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 MONDAY, JUNE 5
7:00 am – Breakfast
SPONSOR: LEA CONSULTING
8:00 am – Opening Plenary
EXECUTIVE SPONSOR: SUSAN SPENCER, TRANSPORT CANADA
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER: PAT
JACOBSEN, CEO, TRANSLINK
8:45 am – Session 1A
MODERATOR: SANY ZEIN
Weather Information Management for Better Safety Performance
National Integrated Road Weather Information System for Canada
Paul DeLannoy, Mario
Ouellet, Awtar Koonar, Dave Denault, Gilles
Larose (Environment Canada) and Claude Lapointe
(Ministère des Transports du Québec)
“Where’s My Plow, Dude?”, Automated Vehicle Location Systems on Alberta’s Provincial Highways
Allan
Lo (Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation)
Application of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Improved Safety Along the Trans-Canada Highway within Banff National Park
Paul
Steel and Robyn McGregor (EBA Engineering Consultants)
and Terry McGuire (Parks Canada)
A Robust Video-based Automatic Incident Detection: Research, Issues and Opportunities
Mohamed Shehata, Wael Badawy, Jun Cai, Muzamil Pervez and Tyson Burr (University of Calgary) and Ahmad Radmanesh (City of Calgary)
Session 1B
MODERATOR: ED MISKA
At the Waterfront: Ports, Terminals and Trucks
ITS in Canadian Ports: Status and Opportunities
Julien
Dubreuil and Teodor Gabriel Crainic (Université
du Québec à Montréal)
ITS at Intermodal Terminals: The Ediport Vehicle Access Management System
Jim Nicoll (Halifax Port Authority) and Kevin
Bebenek (IBI Group)
ITS in the Greater Vancouver Gateway: Strategic Trucking and Security Initiatives
Chris
Badger (Vancouver Port Authority)
An ITS / CVO
Deployment Program for the Province of New Brunswick
Nancy
Lynch (New Brunswick Department of Transportation)
and Tim Schnarr (Delcan Corporation)
10:15 am – Coffee Break
SPONSOR: FORTRAN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS
10:30am – Session 2A
MODERATOR: TAREK SAYED
Improving Transit Service Using ITS Applications
Implementing a Transit Management and Communications System
Shahir
Popatia (TransLink)
Real-Time Arrival Notification for Custom Transit
Mike
Davis (BC Transit)
In-Vehicle Travel Time Comparison Tool for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
Bassam
Hamwi (Morrison Hershfield)
A Smart Bus Architecture for TransLink
James
Fam (TransLink) and Rob Shirra (RGS Consulting
International)
Session 2B
MODERATOR: PAT CRUICKSHANK
The Latest Traffic Management System Initiatives
Integrated River Crossing Advanced Traffic Management System: An Approach to Improved Safety for Bridge Crossing In Winter Situations
Craig
Walbaum and Ed Foster (City of Edmonton), Bruno
Peters and Shahin Abji (IBI Group)
Traffic Management System of the Louis-Hyppolite-Lafontaine Tunnel
Sylvain
Boily (Breton Banville et Associés),
Hubert Dubois (Groupe Séguin) and Mervat
Tannous (Ministère des Transports du Québec)
Decision Support Systems for ATMS Planning and Operations
Joseph
Lam (Delcan Corporation)
Moving Towards Web-Based Incident Management
Bruno
Peters and Homayoun Vahidi (IBI Group)
12:00pm – Lunch
SPONSOR: BC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER: HONOURABLE KEVIN FALCON, BC MINISTER
OF TRANSPORTATION
1:30pm – Session 3A
MODERATOR: ALISON WONG
Future Vision: New ITS Ideas
Florida's
Intelligent Transportation System
Gene
Glotzbach (Florida Department of Transportation)
Application of Dynamic TSP Strategy to the Evergreen LRT Line
James Fam and Tarek Sayed (University of British
Columbia)
Neuro-Fuzzy Traffic Signal Control Using Online Reinforcement Learning
Moudud
Hassan and Tarek Sayed (University of British
Columbia)
Feasibility of Intelligent Speed Adaptation in Canada and Its Impact on Road Safety and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Vittoria
Battista (Transport Canada)
Session 3B
MODERATOR: HOMAYOUN VAHIDI
Regional-Level ITS Initiatives
The Role of Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Context of the City of Toronto’s New Official Plan: Convergence or Divergence?
Rajnath
Bissessar and Les Kelman (City of Toronto)
Regional Integration of ITS: Using a Case Study to Help Vancouver Plan for 2010 and Beyond
Perry
Craig (Delcan Corporation) and Keenan Kitasaka
(TransLink)
ITS in Durham Region – An Integrated Approach
Tim Schnarr (Delcan Corporation) and Doug
MacKay (Region of Durham)
Planning for a Regional Telecommunications Network from Sea to Sky
Patrick
Livolsi (British Columbia Ministry of Transportation)
and Rob Shirra (RGS Consulting International)
3:00pm – Coffee Break
SPONSOR: TRAFICON USA
3:30pm – Session 4
MODERATOR: SIMON LEUNG
Reducing Traffic Crashes Through ITS Deployments
Intelligent
Work Zone on Glenmore Trail, Calgary
Mike
Bowie (Fortran Traffic Systems)
Adaptive Roadway Lighting
Don
McLean (DMD & Associates)
Vehicle Trajectories Clustering with Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Traffic Safety Analysis
Nicolas
Saunier and Tarek Sayed (University of British
Columbia)
Low Cost Total Monitoring Stations for Rural Highway Applications
Henry
Wong (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario)
and Bowen Tritter (Delcan Corporation)
6:00pm – Reception & Banquet
SPONSORS: DELCAN, NAVTEQ
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS: ANDREW DAVIES, MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE,
INNOVATION & NETWORKS, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR
WALES and ROBERT CONE, DIRECTOR ROADS
NETWORK MANAGEMENT DIVISION, WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
TUESDAY, JUNE 6
7:00am – Breakfast
SPONSOR: IMTECH INFRA B.V.
8:30am – Session 5
MODERATOR: JOSEPH LAM
Special
International Roundtable
Featuring invited guest speakers from various countries describing the latest ITS initiatives
Petra Delsing (Netherlands) – presented by Erick
van den Hoogen
Susan
Spencer (Canada)
Emmanuel
Michaux (France)
Ke
Zhang (China)
10:00am – Coffee Break
SPONSOR: EGIS PROJECTS
10:30am – Session 6
MODERATOR: ROBERT CONE
Special
International Roundtable
Featuring
invited guest speakers from various countries describing
the latest ITS initiatives
Douglas
Davey (South Africa)
Jim
Wright (USA)
Melvyn
Wong (Hong Kong)
Frans
op de Beek (Netherlands)
12:00 pm – Lunch
SPONSORS: ICBC, IBI GROUP
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS:
KEN
MELAMED, MAYOR OF WHISTLER
MICHAEL
PITTS, PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
AND LOGISTICS, VANOC
1:30pm – Session 7
MODERATOR: CONNIE TANG
East to West: ITS Success Stories Across Canada
Transportation Technology at the Saint Bernard De Lacolle International Border
Son
Thu Le (Ministère des Transports du Québec)
and Mario Pinard (Société de l’Assurance
Automobile du Québec)
Ontario’s Action Plan for an Intelligent Border Crossing
Jonathan
Sabean (Transport Canada)
ITS Success Story: Organizational Structure
Ryan
Vanderputten (City of Calgary)
Implementing ITS in the Fast Lane: The Regional ITS Program
Keenan
Kitasaka (TransLink)
3:00pm – Coffee Break
SPONSOR: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WALES
3:30pm – Session 8
MODERATOR: JAMES FAM
Staying Well Informed: Innovative Traveller Information Systems
Advancing in Traveller Information Systems – Keeping Calgary on the Move
Judy
Yu (City of Calgary)
Cross-Border Data Integration
Hugh
Conroy (Whatcom County) and Homayoun Vahidi
(IBI Group)
Drive West
– A Multi-Agency Approach to Traveller Information
Sharla
Griffiths (Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation)
and Bruno Peters (IBI Group)
On the Way Back from Whistler: Lions Gate Bridge ATIS
Homayoun
Vahidi (IBI Group)
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