Event Alert: USDOT’s IntelliDriveSM Deployment Scenarios Workshop

May 20, 2010 at 10:36 am

June 22-23, 2010

Washington Dulles Airport Marriott, Dulles, Virginia

Dates: Tuesday-Wednesday, June 22-23, 2010
Times: Tuesday:  1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Wednesday:  8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Purpose: The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, ITS Joint Program Office will hold a two-day workshop to present and discuss its four draft IntelliDriveSM deployment scenarios that have been recently developed in response to key stakeholder input. The purpose of the meeting is to provide input to the U.S. DOT as it refines IntelliDrive research plans about potential futures paths for IntelliDrive deployment.  Discussion will be framed around four scenarios developed through stakeholder inputs. The workshop will engage participants to identify advantages and disadvantages of each of the draft scenarios and critical policy and institutional research needs.  The Tuesday session will provide an overview of the four draft scenarios. The Wednesday session will consist of break out groups to explore each of the four scenarios in detail as well as a concluding session that summarizes the findings from the workshop.

Draft Agenda: http://www.itsa.org/itsa/files/pdf/Scenario%20Agenda-Rev1.pdf

Intended audience: This workshop is for all interested parties.

Registration: This workshop is free of charge using the ITS America registration process. The registration page can be found athttp://www.itsa.org/itsa/files/pdf/Registrtion%20Form%20Deployment%205-13-10.pdf Please email your completed registration form to Brei Whitty at bwhitty@itsa.org or fax it to 202-484-3483.

Webinar: The Tuesday session will be broadcast live as a webinar for those who are not able to attend in person.  Webinar information TBA.

Hotel Information:
Washington Dulles Airport Marriott
45020 Aviation Drive, Dulles, VA, 20166-7506
Reservations: 1-800-228-9290 or (703) 471-9500

Event Name: Intellidrive
Rate: $139/night + taxes (less than the government rate!)
Please use the code Intellidrive when reserving your room so that you can get the room block rate.  Thank you for reserving your room within the official room block. It helps us meet the hotel contract minimum. The cut-off date to reserve a room is June 1,2010. Please contact Brei Whitty if the room block becomes full.

Contact: Brei Whitty, ITS America, 202-721-4236, bwhitty@itsa.org

Event Alert: Where Do You Think You’re Going…Workshop to Help Shape Future Research Into Sustainable Intelligent Transport – June 25 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

June 15, 2009 at 9:14 pm

(Source: Eventbrite via Bernie Wagenblast)

Newcastle University and Imperial College would like to invite you to participate in a different sort of Workshop to help shape future research into sustainable intelligent transport.

It will be sparky; it will be challenging; it will think the unthinkable – and it will be FREE with refreshments provided.

You’ll not want to miss it, will you?

  • Will the Internet and technology influence how we travel? Whether we travel at all?
  • Can technology help mobility?
  • How useful is “user-generated content”?
  • How far can mobile Internet and Web2.0 get you? – literally
  • Where is transport research going?
  • Did Beethoven have a food processor?

Come and listen to new thoughts on old problems; share with us what you think matters; show us what you’re up to; join in when people ask the questions they’ve always wanted to pose on transport and the Internet; suggest the areas you think need investigation.

Proceedings will be live blogged and tweeted from the event; together with remote contributions. These will be forwarded to EPSRC as the outcome of the workshop and the SIMM final report.

If you’d like details about attending, exhibiting, making a short presentation or demonstrating a product or technology, or following the workshop online please contact Hannah Bryan:hannah.bryan@newcastle.ac.uk at Newcastle University (0191 222 6420).

This is the outline programme. It is still a work in progress, and is likely to change before the actual event, especially as we’d like your comments on it .

So, your thoughts and comments are welcome, particularly for the interactive panel sessions in the afternoon…

09:30 – 10:30 Arrival / demo set up / introductions / bit of an informal chin-wag before the heavy stuff begins
10:30 – 12:00 Directions of Travel – Chaired by Eric Sampson
  • Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Digital Economy
  • User Perspectives
  • How far can you go? A case study in Digital Transport
12:00 – 13:00 Pyromanics’ Networking Lunch – with ample time to view demonstrations
13:00 – 15:00 Over to you! A series of demonstrations, short presentations and open discussion.  Themes might include:

  • Data
  • Systems
  • User Experiences
  • Policy

Please comment on the blog with your suggestions for what should be in here.  Perhaps you’d like to give a short presentation, demonstrate a system or suggest a topic we need to be covering – we’d love to hear from you!

15:30 – 16:00 Where next? Are we missing anything?
16:00 – 16:30 Summary, Feedback and Final Q&A
16:30 – 18:00 Networking Refreshments – Beers and Banter
18:00 Close

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Strategic Planning Workshop

April 23, 2009 at 6:28 pm

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Strategic Planning Workshop

 May 6, 2009

Location:  Queen Anne Room @ Sheraton 1400 Sixth Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

Time:  8:30 am – 12:00 pm

 The Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Mobility Innovation is holding a workshop at the APTA Annual Bus and Paratransit Conference in Seattle, Washington, to engage stakeholders in their strategic planning effort.
The goal of the workshop is to elicit discussion on the vision and direction for transit ITS research for the next five years and beyond.  Specifically, FTA seeks input and insights into a proposed set of goals and objectives.  FTA is also interested in exploring new opportunities for research and development, technology transfer, and evaluation of next generation transit ITS technologies.  

The workshop is designed to present the results-to-date of the strategic planning effort and to invite discussion from the public.  Participants will be engaged in question/answer sessions with break-out session discussions.  All feedback will be captured and incorporated into FTA’s ITS strategic planning effort.  Using this input, the FTA’s Office of Mobility Innovation expects to program a robust agenda for research and deployment assistance that reflects the current and future needs of the transit industry. 

If attending, please RSVP to: Suzanne.Sloan@dot.gov.  A similar workshop will take place at the APTA Rail Conference in Chicago, Illinois (June 14-17, 2009).  Location:  Chicago Hilton / TBD

IBTTA’s Workshop on Managing in an Era of Changing Economic Times, April 19-21, 2009

February 23, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Register Today and Prepare for the Approaching Recovery: IBTTA’s Workshop on Managing in an Era of Changing Economic Times, April 19-21, 2009 in San Francisco, CA 
 Join IBTTA in San Francisco for power-packed educational sessions and walk away with a world of knowledge on better managing your organization today and preparing for the approaching economic recovery. Learn how global issues are affecting your organization and the toll industry, the goals and efforts of the U.S. stimulus program, how to build a cost-conscious culture and make tough decisions, how to position your agency for unique opportunities during this slowdown, solid financing strategies and more. This is one meeting you don’t want to miss! Visit IBTTA’s website to view the preliminary agenda, make your travel arrangements and register today!

 

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