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

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Contact Information: HighwayAutomation@dot.gov

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 No Value
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 No Value
3:45 PM Collaboration Corner
  1. Modernizing Infrastructure for AVs: Updating standards and manuals
  2. FHWA AV Research Showcase: Highlighting FHWA research activities
  3. Roadway Safety Challenges for AVs: Interacting safely with the roadway infrastructure
  4. Workforce and Organizational Development: Preparing state and local agencies
  5. Terminology: Building our lexicon around highway automation
  6. 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 No Value

November 15, 2018: Day 2

Time (CT) Agenda Item Name
7:30 AM Registration & Sign-In No Value
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 No Value
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) No Value
1:00 PM Small Group Session 3:
What’s Next?
  1. Developing the Moonshot
  2. Near-Term vs. Long-Term Actions
  3. 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 No Value

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