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Wednesday, November 15, 2000

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Technical Tours

• Fort Worth Tour: TransVISION, City of Fort Worth
• North Dallas Tour: Cities of Richardson, Farmers Branch and DalTrans satellite center
• DART Maintenance Facility

Thursday, November 16, 2000

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Session 1: Opening Session
Moderator: Christopher Poe, President ITS Texas, PB Farradyne

• John Collins, President and CEO, ITS America
• Ed Wueste, TxDOT Border Issues
• Michael Morris, Regional Mobility and Air Quality

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Break in the Exhibit Area

10:30 a.m. to Noon
Session 2a: The Media and ITS
Moderator: Andy Ballard, City of San Antonio

• The Media and the Motorist, Charles Hadlock, KTBS-TV, Shreveport
• Dallas Area Transportation News,Tony Hartzel, Dallas Morning News
• Public/Private Cooperation using Freeway Video, Brian Benschoter, News8, Austin
• John Q. Public's Perspective of ITS

Session 2b: Low Cost Solutions That Work II
Moderator: Dave Davis, City of Farmers Branch

• Negotiating Fiber for Traffic in a CATV Franchise, Kathleen Mullins, City of Irving
• Wireless Signal Communications, Tom Hammons, City of Carrollton
• LED Signals
• Assessment of Freeway Performance via Aerial Photography, Dan Rocha, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Noon Lunch: State Senator Florence Shapiro (invited)
Topic: Meeting Texas Transportation Challenges

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Session 3a: ATIS - Telematics and Driver Information
Moderator: Terry Sams, TxDOT - Dallas

• John Kaiser, TrafficStation.com
• Simon Zebarjadi, Eyecast.com
• Getting Freeway and Arterial Travel Times on the Web, Gary Anderson, AFX Tra-tech, Inc. and Dave Davis, City of Farmers Branch
• Gathering and Distributing Information, Tom Corbett, Traffic.com

Session 3b: ITS Data Archiving Brainstorming Session
Moderator: Shawn Turner, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station

• Participants include: Shawn Turner, Abed Abukar and Dan Rocha.

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Break in the Exhibit Area

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Session 4a: ITS in Neighboring States
Moderator: Christopher Poe, PB Farradyne, Inc.

• ITS in Louisiana (2,431 KB ), Steve Glasscock, Louisiana DOTD, (invited)
• ITS and the Big-"I" (567 KB ), Brian Nicholson, ADDCO, Inc.

Session 4b: ITS Procurement
Moderator: Kevin Balke, TTI, College Station

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Reception: Holiday Inn Select - sponsored by ITS Texas

Friday, November 17, 2000

8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Session 5a: Freeway Diversion Routes
Moderator: Jim Carvell, TTI, Dallas

• Jerry Ullman, TTI, College Station
• Beth Rameriz, City of Dallas
• Craig Anderson, Image Sensing Systems, St. Paul, Minnesota

Session 5b: Special Events Management
Moderator: Brian Fariello, TxDOT - San Antonio

• Canton Trade Days, Peter Eng, TxDOT, Tyler
• Events at Texas Motor Speedway, Wallace Ewell, TxDOT, Fort Worth
• Special Events in Downtown Houston, Linc Wright, Parsons Transportation Group, Houston
• Special Event Management in San Antonio, Patrick Irwin, TxDOT, San Antonio

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Session 6: Round Table Discussion: ITS in Dallas/Fort Worth
Moderator: Abed Abukar, TxDOT - Fort Worth

Participants include: Koorosh Olyai, DART; Dave Fink, City of Arlington; Dan Rocha, NCTCOG; Charlie Robertson, Lockheed Martin; Steve Dellenback, Southwest Research Institute; and Ed Seymour, Texas Transportation Institute

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Business Lunch and Awards Banquet