Date: May 21-23, 2014 Overland Park Convention Center Overland Park, Kansas R E G I ST R AT I O N PAC K E T
Conference Program All events in the Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, Kansas Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Conference Registration 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Location: Overland Park Convention Center Golf Tournament Hillcrest Golf and Country Club Kansas City, MO 7:00 a.m. Warm Up 8:00 a.m. Tee Off Location: Ironhorse Golf Club 15400 Mission Rd., Leawood, KS Exhibits Open 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Get Acquainted Party 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Golf Prizes 7:00 p.m. at Get Acquainted Party Thursday, May 22, 2014 Conference Registration 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Location: Overland Park Convention Center Exhibits Open 7:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Continental Breakfast 7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Opening General Session 8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome: Cynthia Mitchell Steve Schmidt Mid-America Conference Co-Chairs Keynote Address: Future Trends in Local Government Ron Holifield Chief Executive Office, Strategic Government Resources Break in Exhibit Hall 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Morning Concurrent Sessions 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Session A: I-680 Emergency Repair - From Flood to Fix in 34 Days George Feazell, Iowa DOT Wade Greiman, Snyder & Associates Brian Higginbotham, HGM Session B: Public Speaking and Media Interactions Sean Reilly, PIO, City of Overland Park, KS Session C: SNOW: Comparison of Materials and Practices Bret Hodne City of West Des Moines, IA National Public Works Week Banquet Lunch 11:45 a.m. 1:00 p.m. This five chapter celebration will be one of the largest National Public Works Week events held in all of North America! Don t miss it! Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Session D: FHWA Everyday Counts Jeff Shaw, FHWA Session E: Discipline in the Public Sector - It s a Minefield Jack Lipovac, HR-OneSource
Conference Program Session F: 23 Seconds in May: Joplin Tornado David Herzberg, City of Joplin National Weather Service in Springfield Colonel Tony Hofmann, US Army (retired), Stantec Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 2:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Session G: Combined Sewer Overflow Project in KCMO Andy Shively, Water Services Department, Kansas City, MO Session H: Career Development Matrix / Succession Planning in Lenexa Chuck Williams, City of Lenexa, KS Session I: Iowa City Landfill Fire Rick Fosse, City of Iowa City Break in Exhibit Hall 2:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 (continued) Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Session J: Kansas City Street Car Project Ralph Davis, City of Kansas City, MO Jason Waldron, City of Kansas City, MO Jason Meyers, Burns & McDonnell Session K: PW Leadership Fellows Program Gary Scheipeter, City of Clayton, MO Bret Hodne, City of West Des Moines, IA Therese Mersmann, City of Olathe, KS Jonathan Gano, City of Springfield, MO Session L: MUTCD Deadlines and Timelines Dr. Tom Mulinazzi, University of Kansas Afternoon Roundtable Sessions 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Session M: Generational Diversity Ron Holifield, CEO, Strategic Government Resources Friday, May 23, 2014 Individual Chapter Breakfast 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Missouri Chapter Breakfast Kansas Chapter Breakfast Morning General Session Sustainable Infrastructure 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Bill Bertera Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Location: Ballroom Break 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Closing General Session: ADA Technology Information and Demonstration 10:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Mike Vonderheide, Cole & Associates Location: Ballroom Closing Comments 11:45 a.m. 12:00 noon Concurrent Session Room Assignments: Courtyard 1: Sessions A, D, G, J Courtyard 2: Sessions B, E, H, K, M Courtyard 3: Sessions C, F, I, L Social Networking: Cash Bar and Light Snacks in Ballroom Foyer 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Featured Program Speakers Don t miss the opportunity to learn from information presented during the general sessions and educational program! Conference and Exhibit Show Highlights The 2014 Mid-America Conference and Exhibit Show offers attendees a wide variety of education sessions and networking opportunities. Continuing the tradition established in the first Mid-America Conference in 1983, this year s conference is no exception! Conference highlights include general session presentations on Future Trends in Local Government, Generational Diversity and Sustainable Infrastructure. The Exhibit show will present firms and organizations providing materials and equipment services and information of value to Public Works practitioners. Numerous events will take place in the exhibit hall, including a Get Acquainted Party, prize drawings, breaks and a special new Networking Social on Thursday night! Finally, the five host chapters of the Mid-America Conference will once again hold a joint National Public Works Week Luncheon to celebrate the role of Public Works in our national quality of life! Attendees at the Luncheon will be encouraged to tour the Exhibit Show after the event giving exhibitors access to hundreds of additional public works practitioners! Past Exhibitors A.S.P. Enterprises EZ Liner Industries NSG Ice Control Products / NSG Transport Accu-Steel Cover Buildings FORCE America Nutri-Jet Systems ACEC of Kansas Fugro Consultants Ozarks Vanguard ADA Solutions Advanced Drainage Systems Fugro Roadware Inc. Paving Maintenance Supply Allgeier Martin and Associates GBA Architects and Engineers Precision Concrete Cutting Midwest Altec Industries GBA Master Series Proseal Inc. American Equipment Company Gee Asphalt Systems PubWorks American Signal Company Griner Schmitz Rhythm Engineering APWA Rodeo Hobas Pipe USA SAK Construction ASP Enterprises Hot Mix Materials Scotwood Industries Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa Iowa Transit Seiler Instrument Company Asphalt Paving Association of Missouri J & A Traffic Products SFG Road Maintenance Kansas Asphalt Paving Association Jim Jolly Sales, Inc. Source 1 Environmental Badger Daylighting Kansas Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Spangenberg Phillips Tice Architecture Bergkamp Inc. Kaw Valley Engineering Super Product Corp BHC Rhodes KC Bobcat Surdex Corp Bowman Bowman Novick Key Equipment Company Terracon Burns & McDonnell KS Consulting Trans-Iowa Equipment Carter-Waters Legacy Building Solutions TREKK Design Group TXI Certified Power M.J. Harden Associates Unique Paving Materials Corporation Champion USA Company Mayer Specialty Services URS Corporation Collective Data McIntire Management Group Vaisala, Inc. Metropolitan Energy Center Vance Brothers
Conference Registration Registration for the 2014 Mid-America Conference is available online at: http://kcmetro.apwa.net/menuhomepage/144/2014-mid-america- To register for the conference, one has to have an APWA account. If you do not have one, creating an APWA account is simple and quick! Here are the steps to follow: 1. Visit the APWA National Website: www.apwa.net 2. Click on the Sign In link found in the upper right corner of the page. 3. Click on the Create an Account button. The next screen will ask whether or not you are a member of APWA. 4. If you are a member, you will be asked to provide your Last Name and APWA Member/ID Number. You will then be asked to confirm your profile information to create your APWA account. 5. If you are not a member of APWA, an information request form will appear. Complete the form, including the selection of a Username and Password, and selection of a security question. Then an APWA account will be created. Please register for the conference by April 30, 2014! FULL REGISTRATION (Wednesday through Friday): $175 Includes: Thursday and Friday Seminars, Breaks, Continental Breakfast and National Public Works Week Luncheon on Thursday, Get Acquainted Reception, Exhibit Show, and Networking Social ONE-DAY REGISTRATION (Thursday only): $100 Includes: Thursday Seminars, Breaks, Continental Breakfast, National Public Works Week Luncheon and Exhibit Show Extra Tickets for the National Public Works Week Luncheon: $45 (Tables of ten are also available) Payment Payment can be made online using MasterCard, Visa or American Express. If paying by check, make payable to: APWA Mid-America Conference & Exhibit Show and send it to: Attn: Jason Meyers c/o Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114 PAYMENT AND CANCELLATIONS For cancellations, no refunds provided after Friday, May 9, 2014. If you are unable to register for the conference online, please contact Kyle Dieckmann for assistance. Kyle Dieckmann, Civil Engineer II City of Overland Park - Public Works Department Phone: (913) 895-6053 Email : Kyle.Dieckmann@opkansas.org HOTEL AVAILABILITY There are 100 rooms blocked for the conference on both May 21 & 22 at the Sheraton Hotel. The link to make reservations is: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/stargroupsweb/ res?id=1401213253&key=a67a2
Golf Tournament Reservation ONLINE REGISTRATION PREFERRED! When: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Where: Hillcrest Golf Course 8200 Hillcrest Rd, Kansas City, Missouri, 64138 Format: Four-Person Scramble Number of teams is limited to 36 and will be reserved on an as-received basis. All reservations must be accompanied with full payment and four player names. Registration and warm up begins at 7:00 a.m. Shot-gun start at 8:00 a.m. Cost is $85/person - Includes green fees, cart, prizes, and boxed lunches. Prizes will be awarded at the Get Acquainted Reception on Wednesday evening, approximately 7:00 p.m. Entries must be received no later than Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Checks should be made payable to Mid-America Conference & Exhibit Show. Checks should be mailed to: 2014 Mid-America Conference & Exhibit Show Attn: Jason Meyers c/o Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114 Indicate all four players if application is for a team. Individual and twosome registrations will be paired to form teams of four. 1. phone: e-mail: 2. phone: e-mail: 3 phone: e-mail: 4. phone: e-mail: register online at http://kcmetro.apwa.net/eventdetails/711 If you have any questions or if you wish to donate company logo giveaways to be provided to tournament participants (golf balls, tees, towels, etc.), please contact one of the individuals below: Terry Cox at (712) 755-5137 or TerryCox@ci.harlan.ia.us Mac Andrew at (913) 481-2706 or mandrew@skw-inc.com