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National Dialogue on Highway Automation

FHWA National Dialogue on Highway Automation
Chicago, IL
September 5-6, 2018

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National Dialogue Freight Workshop Agenda
September 5-6, 2018, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL

Day 1: Wednesday, September 5, 2018


Time (CT)

Agenda Item

Name

12:30 PM

Registration & Sign‐In

 No Value

1:00 PM

Introduction

Catherine Batey, Division Administrator
FHWA Illinois Division

1:10 PM

Opening Remarks

Justine Sydello, Deputy Secretary
Illinois Department of Transportation

1:25 PM

National Dialogue Overview

Vince Mantero, Team Lead
FHWA Research and Analysis, Office of Freight Management and Operations

1:45 PM

Small Group Instructions

John Corbin, Connected Automated Vehicle Program Manager
FHWA Office of Transportation Management

1:50 PM

Small Group Session 1: Roadway Infrastructure and Conditions

All Participants

3:00 PM

Small Group Session 1 Report‐ Out

All Participants

3:30 PM

Break

 No Value

3:45 PM

Collaboration Corner

Participants rotate around to different stalls to provide input on various topics

Topics:

  1. Future of Freight: Operational environments and use cases
  2. Traffic Operations: Opportunities and challenges
  3. Infrastructure: Design considerations and impacts
  4. Connectivity: Enhancing information exchange and cooperation
  5. Terminology: Developing a lexicon around highway automation
  6. Research Needs: Collecting research needs statements
  7. Parking Lot: Important questions and comments that do not cleanly fit at any of the other posts

5:00 PM

Wrap Up and Preparation for Day 2

John Corbin, FHWA

5:30 PM

End of Day 1

 No Value

By attending or speaking at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) National Dialogue on Highway Automation, you consent to be photographed, recorded, and/or videotaped by FHWA and its agents. Further, by attending or speaking at the workshop, you also authorize FHWA to publish, reproduce, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, display, distribute and otherwise use for educational, promotional, or any other purposes: (a) your image, likeness, and voice, and (b) all photographs, recordings, videotapes, and audiovisual materials of or by you (collectively, the Materials), in any format whatsoever now or hereinafter created by FHWA without further notice or consent. It is understood that all of the Materials, and all films, audiotapes, videotapes, reproductions, media, plates, negatives, photocopies, and electronic and digital copies of the Materials are the sole property of FHWA. By attending or speaking at the workshop, you release FHWA and its agents from any liability arising out of use of the Materials.

Day 2: Thursday, September 6, 2018


Time (CT)

Agenda Item

Name

7:30 AM

Registration & Sign‐In

 No Value

8:00 AM

Kick‐Off Day 2

Caitlin Hughes, Director
FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations

8:15 AM

Instructions for Small Groups

John Corbin, FHWA

8:20 AM

Small Group Session 2:

Operational Design Domain and Safe Operations

All Participants

9:20 AM

Small Group Session 2 Report‐ Out

All Participants

10:00 AM

Break

 No Value

10:20 AM

Preparing for Automated Vehicles:

Freight Perspectives

Facilitated by Caitlin Hughes, FHWA
Panelists:

  • Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation
  • Nate Wells III, Vice President of Operations Planning and Engineering, FedEx Freight
  • Tom Murtha, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

11:30 AM

Lunch (not included)

 No Value

1:00 PM

Small Group Session 3: What's Next?

Each table develops next steps

Topics:

  1. Developing the Moonshot
  2. Near-Term vs. Long-Term Actions
  3. Federal, State, Local Roles
  4. Other topics

2:30 PM

Wrap Up and Next Steps

All Participants

3:00 PM

End of Day

 No Value

By attending or speaking at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) National Dialogue on Highway Automation, you consent to be photographed, recorded, and/or videotaped by FHWA and its agents. Further, by attending or speaking at the workshop, you also authorize FHWA to publish, reproduce, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, display, distribute and otherwise use for educational, promotional, or any other purposes: (a) your image, likeness, and voice, and (b) all photographs, recordings, videotapes, and audiovisual materials of or by you (collectively, the Materials), in any format whatsoever now or hereinafter created by FHWA without further notice or consent. It is understood that all of the Materials, and all films, audiotapes, videotapes, reproductions, media, plates, negatives, photocopies, and electronic and digital copies of the Materials are the sole property of FHWA. By attending or speaking at the workshop, you release FHWA and its agents from any liability arising out of use of the Materials.

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