Conference Agenda

Agenda

Updated 12/30/24. Please note that all times/locations are subject to change. The full conference program will be available to download in March.

Sunday, March 16, 2025
2:30-6:00 pm: Registration

Monday, March 17, 2025
7:00 am–5:00 pm: Conference Registration

7:00–8:15 am: Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:30 am: General Session and Transportation Awards Ceremony

10:30-10:45 am: Break

10:45-11:45 am: Engineering Ethics

11:45 am-1:00 pm: Lunch on your own

1:00-1:50 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 1: ADA Transition Plan (LL Room 1)
• 2: Get the Skid Out of Here! (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 3: Digital Construction (Rooms 7/8)
• 4: “Dude, Where Is My Self-Driving Car?” (Rooms 9/10)
• 5: Bridge Maintenance Projects (Room 11)
• 6: Low Volume Guide (AASHTO) w/LPA (Rooms 12/13)

1:50-2:10 pm: Session Break

2:10-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 7: RCA for More Sustainable Concrete Pavements (LL Room 1)
• 8: Thermoplastic Pavement Markings Inspection (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 9: Digital Construction (Rooms 7/8)
• 10: The Why's and How's of Implementing Pavement Preservation Program: A Local Agency's Perspective (Rooms 9/10)
• 11: Improving Louisiana's Roadways through Technology (Room 11)
• 12: Louisiana Watershed Modeling Updates (Rooms 12/13)

3:00-3:30 pm: Break (Exhibits open in the Ballroom)

3:30-4:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 13: ROI for Safe Workplace Environments (LL Room 1)
• 14: I-20 Corridor Projects (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 15: RITIS Data and Analytical Platform: What can RITIS do for you? (Rooms 7/8)
• 16: Behind the Scenes with FHWA Louisiana: Empowering Transportation Grant Projects Statewide (Rooms 9/10)
• 17: Facilities and Lighting (Room 11)
• 18: Emergency Repair Projects (Rooms 12/13)

4:20-4:40 pm: Session Break

4:40-5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 19: Lions and Tigers and Utilities, Oh My! (LL Room 1)
• 20: EDC-7 Initiative - Strategic Workforce Development (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 21: MSY/Houma Airport Center of Excellence (Rooms 7/8)
• 22: Construction Work Zones (Rooms 9/10)
• 23: Breakdown of Public Works (Past, Present, Future) (Room 11)
• 24: NEVI Program with DOTD (Rooms 12/13)

5:30-7:30 pm: Exhibitor Reception (Ballroom)

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
7:00 am–5:00 pm: Conference Registration

7:00 am–3:30 pm: Industry Exhibits (Ballroom)

7:00–8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:50 am: Concurrent Sessions

• 25: Standards of Practice (LL Room 1)
• 26: Freight Optimization/Truck Parking/Automated Trucking (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 27: Engineering Resilience: Emergency Restoration of Sanibel Causeway and Ground Improvement Techniques for LA 1 Intracoastal Bridge (Rooms 7/8)
• 28: Construction Roundtable (Rooms 9/10)
• 29: ITS Advanced Maintenance Strategies (Room 11)
• 30: Emergency Flood Flight and MS River Structures (Rooms 12/13)

8:50-9:10 am: Session Break

9:10-10:00 am: Concurrent Sessions

• 31: Senior Design Project Presentations (LL Room 1)
• 32: Outdoor Advertising (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 33: The Evolution of SUE for DOTD: Augmented Reality (Rooms 7/8)
• 34: CMAR Roundtable (Rooms 9/10)
• 35: Roundabouts: A Construction Curve Ball (Room 11)
• 36: Environmental (Rooms 12/13)

10:00-10:30 am: Break (Ballroom)

10:30-11:20 am: Concurrent Sessions

• 37: Turning Safety Plans To Projects to Improve Local Road Safety (LL Room 1)
• 38: DBE Updates 49-CFR Final Rule (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 39: Short-line Rail/Shortage of Car Storage/Streetcars (Rooms 7/8)
• 40: DOTD District Administrator Panel Discussion (Rooms 9/10)
• 41: Leveraging Advanced Technologies in Transportation Planning and Design (Room 11)
• 42: Independent Cost Estimator (Rooms 12/13)

11:20 am-1:00 pm: Lunch (Ballroom)

1:00-1:50 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 43: What National Weather Service Can do for You (LL Room 1)
• 44: Overview of Right of Way Acquisition and Relocation (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 45: Project Permits (Rooms 7/8)
• 46: Less Crying and No More Dying - The Destination is Zero Deaths (Rooms 9/10)
• 47: ITS Operations (Room 11)
• 48: Navigating Modern Vessel Collision Evaluations and Solutions (Rooms 12/13)

1:50-2:10 pm: Session Break

2:10-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 49: Analyzing Truck loads for Permitting and Load Restrictions (LL Room 1)
• 50: Swamp Tank – A Bubbling Concoction of Research and Implementation (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 51: MUTCD and Traffic Engineering Department Updates (Rooms 7/8)
• 52: Port Panel/Legislation (Rooms 9/10)
• 53: Emerging Technologies: Future of Transportation Systems (Room 11)
• 54: I-20 Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg Status Update (Rooms 12/13)

3:00-3:30 pm: Break (Ballroom)

3:30-4:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 55: Aggregates - How Industry Supplies LADOTD (LL Room 1)
• 56: Swamp Tank – Discoveries are Endless in the Swamp (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 57: I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge Replacement Private Public Partnership Project (Rooms 7/8)
• 58: Legal Section by the Numbers (Rooms 9/10)
• 59: Traffic Engineering Design (Signals/Signs/Pavement Markings/Geometrics) (Room 11)
• 60: As-Is Use of Pavement Condition Data in Project Selection and Beyond (Rooms 12/13)

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
7:00-11:30 am: Conference Registration

7:00–8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:50 am: Concurrent Sessions

• 61: Design Construction of the Cameron Ferries (LL Room 1)
• 62: Compliance Programs/General Overview (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 63: Minimizing Right of Way Risk During Project Development (Rooms 7/8)
• 64: UAV: Policies, Procedures and Tracking Missions - Performing Cursory Checks on Topographic Surveys using UAV Technology (Rooms 9/10)
• 65: Movable Bridge Projects (Room 11)
• 66: The Secret to Making Pedestrian Safety Improvement Projects Happen (Rooms 12/13)

8:50-9:10 am: Session Break

9:10-10:00 am: Secretary's Roundtable (Theatre)

10:00-10:30 am: Break

10:30-11:20 am: Concurrent Sessions

• 67: Mobile River Bridge - Progressive Design-Build Procurement (LL Room 1)
• 68: GIS: Girding Information Silos (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 69: Highway Safety Trends and Summary of Post-Evaluations (Rooms 7/8)
• 70: Do You Want Photo and Lidar Data? How to use the Louisiana Imagery Download App (Rooms 9/10)
• 71: Bridge Programs and Bridge Management (Room 11)
• 72: Complete Streets (Rooms 12/13)

11:20-11:40 am: Session Break

11:40 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• 73: EDC-7 Initiative - Internally Cured Concrete (ICC) and High Visibility for Safety (LL Room 1)
• 74: Impactful Innovations (LL Rooms 3/4)
• 75: Birth of Emergency Ops - Katrina Emergency Response (Rooms 7/8)
• 76: Long Range Planning (Rooms 9/10)
• 77: Digital Integration of AASHTO Updates for Enhanced Engineering Decisions and Project Deliveries (Room 11)
• 78: TSMO and the DOTD Plan (Rooms 12/13)