Technical Sessions

 

Opening Session

Opening Remarks – Marion Waters, ITSGA President and Tom Sever, ITSGA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair

2020 Time Capsule – Patrece Keeter, DeKalb County Transportation Division

2020 Questions Game Kick-off – Alvin James, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Keynote Address – Shelley J. Row, Director ITS Joint Program Office, USDOT

 

Session 1 - Vehicle Evolution

Moderator, Keary Lord, Douglas County DOT

Connectivity: Driving Vehicle Technology to 2020 and Beyond – Darrell Bowman, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Driving 3.0: Emerging Developments in Car and Network Infrastructure – David Pickeral, IBM

Role of Traffic and Terrain Preview in Energy Saving of Connected Vehicles – Ardalan Vahidi, Clemson University

 

Lunch and Learn

Moderator, Tom Sever, Gwinnett County DOT

2012 Transportation Sales Tax Referendum and Other Funding Options – Todd Long, Georgia DOT

 

Session 2 - Infrastructure Evolution

Moderator, Patrece Keeter, DeKalb County Transportation Division

Outside Georgia Perspective – Elizabeth Birriel, Florida DOT

Connected Vehicles Standards and the Impact to Roadside Infrastructure – Brian Mulligan, Intelligent Devices and Chair of NEMA

Preparing the Infrastructure for Connected Vehicles – David Miller, Siemens

 

Session 3 - ITS Applications Outside the Freeway

Moderator, Dee Taylor, City of Gainesville

Transit and ITS – Nez Yubaya and Warren Bridges, MARTA

Law Enforcement and ITS – Dave Wilkinson, Atlanta Police Department Foundation and Midtown Alliance

 

Awards and Business Session

 

Session 4 - Safety Evolution

Moderator, Chris Barrow, Georgia DOT

Reducing Driver Distraction – Linda Angell, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Rural ITS Applications – Greg Morris, Traffic Management Engineer, FHWA

Improving Truck and Bus Safety and Efficiency through ITS – Jeff Loftus, Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration

 

Session 5 - Perspectives on the Future of ITS: A Panel Discussion

Moderator, Susie Dunn, Atlanta Regional Commission

Faye DiMassimo, Director, Cobb County DOT

Randy Hulsey, Director, Douglas County DOT

Jeff Metarko, Director, Clayton County DOT & Development

Keith Golden, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia DOT

Greg Morris, Traffic Management Engineer, FHWA

 

Closing Session

Closing Remarks – Marion Waters, ITS Georgia

President

 

 

Best of ITS Awards

 

Larry R. Dreihaup Award – Arcadis

Outstanding Volunteer Award – Prasoon Sinha, Arcadis

Outstanding Public Member Agency Award– City of John's Creek

Outstanding Private Member Award – World Fiber Technologies, Inc.

Innovation: Outside the Box Award – DeKalb County - Transit Signal Priority Project and Fulton County - Adaptive Traffic Control using Cellular Modem

Project of Significance Award – State Road and Tollway Authority, HOV to HOT