair

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Carolina

Opening Session

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Imperial Ballroom

SPEAKERS:

Chair Mike Fox, NC Board of Transportation (Emcee)

Greensboro Youth Chorus/Dudley HS Color Guard – National Anthem

Mark Finlayson, NC Go! Chair

Joey Hopkins, NCDOT Secretary

Keynote Speaker: Solomon Thomas, Defensive Lineman for NY Jets

Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Ballroom A/B/C

General Session 1: Friend or Foe? AI and Machine Learning’s Place in Transportation

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Imperial Ballroom

SPEAKERS:

Tony Tavares, California State Transportation Agency Director

Laura Chace, ITS America President and CEO

Conal Deedy, Volvo North America

Tyler Subasic, Amazon Web Services

Lunch/Exhibitors Networking

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Ballroom A/B/C

Chamber Luncheon*

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Grandover

*Invitation Only

Navigating the Discretionary Grants Process for Practitioners

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Auditorium III

SPEAKERS:

Allison Anolik, McAdams

Drew Joyner, AECOM

Doug Barrick, Rutherfordton

Scott Webber, Spindale

Clarence Coleman, FHWA

Cultivating Compassion: Empowering Employees Through Stressful Times

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Auditorium I

SPEAKERS:

Aaron Back, NCDPS

Diane Gutierrez-Scacetti, NJ Gov. Murphy Chief of Staff

Peter Tateishi, CEO at Associate General Contractors of CA

Charles Rousseua, NCDHHS

Immersing in Research and Development Alongside Our Academic Partners

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Ballroom G

SPEAKERS:

Rongfang (Rachel) Liu, Professor at NC A&T

Dr. Abdennaceur Karoui, Elizabeth City State University

John Hildreth, Interim Associate Dean for Research at Western Carolina University

Dr. Don Chen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

NC Go! Session: Mileage-Based Fees and Autonomous Vehicles: Implementation and What Cities/Counties/States can do to Prepare

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Auditorium II

SPEAKERS:

Randal Thomas, RUC America Administrator

Michele Boomhower, Vermont Transportation

Henry Greenidge, Cruise Senior Manager, Public Policy & Government Relations

The Track Ahead: Economic Development and Revitalization by Rail

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Biltmore

SPEAKERS:

Kim Delaney, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council

Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA

Yaidee Fox, City of Hickory - Assistant City Manager

Costly Crossroads: Navigating Projects Through Challenging Times

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Ballroom D

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Joyendu Bhadury, UNCG School of Business and Economics professor

Dave Bauer, ARTBA President & CEO

Lance W. Simmons, TxDOT Chief Engineer

Yolonda Jordan, Federal Highways Administration

The N.C. Department of Transportation Office of Civil Rights: PRIME Opportunities

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Auditorium IV

Break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

General Session 2: Championing a Safer Tomorrow: Preventing Transportation Tragedies

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Imperial Ballroom

SPEAKERS:

Melissa Wandall, President of National Coalition for Safer Roads

Samuel Sinclair, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Ryan Sharp, City of Hoboken Director of Transportation and Parking

** Session to include Summit Day 1 Closing Remarks

Vendor Reception/Exhibitor Networking

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Ballroom A/B/C

Registration

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Guilford Foyer

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Ballroom A/B/C

NCDOT Job Fair

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Carolina

General Session 3: Navigating the Trifecta: P3s – Politics, Policies, and Public Sentiment

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Imperial Ballroom

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Jonathan Gifford, Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy, George Mason University

Mike McDermott, Head of Portfolio Management Build America Bureau       

Dr. Shawn Wilson, Former LaDOTD Commissioner

Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Ballroom A/B/C

The N.C. Department of Transportation Office of Civil Rights: DBE’s Ready for Prime Time

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium IV

Securing Our Streets: Safe Roadways Everywhere, for Everyone

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Ballroom G

SPEAKERS:

Jessica Rich, FHWA SS4A program manager

Debbie Smith, Charlotte Department of Transportation Director

Tristan Winkler, French Broad River MPO

King Gee, AASHTO Director of Mobility and Safety

NC Chamber: Building and Sustaining our Future Transportation Workforce

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium II

SPEAKERS:

Jay Spencer, Vice President of Personnel, Fred Smith

Betsy Bailey, Director of Government Relations, Carolinas AGC

Nathan Dotson, East Division Human Resources Manager, Vulcan Materials Company

Ensuring Environmental Equity, Justice, and Resilience in Transportation

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Ballroom D

SPEAKERS:
Vernice Miller-Travis, Metropolitan Group

Nicole Boothman-Shepard, Disaster Resiliency Solutions Group

Sherri White-Williamson, NC Conservation Network

Leadership Support for Discretionary Grants

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium III

SPEAKERS:

Lisa Qualls, Chair of CRTPO

Bobby Lewis, HNTB

Vivian Jones, Mayor of Wake Forest

Advance Mobility: Forever First from Streets to Sky

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium I

SPEAKERS:

Cemre Kavvasoglu, Product Management Director, ADASTEC

Lydon Sleeper, Joby Aviation

Kiel Clasing, Oceaneering

NCGo! Luncheon*

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Grandover

*Invitation Only

Lunch/Exhibitors Networking

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Ballroom A/B/C

Funding the Future of Transportation Roundtable

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Imperial Ballroom

SPEAKERS:

Robert Poole, Reason Foundation

Susan Howard, Director of Policy and Government Relations, AASHTO

Carolyn Kramer, Simmons

Closing Remarks

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Imperial Ballroom

Delivered by North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins