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Monday, June 2
Opening
Plenary
Carl Desrosiers
Conference President
Joseph Lam
ITS Canada
Susan Spencer
Transport Canada
Jacques Gagnon
Transports Québec
Tom Kern
ITS America
Workshop - Intelligent Bridges - Part 1
Panel:
Dr. Brahim
Benmokrane (Université de Sherbrooke)
Dr. Bernard
Hoddac (OSMOS)
René
DeBlois, Eng. (Roctest Ltd.)
Patrice
Deneault, Eng. (Transport Canada)
Presentation
by: Dr. Bernard Hoddac:
Detect, Prevent
and Invest at the Right Moment
Workshop – Intelligent Bridges – Part
2
Testimonial
by Marc Sarrazin, Eng., City of Montréal
Continuous Remote Monitoring of the Pie-IX/Henri-Bourassa
Underpass
Presentation
by: René DeBlois, Eng., Roctest Ltd.
Instrumentation of the New Minneapolis Smartbridge
Testimonial
by Guy Mailhot, Eng., The Jacques Cartier Champlain
Bridges Corporation.
Use and benefits
(real and potential) to the owner of remote structural
monitoring systems as a complement to visual and other
current structural
inspection methods
Workshop – Intelligent Bridges – Part
3
Presentation
by: Dr. Brahim Benmokrane, University of Sherbrooke
ITS Benefits Evaluation - Training Session
Moderator: William Johnson, TRENDS Consulting (Canada)
1. Framework
for Evaluating ITS Projects: Transport Canada –
Victor Bruzon,Delcan (Canada)
2. Overview
of IBEC and IBEC Resources –- Mark Carter,
Chair IBEC and SAIC (USA)
3. Overview of US DOT ITS Evaluation Benefits and Costs
Database – Mark Carter
4. Puget Sound Congestion Performance Audit –
Dr. Richard Mudge, Delcan (USA)
Workshop – Development of a Regional ITS
Architecture Border Information Flow Architecture (BIFA)
Part
1
Panel :
Susan Spencer,
Director, ITS Policy, Transport Canada
Crystal
Jones, Office of Freight Management and Operations,
FHWA
David Binkley,
Lockheed Martin
Bruce Eisenhart,
ConSysTech Corporation
Kevin Bebenek,
IBI Group
Ron Ice,
Ron Ice and Associates
Geoff Knapp,
IBI Group
Themes presented
and offered for open discussion:
Transportation
Planning Along the Border
Border
Information Flow Architecture
Flow Architecture (BIFA) Part 2
Panel :
Susan Spencer,
Director, ITS Policy, Transport Canada
Crystal
Jones, Office of Freight Management and Operations,
FHWA
David Binkley,
Lockheed Martin
Bruce Eisenhart,
ConSysTech Corporation
Kevin Bebenek,
IBI Group
Ron Ice,
Ron Ice and Associates
Geoff Knapp,
IBI Group
Themes presented
and offered for open discussion:
Project
Implementation and the Role of Systems Engineering
in Border ITS Projects
On-going
Maintenance of Border ITS Architectures
Prioritizing
ITS and Border Technology Projects
Tuesday, June 3rd
Session
1 – Safety and Security
Moderator: Lorcan Scanlon - Transport Canada
Integration
of Public Safety and Traffic Operations Systems
By Tom George, Niagara International Transportation
Technology Coalition
Road
user protection via intelligent camera surveillance
By Jo Versavel, Traficon
Warrant analysis
and design for winter colision mitigation on the Highway
2 Peace River Bridge at Dunvegan, Alberta
By Mark F. Pinet, P. Eng., Totten Sims Hubicki Associates
Session 2 – Safety and Security Security
Moderator: Luc Lefebvre - Transports Québec
Detection
of Farm Vehicles on Highway 31 at Lavaltrie, Qc
René Martel, Eng., MTQ, Michael De Santis, Eng.,
LYNX Technologies inc., Youcef Chaoua, Silicomp Canada
Freight Security
at BITSAFS
By Dr. Garland Chow, Associate Professor, Sauder School
of Business, UBC
Alberta’s
Electronic Pre-clearance system for CVO using AVI technology
By Vince Wu, P. Eng., and Donna Lee P. Eng. of Alberta
Infrastructure and Transportation
Session 3- Research and Innovation
Moderator: Scott Crombie - Transport Canada
Canada-U.S.
Cargo Security Project – A joint initiative
to evaluate the effectiveness of real-time container
tracking
By Howard Posluns, Eng., and Mario Saucier of Transport
Canada
Survey
of Intelligent Transportation Systems R&D Requirements
By Lorcan Scanlon, Transport Canada
ITS
Warrants
By Dean Deeter, P.Eng., Athey Creek Consultants, on
behalf of the Enterprise Pooled Fund
Session 4 – Research and Innovation
Moderator: Ian Kilgour, Engineer in training - IBI Group
Wireless access
for the vehicular environment
By Larry Daluz, Novax Industries
Secure
corridors built on open standards
By Fiona Bruce of Galdos Systems and Frank DeNap, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
Vehicle
Positioning and Tracking using Bluetooth and Wireless
Mesh Networks
By Hazem Ahmed, Mohamed EL-Darieby and Yasser Morgan
of the University of Regina and, Baher Abdulhai, University
of Toronto
Traffic Incident Evidence Automatic Capture System:
A Combination of Audio & Video Analytics
By Wael Badawy and Mohamed Shehata of the University
of Calgary
Session 5 - Traffic Management Systems
Moderator: Tim Schnarr - Delcan Corporation
Migration
of the Ottawa TOC
By Elizabeth Kadela, P. Eng., and Ian Kilgour, Engineer
in training., IBI Group
Example
of Integrated Intelligent Transportation Systems to
Improve the Safety and Security of Transportation Systems
By Michel Savard, Eng., Tecsult Inc.
Challenges
in Traffic Signal Management Systems
By Joseph K. Lam, P. Eng., and Perry Craig, P. Eng.,
Transportation Systems Engineer, of Delcan Corporation
Session 6 – Systèmes de gestion de
la circulation
Moderator: Philippe Morais, ing. - Roche Ltée
PVMS
Construction and Operations Management
By Robert Chan, P. Eng., MTO
Alberta’s
Regional Traffic Management Centre Demonstration Project
By Allan Lo, P. Eng., M. Eng., Alberta Infrastructure
and Transportation and Ahmad Radmanesh, P. Eng., Ph.
D., City of Calgary
Windsor
Regional Construction Traffic Management System
By Tim Schnarr, Delcan Corporation
National Capital
Region Critical Links Incident Management Study
By Vanessa Skelton of Totten Sims Hubicki Associates
Étude
des incidents sur les liens routiers problématiques
dans la région de la capitale nationale du Canada
Par Vanessa Skelton et Sarah McDonald de Totten Sims
Hubicki Associates
Session 7 – Traffic Management Systems
Moderator: Éric Labrie, RuggedCom Inc.
Highway
402 Queue Warning System Wireless Long Haul Application
By Tim Schnarr, P. Eng., Delcan Corporation
Integrated
Regional Signal System – Benefits of Regional
Traffic Signal Timing
By Greg Allen., TransLink and Perry Craig, P. Eng.,
Delcan Corporation
Session 8 – Public Transit
Moderator: Michael DeSantis, eng. - Agence métropolitaine
de transport
Transit ITS:
State of the Practice and Special Challenges Faced by
Small Transit Agencies
By Brendon Hemily
Real-time
Systems Deployed for Traveller Information and Fleet
Operations
By Marc Vendette, Société de transport
de Laval and Alexandre Savard, Dessau
Modes : Real-time,
Multi-modal Transit Information
By Peter Davies, Kristin Virshbo and Ken Gerts, Castle
Rock Associates
Kansas Rural
Transit ITS Deployment
By Dean Deeter, P.E., Athey Creek Consultants, on behalf
of the Enterprise Pooled Fund
Wednesday, June 4th
Session
9 – Traveller Information Systems
Moderator: Pierre Bolduc, eng. - Transport Canada
The evolution
and advancements of 511 across America
By Mark S. Owens
i-Move®
– Metro Vancouver’s new integrated, multi-modal
web portal for traveller information
By Greg Allen, TransLink and Richard Chylinski,
Delcan Corporation
Institutional
Challenges in implementing iMove® – Canada’s
first multi-juridictional Traveller Information System
By Robert G. Shirra
ATIS Update
from BC and Alberta
By Homayoun Vahidi, IBI Group
Session 10 – Traveller Information Systems
Moderator: Gregg Loane - IBI Group
Regional
Road Condition Reporting in Metro Vancouver
By Greg Allen, TransLink and Richard Chylinski, Delcan
Corporation
Maine’s
and Vermont’s Inroads into Multilingual ITS and
Traveller Information
By Peter Davies, Kristin Virshbo and Ken Gerts,
Castle Rock Associates
511
in Nova Scotia
By Paul Richard, P. Eng., Nova Scotia Dept of Transportation
& Infrastructure Renewal
Session 11 – Research and Innovation
Moderator: René Marcouiller - CIMA+
Methods
to evaluate the performance of cellular–based
traffic monitoring technologies – based on a case
study of Cellint’s TrafficSense
By Joe S. Heikes, Cellint USA
Achieving
Stakeholder Consensus
By Jeremy Robson of HumanSystems Incorporated
Demonstrating
A-GPS Cell Phone Probes for Data Collection for the
Canadian Vehicle Survey
By Barrie Kirk and Roland Renner, Globis Data Inc.
Workshop – Vehicule Infrastructure Integration
(VII)
PART 1 - Panel on VII Concepts & Practice
Moderator: Susan Spencer, Director, ITS Policy Branch,
Transport Canada (TC)
VII:
The US DOT Perspective – Valerie Briggs, VII
Policy Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office, Research
& Innovative Technology Administration, US DOT
VII:
The Automotive OEM Perspective – David Henry,
Chair, VII Consortium and Senior
Manager, Government Collaborative Programs, Chrysler
LLC
VII-VIC:
The California Perspective – Jim Misener,
Transportation Safety Research
Program Leader, California PATH, University of California
(Berkeley)
Workshop – Vehicule Infrastructure Integration
(VII)
PART 2 - Panel on VII Research Needs & Opportunities
Moderator: Barry Pekilis, Senior Research Coordination
Officer, ITS Policy Branch, TC
Transport
Canada’s VII-VIC Research Initiatives
Barry Pekilis,
Senior Research Coordination Officer, ITS Policy, Transport
Canada
VII-VIC
Data Challenges: Collection, Backhaul and Management
Jim Misener, Transportation Safety Research Program
Leader, California PATH, University of California (Berkeley)
Human
Factors Issues Associated with VII
Christina
(Missy) Rudin-Brown, Human Factors Specialist, Motor
Vehicle Standards and Research, Transport Canada
Update of ITS Architecture for Canada –
Stakeholder Forum - Part 1
Panel:
Pierre Bolduc,
ITS Policy, Transport Canada
Kevin Bebenek,
IBI Group
Bruce Eisenhart,
ConSysTech Corporation
Ron Ice,
Ron Ice and Associates
Garland
Chow, BITSAFS
Geoff Knapp,
IBI Group
Themes presented
and offered for discussion:
Results of the Previous Stakeholder Forum
User Services Update
Introduction to Equipment Packages
ITS Standards Update
Update of ITS Architecture for Canada –
Stakeholder Forum - Part 2
Panel:
Pierre Bolduc,
Politiques STI, Transports Canada
Kevin Bebenek,
IBI Group
Bruce Eisenhart,
ConSysTech Corporation
Ron Ice,
Ron Ice and Associates
Garland
Chow, BITSAFS
Geoff Knapp,
IBI Group
Themes presented
and offered for discussion:
Physical Architecture Update
Architecture Tool Options Development
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