FHWA National Dialogue on Highway Automation
Dallas, Texas
November 14-15, 2018

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FHWA National Dialogue on Highway Automation: Infrastructure Design and Safety Workshop
November 14-15, 2018, DoubleTree Campbell Centre, Dallas, Texas

November 14, 2018: Day 1

Time (CT)	Agenda Item	Name
12:30 PM	Registration & Sign-In
1:00 PM	Welcome & Introduction	Al Alonzi - Division Administrator, FHWA - Texas Division
1:05 PM	Opening Remarks	Darran Anderson - Director of Strategy and Innovation, Texas Department of Transportation
1:15 PM	National Dialogue Overview	Michael Griffith - Director, Office of Safety Technologies, FHWA
1:30 PM	Small Group Session 1: Safe Integration of Automated Vehicles	All Participants
2:50 PM	Small Group Session 1 Report Out	All Participants
3:30 PM	Break
3:45 PM	Collaboration Corner	Modernizing Infrastructure for AVs: Updating standards and manuals FHWA AV Research Showcase: Highlighting FHWA research activities Roadway Safety Challenges for AVs: Interacting safely with the roadway infrastructure Workforce and Organizational Development: Preparing state and local agencies Terminology: Building our lexicon around highway automation Parking Lot: Questions and comments that do not cleanly fit at any of the other posts
5:00 PM	Wrap Up	John Corbin - Office of Transportation Management (HOTM), Connected/Automated Vehicles and Emerging Technologies Team, FHWA
5:30 PM	End of Day 1

November 15, 2018: Day 2

Time (CT)	Agenda Item	Name
7:30 AM	Registration & Sign-In
8:00 AM	Kick-Off Day 2	Brian Fouch - Director, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements, FHWA
8:20 AM	Small Group Session 2: Infrastructure and Automated Vehicles	All Participants
9:30 AM	Small Group Session 2 Report-Out	All Participants
10:00 AM	Break
10:20 AM	Preparing for Automated Vehicles: A Panel Discussion	Moderated by James Pol - Technical Director of Safety R&D Office of Safety R&D, FHWA Darran Anderson - Director of Strategy and Innovation, Texas Department of Transportation Ken Smith - Corporate Scientist, 3M Transportation Safety Division Bill Duguay - Executive Vice President, J.D. Abrams; ARTBA Representative Michael Morris - Director of Transportation, Department of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments
11:30 AM	Lunch (not included)
1:00 PM	Small Group Session 3: What’s Next?	Developing the Moonshot Near-Term vs. Long-Term Actions Federal, State, Local Roles
2:30 PM	Wrap Up	John Corbin - Office of Transportation Management (HOTM), Connected/Automated Vehicles and Emerging Technologies Team, FHWA
3:00 PM	End of Day 2

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