PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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Wednesday, August 11

7:00 am - 8:00 am
     Registration, Clifford Hall, Rm. 210

8:00 am - 8:20 am
     Welcome and Opening Remarks - Video - Powerpoint
     David A. Sprynczynatyk, P.E., Director, NDDOT
     Bruce Smith, Dean, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences,
        University of North Dakota

8:30 am - 8:45 am
     Regina McElroy, Director, Office of Transportation Operations, FHWA - Video - Powerpoint

8:45 am - 9:00 am
     Overview and Expectations of Workshop - Video - Powerpoint
     Leon Osborne, Director, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center
        University of North Dakota

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

     SESSION I: Need for and use of Weather Information in DOT Operations
          Session Moderator: Jerry Horner, North Dakota Department of Transportation - Video

     9:00-9:10 Les O'Donnell, Nebraska Department of Roads - Video - Powerpoint
     9:10-9:20 Mike Bousliman, Montana Department of Transportation - Video - Powerpoint
     9:20-9:30 Curt Pape, Minnesota Department of Transportation - Video - Powerpoint
     9:30-9:40 Bob Hart, Meridian Environmental Technology Inc. - Video - Powerpoint
     9:40-9:50 Bob Dreisewerd, Surface Systems, Inc. - Video - Powerpoint
     9:50-10:10 BREAK and move to Small Group rooms
     10:10-11:10 Small Group Break-out Discussions - Video
     11:10-11:20 BREAK and move back into General Session
     11:20-11:50 General Discussion - Video

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
     Lunch, Hilton Garden Inn

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

     Session II: Weather Elements within ATIS
          Session Moderator: Paul Cammack, University of North Dakota - Video

     1:30-1:40 Barb Blue, Kansas Department of Transportation - Video - Powerpoint
     1:40-1:50 Ed Ryen, North Dakota Department of Transportation - Video - Powerpoint
     1:50-2:00 Lisa Ballard, Independent Consultant - Video - Powerpoint
     2:00-2:10 Mark Owens, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc. - Video - Powerpoint
     2:10-2:20 Art Handman, Greater Hartford Transit District - Video - Powerpoint
     2:20-2:40 BREAK and move to Small Group rooms
     2:40-3:40 Small Group Break-out Discussions - Video
     3:40-4:00 BREAK and move back into General Session
     4:00-4:30 General Discussion - Video

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
     Reception, ND Museum of Art

Thursday, August 12

8:30 am - 11:30 am

     SESSION III: Converting a National Vision into Reality
          Session Moderator: Ray Murphy, Federal Highway Administration - Video

     8:30-8:40 Steve Albert, Western Transportation Institute - Video - Powerpoint
     8:40-8:50 Leon Osborne, University of North Dakota - Video - Powerpoint
     8:50-9:00 Dave Huft, South Dakota Department of Transportation - Video - Powerpoint
     9:00-9:10 Mary Cairns, OFCM - Video - Powerpoint
     9:10-9:25 BREAK and move to Small Group rooms
     9:25-10:30 Small Group Break-out Discussions - Video
     10:30-10:40 BREAK and move back into General Session
     10:40-11:10 General Discussion - Video

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
     Workshop Wrap-up - Video

12:00 pm
     Adjourn

Questions for Breakout Sessions

     Questions (Word format)

A special thank you to the workshop sponsors:
Federal Highway Administration
North Dakota Department of Transportation
South Dakota Department of Transportation
Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, University of North Dakota