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Session 1 - Opening Session: Homeland Security and It's Implication on ITS

• Mark Conway, Moderator
• Dave Martin, Transportation Security Administration, Dept. of Homeland Security
• Tom Lambert, VP and Chief of Police METRO

Session 1a: Emergency Preparedness

• Amarillo Area Weather Information System (2,860 KB ), Chris Freeman, ITS Director, TxDOT Amarillo District
• Automated Crash Notification (CAN) and Other Non-Traditional Access to 911 (14,790 KB ), John R. Melcher, Deputy Director, Chief Operating Officer, Harris County 911
• Implementing Tropical Weather Evacuation (1,570 KB ), Terry Moore, Mitigation Specialist, City of Houston Office of Emergency Management

Session 1b: ITS Applications in Transit

• FTA Transit ITS Perspective, Ronald L. Boenau, Chief, Advanced Public Transportation Systems Div., FTA
• Rural ITS - A National Perspective, Dr. Steve Albert, Director , Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University
• Military Situational Awareness, Colonel Robert J. Hauser, Director of Logistics, US Army, Ft. Hood, Texas
• Personalized Public Transit, Mahesh Kuimil, Project Manager, Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Session 2a: Operations Securtiy

• AASHTO's View of Transportation Security (1,965 KB ), Tom Rummel, TxDOT
• Surface Transportation Security: Federal Perspective (2,136 KB ), Greg Jones, FHWA
• ITS Security Command and Control, Anne Brewer, Florida Deployment Project, Florida Department of Transportation
• Use of ITS Technologies for Border Crossing Protection (5,033 KB ), Brian Taylor, IRD, Inc.

Session 2b: ITS Communications Alternatives

• CDMA Wireless Mobile Video and Data, Dr. Ed Chow, TLC Watch
• Wireless IP Video and Data in Oklahoma, Robert Huck, University of Oklahoma ITS Laboratory
• Low Cost Broadband Wireless for Transit Applications, Leonard Ruback, TTI

Session 3: Vendor Technology Forum

• Moderator: Kevin Balke

Session 4a: Low Cost Solutions that Work

• Innovative Advance Detection System for Dilemma Zone Protection, Jim Bonneson, TTI
• Why more than Ever Texas Needs Statewide Interoperability, John Mike, VP of National Business Development, TransCore
• Application of Gigabit Ethernet Technology to Traffic Surveillance and Control, Robert E. Brydia, TTI

Session 4b: Changes of the Horizon in Austin, TX

• Combined Transportation, Emergency & Communication Center (CTECC), Part of an Evolving Intelligent Transportation System for the TxDot Austin District (3,206 KB ), Brian Burk, Transportation Operations Engr., Austin Dist., TxDot
• CTECC Emergency Service (6,647 KB ), Teresa Real, City of Austin
• Capital Metro's CTECC Operations (13,999 KB ), Fred Worthen, Manager Field Operations, Capital Metro
• City of Austin's ITS Operations (16,310 KB ), David Cary, Sr., Project Engr., Siemens ITS

Session 5 - Closing Session: Selling ITS - How to be Successful

• Selling ITS by Assessing the Benefits, Bill Stockton, TTI
• Using ITS Regional Architectures to Sell ITS, Tom Fowler, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• ITS America State Chapters Council Activities, Dr. Steve Albert, Director, Western Transportation Institute