ITTS Conferences
1. Freight in The Southeast, 2011
2. Freight in the Southeast, 2010
3. Smartrivers Conference
1. Freight in the Southeast 2011
February 9-11, 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina
I am happy to announce that the next ITTS Conference “Freight in the Southeast” will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 9-11, 2011. The North Carolina Department of Transportation and the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte have been working as the local sponsors. (The North Carolina Logistics Task Force will be joining us for the first day’s events.)
The conference will follow the same format as last year’s conference, with panels addressing a topic with ample time for questions and answers. This year’s theme will focus on corridors. The format will be on addressing how States and MPO’s look at freight projects, followed by panels addressing specific elements of freight corridor planning and operations.
The conference will be held at the Charlotte Marriott City Center, 100 West Trade Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202. We are still finalizing the hotel details, but the ITTS Room block will be for $100 a night. For more information on the hotel, please click here.
If your organization is interested in participating as a non-financial sponsor,
please contact Bruce Lambert.
Here is the tentative Schedule
2. Freight in the Southeast, 2010
January 25-27, 2010
Memphis, Tennessee
You are invited to attend ITTS's first conference on Freight in the Southeast.
Regionally, the Southeast has benefited from the foreign direct investment, perceptions of business friendly environments, and access to relatively less congested transportation networks. The region is also very dependent upon exports to provide markets and jobs for its industries. The region is served by all the Class I railroads, the largest navigation system in the nation (the Ohio, Mississippi and Tenn-Tom river systems and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway), some of the nation’s largest freight airports, and a highway system that links our markets to each other and the world.
Freight Transportation is important to promoting economic development and ensuring economic opportunities for the region’s future growth. The Southeastern U.S. has experienced significant growth in freight traffic. There are new trends that could influence traffic patterns in the region. These include the expansion of the Panama Canal, changes in foreign investment in the region, the development of alternative fuels, trends in supply chains, and changing trade policies. Given the uncertain timing of the economic recovery, the region needs to continue to look at its support of commercial freight movements to ensure commercial freight operations continue to expand in the region. In some ways, this conference will seek to fill the gaps to help identify the regional structure necessary to support these activities.
The conference seeks to inform participants about the underlying trends shaping the region’s major industries, and their associated needs regarding freight transportation for both domestic and international cargos. The conference will focus on both current and anticipated transportation needs based on these key regional industries.
Overview Agenda (Click here for final agenda and powerpoint notes from conference)
Location
The Conference was held on at the FedEx Institute of Technology on the University of Memphis. http://conferences.memphis.edu/. This is a one of a kind facility; a $23 million dollar 190 seat tiered amphitheater.
Related Items:
Conference Survey
If you participated in the conference, you can download the conference survey here. This can be returned to ITTS via fax at 504-525-8197 or by mail.
Speaker's Bios
To view the information on the speakers, please download the following here.
3. Smartrivers Conference
September 13-16, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana
Click here for the Call for Abstracts
Inland waterways is a large component of regional traffic patterns, including both coastal and inland navigation. The need to understand the nature of inland navigation, as well methods to improve transportation may provide transportation network benefits to the ITTS Region. ITTS has been an active participant in the SmartRivers Conference over the past few years. The conference, sponsored by both American and European groups, seeks to encourage the exchange of ideas related to improving inland navigation. ITTS sponsored the conference in both 2006 and 2007, and wrote the conference report in 2007. ITTS served on the organizational committee for the conference held September 6-9, 2009 in Vienna Austria.
Please visit the Smartrivers Website for more information http://www.smartrivers.org/