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ND Rural Transportation Safety & Security Summit
Agenda

The agenda was last updated on Aug. 21, 2006.

Wednesday, Aug. 23
8:00 amRegistration
9:00 amIntroductions and Conference Purpose and Intent
9:15 amWelcome and Opening Comments
9:30 amKeynote Speaker
  • Honorable Senator Kent Conrad, US Senator from North Dakota
10:00 amAcknowledgements
10:30 amBreak
10:45 amNorth Central Rural Transportation Safety and Security Center
NoonLunch
1:00 pmOperation Lifesaver
1:30 pmStrategic Highway Safety Plan - A Federal Perspective
  • Steve Busek, Traffic Safety Engineer, FHWA Division Office
2:00 pmToward Zero Deaths
  • Bernie Arseneau, Director Office of Traffic, Security, and Operations, Minnesota DOT
2:45 pmBreak
3:00 pmStrategic Highway Safety Plan (Snapshot of safety in ND, what are we doing now, issues, what is our future direction)
  • Keith Magnusson, Moderator - Deputy Director NDDOT for Driver and Vehicle Services
  • Panel -
4:00 pmMotor Carrier Safety: Research, Technology, and Direction
  • Steve Busek, Moderator, FHWA Division Office
  • Panel:
    • State Perspective and Status – Doyle Schultz, HP
    • Brenda Lantz, Director, Transportation Safety Systems Center, UGPTI, Lakewood, CO
5:00 pmAdjourn
5:30 pmSocial Hour
Thursday, August 24
7:30 amContinental Breakfast
8:30 amSummary of Day 1 and questions from audience
8:45 amFederal Perspective on Transportation Security
  • Joe Gutensohn, Federal Security Director-North Dakota, Transportation Security Administration
9:30 amBreak
9:45 amWhat's happening at our northern border?
10:15 amNorth Dakota Status - Transportation Security (what are the issues, what are we doing, what's the future?)
  • Steve Busek, Moderator - FHWA Division Office
  • Panel:
    • Gary Ness, Executive Director, ND Aeronautics Commission
    • Don Glarum, Highway Watch Program, North Dakota Motor Carriers Association
    • Cathy Spencer, Mallory Group, Freight Security
    • Captain Scott Brand, NDHP, Homeland Security Fusion Ctr., Incident Management and Security
11:30 amSummary of Day 2, questions from audience, where we go from here.
NoonAdjourn

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