SMART Summit 2024

Room 

Time 

Session 

Speakers 

Main Conference Hall

8:00-9:30 

Security screening and Check in

9:30-9:45 

Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Dr. Robert Hampshire, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Research and Technology, US DOT

9:45-10:30 

Panel:  

Delivering Technology Projects: Lessons from the Field 

Moderator:  Ben Levine (Office of the Secretary of Transportation-Research and Technology) 

Nigel Jacob (Leventhal Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 

Luisa Paiewonsky (Volpe Center)

10:30-11:00 

DOT Technical Assistance 

Kim Higgins (Volpe Center, US DOT Technical Assistance) 

11:00-11:15 

SMART Team introductions and overview of the rest of the day 

SMART Grants Team  

Conference Center Open Space 

11:15-12:00 

Office Hours:  

• Grants management 

• SMART Program management 

• Data Management Plans and Data Sharing 

• Technical Subject Matter Experts

• USDOT Technical Assistance  

Lunch Break: 12:00-1:00 

FY22 Grantees: Room 207-209 

1:00-4:05 

FY22 Grantee Sessions 

• Cybersecurity 

• Data sharing with DOT 

• Workforce Impact Planning 

• Procurement 

• Stage 2 Timing 

Stan Caldwell (SMART Grants) 

Ed Fok (Federal Highways Administration) 

Dan Flynn (Volpe Center) 

Ross Templeton (Office of the Secretary of Transportation-Research and Technology) 

Shannon Louie (Grants and Federal Assistance, US DOT) 

FY23 Grantees: Room 210-211 

1:15-4:00 

FY23 Grantee Sessions 

• Reporting and Grant Management Requirements 

• Procurement 

• Data Management Plan and Sharing 

 Thy Nguyen & Madeline Zhu (SMART Grants) 

Shannon Louie (Grants and Federal Assistance, US DOT) 

Jesse Long (Office of the Secretary of Transportation-Research and Technology) 

Dan Flynn (Volpe Center) 

Conference Center Open Space 

4:00-4:30 

Office Hours: 

• Grants management 

• Program management 

• Data management and sharing 

• SMEs (all technology areas) 

• Labor and workforce impacts 

• Cybersecurity 

• Procurement 

Rooms 

Time 

Session 

Speakers 

Assigned to small groups -

refer to the cluster on your name tag

7:30-9:00 

Security, Gathering, Proceed Directly to Breakout Rooms Based on Project Cluster

9:00-12:00 

Project Cluster Breakout Discussions: FY22 and FY23 Grantees Together

Facilitated by SMEs, program staff 

Lunch 12:00-1:30  

Main Conference Hall 

1:30-2:20 

Federal Requirements and Looking Ahead to Stage 2: BABA and NEPA 

Darren Timothy (Office of the Secretary of Transportation-Policy) 

Theresa Claxton (Federal Highways Administration)

John Foley (Federal Highways Administration)

2:20-2:50 

Planning, Executing, and Realizing Accessible Transportation Systems  

 Lindsey Teel (Office of the Secretary of Transportation-Research and Technology) 

2:50-3:00 

Closing Remarks 

Stan Caldwell (SMART Grants) 

Office Hours or Departure 

• Grants management 

• Program management 

• Data management and sharing 

• SMEs (all technology areas) 

• Cybersecurity 

• NEPA 

• Accessibility