2023 North Dakota Transportation Conference

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Monday, March 6, 2023

1:00pm – 4:00pm: Equipment Setup (Hall C)
4:00pm – 7:00pm: Early Vendor Setup (Hall B)

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

7:00am – 9:50am: Vendor Setup | Hall B
8:00am – 9:50am: Registration Desk Open | Lobby
9:50am – 10:00am: Opening Remarks from NDDOT | Hall A
10:00am – 10:15am: Opening Remarks from Governor's Office | Hall A
10:15am – 11:00am: Keynote Address – Nick Kittle – Sustainovation | Hall A

11:10am – 12:00pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

NDDOT Bidding Environment (Panel)

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

NDDOT, Consultant, Contractor

Alternative Intersections & Interchanges (Demo)

Prairie Rose Room 105

NDDOT Traffic Ops, FHWA

Thin Concrete Overlays on Asphalt

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Michael Wallace & Tom Burnham, MnDOT

Bridge Panel Discussion (Panel)

Birch Room

Kent Leben, Lindsay Bossart

12:00pm – 1:00pm: LUNCH | Hall B & US 2 - FHWA Mobile Concrete Lab | Hall A

1:00pm – 1:50pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

State & Local Partnerships

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

Alayna Jirava, Michael Johnson, & Gabe Schell

Electric Vehicle Plan

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

HDR

ADA Project Requirements

Prairie Rose Room 105

Jen Einrem & Wayne Zacher

E-Ticketing Technology Panel

Cottonwood Room

Hank Hauge, Brandon Hundley, Scott Clausen

HMA Performance Testing Panel

Birch Room

Ben Worel, Derek Nener-Plante, Tyler Wollmuth

2:00pm – 2:50pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Vision Zero Safety Corridors

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

K. Mongeon, J. Guevara, D. Slag

Climate Change Sustainability in Infrastructure

Prairie Rose Room 105

Julie Buffenbarger

DBE Development Program

Birch Room

Jake McSheffrey, Project Solutions Inc

Transportation Discretionary Grants Panel

Hall A

Scott Zainhofsky, FHWA

Introduction to TTRI at UND

Cottonwood Room

Sattar Dorafshan

Emerging Performance Areas

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Deanna Belden

3:00pm – 3:50pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Railroad Coordination & Agreements

Prairie Rose Room 105

C. Frisinger, R. Barchenger, J. Thorenson, J. Styron (NDDOT), Alex Fiorini (BNSF) & K. Brodie (FHWA)

Superpave 5 - Minot Pilot Project

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Eric Gaasland, Joshua ide, Danny Schmidt

Pix4D & E-Gauge

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

Brandon Friezen, Dustin Legacie, & Patrick Held

Maintenance Systems & Weather Stations

Birch Room

Brandon Friezen and Geoff Simon

Performance Engineered Concrete Mix Designs

Hall A

John Adam, CP Tech Center

4pm – 4:20pm: EXHIBIT HALL NETWORKING BREAK | Hall B

4:20pm – 4:50pm: Vision Zero Regional Coordinator Update | Hall A

4:50pm – 5pm: Closing Remarks from NDDOT | Hall A

5pm – 7pm: Conference Social | Hall B & C

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

6:30am – 8:00am: Breakfast | Hall A

7:40am – 7:50am: Opening Remarks from AGC | Hall A

8:00am – 8:50am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

MnROAD Test Track Update

Hall A

Ben Worrel, MnDOT

Wildlife Crossings Infrastructure Funding

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

Mark Traxler, HDR

Prompt Pay Systems

Prairie Rose Room 105

Doug Peterson, NDDOT

NDDOT - Building the Foundation - 1880 to 1930

Cottonwood Room

Ben Kubischta

I-29 Smart Corridor and TMC

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Mike Bittner

8:50am – 9:15am: EXHIBIT HALL NETWORKING BREAK | Hall B

9:20am – 10:10am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Working with Tribal Entities

Prairie Rose Room 105

Tribal TERO

NDDOT Long Range Transportation Plan

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Stewart Milakovic

Building Support for Complete Streets Panel

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

Michael Johnson, Jeremy Gorden, Jacob Nordick

UGPTI Needs Study

Birch Room

Kelly Bengston

The Lost Bridge

Cottonwood Room

Ben Kubischta

10:20am – 11:10am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

NDDOT UAS Program Updates

Hall A

Amy Beise

Courageous Conversations

Birch Room

Marie Cote, Stacy Johnson

Implementing Balanced Asphalt Mix Design

Prairie Rose Room 105

Derek Nener-Plante, FHWA

ND 1 & 17 Mill and Overlay

Prairie Rose Room 103/104

Jared Loergering, Melissa Knutson

Transportation Asset Mgmt Plan Overview

Prairie Rose Room 101/102

Brad Allen, Chris Williges

11:20am – 12pm: Closing - Alicia Uhde - Building Workforce to Drive The Economy | Hall A