117th AARS Annual Meeting Newark, NJ/New York, NY
7/21/2013 to 7/23/2013
When:
July 21-23, 2013
Begins with rail tour Noon July 21 (register by July 8 to attend tour) featuring CSX and NS shared assets, tour includes views of Port, Ethanol Terminals, Statue of Liberty, and more...
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Where:
Hilton Penn Station
1048 Raymond Blvd.
Newark, New Jersey 07102
United States
Make hotel reservations by July 3 to secure the AARS rate of $149/night by calling 973-622-5000.
Contact:
Carrie Foor (aars@railroadsuperintendents.org)
Schedule
Sunday, July 21
Rail Tour, Departs Newark Penn Station
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Opening Reception and Technical Showcase
Monday, July 22
8 a.m.Opening Remarks AARS 1st Vice President, Mark Hinsdale
Invocation
AARS Immediate Past President Earl Wacker, VP Rail, URS Corporation
President’s Address
AARS President, Joe Garofolo, Superintendent, Conrail
8:15 a.m.Charge to Superintendents
Mike Paras, General Manager, Belt Railway Company of Chicago
9:00 a.m. Energy and Economic Security in America: the Role of Rail
Dr. Bernard Weinstein, Southern Methodist University
9:30 -9:45 a.m. Technical Showcase/Break
9:45 - 10:30 a.m. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Current Issues and Opportunities
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Focus on Needs of New Management
11:45 a.m. Annual Luncheon and Lantern Awards
Ronald L. Batory, President and Chief Operating Officer, Conrail
Sponsored by Renzenberger
(Visit this link to learn more about the Lantern Awards -- nominations due June 15, 2013!)
1:00 p.m.: Homeland Security Federal
1:45 p.m.: Homeland Security State
2:30 p.m.: Technical Showcase/Break
2:45 p.m.: New Jersey Transit: Planning for the Superbowl, Rich Andreski, Chief of Staff, Rail Operations
3:45 p.m.: Howard Permut, President, MTA Metro-North Railroad
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Dinner at Brasilias
Sponsored by VEOLIA Transportation
Spouse Tour
8: 00 am - 4:00 pm New York City Tour including harbor tour, lunch in Little Italy, stops at World Trade Center Memorial, Grant's Tomb, Wall St. and the Empire State Building.
Tuesday, July 23
7:00 a.m. Technical Showcase
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS)
Ralph Elston - FRA Director of Human Performance Programs
Brian Reilly - C3RS Project Manager NASA
9:00 a.m. Condition-Based Maintenance and Reliability-Based Maintenance, Ken Jacobs,
T-Solutions Inc.
10:00 a.m. Rail Industry Analysis
Tony Hatch
10:45 a.m. Business Session
11:30 a.m. Adjourn
Registration open!
