Agenda


KDOT Innovative Technology Summit

 

Time
Session
Location
8:00 - 8:30 AMBreakfast & Partner Meet-and-Greet2300
8:30 - 8:45 AMWelcome and Summit Kickoff2300
8:45 - 9:30 AMOpening Keynote: Advancing Innovation in Kansas Transportation and Beyond2300
9:30 - 10:00 AMNetworking Break2300
10:00 - 10:30 AM

Track A - KC2026 World Cup Transportation Operations – Leveraging Technology

Matt Junak, HNTB Corporation

2420

Track B - Charged for Takeoff: EV Infrastructure Meets Aviation

Adam Gleason and Matt McLaughlin, HDR

2425
10:30 - 11:00 AM

Track A - Driving Innovation in ITS Design for New Road Construction

Michael Rebick, Garver, LLC

2420

Track B - Leveraging KDOT Crash Mapping and Crash Reports

Kyle Gonterwitz, City of Lawrence, KS

2425
11:00 - 11:30 AM

Track A - Turning Pavement Data into Decisions: Edgerton’s KDOT ITP Success Story

Ed Lewis, Benesch

2420

Track B - Using Probe data for Safety Analysis and Traffic Signal Operations

Shawn Gotfredson, City of Overland Park, KS

2425
11:30 - 12:00 PM

Track A - 69Express – Leveraging Technology to Implement a Roadway Expansion Project

Chuck Miller, HNTB Corporation

2420

Track B - Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I)

Mike Armour, City of Wichita, KS

2425
12:00 - 1:00 PMLunch & Partner Insights2300
1:00 - 2:00 PM

Track A - K-State Salina IT Program Update

Spencer Schrader,   Kansas State University

2420

Track B - Innovation Through Coordination: 10 Years of Mobility Management in Kansas

Michelle Coats, Kansas Mobility Management

2425
2:00 - 2:30 PM

Track A - Learning Unknown Upstream Traffic Dynamics for Flow Optimization via Autonomous Vehicle Control

Xinyuan Li, University of Kansas

2420`

Track B - Bridging Fluid Mechanics & Traffic Flow Theory: Towards a Unified Framework with New Insights

Chris Depcik, University of Kansas

2425
2:30 -3:00 PM

Track A - Quantifying the Network-Level Impacts of Malicious Cyberattacks on Autonomous Vehicles: A Simulation Study

Fahim Montasir Zisan and Shi'an Wang, University of Kansas

2420

Track B - Next Generation Traffic Signal Priority: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Taylor McHenry and Jingcheng Wu, HDR Engineering, Inc.

2425
3:00 - 4:00 PM

Track A - Applied Machine Learning in Transportation

Brian Gaber, SRF Consulting Group

2420

Track B - The Charge Up Kansas NEVI Program

Eleanor Matheis, Kansas Department of Transportation

2425
4:00 - 4:15 PMNetworking Break2300
4:15 - 5:00 PMPanel Discussion: Transportation Innovation Across Kansas2300