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Pre-Conference Workshops

• Using PMS to validate the new Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide
  W. Ronald Hudson et al., AgileAssets, Inc.
• Incorporating PMS into a Preservation Program
  Katie Zimmerman, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.

Opening Session - Setting a Strategic Focus for Pavement Management

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Constance S. Sorrell, Chief of Operations, Virginia DOT (Presentation)
• King Gee, Associate Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; Quintin Elliot, State Asset Management Director, Virginia DOT (Presentation)

Keynote Address:

• W. Ronald Hudson, University of Texas & AgileAssets, Inc. (Presentation)
• Promoting Pavement Management - Even When People Don't Know They Want It
  Gordon Proctor, Gordon Proctor & Associates
• PMS: A Decision Making Tool for Management at All Levels
  Steve Varnedoe, NCDOT

Monday, May 7, 2007 - Session 1a PMS to support the new Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide

• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide: Project Level Pavement Management
  Charles Dougan, Connecticut Transportation Institute
• Overview of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
  Chris Wagner, FHWA
• MEPDG Local Calibration Calibration Requirements
  Harold Von Quintus, Applied Research Associates
• PMS Data Needs for MEPDG Calibration
  Pim Visser, AgileAssets, Inc.
• Truck Traffic Volume and Weight Data for Pavement Management System
  Harshad Desai, FHWA
• Using PMS Data to Calibrate MEPDG Pavement Distress Prediction Models: A Case Study
  Cindy Drake and Jeff Wages, Mississippi DOT
• The Future of Pavement Design and PMS
  Nadarajah Sivaneswaran, FHWA

Monday, May 7, 2007 - Session 1b Engineering Analysis with PMS Data

• Focusing Analysis on Appropriate Management Levels
  Roger Smith, Texas A&M University
• Innovative Re-Uses of GPS Data Collected during Yearly Road Condition Surveys
  Stan Young, Kansas DOT
• Minnesota's Preventive Maintenance Study
  Erland Lukanen, Minnesota DOT
• Identifying Poor Pavements in Ohio
  Andrew Williams, Ohio DOT
• Engineering Analysis and PMS: Washington State Experience
  Linda Pierce, Washington State DOT

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Session 2a Pavement Preservation and Remaining Service Life using PMS

• Pavement Preservation Reviews and PMS
  Larry Galehouse, National Center for Pavement Preservation
• Financial Consequence-Based Pavement Management System
  Sohila Bemanian, Optimum Pavement
• Using Pavement Management To Support a Pavement Preservation Program
  Katie Zimmerman, Applied Pavement Technologies, Inc.
• Pavement Performance Programming Using PMS
  Mary Gayle Padmos, Montana DOT
• Asset Management - The Remaining Service Life
  Gilbert Baladi, Michigan State University
• Pavement Remaining Service Life for National Policy Analysis
  Maks Alam, Battelle Science and Technology International

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Session 2b QA/QC and Data Collection Issues

• PMS QA/QC for the National Park Service
  James Amenta, FHWA Eastern Federal Lands
• Network Level AASHTO Pavement Distress Measurement Standards
  Andy Mergenmeier, FHWA
• QA/QC: WSDOT Experience
  Linda Pierce, Washington State DOT
• QA/QC: Oklahoma DOT
  Justin Calvarese, Oklahoma DOT
• QA/QC: Virginia Experience
  Tanveer Chowdhury and Raja Shekharan, Virginia DOT
• Institutional Context of Pavement Management Systems and PMS Data Collection
  Edgardo D. Block, Connecticut DOT

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Session 3a PMS Support to Asset Management

• PMS Support to Asset Management: National Perspective
  Sue McNeil, University of Delaware
• Best Practices in Transportation Asset Management: State Perspective
  Lacy Love, North Carolina DOT
• Pavement Management within an Effective Asset Management Program
  Tom Kazmierowski, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
• Integration of Pavement Management with other Information Management Systems
  Bruce Dietrich, Florida DOT
• Opening the Portal to Effective Pavement Management
  Said Ismail, Louisiana DOT
• Case Study: Pavement Management in Support of Asset Management
  John Coplantz, Oregon DOT

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Session 3b Special Topics in Pavement Management

• Summary of Responses to State Pavement Management Systems Questionnaire
  Nastaran Saadatmand, FHWA
• Pavement Deflection, Rolling Wheel Deflectometer, and Pavement Management
  Thomas Van, FHWA
• USE Deflection Measurements in Virginia's PMS
  Khaled Galal, Virginia Research Technical Center
• Working with IT: Yes, It's Possible!
  Neil Mastin, North Carolina DOT
• HPMS Reassessment
  David Winter, FHWA
• Use of LTPP Pavement Performance Data in the Development of Pavement Management Systems
  Newt Jackson, Nichols Engineering
• Preserving the Region's Local Street and Road Network
  Theresa Rommel, Metropolitan Transportation Commission;

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 - Closing Session: Challenges and Opportunities that Await

• Next Generation Pavement Management Systems: Integration, Accountability and Engineering
  Stuart Hudson, AgileAssets, Inc.
• Innovations Needed for More Effective Applications in the Future
  Brian McWaters, Koch Performance Roads, Inc.
• Education and Training Needs
  Gerardo Flintsch, Virginia Tech
Future of Pavement Management Systems
Ralph Haas, University of Waterloo