Agenda

All times listed in EST.

Day 1: Wednesday April 8, 2026
08:30 - 09:00 | Arrival & Breakfast Coffee and snacks provided
09:00 - 09:15 | Opening Remarks & Introductions 
09:15 - 09:45 | Current Practices and Federal Vision 

Overview of HIF Transportation Asset Performance (TAP)

Current practices and future goals for Building Information Modeling 

09:45 - 10:15 | Landscape of Digital Twins Technical presentation defining digital twin, what is new in the field, and identifying where current models are lacking 
10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break & Open Discussion  
10:30 - 12:00 | Break Out Session 1: The Digital Twin Cycle Small groups focused on the digital twin cycle covering sensor/data generation, modeling/computing, and control responses/closing the two-way feedback cycle
12:00 - 01:00 | Lunch Meals will be pre-selected via a URL sent to participants ahead of time and delivered to HQ
01:00 - 02:30 | Break Out Session 2: Infrastructure Management & Scale Small groups focused on infrastructure management & scale covering navigating temporal and spatial scales for digital twins and applying digital twins across different types of infrastructure
02:30 – 02:45 | Finalizing Brief Outs & Break 
02:45 - 04:00 | Recap & Readouts 
Day 2: Thursday April 9, 2026
08:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast Coffee and snacks provided 
09:00 – 09:15 | Opening Remarks 
09:15 - 10:30 | Shifting Infrastructure Management from Reactive to ProactiveA large group discussion on transitioning asset management from traditional reactive approaches to predictive, event-aware strategies 
10:30 – 10:40 | Short Break 
10:40 - 11:15 | Final Synthesis: The Path Forward Bridging perspectives, outlining actionable insights to enhance the safety, reliability, and economic vitality of the transportation network using digital twins 
11:15 - 12:00 | Next Steps Closing remarks outlining next steps and future directions from NSF and FHWA
12:00 | Adjourn