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ICIC 2006 Program
Monday, October 30, 2006
8:00 Opening Remarks
Dr. David Broski
President
Bradley University
Illinois, USA
8:05 Welcome to ICIC
Mr. James Owens
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Caterpillar Inc.
Illinois, USA
8:30 Remaking the Industrial Base of Jobs into a Biotech Base of Jobs
The Honorable Ray LaHood
Member
United States Congress
Washington DC, USA
9:00 Business Opportunities in Iraq
His Excellency Samir Shakir Sumaida’ie
Iraqi Ambassador to the USA
Washington DC, USA
Baghdad, Iraq
9:30 Current Issues Affecting the Construction Industry
Mr. Stephen Sandherr
Chief Executive Officer
Associated General Contractors of America
Virginia, USA
10:00 Break
10:20 Panel 1: Investigation & Identification of New World Markets
Ms. Jan Tuchman, Moderator
Editor-In-Chief
Engineering News Record at McGraw Hill
New York, USA
Mr. Mark Pflederer
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Caterpillar Inc.
Illinois, USA
Mr. John DaltonChief Operating Officer
Mustang Process and Industrial Inc.
Texas, USA
Mr. Lawerence Shaw
President
Washington Group International
Idaho, USA
Mr. John Heisse II
Chairs, Construction Practice at Masons Thelen Reid
California, USA
11:20 Global Construction Insights
Mr. Nick Billotti
President and Chief Executive Officer
Turner Construction - International
New York, USA
12:00 Lunch
1:00 The Construction Industry in Egypt; Current Status and Innovations, with Special Emphasis on the Transportation Sector
Mr. Ibrahim Mahlab
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Arab Contractors
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Amr Salama
Former Minister of Education & Currently HBRC Chairman
Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities
Cairo, Egypt
1:30 Sustainable Buildings Systems for the Future
Mr. James G. Toscas
President
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Illinois, USA
2:00 Measuring Information Technology Capabilities of Construction Organizations
Dr. Mustafa Alshawi
Professor of Management & IT in Construction
University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom
2:20 Risk Management and Sustainability of Global Business Partnerships
Mr. Gregory Suhajda
Managing Director
Veritas Global, LLC
Michigan, USA
2:40 Break
3:00 Inroads to Innovation
Mr. Carl Robertus
BP Bitumen
Global Technology Manager
Llandarcy, United KingdomMr. Mark Bunch
BP Bitumen
US Technical Marketing Development Manager
Indiana, USA
3:30 The Asphalt Revolution and World-Wide Innovations in Materials
Mr. Mike Acott
President
National Asphalt Pavement Association
Maryland, USA
4:00 Caterpillar Equipment Demonstration
6:30 Reception at the Pere Marquette Hotel
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
8:00 Kansai International Airport
Dr. Takechiho Tabata
Managing Director
Kansai International Airport Land Development Co., Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
8:30 Accelerated Bridge Construction Technology in the U.S.
Mr. Benjamin Tang
Principal Bridge Engineer/Team Leader
Federal Highway Administration
Washington DC, USA
9:00 Lighting the National Fire for Transportation
Dr. T. Peter Ruane
President and CEO
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Washington DC, USA
9:30 History and Current Status of Public-Private Partnerships Around the World
Mr. Peter Brettell
Senior Vice President
Jacobs Engineering Group
Virginia, USA
10:00 Break
10:20 Panel 2: Public/Private Partnerships
The Honorable Senator Risinger, Moderator
State Senator
Illinois, USA
Mr. Haytham Haidar
Managing Director
Otak International
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mr. Kirk Brown
Former Illinois Secretary of Transportation
Hanson Professional Services
Illinois, USA
Mr. Peter Brettell
Senior Vice President
Jacobs Engineering Group
Virginia, USA
Mr. Yasser Yacoub
Managing Partner
Gulf House Engineering
Manama, Bahrain
11:10 China Construction Market
Ms. Deb Ferner
Marketing Strategy Manager
Caterpillar, Inc.
Beijing, China
11:35 Czech Republic Construction Market
Mr. Jiri Petr
Core & Large Marketing Manager
Phoneix-Zeppelin SPOL.S.R.O.
Prague, Czech Republic
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Health Monitoring and Retrofitting Systems for Bridges
Dr. Riadh Al-Mahaidi
Head of Structures Group, Civil Engineering
Monash University
Victoria, Australia
1:25 Applications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer in Infrastructure
Dr. Sami H. Rizkalla
Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering & Construction
North Carolina State University
North Carolina, USA
1:50 Latest Developments in Construction Automation Technologies
Dr. Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
A. James Clark Endowed Chair Professor of Project Management
University of Maryland
Maryland, USA
2:15 Brazil Construction Market
Mr. Renato Pimentel
Construction General Manager
Sotreq S.S.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2:40 Break
3:00 O’Hare Modernization Update
Ms. Rosie Andolino
Executive Director
O'Hare Modernization Program
Illinois, USA
3:30 Jobsite of the Future
Mr. Dean Potts
Advance Design Engineering Mgr
Caterpillar Paving
Minnesota, USA
4:00 Panel 3: The World of Ethics and On- Line Reverse Auction Bidding
Mr. James Gill, Jr., Moderator
President and CEO
Iron Mount Corporation
Alabama, USA
Dr. Mumtaz Usmen
Professor and Chair
Wayne State University
Michigan, USA
Mr. Richard Gill
Chairman, Executive Committee
The Shaw Group Inc.
Louisiana, USA
Mr. Petter Berntzen
Senior Vice President
Duke Construction
Indiana, USA
Dr. Yilmaz Karasulu
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Texas, USA