2024 Transportation & Infrastructure Summit

Access, Innovation, and Opportunities
 

Ideal for contractors, developers, planners, suppliers, concerned businesses, and transportation advocates. This summit will bring together experts and public policy champions for high level discussions on:

  • Air, rail, & ground transportation
  • Broadband deployment
  • Pipelines - water, sewer, gas
  • Energy - power lines, sub stations, site prep for power generation

SPECIAL GUESTS
  • The Honorable W. Sheppard "Shep" Miller, Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • John Drake, Vice President - Transportation, Infrastructure, & Supply Chains, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Mike Johnson, President & CEO, National Stone, Sand, & Gravel Association
 

AGENDA

7:30 AM
Registration/Check-in & Networking

8 
AM
Welcome

8:05
AM
Transportation Keynote Speaker: The Honorable W. Sheppard "Shep" Miller, Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia

8:30 AM
Infrastructure Keynote Speaker: John Drake, Vice President - Transportation, Infrastructure, & Supply Chains, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

9:05 AM
Transportation Breakouts (Choose One)
  • Regional Air Service: Andrew LaGala – Director of Lynchburg Regional Airport
  • ​Freight & Passenger Rail Service: Randy Selleck – Director of Rail Planning & Environmental at Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transit​
  • Public Transit & Regional Connectivity: Josh Moore – General Manager of Greater Lynchburg Transit Company & Kelly Hitchcock – Deputy Director of Planning at Central Virginia Planning District Commission 
10:15 AM
Infrastructure Breakouts (Choose One)
  • Broadband Expansion: Andrew Stevenson - Director of Market Development for Lumos Fiber
  • Pipes and Pipelines: Tim Mitchell – Director of Water Resources at City of Lynchburg
  • Regional Energy Infrastructure: Larry Jackson - Director of Government Relations for AEP
11:15 AM
Panel Discussion:  
Moderated by Mike Johnson, President & CEO - National Stone, Sand, & Gravel Association    
  • Panelist:  Gordon Dixon, Executive VP – Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance
  • Panelist:  Paul Denham, President – Southern Air 
  • Panelist:  Spencer Wiegard, Partner – Gentry Locke (Roanoke)

Noon
Lunch & Closing Keynote: Alec Brebner, 
Executive Director of the Central Virginia Planning District Commission


1:30 PM
Table Discussions & Priorities

Moderated by: Alec Brebner - Executive Director of the Central Virginia Planning District Commission

1:55 P
M
Closing Remarks & Adjourn

Please RSVP by June 11th by calling (434) 845-5966, emailing info@lynchburgregion.org or registering online above.

Please email Heath Barret or call (434) 515-3365 for partnership opportunities.

 

Event Sponsors

Presenting Partner
Hurt & Proffitt, Inc.
Signature Partner
ABC 13 - WSET
Cintas
Foster Fuels Inc.
Lunch Partner
Liberty University
Table Partner
Epitome Networks
Corporate Partner
Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P.
Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.
TODO
Register
Date and Time

Thursday Jun 13, 2024
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM EDT

Location

Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance
300 Lucado Place
Lynchburg, VA  24504

Fees/Admission

Early Bird Registration before June 7th
$99 for Alliance Members
$125 for General Admission

$1,000 for Table Partner (Table of 6 plus sponsor benefits)

Registration On or After June 7th
$125 for Alliance Members
$150 for General Admission

$1,200 for Table Partner (Table of 6 plus sponsor benefits)

Contact Information

(434) 845-5966
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