Oregon Transportation Summit:
A Day for Professional Development
Friday, September 10, 2010
Smith Memorial Union,
Portland State University
What is the Oregon Transportation Summit?
The Oregon Transportation Summit connects practicing transportation professionals and academics to advance the state of the art across transportation disciplines in Oregon. The second annual summit is a partnership of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), the Portland Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA) and the Oregon Section of the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE).
The summit features a plenary session with Joshua Schank of the Bipartisan Policy Center and a luncheon program with keynote speaker Peter Hessler, author of the books "River Town," "Oracle Bones" and, most recently, "Country Driving," which details the auto boom in rapidly urbanizing China.
Plenary Session: Performance Management
As with climate change and road pricing last year, performance management is a topic that is shaping transportation policy in Washington, D.C., with implications at the state, regional and local levels. Joshua Schank, director of transportation research at the Bipartisan Policy Center, will present "Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy."
Workshop Sessions
Workshop sessions will address interesting and timely subjects with an emphasis on identifying research needs for OTREC to pursue or cutting edge ideas that members of WTS, OAPA and ITE can apply on the job. Detailed descriptions of the sessions listed below are available in the online program.
- Data & Decision-Making
- Resilient Infrastructure
- TPR "Cagematch"
- Livability in Small Communities with No Funding
- Go Go Gadget Gadgets! (Technology Showcase)
- Are You Charged Up about Electric Vehicles?
- Changing the Climate of Transportation Planning
- Practical Design
- Transportation Governance
- Transportation Implications of Brownfields
Registration
Registration is $100 for members of partner organizations (WTS, OAPA, ITE), $150 for non-members and $50 for students. OTREC pays the registration fee for affiliated faculty. There are also volunteer opportunities available for students. You can register online. Send questions to askotrec@otrec.us. Complimentary registration (for speakers, OTREC faculty, e.g.) is also available online.
Registration deadline is August 20th. Registrations occuring after August 20th are subject to a $25 late fee.
2010 Summit Agenda
The summit will be held Friday, September 10 at the Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 S.W. Broadway in Portland. The schedule is as follows:
- 7:30-8 a.m.: Registration
- 8-9:30 a.m.: Plenary session
- 10 a.m.–noon: Workshop sessions (6 concurrent tracks)
- 12:15-1:45 p.m.: Luncheon (featuring OTREC awards and keynote address)
- 2-4 p.m.: Workshop sessions (4 concurrent tracks)
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