Wednesday, August 24

• 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshop: Sustainable Communities Approaches (Dalbey and Nelson)
• 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: Federal Town Hall
• 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Special Plenary Session: How to Compete for TIGER Grants and Other Federal Funding (All presenters)
• 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
  - Lessons Learned from Starting an RPO
  Fiol
  Lorenzo
  Shifflet

  - Air Quality Conformity for Rural and Small Metro Regions
  Biondi

• 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards Reception

Thursday, August 25

• 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Excellence in Regional Transportation Award photo session
• 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast
• 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. RPO America Peer Symposium: Sharing Innovations in Regional Transportation Planning
  Cockrell
  Cole
  Elliott
  Hiett
  McCullough
  Saylor
  Turnoy
• 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Breakout sessions
  - Sustainable Development
  Poulsen
  Rue

  - Planning with Transit at the Table
  Moreau
  Scott
  Sprowls

  - Freight and Regional Economic Development
  Davis
  Steele

• 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon: The Future of Statewide and Regional Transportation Planning
• 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
  - Peer Accountability

  - Putting Census Information to Use
  Bond
  Weinberger

  - Rural Transportation Safety
  Kissinger
  Mason

• 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
  - Mobility in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions

  - Scenario Planning Training Session
  Kaesler
  Sanderson

• 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. RPO America Annual Business Meeting, immediately followed by the National RPO Council of Peers Meeting
  Ruffalo
• 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception

Friday, August 26

• 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. Networking Breakfast and Conversation Cafe Roundtable Discussion Session
• 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Special White House Tour

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