Schedule-At-A-Glance

Friday, August 26

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

12:00 – 5:00 PM

Exhibitor Move In - Booths 200 square feet and larger

12:30 – 5:45 PM

Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 1)

Saturday, August 27

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Committee Meetings   

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 2)

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Exhibitor Move-In 

Sunday, August 28

6:45 – 7:45 AM

Committee Recognition Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Committee Meetings 

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 – 10:00 AM

Exhibitor Move-In

8:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Student Activities   

9:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 3)

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Headshot Lounge

Noon – 6:00 PM

Expo

Noon – 2:00 PM

Lunch in Expo

2:45 – 4:15 PM

Tracks to Success: Connecting Professionals with our Industry’s Future (Student Showcase)

3:00 – 3:45 PM

Young Professionals Event Speaker - Lisa Hinz

4:00 – 6:00 PM

Young Professionals Event Networking Reception

Monday, August 29

6:45 AM – 4:00 PM

Registration

6:45 – 7:15 AM

Breakfast

7:30 – 9:25 AM

General Session

7:30 – 7:40 AM

Safety Briefing & President's Address
AREMA President: Michael P. Freeman, PE, Union Pacific

7:40 – 8:30 AM

Engage with AREMA Panel

8:30 – 8:40 AM

Technical Committee Leaders Recognition & Young Professionals Experience Winners

8:40 – 9:00 AM

Keynote Speaker
Lance M. Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO, Union Pacific

9:00 – 9:05 AM

AREMA Educational Foundation Scholarship Winners

9:05 – 9:10 AM

Engineer of the Year Award

9:10 – 9:25 AM

Dr. William W. Hay Award for Excellence
Michael W. Franke, Amtrak (Retired), Chair, Hay Award Committee 

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break in Expo

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Expo 

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Engineering Services Technical Presentation: BNSF Truxton Natural Crossover Project, Craig Rasmussen, PE, BNSF Railway, Audra L. Rodgers, PE, AECOM, and Ben Sullivan, Ames Construction

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Maintenance-of-Way Presentation: MTA Metro-North Commuter Railroad: Building of a Track Geometry Vehicle, Lariza Stewart, ENSCO, Inc., and Anamaria Bonilla, PE, Metro North Railroad

11:30 AM – Noon

Track Presentation: Class I Demonstration of LRAIL 3D Laser Scanning and Change Detection Technology and Development of Track Component Heath Indices (TCHIs), J. Riley Edwards, PE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and John Laurent, P.Eng., M.Sc., Pavemetrics

Noon – 12:30 PM

Structures Presentation: Repair of Collapsed BNSF Gateway Sub Tunnel #4 in Keddie, California, Carol A. Ravano, PE, McMillen Jacobs Associates, Hal Lewandoski, Jr., BNSF Railway, and Brett Mainer, Drill Tech Drilling and Shoring, Inc.

12:30 – 1:00 PM

Passenger & Transit Presentation: Eglinton Crosstown West Extension: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Program Management and Collaboration, Luv Sehgal, PE, Alexa Hinves, and Sven Sorhus, Arup

Noon – 2:00 PM

Lunch in Expo

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Headshot Lounge

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Meet the Next Generation Panel Discussion

2:00 – 4:30 PM

Committee Meetings

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Meet the Next Generation Networking Reception

Tuesday, August 30

7:15 AM – 3:00 PM

Registration

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast in Expo (NEW in 2022)

7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Expo

7:55 AM – 4:30 PM

Functional Group Technical Presentations

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break in Expo

Noon – 2:00 PM

Lunch in Expo

3:30 – 11:00 PM

Exhibitor Move-Out

Wednesday, August 31

6:30 – 10:30 AM

Registration

6:30 – 7:15 AM

Breakfast

7:30  – 8:00 AM

Farewell, Incoming President, Installation & Recognition  

8:00  – 9:00 AM

Keynote Addresses - Emerging Technologies

Mike Swaney
Director, Advanced Energy Innovation
BNSF Railway

Nalin Jain
Group President, Digital Electronics Business
Wabtec

9:00  – 9:30 AM

Passenger & Transit Presentation: Metrolinx Ontario Line: Joint Corridor Construction, Gregory Placentine, P.Eng., HDR and Dwayne Geddes, Metrolinx

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Maintenance-of-Way Presentation: A Class I’s Lifecycle from Data Collection to Maintenance Execution, Ivan Aragona, ENSCO, Inc.

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Engineering Services Presentation: CSX-NCDOT Carolina Connector Intermodal Project - Partnering to Connect North Carolina to the Nation’s Supply Chain, Brandon Knapp, PE, CSX Transportation, and Jason T. Orthner, North Carolina Department of Transportation

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Track Presentation: Union Pacific Railroad: Moffat Tunnel Subdivision Slope Stabilization Challenges within the Gore Canyon, Grand County, Colorado, Timothy D. Jensen, PE, and Travis M. Schafer, PE, Olsson, and Rachel Beck, Union Pacific Railroad.

11:30 – Noon

Communications, Signals & Information Technology Presentation: Relative Risk Assessment of Cut Slopes Using Track Inspection Videos and Object Detection, Michael Palese, University of Delaware

Noon – 12:30 PM

Structures Presentation: Narlon Bridge Replacement: Unique Collaborative Effort is Formula for Success, Nathan P. Dickerson, PE, HDR, Adam D. Studts, PE, Union Pacific Railroad, and Lynne D. Althouse, Althouse and Meade, Inc.

12:30 PM

Adjournment 

12:30 – 5:00 PM

Track Alignment Design, Part 1 (Day 1)

1:00 – 5:00 PM

Committee Meeting