2025 Annual Meeting & Construction Forecast

Join us at the The Park Event Center  in Waite Park on November 3rd as we provide all the news, updates and information you need impacting transportation in Minnesota.  

We will review the 2025 Legislative Session, update members on action at the federal level and look toward future construction programs and projects. 

Don't miss this great opportunity to connect with colleagues from all areas of transportation and all parts of the state!

Join your friends and colleagues as we celebrate transportation professionals who have made a difference and everyone who has contributed to progress for transportation in Minnesota. 

9:00 AM        Registration

9:30 AM        Welcome and Annual Business Meeting

10:00 AM      Electrification of Transportation 

Minnesota Electricity as a Fuel Task Force Update - Senator Ann Johnson Stewart

Electrified Roadways Modeling & Planning – Michael Masquelier, Jennifer Seelig ASPIRE Engineering Research Center

11:00 AM      Technology Panel – NiceConnect Project

The NiceConnect project will accelerate the path for asset data interoperability by creating a data map of MnDOT asset data across the construction management system (CMS).

Shannon McGrath, WSB; Amy Sullivan, MnDOT

11:45 AM      Lunch

                     Awards

                     Koniarski Award – Vance Stuehrenberg, Blue Earth County

                     Mathiowetz Award – Barb Lau, Association of Women Contractors

                     President’s Award – Representative Pete Stauber

                     Transportation Advocate Award – Barb Weckman Brekke, Scott County

                     Transportation Advocate Award – Stan Karwoski, Washington County

1:00 PM        Construction Forecast from MnDOT

                     Transportation Funding Update – Josh Knatterud Hubinger, CFO, MnDOT

                     Construction Program/Corridors of Commerce Update – Trang Chu, MnDOT

                     State Aid Programs Update: LRIP, LBRP, other news – Marc Briese, State Aid

                     Local Cost Participation Policy Update - Philip Schaffner, Office of Transportation System Management

                    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment Update – Maurice Roers, Office of Sustainability and Public Health

3:00 PM        Networking Reception