8:00a – 9:00a |
Registration, Exhibits, Continental Breakfast
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9:00a – 9:30a |
Welcome Remarks
- Rhonda Stricklin, CMV Summit Coordinator, Alabama Transportation Institute
- Russ Mumper, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, The University of Alabama
- Mayor Walt Maddox, City of Tuscaloosa
- Colonel Jimmy Helms, Director, Department of Public Safety, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
- Clinton Seymour, Alabama Division Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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9:30a – 10:30a |
Opening Session: Future Direction of FMCSA
- Robin Hutcheson, FMCSA Deputy Administrator (invited)
- Jack Van Steenburg, FMCSA Executive Director and Chief Safety Officer
- Darrell Ruban, FMCSA Associate Administrator, Office of Safety
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10:30a – 10:45a |
Break and Exhibits |
10:45a – 12:00p |
Plenary Session: Work Zone Safety
- “Collaborative Efforts Toward Addressing Work Zone Safety,” Martha Kapitanov, FHWA Transportation Specialist, Work Zone Management Team
- “North Carolina’s Approach for Reducing Crashes in Work Zones,” First Sergeant Kendell Jackson, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section, Greg Ferrara, Program Manager, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Resource Lab (COVERLAB), Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University
- “Enforcement and Interdiction Planning and Operational Models,” Colonel Leroy Taylor, FMCSA State Programs
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12:00p – 1:15p |
Lunch and Keynote Speakers: Automated Vehicle Technologies in CMVs
- Greer Woodruff, SVP of Corporate Safety, Security, and Driver Personnel, JB Hunt (Industry Perspective)
- Jeff Loftus, FMCSA Technology Division Chief (Government and Regulatory Perspective)
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1:15p – 2:45p |
Plenary Session: Successful University Partnerships Projects
- “ALGO Traffic and the Tuscaloosa Regional Transportation Management Center,” Chris Sewell, ITS Operations Manager, ALDOT West Central Region
- “Artificial Intelligence Methods for Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety,” Helmut Schneider, Executive Director of the Center for Analytics & Research in Transportation Safety (CARTS) at Louisiana State University and Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Louisiana State University
- “Linking Bad Credentials to Safety Issues,” Andrew Martin, Senior Research Scientist, Kentucky Transportation Center at the University of Kentucky
- “CMV Crash Analysis using the SAFETY Analytics Portal,” Jesse Norris, Senior Data Analyst, Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) at The University of Alabama
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2:45p – 3:15p |
Break and Exhibits |
3:15p – 4:45p |
Research and Analysis Session
- “FMCSA Priority Research and Overview/Status of the Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study,” Tom Keane, FMCSA Associate Administrator for the Office of Research and Registration
- “GRID Data Analytics and the “Stop the Threat” Traffic Enforcement Program: An Important Partnership in Crash Prevention,” Maj. Wayne Mobley, Motor Carrier Compliance Division, Georgia Department of Public Safety and Jeremy Pate, Director of Research Operations, Alabama Transportation Institute
- “Next Generation Approaches to CMV Analytics,” Clinton Seymour, Alabama FMCSA Division Administrator and Jeremy Pate, Director of Research Operations, Alabama Transportation Institute
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5:30p – 7:00p |
Networking Reception at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, The University of Alabama campus, About the Museum – Alabama Museum of Natural History (ua.edu) |