Tuesday, April 2, 2013

6:30 – 8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

GENERAL SESSIONS

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Welcome to the ICAT 2013

Douglas R. Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc.

Presentation of the Heartland Sustainability Award to

Kristi Lafleur, Executive Director, Illinois Tollway

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Metro Masaher Al Muqadasa Project
Ramadan Harb, Transportation Department Manager/Partner, Khatib and Alami , Beirut, Lebanon

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Highway A-1 Sparvo Tunnel, Italy
World’s Largest Tunnel-Boring Machine Project
Jack Brockway, President, Herrenknecht Tunneling Systems USA, Inc.

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Break

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Transportation Track

Asphalt Track

Operations and Equipment Track

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Southwestern IL Transportation Enhancement Overview

Mark Harms, President, SCI Engineering,

Mary Lamie, VP, EFK Moen

Chicago’s Magnificent Green Mile

Cynthia Williams

Quality Assurance Manager

Chicago DOT

Performance Evaluation of

Snow and Ice Plows

Souhail Elhouar & Enad Mahmoud

Dept. of Civil Engr. & Construction,  

Bradley University

10:30 – 11:00 AM

High Speed Rail in Illinois

Phil Pasterak, Vice President and Program Manager,

Warm Mix Lessons Learned

Michael Schilke, Quality Control Mgr, Central Blacktop Co., Inc

NATO Summit – Chicago 2012

Steve Travia

Bureau Chief of Traffic Operations

District 1, Illinois DOT

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Illiana

Steve Schilke, Bureau of Programming Major Projects Unit Head,

District 1, Illinois DOT

MoDOT Smoother, Safer, Sooner Program

David Ahlvers, State Const. & Materials Engr., Missouri DOT

11:30 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Congestion Pricing & Tolling / ITS
Daniel Baxter,

Chief Engineer for Transportation Operations, CH2M HILL

Recycled Asphalt Shingles

Imad Al-Qadi, Director,

Illinois Center for Transportation, University of Illinois 

From the Shop to the Storm

and Back Again

Mark DeVries, Maintenance Supt,

McHenry County Division of Transportation

1:30 – 2:00 PM

Diverging Diamond Interchanges

Matthew Maestranzi, Traffic Engr., &

John Murillo, Project Mgr.,  Knight E/A Inc.

Carrie Nelson, District 9 Engr. &

Jason Salley, District 1 Engr., Illinois DOT

Local Agency Perspective on QCP

Kevin Burke

Local Policy & Technology Engr.

Central Office, Illinois DOT

Emergency Closure & Retrofit of the

I-64 Bridge

Kent Zinn, Asst. Vice President

Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Airglades International Airport,

Florida – FAA P3
Frederick C. Ford, President

Airglades Int’l Airport, LLC

Fracking & Understanding Oil
Shale Traffic & Impacts

David Lippert, Engr. of Materials & Physical Research, Central Office    Illinois DOT

Attend Transportation

or Asphalt Sessions 

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Break

GENERAL SESSIONS

3:00– 3:30 PM

Sustainable Infrastructure Funding via Value Added Tolling
Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Policy, The Reason Foundation

3:30 – 4:00 PM

Illinois Dept of Transportation - Update
Ann Schneider, Secretary of Transportation, IDOT

4:00 – 4:30 PM

General Comments
Gary Hannig, Director of Legislative Affairs, Illinois Governor's Office

4:30 - 7:00 PM

COCKTAIL RECEPTION, SPONSORED BY CATERPILLAR INC.

                    Wednesday, April 3, 2013

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

GENERAL SESSIONS

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Overview of the US Department of Transportation

The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, US Department of Transportation

8:30 – 9:00 AM

O’Hare and Chicago Department of Aviation Update
Rosemarie Andolino, Commissioner of Aviation, City of Chicago

9:00 – 9:30 AM

I-90 Sustainable Corridor Project
Kristi Lafleur, Executive Director, Illinois Tollway

Paul Kovacs, Chief Engineer, Illinois Tollway

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Break

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Transportation Track

Asphalt Track

Operations and Equipment Track

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Wacker Drive Reconstruction

Anthony Albert,

Sr. Associate/VP,

TranSystems

Intelligent Compaction

Dann Rawls, Marketing Consultant, Construction Technology and Solutions,

Successful Traffic and Incident Management

John Benda,

General Manager of Maintenance & Traffic, Illinois Tollway

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Sustainable Funding of Infrastructure at

IN DOT: The Ohio River Bridge
Jim Stark, Deputy Commissioner
of Innovative Project Delivery,
Indiana DOT

30 Year Asphalt

Pavement

Abdul Z. Dahhan, Bureau Chief of Materials, District 1, Illinois DOT

Harrisburg Tornado

Keith Miley, District 9, Illinois DOT &

Eric Gregg, Mayor, City of Harrisburg

11:00 AM – 12:00

Transportation Funding in Illinois
Panel Discussion Chaired by the Honorable Sen. Martin Sandoval, Chairman of Illinois Senate Transportation Committee
Gary Hannig, Director of Legislative Affairs, Illinois Governor’s Office

12:00 noon

CATERPILLAR VISITOR CENTER TOUR

Buses depart the hotel at 12:15 PM. 

Shuttle departs the Caterpillar Visitor Center and will bring guests back to the hotel at 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30 PM