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This year's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Nashville, Tenn., features more public sector participation than ever before. The event will kick off on Sunday, April 21 with a State DOT Roundtable featuring 20 State DOT CEOs from across the country, as well as feature senior US Department of Transportation (DOT) officials including Under Secretary for Policy Polly Trottenberg, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland, Federal Motor Carrier Saf
April 15, 2013 Read time: 3 mins
This year’s Annual Meeting at Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee will see a valuable program of ITS Training sessions
This year's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Nashville, Tenn., features more public sector participation than ever before. The event will kick off on Sunday, April 21 with a State DOT Roundtable featuring 20 State DOT CEOs from across the country, as well as feature senior US Department of Transportation (DOT) officials including Under Secretary for Policy Polly Trottenberg, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott, Research and Innovative Technology Administration Deputy Administrator Greg Winfree, ITS Joint Program Office Director Ken Leonard, House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and numerous other state and local officials.

This year's program will feature:

  • State DOT Roundtable- More than twenty state DOT CEO's from around the country will discuss ITS deployment after MAP-21 and share best practices and discuss strategies for making better use of intelligent transportation systems to finance, manage and modernize their transportation systems.

  • Future of 6224 Telematics- The opening plenary will feature a panel of senior executives from three of the world's largest telematics companies - 7291 Agero, 4943 Airbiquity, and 2149 Hughes Telematics, and 834 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator David Strickland - who will discuss the future of vehicle telematics and auto safety.

  • US DOT Programs Update- Senior officials from U.S. DOT's Office of Transportation Policy, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Research and Innovative Technology Administration will present the latest developments in federal highway, transit and safety programs, including the ITS Strategic Plan and what lies ahead for 2013 and beyond.

  • Movement of People and Goods - The closing plenary will feature top research and business leaders from FedEx, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Intelligent Imaging Systems and the University of Memphis as they share their views on how intelligent transportation systems can keep freight moving on our already congested roadways.

  • Legislative Breakfast and Town Halls- Attendees will have a unique opportunity to hear from and provide input to policymakers who have jurisdiction over transportation and technology legislation, participate in town hall meetings with issue experts on transportation financing and connected vehicles, and attend a special mileage-based user fee symposium.

  • Training - State, city and county transportation professionals can register for training courses on numerous ITS-related subjects. The training sessions are hosted by the 831 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

  • Sessions- 28 special forums on safety, sustainability, transportation management, commercial vehicles and freight among other issues.

Finally, delegates will be able to check out the exhibit hall for a close-up look at the technologies that are changing transportation across the nation and tour Nashville area transportation projects underway such as the TDOT Region 3 Traffic Management Center and the 838 Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant.

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