1:30 – 5 p.m.

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

5:30 – 7 p.m.

7:30 – 8 a.m.

9:30 – 11 a.m.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Breakfast

General Session: Panel Discussion with “Glass Hammer” Winners from ARTBA’s Women Leader Awards Program

Leaders share their strategies for implementing successful programs and

activities to promote women leaders within their organizations.

Moderator: Lisa Robert, executive vice president, RS&H, ARTBA Women

Leaders Council chair

Speakers:

• Jihane Fazio, associate vice president, AECOM

• Agnieszka Lapinski, department manager, Gannett Fleming

• Melissa Tooley, director of external initiatives, Texas Transportation

Institute

• Melinda Peters, partner, RK&K

• Susan Martinovich, Jacobs

Executive Committee (for committee members only)

Contractor Safety Awards Judging

Past Chairmen

Bridge Policy & Promotion Council (open to all attendees)

Presentation from Bill DuVall, state bridge engineer at the Georgia Department of Transportation

Council of State Executives

Opening Reception*

*Hosted by the Materials & Services Division

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

10 – 11 a.m.

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

12:30 – 2 p.m.

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

3:15 – 4 p.m.

4 – 5 p.m.

4 – 5 p.m.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

ARTBA 101 Overview (for new directors, new members, and first-time convention attendees)

Opening General Session: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Your Business & Drive Results (1.25 PDH)

Speaker: Amber MacArthur, president, Ambermac Media and host of the award-winning “The AI Effect” Podcast

ARTBA Foundation Awards Lunch

Featured Speaker: Lyndsay Sutton, Former Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Recipient & Area Manager, I-75 ULTRA Project, Fla.

General Session: Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update and Transportation Construction Market Conditions Report (1 PDH)

Speakers:• Dean Franks, senior vice president, congressional relations, ARTBA• Dr. Alison Premo Black, senior vice president and chief economist, ARTBA• Nick Goldstein, vice president, regulatory & legal issues, ARTBA

General Session: Putting Safety First: Subject Matter Experts Explain Why Transportation Project Safety Certification Matters

Moderator: Brad Sant, senior vice president, safety and education, ARTBA

Panelists:

• Bryan Stone, safety director, Superior Construction• J.R. Glascock, director, corporate safety, Lane• Ethan Brown, project manager, Wright Brothers• Chris LaRocca, HSE senior technician, Allan Myers

Mentoring the Next Generation (Hosted by the Industry Leader Development Council, 1 PDH)

Speakers:

• Tina Millán, senior vice president and U.S. national market leader—aviation,WSP USA

• Tom O’Grady, corporate president, HNTB• Brian Ness, director, Idaho Transportation Department

Public Private Partnerships Division

4 – 5:30 p.m.

6 – 7:30 p.m.

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

7 – 9 a.m.

7:30 – 9:30 a.m.

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

12 – 1 p.m.

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TSID and Safety Committee

Political Action Team Reception

Chairman’s Banquet

Entertainer: Comedian Dan Naturman, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” finalist

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24Buffet Breakfast

Contractors Division

Planning & Design Division

Transportation Officials Division

How Automation Will Lead to “Superjobs” of the Future (1 PDH)

General Session: Robots & Artificial Intelligence: How Transportation Design & Construction Firms Are Preparing for a New Era (1 PDH)

Moderator: Tom Webb, vice president of strategic initiatives and customer rela-tions, HCSS

Panelists:

• Carson T. Carney, vice president of sales & technology integration, TyBot, LLC• Andy E. Kaiyala, vice president of engineering, The Lane Construction Corp.• Jim Peterson, design build director & senior vice president, HNTB Corporation• Mitch Tobias, market manager, Caterpillar Inc.

Buffet Lunch

Artificial Intelligence, Automation & Displaced Workers in the Coming Machine Age (1 PDH)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing every aspect of our lives. How do we learn from the past lessons of industrialization to prepare for the current and future technological revolutions? A look at how the nature of work evolves.

Ross Smith, director of Skype for Good, Microsoft

Speaker: Matt DeVries, partner, Burr & Forman LLP

1:30 – 5 p.m.

1 – 5 p.m.

1 – 5 p.m.

5 – 6 p.m.

6 – 8 p.m.

8:45 – 10 p.m.

8 – 9 a.m.

9 –11 a.m.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Optional Golf On Your Own

Crosswinds Golf Club (912.966.1909, ext. 1)232 James B Blackburn DriveSavannah, GA 31408

Free Time

Networking & Business Development Facilitation

Contact Ed Tarrant to plan business development meetings during the National Convention. There is limited meeting space available for small to medium sized groups.

Reception

ARTBA Leadership Dinner (invitation only)

Optional Event: Private Trolley “Ghost Tour” of Old Town Savannah (pre-registration required and dinner is not included)

We invite you to come along on the most popular trolley ghost tour in Savan-nah, Ghosts & Gravestones! Hear the tales no other guide dare tell as shadows play tricks on your mind. Board the Trolley of the Doomed and hear of all things shadowy and sinister: the city’s mysterious history, its gravest moments, its ghastly folk – it’s ALL TRUE!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Breakfast

Speaker: Russell McMurry, commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation

Board of Directors