Monday, September 15, 2008

Monday, September 15, 2008
SeaGate Convention Centre,
401 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo OH

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR SUMMIT!

Photo gallery of the day's events.

Click on the links in the agenda to see slide presentations (* denotes a large file)

Agenda

1 p.m.	Registration / vendor displays
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Welcome—Anthony L. Reams, President of TMACOG; Tina Skeldon Wozniak, President of the Board of Lucas County Commissioners and Chair of TMACOG; Keith Earley, Lucas County Engineer and Chair of the TMACOG Transportation Council; and Warren Henry, Vice President of Transportation, TMACOG
1:45-2:45 p.m.	Transportation safety and security—Moderator, Michael Bell, State of Ohio Fire Marshal l The challenge of emergency evacuation: quick, safe transport—Tom Barnhizer, Deputy Director, Lucas County Emergency Management Agency (EMA); Dean Ervin, Sr., Emergency Response Planner, Ohio Emergency Management Agency (OEMA); Mark Wasylyshyn, Sheriff, Wood County l Coming soon: the Toledo area freeway management system—George Saylor, Senior ITS Engineer, Office of Traffic Engineering, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
2:45-3 p.m.	Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Committee election
3-3:30 p.m.	Break / vendor displays
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Concurrent workshops: 1) Green transportation—Moderator, Michael Beazley, Administrator, Lucas County l Innovations in fuel efficiency: biodiesel and hydrogen enhancement—James Gee, General Manager, Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA); John Everton, President, H2 Engine Systems, Inc. l Solar power for roadway applications—Mack Corbin, Vice President, M.H. Corbin, Inc.; Abner Johnson, Statewide Road & Weather Information System (RWIS) Coordinator, ODOT 2) Transportation and economic development Richard Martinko*, Director, Intermodal Transportation Institute, the University of Toledo; Thomas Blaha, Director, Wood County Economic Development Commission; Lynette Reichle, Vice President-Industrial Properties, CB Richard Ellis/Reichle Klein
4:30-4:45 p.m.	Break / vendor displays
4:45-5:45 p.m.	The prospects for transportation funding David Dysard*, Deputy Director, ODOT District 2; Fred Abousleman, Executive Director, National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
5:45-6:15 p.m.	Reception
6:30-8 p.m.	Dinner and keynote speaker* Mortimer L. Downey, Chairman of the Board, PB Consult, Inc. “Federal Reauthorization: Will it Carry the Freight?”
8 p.m.	Summit concludes *The dinner and keynote presentation which concludes the Transportation Summit is also the first event of the Ohio Conference on Freight. The conference continues September 16 and 17. For the agenda and registration for the Ohio Conference on Freight, visit www.tmacog.org.
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