Join U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and national, state and regional experts discuss: 

• The new multi-year federal transportation bill 
  
• Rebuilding the interstate highway system & how to fund it 
  
• The potential for high speed passenger rail 
  
• Innovations in transportation technology 
  
• The changing currents of river transportation 
  
• The changing winds of air travel 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood (Secretary LaHood will participate in morning panel discussions and give a keynote luncheon address)
• Tom Carper, Chairman of the Board for Amtrak
  
• Dr. James McCommons, author of Waiting on a Train
  
• Dr. Gehard Schmidt, Ford Motor Company’s Chief Technology Officer/ VP Research & Advanced Engineering
  
• John Amdall, Director of Caterpillar’s Technology Center
  
• Cornel Martin, President & CEO of Waterways Council
  
• Emil Frankel, Director of Transportation Policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center
  
• State Senator David Koehler
  
• State Senator Dale Risinger Gary Hannig, Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Joseph E. Shacter, IDOT Division of Public and Intermodel Transportation Director Stephen D. Van Beek, President & CEO of the Eno Transportation Foundation Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis
  
• Invited Speaker: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin