AREMA Conference agenda

Railway Track and Structures, August, 2007

SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 8

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration for Exhibitors

Noon - 4:00 p.m. Conference Registration

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Seminar: FRA 214: Roadway Worker On-Track Safety

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 24

SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 9

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Seminar: Environmental Permitting Issues in Railroad Construction Projects 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Conference and Exposition Registration

Noon Exposition Opening Ceremony

Noon - 5:00 p.m. Exposition Open

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 5

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 24

8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 10

9: 00 a.m. -. Noon Meeting: Committee 17

Noon - 2:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 16

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 27

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 11

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 12

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 18

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 6

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Meeting: Committee 14

MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 10

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference and Exposition

Registration

7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast

Sponsorship still available

Musical Entertainment

Sponsored by NORDCO

8:00 a.m. Opening General Session

8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Presentation of Colors

Invocation and Safety Briefing

8:10 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. President's Address

J. Chris Dodge, AREMA President, HDR

8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. REMSA Greeting

Jonathan D. Reilly, Harsco Track Technologies

8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. RSSI Greeting

Franklin L. Brown, Dixie Precast

8:35 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. AREMA Headquarters Report

Charles H. Emely, Ph.D., Executive Director/CEO

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. AREMA Scholarships

Announcement

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Federal Railroad

Administration Report

Joseph H. Boardman, FRA Administrator

9:20 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Presentation of Dr. William

W. Hay Award for Excellence

Michael W. Franke, AREMA Treasurer and Chair, Hay Award Committee, Amtrak

9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Member-Get-A-Member

Campaign Winners

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

Sponsored by Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. and URS

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. C&S Presentation

Norfolk Southern Optimized Train Control Thomas W. Schnautz, Norfolk Southern Railway

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Engineering Services

Presentation

An Overview of the Transportation Security Administration's Surface Transportation

Security Inspection Program

Gary A. Gordon, P.E., TSA

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Maintenance Presentation Risk Management and Safety for Railroad Infrastructure and Equipment

Allan M. Zarembski, P.E., Ph.D., ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc.

11:30 a.m. - Noon Passenger & Transit Presentation

Developing a Browser-Based Grade Crossing Data Management System

Moidrag Budisa, EURAIL-ING Wilbur Smith Associates

Noon - 12:30 p.m. Structures Presentation

Heartland Corridor Clearance Improvement Project

James N. Carter, Jr., Norfolk Southern Railway

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Track Presentation

Adding Capacity on the UP Sunset Route

David A. Connell, Union Pacific Railroad

1:00 p.m. End of General Session

1:00 p.m. Exposition Food Stations Open

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exposition Open

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Meet the Next Generation

TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 11

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Conference and Exposition

Registration

7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast

Sponsorship still available

7:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Functional Group Sessions

see next column for details

9:00 a.m. - Noon Exposition Open

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

Sponsorship still available

12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Annual Chairmen's Luncheon

Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required

Guest Speaker Anthony B. Hatch

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exposition Open

WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 12

7:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m. Conference Registration

7:00 a. m. - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast

Sponsorship still available

8:00 a.m. Closing General Session

8:00 a.m.-8:05 a.m. Safety Briefing

Larry L. Etherton, AREMA Senior Vice President

Norfolk Southern Railway

8:05 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Installation of 2007-2008

AREMA Officers

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Track Presentation

Strategic Tie and Rail Replacement

William E. Van Trump, Union Pacific Railroad

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Structures Presentation

Case Study: Changing Out a Double Track

Through Plate Girder (TPG) Span Crossing

Over a Double Track Mainline

Kevin Day, Canadian National Railway

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Passenger & Transit

Presentation

Applying Industrial Design to Railroad Infrastructure

Cesar Vergara, Jacobs Engineering

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

Sponsorship still available

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Maintenance Presentation

What Field Managers Need to Know About

Environmental Permitting Requirements

Debra Schafer, Union Pacific Railroad

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Engineering Services

Presentation

From Classroom to Rail Industry - A Rail

Engineer in the Making

Pasi T. Lautala, P.E., Michigan Tech University

11:30. a.m. - Noon Communications & Signals

Presentation

The IT System That Could: Paperless Track Inspections

Lawrence J. Biess, CSX Transportation

Noon Adjournment of the 2007 AREMA

Conference and Exposition

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Introduction to Practical

Railway Engineering Seminar - Day 1

THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 13

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Seminar: Intro, to Practical Railway Engineering - Day 2