{"id":11394,"date":"2025-08-05T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/?page_id=11394"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:32:08","slug":"mafc-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/mafc-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MAFC Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In conjunction with MAASTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minneapolis Mn.  Aug 25-27, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAFC sessions are in the Minnehaha room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:00 am \u2013 5 pm. Arrive, pick up registration materials and attend HTC meeting in Rm. NorthstarA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm. Opening Reception at Brits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, August 26<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:00 am \u2013 8:30 am.  Breakfast and opening session with MAASTO. Hyatt Exhibit Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30. Depart for Mid-morning Quetica sponsored Freight Rail Industry Tour<\/strong>. Loading location tbd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30 pm. \u2013 1:20 pm. Lunch with MAASTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afternoon Freight Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:30 pm \u2013 2:20 pm. Freight Electrification. Midwest REV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Van Amburg, former VP of CALSTART<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Buttgenbach, PepsiCo (Electric Truck Operators) – invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Conway, Tesla (Electric Truck Manufacturer) – invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Lerman, Colorado Energy Office (State Implementation Representation) \u2013 invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratik Bagul, Xcel Energy (Utility Representation)- invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:30 pm \u2013 3:30 pm. Break with MAASTO     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:00 pm \u2013 3:50 pm. Waterways Development \u2013 <\/strong>Adam Tindall-Schlich.   Moderator – BJ. Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:00 pm \u2013 4:50 pm. Federal Reserve on Freight and the Economy \u2013 <\/strong>Joe MahonEconomist, Regional Outreach Director, Public Affairs. Moderator –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:00 pm \u2013 8:00 pm. HNTB Evening MAFC dinner and peer exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, Aug 27<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:30 am \u2013 8:30 am.  Breakfast with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:30am \u2013 10:30 am. Focus on FACs with MNFAC. <\/strong>Including MNFAC and MAFC representatives.  First \u00bd hour is an overview of the MNFAC, followed by peer discussion with MAFC and MNFAC representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30 am \u2013 11:00 am. Break with MAASTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00 am \u2013 11:50 am. Amazon.<\/strong> Jeff Cleland of AMAZON. Levi Woods moderator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 pm \u2013 1:00 pm. Lunch with MAASTO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:00 pm \u2013 1:50 pm. Maritime Planning with MAASTO.<\/strong>  Greenway Ballroom D, E,F,G, with MAASTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:00 pm \u2013 2:50 pm. Federal Freight Policy.  Daniel Wanke, AASHTO<\/strong>.  Ernie Perry moderator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:00 pm \u2013 3:30 pm. Break with MAASTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:30 pm \u2013 5:00 pm. Closing Session and Awards with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:00 pm \u2013 Host State night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday Aug 28<\/strong> \u2013 Depart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the MAFC Annual Meeting Planning Team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Gabany, IDOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Whitehouse, Iowa DOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leslie Morgan, Indiana DOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Alverez, KS DOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Espinoza, KS DOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Edgeworth, KYTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Rice, KYTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levi Woods, MoDOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Johansen, MNDOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernie Perry, MAFC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernie Perry, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ebperry@wisc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to our Sponsors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In conjunction with MAASTO. Minneapolis Mn.  Aug 25-27, 2025. MAFC sessions are in the Minnehaha room. Monday, August 25 8:00 am \u2013 5 pm. Arrive, pick up registration materials and attend HTC meeting in Rm. NorthstarA. 6:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm. Opening Reception at Brits. Tuesday, August 26 \u2013 7:00 am \u2013 8:30 am.  Breakfast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11394","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11402,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11394\/revisions\/11402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}