Agenda

Day 1 – April 9th, 2025 (Afternoon)

12:00 PM Registration

01:00 PM Session 1: Opening Session

01:30 PM Session 2: TSM&O Public Sector Perspective

• Moderator: Syed Ahnaf Morshed, AASHTO
• Panelists:
  – Lawrence Dwyer, Director of Safety and Mobility, AASHTO
  – Yamilet Diaz, TSM&O Freeway Engineer, FDOT District 6
  – Javier Rodriguez, TSM&O Program Engineer, FDOT District 6
  – Alexandra Lopez, TSM&O Program Engineer, FDOT District 4
  – Motasem Al-Turk, Director, Traffic Division, Palm Beach County / Engineering & Public Works Department
  – Claudio Diaferia, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Greater Miami Expressway Agency

03:00 PM Break

03:30 PM Session 3: Private Sector Perspective of TSM&O and Workforce Development

• Moderator: Catalina Echeverri, Transportation Operations Manager, Gannett Fleming TranSystem
• Panelists:
  – Elio Espino, Business Practice Leader, CHA
  – Bob Edelstein, Senior Vice President / ITS Practice Leader, AECOM
  – Raj Ponnaluri, Vice President / Technical Practice Manager, Emerging Technologies, Consor
  – Justin Effinger, Practice Lead for TSM&O: Arterial Management, Mead & Hunt

05:00 PM Informal Networking Sessions with Students

Day 2 – April 10th, 2025 (All Day)

08:00 AM Registration

08:30 AM Session 4: Data, AI, and Digital Twin

• Moderator: Donald Avery, AECOM
• AI and Digital Twin Applications for Arterial Street Management (Mohammed Hadi, Professor, FIU)
• Signal Control Digital twin (Raimundo Rodulfo, Director of Innovation and Technology / Chief Innovation Officer, City of Coral Gables)
• Cooperative Vehicle Automation (CDA) Digital Twin (Md Mahmud Hasan Mamun, Research Associate, FIU)
• TomsHub ATSMP Analysis Tool (CHA)

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM Session 5: Connected and Automated Infrastructure and Vehicles

• Moderator: Jairo Santano, HNTB
• Keys COAST CV Deployment (Sergio Bravo, TSM&O Engineer, FDOT District 6)
• V2X Data Exchange Platform (Jesus Martinez, Program Manager, R&D Intelligent Transportation Systems Department, Southwest Research Institute)
• Okeechobee Rd Smart Work Zone (Erik Echezabal, Choice Engineering Consultants)
• I-395 Smart Work Zone (Sultan Ali, CHA)

12:00 PM Lunch

01:30 PM Session 6: Soccer World Cup Panel and Business Case Solution Competition

• Moderator: Jimmy Morales, Chief Operation Officer, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade Country
• Introductions – Welcome Local Host Committee (Jimmy Morales, Chief Operation Officer, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade Country)
• Hard Rock Stadium Large Events Planning (Merrell Higer, Hard Rock Stadium)
• FIFA Transport Background (Tania Mahan, FIFA26)
• FWC26 Mobility Plan (Lisa Colmenares, Chief Planning Officer, Miami-Dade Country Department of Transportation and Public Works)
• FWC26 NOCoE’s Perspective (Syed Ahnaf Morshed, AASHTO)
• FIFA World Cup 2026 Student and Young Professional Business Case Competition – Student Competition Presentations

03:15 PM Break

03:30 PM Session 7: Advancements in TSM&O

• Moderator: Juan Calderon, CALTRAN Engineering Group
• Transportation Operation Manual (Syed Ahnaf Morshed, AASHTO)
• FHWA Signal Timing Manual (Kamar Amine, Mead & Hunt)
• Planning Considerations for Managed Lanes (Andrew Velasquez, AECOM)
• Benefit-Cost Analysis of TSM&O Strategies (Priyanka Alluri, Associate Professor, FIU)
• Wrong-Way Driving Safety Improvements Project (Misleidys Leon, Traffic Safety Program Engineer, FDOT District 6)