The National Work Zone Management Conference Agenda 2016

1. DRAFTThe National Work Zone Management Conference
September 20-22
Springfield, Virginia
Tuesday, September 20 Wednesday, September 21 Thursday, September 22
Track 1 Track 2 Track 1 Track 2
8:00 Safety
Certification for
Transportation
Project
Professionals
Pilot Exam
(optional)
Preventing
Runovers and
Backovers in
Work Zones
(optional)
Narrow and No
Shoulder Sign
Placement
Nighttime Lighting in
Work Zones/Smart
Work Zone Lighting
Performance
Measures in
Work Zones
New
Technologies to
Improve Work
Zone Safety
9:00 NCHRP 17-61:
Work Zone Crash
Characteristics
and Counter-
measure
Guidance
Flagger Safety
1. Enhancements
2. Low volume
Zipper Merge
Best Practices
(Wisconsin,
Iowa, Kansas
City)
TBD
10:00 Quality of WZ
signs/markings
Preventing Falls in
Road and Bridge
Construction
FHWA
Stakeholder
Meeting (Invite
Only)
Work Zone
Safety for New
Drivers – state of
practice
11:00 TBD ADA, Pedestrian and
BicycleGuidanceand
Accommodation in
Work Zones
TBD
12:00 Opening Luncheon: Panel
Presentation – Autonomous and
Connected Vehicles in Work Zones
LUNCH – Noon to 1:00 Break - Lunch
1:00 Work Zones and Large Trucks
Stakeholder Meeting (1:00 – 4:00
PM)
(optional)
Track 1 Track 2 Product
Demonstrations –
Off Site
Product
Demonstrations – Off
Site
2:00 VSL in WZ Demo
and Findings –
Utah experience
(*Digital Speed
Limits)
Proper
deployment of
TMAs/Skid
Forward Table
Updates for
Heavy Vehicles
3:00 Coordinating
Deployments of
MultipleWork
Zones in One
Area
Highway Work
Zone Incident
Management
4:00 Real Time
Monitoring/ ITS
and Work
Zones/Developing
Partnerships with
Tech Companies
Work Zone
Intrusion
Prevention-
Contractor’s
Perspective
5:00 End End End End