Sunday, September 14, 2008

3:00pm - 7:00pm        REGISTRATION

4:30pm - 5:15pm        SPONSOR THANK YOU RECPETION

5:30pm - 7:00pm        OPENING RECEPTION AT CHARLOTTE CITY CLUB

7:00pm                        DINNER WITH ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS

Check out the dining guide for restaurant ideas

Monday, September 15, 2008

7:00am - 5:00pm        REGISTRATION AND INFO DESK

7:00am - 7:50am        BOARD OF DIRECTORS BREAKFAST MEETING

7:00am - 7:50am        BUSINESS BREAKFAST

8:00am                        GENERAL SESSION

SAFETY BRIEFING:

Garland G. Horton, President, Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad

WELCOME / CALL TO ORDER:

Anthony V. Reck, VP - Southern Region, ASLRRA

8:15am - 8:45am        ASLRRA Viewpoint: Initiatives, Opportunities, Challenges, and Threats to Small Railroads

Richard F. Timmons, President, ASLRRA

8:45am-9:30am          Short Line Safety Update – What’s Coming Down the Track from FRA?

Fred Dennin, Reg’l Administrator, Federal Railroad

Administration

9:30am - 9:45am        Railroad Member Profile

Small Railroad Company

9:45am -10:15am       REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:15am-10:55am      Railroad Bridges:  Inspection, Maintenance, and

Safety

Gordon A. Davids, Chief Engineer-Structures, FRA

10:55am-11:15am      Railroad Member Profile

Regional Railroad Company

11:15am-12:00pm      TWIC Requirements – Coming Soon to a Short Line

Near You

TSA Representative

Coast Guard Representative

12:05pm-1:15pm        LUNCHEON

GUEST SPEAKER:

John V. “Jack” Wells, Director Office of Economic & Strategic Analysis, U.S. DOT (Invited)

1:30pm - 2:30pm        State DOT Program Updates

Invited presenters:

Fred Wise, Florida DOT

Steve Edwards, Mississippi DOT

Patrick Simmons, NC DOT

2:30pm - 3:30pm        Growth Initiatives From the Supplier Community – Partnerships That Help To Grow the Business

Invited presenters:

A & K Railroad Materials

Crouch Engineering

GATX Rail

3:30pm - 4:00pm        REFRESHMENT BREAK

4:00pm - 5:00pm        Class I Growth Initiative Partnerships

Invited Presenters:

CN

CSX Transportation

Kansas City Southern

Norfolk Southern Corp.

5:00pm - 5:45pm        ASSOCIATE SANDHOUSE SESSION

5:00pm - 5:45pm        RAILROAD SANDHOUSE SESSION

6:30pm - 7:30pm        RECEPTION

7:30pm - 9:00pm        DINNER

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

7:00am                        REGISTRATION AND INFO DESK

7:00am - 7:55am        RAILROAD BREAKFAST MEETING & BOARD

ELECTIONS

(Breakfast from 7:00-7:30am; Meeting will begin at

7:30am)

7:00am - 7:55am        BUSINESS BREAKFAST

8:00am                        GENERAL SESSION

SAFETY BRIEFING

Doug Golden, President, Carolina Coastal Railroad

8:05am - 8:20am        A Report From Your Southern Region Board

Southern Region Board Members

8:20am - 8:40am        Railroad Member Profile

Holding Company

8:40am - 9:00am        New Freight Railroad Technology on the Horizon

Steven Friedland, Chair, ASLRRA Technology Committee &

President, Short Line Data Systems

9:00am - 9:30am        Truck Size & Weights – What Short Lines Can Do

Larry L. Kenck, Short Line Liaison, Coalition Against Bigger

Trucks

9:30am- 9:50am         REFRESHMENT BREAK

9:50am- 10:20am       Railroad National Security Plan Revisions –What Do Short Lines Need To Do?

Stephen M Sullivan, VP, ASLRRA

Nancy Wilson, VP, Security, AAR

10:20am - 10:45am    Taxing Developments – Legislative Update

Ed McKechnie, Chair, Legislative Policy Committee

(Invited)

10:45am-11:15am      Hearing & Testing – It’s the Law – How to Comply

Thomas E. Streicher, ASLRRA

TOMC Representative (Invited)

11:15am-11:45am      Counsel’s Corner:  Latest Legal Issues Facing the Short Line Industry

Keith Borman, VP & General Counsel, ASLRRA

11:45am                      CLOSING REMARKS

Tony Reck, Southern Region VP

11:50am                      BUSINESS SESSION ADJOURNS

1:30pm                        GOLF OUTING

SCRAMBLE FORMAT

Charlotte Golf Links

Lunch will be served at the course for the golfers

6:30pm                        GOLF AWARDS RECEPTION

AT THE GOLF COURSE