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SUMMARY:Build & Beyond: Transportation & Infrastructure Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Build & Beyond\, a day-long conference focused on the critical infrastructure and transportation networks that drive North Dakota's economy and connect our state beyond its borders. Reliable infrastructure is essential for providing households access to better employment\, healthcare\, and education opportunities\, while ensuring seamless connections between cities and people for robust supply chains and the movement of goods and services.\n\n\n\nThis event will feature a series of insightful sessions led by national and regional subject matter experts who work within these industries daily\, striving for the success of their businesses and North Dakota. Attendees will gain valuable updates on policy trends and data impacting various sectors\, understanding how transportation and related policies influence all industries and the state's economic landscape.\n\n \n\nCURRENT agenda description\, details\, and speaker bios\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n8:00 AM: Registration\n\n\n\n9:10 AM: Welcome Address\n9:15 AM: KEYNOTE: Driving Growth: The Role of Transportation in North Dakota's Economy\n\n\n Dr. John Bitzan\, Menard Family Director\, Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation & Growth\, NDSU\n\n\n\n10:00 AM: PANEL: Creating a Safety Culture Amidst Regulation\n\n\n MODERATOR: Art Thompson\, Director\, North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI)\n Jason Conley\, CSP\, Manager of Health and Safety\, Apex Clean Energy\n Max Milne\, Manager for Safety & Health\, ONEOK\n Ben Liden\, Director of Safety and Operational Development\, Northern Plains Rail Companies\n\n\n\n10:45 AM: Networking Break\n\n\n\n11:15 AM: PANEL: Post-Election Implications for U.S. Energy\n\n\n MODERATOR: Craig Stevens\, GAIN Spokesman\, GAIN Coalition\n U.S. Senator John Hoeven \n Senator Dale Patten (D26)\n Tayla Snapp\, Advisor\, TC Energy\n\n\n\n12:05 PM: Lunch\n\n\n\n1:00 PM: CO2 - Unlocking North Dakota's Potential\n\n\n Kevin Connors\, Assistant Director for Regulatory Compliance & Energy Policy\, EERC\n\n\n\n1:45 PM: NDDOT\n\n\n Ron Henke\, Director\, NDDOT\n BUSINESS RESPONSE: Wade Frank\, Associate\, Stantec\n\n\n\n2:30 PM: Networking Break\n\n\n\n2:45 PM: ND Industrial Commission's Influence on Infrastructure \n\n\n MODERATOR: Reice Haase\, Deputy Executive Director\, ND Industrial Commission\n Kelvin Hullet\, Chief Business Development Officer\, Bank of North Dakota\n DeAnn Leier Ament\, CPA CGMA\, Executive Director\, ND Public Finance Authority\n Nathan Anderson\, Director\, Department of Mineral Resources\n\n\n\n3:30 PM: Closing Comments\n\n\n\n Refund policy and other event policies
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for Build &\; Beyond\, a day-long conference focused on the critical infrastructure and transportation networks that drive North Dakota'\;s economy and connect our state beyond its borders. Reliable infrastructure is essential for providing households access to better employment\, healthcare\, and education opportunities\, while ensuring seamless connections between cities and people for robust supply chains and the movement of goods and services.
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\nThis event will feature a series of insightful sessions led by national and regional subject matter experts who work within these industries daily\, striving for the success of their businesses and North Dakota. Attendees will gain valuable updates on policy trends and data impacting various sectors\, understanding how transportation and related policies influence all industries and the state'\;s economic landscape.
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\n\nCURRENT agenda description\, details\, and speaker bios
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\nAGENDA
\n\n8:00 AM: Registration
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\n9:10 AM: Welcome Address
\n9:15 AM: KEYNOTE: Driving Growth: The Role of Transportation in North Dakota&rsquo\;s Economy\n\n\n - Dr. John Bitzan\, Menard Family Director\, Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation &\; Growth\, \;NDSU
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\n10:00 AM: PANEL: Creating a Safety Culture Amidst Regulation\n\n\n - MODERATOR: \;Art Thompson\, Director\, North Dakota Workforce Safety &\; Insurance (WSI)
\n - Jason Conley\, CSP\, \;Manager of Health and Safety\, Apex Clean Energy
\n - Max Milne\, Manager for Safety &\; Health\, \;ONEOK
\n - Ben Liden\, \;Director of Safety and Operational Development\, \;Northern Plains Rail Companies
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\n10:45 AM: Networking Break
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\n11:15 AM: PANEL: Post-Election Implications for U.S. Energy\n\n\n - MODERATOR: Craig Stevens\, GAIN Spokesman\, GAIN Coalition
\n - U.S. Senator \;John Hoeven \;
\n - Senator Dale Patten \;(D26)
\n - Tayla Snapp\, \;Advisor\, TC Energy
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\n12:05 PM: Lunch
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\n1:00 PM: CO2 - Unlocking North Dakota'\;s Potential\n\n\n - Kevin Connors\, \;Assistant Director for Regulatory Compliance &\; Energy Policy\, \;EERC
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\n1:45 PM: NDDOT\n\n\n - Ron Henke\, Director\, NDDOT
\n - BUSINESS RESPONSE: Wade Frank\, Associate\, Stantec
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\n2:30 PM: Networking Break
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\n2:45 PM: ND Industrial Commission&rsquo\;s Influence on Infrastructure \;\n\n\n - MODERATOR: Reice Haase\, Deputy Executive Director\, ND Industrial Commission
\n - Kelvin \;Hullet\, Chief Business Development Officer\, \;Bank of North Dakota
\n - DeAnn Leier Ament\, CPA CGMA\, Executive Director\, ND \;Public Finance Authority
\n - Nathan Anderson\, Director\, Department of Mineral Resources
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\n3:30 PM: Closing Comments\n\n
\n>\; \;Refund policy and other event policies \;<\;
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LOCATION:Hybrid event - Dickinson or online Astoria Hotel & Event Center\, Dickinson
UID:e.2286.344
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260414T191150Z
URL:http://ndchamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/build-beyond-transportation-infrastructure-forum-344
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