Build & Beyond: Transportation & Infrastructure Forum

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.

This 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.
 

CURRENT agenda description, details, and speaker bios

AGENDA

8:00 AM: Registration

9:10 AM: Welcome Address

• Dr. John Bitzan, Menard Family Director, Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation & Growth, NDSU

• MODERATOR: Art Thompson, Director, North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI)
• Jason Conley, CSP, Manager of Health and Safety, Apex Clean Energy
• Max Milne, Manager for Safety & Health, ONEOK
• Ben Liden, Director of Safety and Operational Development, Northern Plains Rail Companies

• MODERATOR: Craig Stevens, GAIN Spokesman, GAIN Coalition
• U.S. Senator John Hoeven 
• Senator Dale Patten (D26)
• Tayla Snapp, Advisor, TC Energy

• Kevin Connors, Assistant Director for Regulatory Compliance & Energy Policy, EERC

• Ron Henke, Director, NDDOT
• BUSINESS RESPONSE: Wade Frank, Associate, Stantec

• MODERATOR: Reice Haase, Deputy Executive Director, ND Industrial Commission
• Kelvin Hullet, Chief Business Development Officer, Bank of North Dakota
• DeAnn Leier Ament, CPA CGMA, Executive Director, ND Public Finance Authority
• Nathan Anderson, Director, Department of Mineral Resources

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