ASLRRA SERVICE PROJECT: WARRIOR AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER AT FORT SAM HOUSTON (Optional)
9:00am - 12:00pm
ASLRRA POLICE & SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING
12:00pm - 5:00pm
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
1:00pm -5:00pm
SAFETY & TRAINING COMMITTEE MEETING
2:00pm - 5:00pm
EXHIBITOR SETUP
2:00pm - 6:00pm
ASLRRA REGISTRATION
6:00pm - 8:00pm
PARTY WITH A PURPOSE: NETWORKING EVENT FOR THE WARRIOR AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER RECEPTION (Optional)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
7:30am - 7:30pm
ASLRRA REGISTRATION
8:00am - 2:00pm
EXHIBITOR SETUP
8:00am - 4:30pm
CONDUCTOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING SEMINAR
8:00am - 4:30pm
ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTING TRAINING SEMINAR
8:00am - 11:00am
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING
9:00am - 12:30pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND LUNCHEON
1:00pm - 3:00pm
LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
3:00pm
EXHIBITION GRAND OPENING CEREMONY
3:00pm - 6:00pm
EXHIBITION HALL OPEN Green theater presentations
3:30pm - 4:30pm
SMALL RAILROAD SANDHOUSE SESSION
3:30pm - 5:30pm
GENERAL COUNSEL COMMITTEE MEETING
5:00pm - 7:30pm
EXHIBITION HALL RECEPTION
Monday, May 2, 2011
7:00am - 7:30pm
REGISTRATION
7:00am - 7:45am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - EXHIBIT HALL
7:00am - 7:45am
GREEN THEATER: COFFEE TALK WITH THE EPA
7:45am - 10:00am
TRACK 1 - ENGINEERING & M-O-W Session 101 - How To Get Public Money Session 102 - High Speed, Automated Joint Bar Inspection
TRACK 2 - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Session 201 - Employee Evaluations - What You Should and Should Not Say and Do Session Session 202 - Employer Sponsored Wellness Programs
TRACK 3 - LEGAL Session 301 - Utility Uses of Rights-of-Way Session 302 - What Every Employer Should Know: Return to Work Issues Related to OSHA and FELA RR101
TRACK 4 - LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY Session 401 - Truck Size and Weights: Something Wicked This Way Comes Session 402 - Reauthorization of Federal Transportation Programs - A New Majority; New Principles
TRACK 5 - MARKETING Session 501 - Short Line Best Practices - What Do Class I's Look For in a Short Line Partner? RR101 Session 502 - Small Market Intermodal Opportunities - How Do Short Lines Get Into the Game?
TRACK 6 - OPERATIONS & SAFETY Session 601 - Keep 'Em Safe - Installing Traffic Safety Devices While Working at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Can Save Lives Session 602 - Lessons Learned: Putting the Research in Fatigue and Alertness Management to Work in the Small Railroad Industry
TRACK 7 - TECHNOLOGY Session 701 - Gensets and Future Locomotive Technologies - Fuel Creep Wiping Out Your Bottom Line? Hear About New Technologies to Reduce Usage Session 702 - Mobile Computing and How Railroads are Using It
10:00am -10:45am
REFRESHMENT BREAK - EXHIBIT HALL
11:00am - 12:45pm
GENERAL SESSION
11:00am
Call to Order and Safety Briefing Michael Ogborn, ASLRRA Chair Thomas E. Streicher, ASLRRA Staff
Welcome Presentation Judy Petry, Convention Chair
Keynote Presentations
Safety Award Presentations ASLRRA Safety Awards ASLRRA Safety Person of the Year ASLRRA Safety Professional of the Year
12:45pm - 2:15pm
LUNCH AMONG THE EXHIBITS Open to all Registered Annual Convention Attendees and Exhibitors
1:00pm - 5:00pm
GREEN THEATER PRESENTATIONS
12:45pm - 5:00pm
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
2:30pm - 5:00pm
TRACK 1 - ENGINEERING & M-O-W Session 103 - What Exactly Does PTC Mean to a Small Railroad? Session 104 - How to Protect Bridges and Extend Their Useful Lives
TRACK 2 - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Session 203 - Railroad Retirement - Be Prepared and Know Your Benefits Before You Retire Session 204 - Liability and Property Insurance: After the Claim - What To Do (and Not Do) Now? RR101
TRACK 3 - LEGAL Session 303 - Preemption Update: A Case Study Session 304 - An FRA Update: The Number of Proceedings are Escalating
TRACK 4 - LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY Session 403 - What to Do When Local and State Issues Become Your Issue Session 404 - A New Track for Credits
TRACK 5 - MARKETING Session 503 -Transloading Success Stories Session 504 - Recession Marketing - What Kind of Opportunities Are Out There?
TRACK 6 - OPERATIONS & SAFETY Session 603 - An Overview of FRA Accident/Incident Reporting Changes: What You Don't Do Can Cost You Session 604 - Behavioral-Based Safety: A Good Fit for Short Lines
TRACK 7 - TECHNOLOGY Session 703 - Narrowbanding - It's Here! The Class Is are Implementing in 2011. Are you Ready? RR101 Session 704 - Positive Train Control: A Discussion of the Latest Developments and Technology
3:30pm - 4:00pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK - EXHIBIT HALL
5:00pm - 5:45pm
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP MEETING & ELECTIONS
6:00pm - 7:30pm
RECEPTION - EXHIBIT HALL Be sure to attend this reception to get in on the door prize drawings.
VENDOR ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
6:00am - 12:00pm
EXHIBIT TEARDOWN
7:00am - 12:00pm
INFORMATION DESK
7:00am - 9:15am
MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST MEETING Breakfast service starts at 7:00am; Meeting starts at 7:30am
9:30am - 11:55am
TRACK 1 - ENGINEERING & M-O-W Session 105 - Track Buckle Prevention/CWR Maintenance Session 106 - New Bridge Regs are Official. Non-Compliance is Not an Option RR101
TRACK 2 - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Session 205 - Developing A Railroad Costing Model for Short Lines and its Impact on Business Decision Making (Joint Session with Marketing Track) Session 206 - Test Your Skills: Responding to an Injury (Actual Reenactment)
TRACK 3 - LEGAL Session 305 - Dealing With Trespassers: Keeping Them Off Your Track and Out of Your Pockets Session 306 - HOT! HOT! HOT! Legal Topics
TRACK 5 - MARKETING Session 505 - Developing A Railroad Costing Model for Short Lines and its Impact on Business Decision Making (Joint Session with F&A Track) Session 506 - Social Networking - How Can it Work for My Railroad?
TRACK 6 - OPERATIONS & SAFETY
Session 605 - FRA Conductor Certification: A Review of the Regulation w/Q&A RR101 Session 606 - Prompt and Appropriate Response to Accidents and Incidents - It Could be Critical to Your Railroad's Survival
TRACK 7 - TECHNOLOGY Session 705 - GIS, GPS, and Tagging: A Review of the Latest Technology and Uses Session 706 - Biofuels - Alternative Fuels: Past, Present, and Future.
10:30am-10:55am
REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:55am
BREAKOUT SESSIONS ADJOURN
12:30pm - 2:30pm
UP SLAG COMMITTEE MEETING
1:00pm - 3:00pm
PASSENGER COMMITTEE MEETING
AFTERNOON FREE
1:00pm - 5:30pm
ANNUAL GOLF OUTING Republic and Pecan Valley Golf Clubs Lunch and beverages will be provided to golfers at the course Transportation will be available
7:00pm
RECEPTION
8:00pm
CLOSING BANQUET WITH AWARD PRESENTATIONS Golf Awards Susan Murray Scholarship ASLRRA Marketing Awards Railway Age Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year Convention Chair - Passing the Gavel
10:00pm - 12:00am
LOCO LIZARD LOUNGE AND DESSERT RECEPTION Stop by and visit with your friends one more time before turning in for the night. Enjoy an after dinner drink and kick up your heels with our Eastern Region friends, the hosts for the 2012 Annual Convention at the brand new J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana.
