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August 08, 2008
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APTA > Conferences & Calendar > ITS Standards: International Best Practices Symposium  

Preliminary Program

ITS Standards: International Best Practices Symposium
March 17-18, 2008
Miami, Florida

Final Program: As a Web Page | In Adobe PDF
Registration: Online | In Adobe PDF | In Microsoft Word
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Program Information: Contact Lou Sanders, (202) 496-4886.
Registration Information: Contact Adam Martin, (202) 496-4845.

Monday, March 17

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00  AM

Welcoming Remarks

Harpal Kapoor, Director, Miami-Dade Transit

Joe Giulietti, Executive Director, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Federal Update
Michael Baltes, ITS Program Manager, Federal Transit Administration Representative

Yehuda Gross, U.S. DOT Joint Programs Office Representative

Q&A Session

9:30 AM 

Coffee Break

11:45 AM 

Panel Session 1: ITS Architecture (Framework)

Moderator: Yehuda Gross, DOT

Panelists: 

Jeff Brummond, Iteris & National ITS Architecture Team

Votran Representative, Florida

12:15 AM 

Lunch

1:45 PM             

Panel  Session 2: Application of ITS Standards

Steve Dellenback, Southwest Research Institute

3:00 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

Panel Session 3: APTA ITS Transit Standards

Moderator:  

Dr. Isaac Takyi, MTA New York City Transit
                                   
Panelists:

Robert G. Ayers, Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP), ARINC Inc.

John Fayos, TIRCE, Critical Link

Martin Schroeder, UTFS/CFMS, APTA

5:00 PM Informal Reception & Cash Bar

Tuesday, March 18

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM 

Panel session 4: International ITS Standards

Moderator:

Ging Ging Fernandez, Booz, Allen, Hamilton, USA

Panelists:

Berthold Radermacher, Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen, Germany
Neil Frost, Director, SAHA International, South Africa

Takahiko Ogino, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM

Concluding Panel Session with Audience Participation: Where Do We Go From Here?

Moderator:

Lou Sanders, Chief Engineer, APTA

Panelists:

Yehuda Gross, DOT

Ging Ging Fernandez, Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Isaac Takyi, MTA New York City Transit

Steve Dellenback, Southwest Research Institute

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