Friday • September 14 |
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| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Registration: Seminars |
| 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 1) |
Saturday • September 15 |
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| 7:30 am - 6:00 pm | Registration: Conference, Exposition and Seminars |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 2) |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FRA 214: Roadway Worker On-Track Safety (Workshop) |
Committee Meetings |
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| 8:00 am - 4:30 pm | Committee 27 |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Committee 24 |
Sunday • September 16 |
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| 7:30 am - 8:00 am | Registration: Seminars and Workshops Only |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 3) |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Environmental Permitting Issues in Railroad Construction Projects Seminar |
| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration: Conference, Exposition and Seminars |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | LinkedIn Networking Hour |
| Noon | Exposition Opening Ceremony |
| Noon - 2:00 pm | Exposition Opening Reception |
| Noon - 5:00 pm | Exposition Open |
Committee Meetings |
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| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Committee 5 |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Committee 24 |
| 9:00 am - Noon | Committee 11 |
| 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Team 41 |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Committee 12 |
| 10:00 am - Noon | Team 40 |
| 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Committee 10 |
| 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Committee 17 |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Committee 16 |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Committee 33 |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Committee 14 |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Committee 6 |
| 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm | Committees 11 & 17 Joint |
Monday • September 17 |
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| 6:45 am - 5:00 pm | Registration: Conference, Exposition and Seminars |
| 6:45 am - 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) Musical Entertainment (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 7:45 am | Opening General Session |
| 7:45 am - 7:50 am | Presentation of Colors |
| 7:50 am - 7:55 am | Safety Briefing |
| 7:55 am - 8:05 am | President’s Address Robert J. Verhelle, AREMA President Amtrak |
| 8:05 am - 8:10 am | REMSA Greeting Philip J. Homan, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. |
| 8:10 am - 8:15 am | RSSI Greeting Thomas J. Ulrich, Arthur N. Ulrich Company |
| 8:15 am - 8:20 am | AREMA Welcome Charles H. Emely, PhD, Executive Director/CEO |
| 8:20 am - 8:45 am | Keynote Address The Honorable Deborah A. P. Hersman Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board |
| 8:45 am - 9:10 am | Railway Industry Update Anthony B. Hatch, Transportation Industry Analyst ABH Consulting |
| 9:10 am - 9:20 am | Presentation of 2012 Dr. William W. Hay Award for Excellence Michael W. Franke, AREMA Treasurer Chair, Hay Award Committee Amtrak |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | AREMA Scholarship Winners Announcement |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Member-Get-A-Member Campaign Winners |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Coffee Break (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Passenger & Transit Presentation Chicago - St. Louis High Speed Rail Continuing Partnerships in Implementation Philip G. Pasterak, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff David D. Orrell, PE, Union Pacific Railroad |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Maintenance Presentation SEPTA’s Optimizing Track Outage Planning on a Busy Commuter Railroad Jeffrey D. Knueppel, PE, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Kevin Jurgelewicz, Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Engineering Services Presentation BNSF Response to 2011 Record Flooding in the Missouri River Basin Robert J. Boileau, PE, BNSF Railway |
| 11:30 am - Noon | Communications & Signals Presentation Impact of Safety Rule Non-Compliance John R. Buchanan, CSX Transportation |
| Noon - 12:30 pm | Track Presentation Track Quality from the Ground Up James Hyslip, PhD, PE, HyGround Engineering Steven M. Chrismer, PhD, PE, Amtrak |
| 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Structures Presentation Construction of New Vertical Lift Span on Mobile River Peter J. Davis, PE, HDR Engineering, Inc. Charles Davis, Scott Bridge Company Kamal Elnahal, United States Coast Guard |
| 1:00 pm | End of General Session |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Reception in Exhibit Halls (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Exposition Open |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Meet The Next Generation (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
Tuesday • September 18 |
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7:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Registration: Conference, Exposition and Seminars |
| 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Continental Breakfast (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 7:45 am - 4:00 pm | Functional Group Technical Sessions View Technical Sessions |
| 9:00 am - Noon | Exposition Open |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm | AREMA Annual Chairmen’s Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Joseph H. Boardman, CEO Amtrak Featured Speaker |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Exposition Open |
Wednesday • September 19 |
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| 7:00 am - 1:00 pm | Registration: Conference, Exposition and Seminars |
| 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Continental Breakfast (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 8:00 am | Closing General Session |
| 8:00 am - 8:05 am | Safety Briefing James N. Carter, Jr., PE AREMA Senior Vice President and Program Committee Chair Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 8:05 am - 8:30 am | Installation of 2012-2013 AREMA Officers |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Maintenance Presentation Passive Icing Shields for Railroad Tunnel in Gallitzin, PA Phaidra Campbell, Jacobs Associates Ruth Brown, Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Passenger & Transit Presentation State Rail Plans: The Integration of Freight and Passenger Rail Planning Kevin K. Keller, PG, CGWP, HDR Engineering, Inc. |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Structures Presentation Increasing Train Capacity and Speeds: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company – Shreveport Terminal Improvements, Retaining Walls and Bridge Replacement James P. Hyland, PE, TranSystems |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break (Sponsored - See Conference Sponsors) |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Track Presentation Decades of Automated Track Inspection Success and Strategy for Tomorrow Yu-Jiang Zhang, PE, PhD and Arthur L. Clouse Federal Railroad Administration |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Communications & Signals Presentation Web Mapping Improves Efficiencies and Reduces Headaches Matt Woodworth, TranSystems |
| 11:30 am - Noon | Engineering Services Presentation CREATE Update William C. Thompson, PE, Association of American Railroads |
| Noon | Adjournment of the AREMA 2012 Annual Conference & Exposition |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Track Alignment Design Seminar (Day 1) |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FRA 213: Track Safety Standards (Day 1) |
Committee Meetings |
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| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Committee 38 |
Thursday • September 20 |
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| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Track Alignment Design Seminar (Day 2) |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | FRA 213: Track Safety Standards (Day 2) |
Committee Meetings |
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| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Committee 38 |
Friday • September 21 |
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| 8:00 am - Noon | Track Alignment Design Seminar (Day 3) |
| 8:00 am - Noon | FRA 213: Track Safety Standards (Day 3) |
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The Honorable
Deborah A. P. Hersman
Chairman
National Transportation Safety Board
Anthony B. Hatch
Transportation Industry Analyst
ABH Consulting
Joseph H. Boardman
CEO
Amtrak
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