About 2019 MIT-TDC Summit
We are excited to announce the 2019 MIT-TDC Transportation & Infrastructure Summit in New York, NY! The theme of this year's Summit is "Exploring Innovations in Meeting Transportation Challenges".
Keynote Speakers:
Luncheon: Nathaniel Ford, CEO of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. His distinguished career spans more than three decades, including tenures as CEO of SFMTA in San Francisco and MARTA in Atlanta.
Breakfast: Sally Librera, Senior Vice President of Subways at the MTA, formerly VP and Chief Officer of MTA Staten Island Railway. She has also served as VP and Chief Officer for subways operations support.
Agenda:
8:00-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30-9:00am: Morning Keynote Address
9:00-9:15am: Networking break
9:15-11:45pm: Morning Panels:
Panel A: Innovative Approaches to Freight and Passenger Transport
- Moderator: Connie Crawford, Senior VP, The Louis Berger Group
- Jannet Walker-Ford, VP Government Relations, Cubic
- Prof. Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, CUNY
- Henning Colsman-Freyberger, Senior Project Manager, Deutsche Bahn
Panel B: Safety and Resiliency Challenges
- Moderator: Mysore Nagaraja, Chairman, Spartan Solutions
- Tom Abdallah, Deputy VP and Chief Environmental Engineer, MTA NYCT
- Peter Adams, Senior Policy Advisor, Infrastructure, NYC Mayor's Office
- Eric Daleo, Assistant Executive Director, Capital Planning and Programs
11:45-1:45pm: Lunch and Lunch Keynote Address
1:45-2:00pm: Networking break
2:00-4:30pm: Guided technical tours for students (specify your preference during registration)
- East Side Access (Tour Full)
- NYCT Rail Control Center (Tour Full)
- Moynihan Station Project (Penn Station Redevelopment) (Tour Full!)
2:00-4:30pm: Afternoon panels for professionals
Panel C: Mitigating Transportation Workforce Challenges
4:30-6:30pm: Reception and Awards
Colleges/universities in attendance:
- Cornell
- Columbia
- CUNY
- Dartmouth
- Harvard
- Northeastern
- NYU
- Manhattan Community College
- MIT
- Penn State
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Tennessee
- University of Toronto
