WASHTO 2011 - Detailed Agenda (pdf)
Sunday, July 17
Fairfax Golf Outing (bus leaves the Skirvin motor court at 6:30 AM)
CEO Gathering - Invitation Only (3:00 - 5:00 PM)
Phillips Pavilion, Governor’s Mansion
Welcome Reception at the Petroleum Club (7:00 - 9:00 PM)
Jessica Betz, Jazz Harpist
Entertainment: Amazing Face Reading
Mac Fulfer and Ann Marks
Monday, July 18 - Support Your State Day:
Please wear something to showcase your state
Opening Session Activities (8:30 - 10:00 AM)
Includes, but not limited to:
Welcome: Gary Ridley, Secretary/Director ODOT
Posting the Colors: Governor’s Honor Guard
National Anthem: Lacey Russ, Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2011
States Roll Call: Amadeo Saenz, Jr., WASHTO President/TxDOT
Memorial Roll Call: Amadeo Saenz, Jr., WASHTO President/TxDOT
America’s Transportation Awards: Susan Martinovich, AASHTO President/NDOT
Dr. L. I. Hewes Award: Winning State’s Director
Invitation to WASHTO 2012: Tim Harris, Chief Engineer/CDOT
Opening Keynote: (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Bryan Dodge: How to Build a Better You!
Breakout Session One: (1:30 - 2:45 PM)
- Tribal Government Partnerships - Neal McCaleb (Chickasaw, OK Rep, BIA, ODOT/OTA) and Jay Adams (ODOT): Continental Room
- The Power of Coaching Up! - Bryan Dodge: Venetian Room
- Rest Areas Session: Crystal Room
- Rest Areas and Their Impacts on State DOTs - Floyd Roehrich (ADOT)
- Greg Love (Love’s Travel and Country Stores)
AGC Caucus Meeting - Invitation Only (2:30 - 5:00 PM)
Ballroom A - C
CEO Business Meeting - Invitation Only (3:00 - 5:00 PM)
Founders Room
Breakout Session Two: (3:15 - 4:30 PM)
- Equipment "Buy-Back" Program - Steve Spoor (ITD): Continental Room
- Program Management and Project Delivery Session: Venetian Room
- Cradle to Grave Project Management: Integrated Project Program and Resource Management - Ed Hammontree (CFLHD of FHWA)
- Ray Sanders (ODOT)
- Missouri’s Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program: Crystal Room
- Ken Warbritton (MoDOT)
- Wayne Ellenberger (The LPA Group Inc.)
- Troy Heckmaster (KTU Constructors)
State Dinner: (6:00 - 10:00 PM)
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Tour the Museum
Entertainment provided by the Capitol Steps
(8:00 - 9:00 PM)
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Tuesday, July 19 - School Colors Day:
Please wear the colors of the college/university that you support
AASHTO/AGC/ARTBA Breakfast - Invitation Only (7:00 - 8:30 AM)
Ballroom A - C
Breakout Session Three: (8:30 - 10:00 AM)
- Colorado’s Avalanche Control Program - Scott McDaniel (CDOT):
Ballroom A - C
- Legislative Advocacy 101: Venetian Room
- Pete Regan (former Chief of Staff for Dan Boren)
- Robert Stem (OKAGC)
- TxDOT Federal Government Outreach Program - Rebecca "Becky" Reyes (Congressional Liaison, TxDOT)
- Automated Machine Guidance Session: Crystal Room
- Flat Earth vs. 3-D and What About AMG? Curtis Clabaugh (WYDOT)
- A Contractors Perspective of AMG: From Infancy to Reality - Mike Lipps (Duit Construction)
Breakout Session Four: (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
- Three Critical Skills That Define Effective Leaders - Kelly Riggs: Crystal Room
- Routing and Permitting Session: Ballroom F
- Technology Tools for Permitting and Routing Oversize/Overweight Cargo - Carol Davis ((TxDOT)
- Oklahoma Permitting and Routing Optimization System (OkiePROS) - Jay Adams (ODOT)
- ODOT/ACEC Partnering: A Public/Private Partnership That Really Works! - Jim Sullins (ACECOK) and Ray Sanders (ODOT): Ballrooms A - C
FHWA/CEO Round Table - Invitation Only (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Continental Room
ARTBA CEO Luncheon - Invitation Only (12:00 - 1:30 PM)
Petroleum Club, 36th floor, room A
Technical Tours:
Wednesday, July 20
Breakout Session Five: (8:30 - 10:00 AM)
- Turnpike Session: Crystal Room
- Mark Tomlinson (TxTA)
- Tim Stewart (OTA)
- Oklahoma Politics and Transportation - Governor George Nigh
Continental Room
- Stormwater Session: Venetian Room
- How to Prepare for and Survive an EPA Audit - Wendy Terlizzi (ADOT)
- US EPA vs. WSDOT: CERCLA Lawsuit Involving Highway Runoff - Ken Stone (WSDOT)
Breakout Session Six: (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
- Using 3D Technology Session: (Continental Room)
- Using LiDAR to Streamline Road & Highway Design - Steve Stanfill, Autodesk
- Value Engineering: Using 3D Technology to "See it Before it is Built!" - Rhonda Faught, R. Faught and Associates, LCC
- Authorization Update: What’s going on in Washington and how we are delivering our message - Lloyd Brown, AASHTO and Janet Oakley, AASHTO
Closing Keynote: (1:30 PM)
Christine Cashen: Extreme Humor Makeover
Retiring the Colors
Closing Reception and Dinner at the Skirvin Hilton
Passing of the Gavel
Reception: Centennial Ballroom (7:00 - 8:00 PM)
Dinner and Entertainment: Grand Ballroom (7:00 - 11:00 PM)
Entertainment: Souled Out
Please note this is a fluid agenda.
Sessions and times are subject to change before the event.
