Agenda

Please note that this agenda is subject to change as we adjust to our new online conference format and dates of October 14-16, 2020.

Wednesday, 10/14

Time	Main Stage	Virtual Room 1	Virtual Room 2	Virtual Room 3	Virtual Room 4	Virtual Room 5	Virtual Mobile Workshop
1:00 – 3:00 pm			Waterloo Greenway: For the Benefit of All – Peter Mullan	Go Beyond The Road With TxDOT – Rebekah Dobrasko	Making Bicyclists and Pedestrians COUNT in Texas: Why Count – Bonnie Sherman, Noah Heath	FHWA Bikeway Selection Guide – Andy Clarke	Pilot your Destinations – Jessica Brunson
3:15 – 5:00 pm			Impactful Transportation Engineering – Eric Virag	Trail Inception and Management – Kent Browning, PE, Kevin Thuesen, Ph.D., George Cofer		Caracara Trails Taking Flight – Rose M.Z. Gowen, M.D., Eva Garcia

Thursday, 10/15

Time	Main Stage	Virtual Room 1	Virtual Room 2	Virtual Room 3	Virtual Room 4	Virtual Room 5	Virtual Mobile Workshop
7:00 – 8:50 am	• Opening Announcements • Keynote Address: Half a Century of Playing in the Woods and Getting Paid for It – Charlie Dundas
9:00 – 10:15 am		Getting It Built – Strategies to Fund Trail and Bikeways – Mr. Lenny Hughes	Planning for an Equitable and Comfortable Active Transportation Network – Jeremy Williams	Blue Zones Project Fort Worth: Creating an Environment for Wellbeing – Ricky Cotto	Building the Multi-Faceted Violet Crown Trail – Butch Smith	Powered by San Antonio: Getting to Carbon Neutrality Through Transportation & Climate Initiatives – Julia Murphy, John Bailey
10:30 – 11:45 am		Dreams On Wheels: Encouraging Under Served Communities	Virtual Reality to Reality, Technology Applications in Trail Design – Russell Thomman	Wellness: Are We Well? Improve the Well-being of Your Community by Breaking Free of Business Silos and Exploring the Opportunities in Mother Nature’s Gym – Melanie Webb, B.S.
noon – 1:20 pm	• Keynote: Urban Hiking San Antonio: Highlights, Lessons, and Challenges – Liz Thomas
1:30 – 2:45 pm		Technical Trail Building – Charlie Dundas	A Bold Initiative: The Great Springs Project – Bill Barker	Trail Meets Tech: Leveraging Partnerships and Technology on the new 45SW Trail – Mike Heiligenstein	Taking Bicycle Facilities from “Almost” to “Exemplary” – Lauren Simcic	Programming, Education and Engagement Strategies for Austin’s Urban Trails – Ana Seivert, Katie Robillard, Ivey Kaiser	Bike Tour of the Salado Creek Greenway – Brandon Ross
3:00 – 4:15 pm		Continued: Technical Trail Building – Charlie Dundas	A Unified Strategy for San Antonio’s Visionary Greenways – Katie Coyne		Planning Through a Pandemic – Frank Rotnofsky
4:15 to 6:00 pm	Exhibitor Reception
6:00 to 8:45 pm	• Keynote: James Bass, TxDOT; Rodney Franklin, TPWD; Rodney Ellis, Harris County Precinct 1

Friday, 10/16

Time	Main Stage	Virtual Room 1	Virtual Room 2	Virtual Room 3	Virtual Room 4	Virtual Mobile Workshop
7:00 – 8:50 am	• Keynote: Cycling for Everyone – Ralph Buehler
9:00 – 10:15 am		More Than Just A Mile: How a scrappy 0.9 mile trail navigated a path through local, state & federal oversight, a dozen acquisitions, 6 years of planning and one very tall bridge. – Drew Carmen, Williamson County Commissioner Terry Cook	Building a Vision for a County-Wide Trail through Health Advocacy in the Paso del Norte Region – Jana Renner	Accelerating Active Transportation Network Build Out in Texas – Laura Dierenfield	Designating 130 miles of the Trinity River in DFW Area as a National Recreation Trail with plans to extend to the Gulf – Alex Dubovsky, Dale Harris
10:30 – 11:45 am		Filling In The Gap	The Amazing Layers of Health Benefits of Off-Road Trails – Bill Barker		Connecting Seven Million: The DFW Veloweb Takes Shape – Bud Melton, Mr. Lenny Hughes
12:15 am – 1:30 pm	• Keynote: The State of Our State – Active Transportation in Texas in 2020 – Jim Carrillo
1:45 – 3:00 pm		Vision Zero San Antonio: Big City, Bigger Solutions – Marco Hinojosa, Greg Reininger	Bringing Municipalities Together to Build a Healthier Landscape & Improve Health Equity – Amanda Davé, Alma Ochoa-Del Toro	Creating Your Community’s Signature Trail – The Beginning of the Red Line Parkway – Tom Wald		Mission Reach Tour – Michael Gramley