19TH ANNUALCONFERENCE AND EXHIBITIONSEPT. 30–OCT. 2, 2013 • SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT MISSION VALLEY

P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M

BeyondBorder:

HOW ITS ISthe

Leading the Way

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29THRegistration and Exhibitor Set-up

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30THBreakfast (included)

Opening Session - "Beyond the Border: How ITS is Leading the Way"

Break

Technical Session 1 - "Making BIG Data Work for Transportation"

Lunch Speaker - Scott Belcher, ITS America: "The State of ITS in the US and What the Future Holds"

Technical Session 2 - "International ITS Examples: Similarities and Differences"Technical Session 3 - "Innovation within the California Transit World"

Break

Vendor Technology Showcase

Delegate Reception in Exhibit Hall

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1STBreakfast (included)

Technical Session 4 - "Championing Local ITS Projects"Technical Session 5 - "Latest Trends in TMC Operations"

Break

Technical Session 6 - "Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How ITS can help?"Technical Session 7 - "Application of Arterial ITS Technologies – A National Perspective"

Lunch

Technical Tour 1 - San Diego I-15 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS)Technical Tour 2 - San Diego Trolley Control System

Delegate Reception Poolside

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2NDBreakfast (included)

Technical Session 8 - "Technology Innovations in Tolling/Managed Lanes"Technical Session 9 - "Mobility Applications and Services"

Break

Technical Session 10 - "Converging toward the Automated Car"Technical Session 11 - "ITS Funding – How Do We Advance Projects in California?"

ITS Training - “IT and Networking for Transportation Engineers”(Box Lunch Sponsored by MSI Tec)

PROGRAMOverview

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29THRegistration and Exhibitor Set-up

12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30THOpening Session - "Beyond the Border: How ITS is Leading the Way"

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.Moderator: Jane White, LA County Department of Public Works, Chair ITS California

This opening session will focus on how ITS has crossed the border into becoming not only a mainstream philosophy in day-to-day transportation operations, but also in the daily lives of commuters and system users. A distinguished panel of public and private transportation professionals will address how ITS improves our lives every day and its importance in the future. Panelists include:

Technical Session 1 - "Making BIG Data Work for Transportation"

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.Moderator: Melissa Hewitt, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

In the transportation world, larger and more complex data sets are becoming available. They are more intricate and multifac-eted than can be handled by low-end database management and processing tools. When mined and applied correctly, big data can transform the way the transportation system operates. This session will focus on the new ways in which big data is being harnessed and utilized in transportation for monitoring and operations as well as travel and investment choices.

Luncheon Keynote - "The State of ITS in the US and What the Future Holds"

12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

• David St. Amant, Econolite Group Inc, Chair ITS America • Gary Gallegos, Executive Director, SANDAG• Malcolm Dougherty, Caltrans, Director • Waze Speaker, (Invited) • Anthony Levandowski, Google Inc., (Invited)

Speaker: Scott Belcher, President and CEO, ITS AmericaScott Belcher, President and CEO of ITS America, will provide an update of ITS America (ITSA) and federal activities and events, including the ITSA Leadership Circle, legislative advocacy efforts, efforts to protect the 5.9 GHz band of spectrum for the development of connected vehicle technology, and other on-going ITSA activities.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30THTechnical Session 2 - "International ITS Examples: Similarities and Differences"

1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.Co-Moderators: Gary Christofferson, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Brian Burkhard, Transpo GroupOver the years, the United States has learned a great deal about ITS technologies and concepts from other countries through information exchange efforts, scanning tours, research studies and, of course, conferences and exhibitions. Recently there has been a hotbed of new ITS developments in various other countries and regions of the world. These include Middle East countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as locations in China, Hong Kong, Austra-lia, South Africa and throughout Europe. By examining the similarities and differences with these countries, we can learn about potential new ways to look at, operate, utilize and deploy ITS. This session will provide presentations on some of these recent key international ITS developments.

Technical Session 3 - "Innovation within the California Transit World"

1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.Moderator: Josh Peterman, Fehr & Peers

This session will discuss recent trends in the California transit world including the latest transit signal priority systems, open transit data applications, fare payment and management systems, bus rapid transit deployments and multimodal applications. This session will explore how ITS standards come into play related to these deployments. Insights will also be provided from the federal perspective as it relates to Map-21 and other federal transit related research, such as transit connected vehicle appli-cations.

Vendor Technology Showcase

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.Co- Moderators: Steve Gota, LA Metro

Jane White, LA County Department of Public WorksReturning this year, ITS California will once again host the very popular Vendor Technology Showcase! All ITS California mem-bers who are exhibitors and sponsors of our organization and this 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition will be invited to present their latest products and advancements to all conference attendees during this session. The Showcase provides an exclusive opportunity for our higher tiered members to highlight their firms when the Exhibit Hall is closed and there are no concurrent technical sessions. It is a unique forum to distribute information to conference attendees in a non-competitive, low pressure environment. Since this session will occur directly before our Monday Evening Exhibit Hall Delegate reception, if some-thing interests an attendee, they will have an opportunity to follow-up with that exhibitor or sponsor immediately after.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30THDelegate Reception – Exhibit Hall

Sponsored by ITS California

5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Moderator: Melanie Crotty, Metropolitan Transportation CommissionAs regions continue to deploy ITS on freeways, adjacent arterials and transit systems, the coordination and management between the systems and implementing agencies becomes increasingly important. Transportation management centers are addressing these challenges through new partnerships and different scales of operations.

This session will explore how regional transportation management centers are addressing this ever growing portfolio of systems to manage. Leaders from California and throughout the country will address topics such as current thinking on organization of TMCs, top challenges that managers face, the latest tools and strategies are to manage this complex portfolio.

Technical Session 5 - "Latest Trends in TMC Operations"

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Technical Session 6 - "Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How ITS can help?"

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 1STTechnical Session 4 - "Championing Local ITS Projects"

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.Moderator: James Dreisbach-Towle, San Diego Association of Governments

This session will explore ITS projects from local agencies’ perspectives. Topics will range from examples of low-cost solutions that result in big gains, what challenges were faced in implementing these projects and how they were addressed or resolved. Featured during this session will be a discussion on identifying critical stakeholders and project champions and how to attract and work with these influential ITS sponsors. Presentations during this session will highlight key ITS projects that increased safety, fostered mobility, and/or improved the public quality of life.

Moderator: Dan Lukasik, Delcan CorporationCalifornia, along with like many other states, has enacted major initiatives for slowing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our state has been among the most progressive with targets aimed at reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 - a reduction of approximately 30 percent. ITS is seen as one of the major components in reaching these goals. This session will present the state of GhG emission reduction programs, policies and projects in our state with a specific emphasis on the latest ITS technologies and concepts that are in play.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 1STTechnical Session 7 - "Application of Arterial ITS Technologies – A National Perspective"

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Moderator: Jeff Spinazze, Econolite Control Products Inc.

In this ever changing environemt, new technologies are frequently emerging to support transportation professionals in improv-ing the efficiency of transportation management systems, increasing system reliability, and reducing the overall cost of opera-tions and management. These new tools require interaction among all elements of a “transportation ecosystem”. This session will focus on several new technologies that closely interact with one another including communications, sensing technologies for multiple modes of mobility and the management systems that oversee the entire operation. Examples of the implementa-tion of the technologies outside California will be highlighted.

Technology Tours

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Spend the afternoon learning more about the latest technologies, services and products in the marketplace during this exclu-sive exhibit hall session.

Exclusive Exhibit Hall Focus

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Participate in technical tours of the San Diego I-15 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) and the San Diego Trolley Control facility. Full and one-day conference attendees are eligible to attend. Space is limited, so reservations will be needed in advance. There are no additional costs for these tours.

San Diego I-15 ICMS Tour: Bus tour of the newly opened I-15 ICMS corridor, including a glimpse of the I-15 managed lanes, and a tour of the Caltrans District 11 Traffic Management Center (TMC) providing a live, hands-on demonstration of the I-15 ICMS operations in action.

San Diego Trolley Control Facility Tour: Board the MTS trolley directly from the hotel property for a 20 minute scenic ride concluding at the San Diego Trolley Operations Control Center (OCC) where you will see first-hand the systems and learn about the operations, security, and safety systems controlling this world class transit system.

Moderator: JD Marglucci, Novavia SolutionsWith the ubiquity of smartphone and a flurry of apps, traveler information content and delivery has improved dramatically in recent years. These technologies are now enabling the emergence of interactive services that take the user experience one notch further and promise to radically expand the options available to urban dwellers. This session will showcase several such services in the areas of parking management, insurance telematics and carsharing, as well as provide a round-up of current trends in traffic and transit data.

Technical Session 9 - "Mobility Applications and Services"

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Technical Session 10 - "Converging toward the Automated Car"

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Wednesday, October 2NDTechnical Session 8 - "Technology Innovations in Tolling/Managed Lanes"

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.Moderator: Arti Gupta, ACS-Xerox

The concepts of Open Road Tolling (ORT) and managed lanes plus the integration of intelligent transportation systems with them is ever increasing in California and nationwide, as a means of offering more travel choices and continuing to fund infrastructure. Whether it’s the new Metro ExpressLanes deployment in Los Angeles, the I-15 managed lanes in San Diego, or the managed lanes conversions in the Bay Area, Californians are seeing the impact of more and improved tolling facilities and travel choices everywhere. This session will focus on these new deployments and the use of advanced ITS technologies to manage them.

Tuesday, October 1STDelegate Reception – Poolside

5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Co-Moderators: Jim Misener, ConsultantTom West, California Path Director, UCB-Path

This session explores the potential synergy between connected vehicles and automated vehicles, describing the heritage of automated vehicles, the promise of connected vehicles and a potential future where automated and connected vehicle research and deployment would happen in tandem. The session is organized to provide context and histori-cal perspective, an overview of the challenges and opportunities that agencies might encounter and the robust research and deployment plans. In the end, the prospects of a unified connected and automated vehicle "end state" will be clearer as we drive toward this future horizon in our transportation world.

Instructor: Marty Huff, MSI TecTransportation Engineers, IT professionals, system integrators, design engineers and any other professionals can learn about industrial network engineering. Training will include:

ITS Training - “IT and Networking for Transportation Engineers”

12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.(Box Lunch Sponsored by MSI Tec)

Wednesday, October 2NDTechnical Session 11 - "ITS Funding – How Do We Advance Projects in California?"

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.Moderator: Rick Backlund, FHWA

The focus of this session is to illustrate how ITS program managers in California have successfully advanced large scale ITS projects drawing upon a variety of Federal, State, and Local funding. How have they been successful at bringing together agencies to advance ITS projects drawing upon multiple funding sources and support? In California there are a variety of funding sources with agencies involved – what are good lessons learned from bringing these types of projects together.

• Networking essentials • Sharing data across multiple networks with convergence• In-depth TCP/IP tutorial • Network design, hardware and topology• Fiber optic network tutorial • Video networking techniques and technologies• Overview of wireless technologies • Network troubleshooting and best practices