PACIFIC TIME |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
7:30 AM | Check-In Opens | Alder Commons |
8:00 AM | Doors open to Alder Auditorium | Alder Auditorium |
8:30 AM |
WelcomeYinhai Wang, 2021 Conference Chair, Director, Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) & Professor, University of Washington Billy Connor, Director, Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET), University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Alder Auditorium |
8:45 AM |
Keynote AddressDaniel Sperling, Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, and founding chair of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and Economy at the University of California, Davis. |
Alder Auditorium |
9:30 AM |
Plenary Session – IIJA and You: Optimizing the Benefit of the IIJA through Regional CollaborationsModerator: Loreana Marciante, Senior Emerging Mobility Solutions Engineer, HNTB Megan Cotton, Director of Federal and Tribal Relations, Washington State Department of Transportation Travis Brouwer, Assistant Director for Revenue, Finance, and Compliance, Oregon Department of Transportation Brandy DeLange, Government Relations Advocate, Association of Washington Cities Margaret Pridmore, Roadway Data Manager, Idaho Transportation Department |
Alder Auditorium |
10:30 AM |
Break |
Alder Auditorium |
10:45 AM |
Mobility Session #1 – Connected and Automated Vehicles Impacts and Research NeedsModerator: Ahmed Ibrahim, University of Idaho Alan Clelland, ITS/CV Leader, DKS & Associates Mostafa Asfoor, Visiting Professor, University of Idaho Ted Trepanier, Senior Director of Public Sector Services, Inrix Jia Li, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University |
Alder Auditorium |
10:45 AM |
Safety Session #1 – Transportation Safety Innovations In Rural CommunitiesModerator: Billy Connor, Director, Arctic Infrastructure Development Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Adam Larsen, Safety Engineer, FHWA/Western Federal Lands Hollyanna Littlebull, Tribal Traffic Safety Coordinator, Yakama Nation Department of Natural Resources Engineering Program Steven Daly, Retired, USCOE ERDIC/CRREL Daniel Abramson, Professor, Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington |
Alder 103 |
10:45 AM |
Transformative Solutions Session #1: Workforce Development Challenges and OpportunitiesModerator: Yinhai Wang, Professor and Director, PacTrans, University of Washington Dongho Chang, State Traffic Engineer, Washington State Department of Transportation Mike Clark, Vice President, David Evans and Associates Mohammad Malakoutian, Affiliate Assistant Professor and Senior Program Manager, University of Washington and Amazon Kirk Vinish, Director of Planning, Lummi Indian Business Council |
Alder 107 |
12:00 PM |
PacTrans Award Ceremony and Elevator Pitches |
Alder Auditorium |
12:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Poster Session |
Alder Commons |
2:00 PM |
Mobility Session #2: Freight Supply Chain Challenges and Near-Term OutlookModerator: Eric Jessup, Research Professor, School of Economic Science, Washington State University Jonathan Berndt, District Manager, Expeditors Bryan Gonzalez, International Traffic Manager of Exports & Imports, FC Bloxom Company International Tim Graciano, Head of Data Science, Convoy |
Alder 103 |
2:00 PM |
Safety Session #2: AI Empowered Methods/Tools for Smarter SafetyModerator: Yao-Jan Wu, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, Director, Center for Applied Transportation Sciences Yu Zhang, Professor, University of South Florida Steve Voit, Business Development Manager, Verizon Asad Khattak, Professor, University of Tennessee Venky Shankar, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University |
Alder Auditorium |
2:00 PM |
Transformative Solutions Session #2: Leveraging Public/Private Entities to InnovateModerator: Bart Treece, Director, UW Mobility Innovation Center Travis Phelps, Mobility and Technology Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation Sarah Struder, Director of Platform, Techstars Bill Cornell, Principal, Pariveda Solutions Wei Sun, Chief Executive Officer, AIWaysion |
Alder 107 |
3:15 PM |
Break |
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3:30 PM |
Closing Remarks |
Alder Auditorium |
3:45 PM |
Social Hour and Networking |
Alder Commons |
5:00 PM |
Conference Concludes |