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INDIANA TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION 78th Annual Meeting July 17 – 19, 2012
Indianapolis Omni Severin Hotel

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
 10:00 am The 5th Annual Dave Gionet Golf Outing  (You must be pre-registered to participate in the golf outing.  Directions to the Eagle Creek Golf Club will be available by the Omni Severin registration desk.)  
 5:00 – 7:00 pm Registration desk is open by the hotel registration desk.  
 6:30 - 8:30 pm Opening Reception in the Omni Severin Lobby, sponsored by VEOLIA Transportation VEOLIA
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
 8:00 – 10:30 am Registration desk is open near the hotel registration desk.  
 8:00 - 9:30 am   

Breakfast  -  Jennings Ballroom

Welcome:  Marty Sennett, President of the ITA and General Manager of the Greater Lafayette CityBus

Introduction: Ehren Bingaman, Executive Director of the central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority

Welcome: Lori Miser, Director of the Indianapolis Dept. of Public Works
 
 9:30 – 10:45 am

What Did and Didn’t Happen During the 2012 Session of the Indiana General Assembly  -  Jennings Ballroom

Moderator: Jim Shella, WISH TV Political Reporter and the Host and producer of “Indiana Week in Review”

Mark Palmer, Chairman of the Government Affairs Practice for Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP

Libby Cierzniak, Partner with Faegre Baker Daniels

Rick Cockrum, President of Capitol Assets, LLC
 
 9:30 am Tour of CNG Source – a CNG compressor packaging facility leaves from the lobby at 9:30am  
10:45 - 11:00 am Break  
 11:00 am - 11:45 am

Federal Transit Administration Region V Update – Jennings Ballroom 

Marisol Simon, Regional Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration – Region V
 
 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch  -  Governor’s Prefunction, sponsored by HNTB

What Does the 2012 Superbowl and the Central Indiana Transit Funding Initiative Have in Common?

Mark Miles, President and CEO of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
 1:30– 2:45 pm

Washington Update - Jennings Ballroom

Michael Melaniphy, President & CEO of the American Public Transportation Association
 
 3:00 - 3:15 pm Break  
 3:00 – 4:00 pm

High Tech Solutions for Transit Operations  -  Jennings Ballroom

Ilya Rechter, President of DoubleMap, Inc.

Travis Samms, Account Manager for Trapeze

Brian Corcoran, Midwest Sales Manager for RouteMatch
 
4:00 - 5:00 pm

CNG: An Alternative to Diesel Fuel

Joanne Hayes, Business Development Manager for Clean Energy Fuels

David Wrightsman, Senior Energy Engineer for Energy Systems Group

John Smitson, Vice president and General Manager of Cummins Crosspoint (Invited)

Kellie Walsh, Executive Director of the Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance (Invited)
 
 6:00 – 9:00 pm Annual Reception and Dinner – The Artsgarden
Thursday, July 19, 2012
 8:30 – 9:30 am

Breakfast  - Jennings Ballroom

2011 Safety Awards: Kent McDaniel, Executive Director of the Indiana Transportation Association
 
 9:30 – 10:30 am

Social Media for Dummies: Communicating With Your Customers

Christy Campoll, Program Liaison of the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA)

Tonya Agnew, Manager of Marketing and Development for the Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation
 
 9:30 – 10:30 am Maintenance Forum
Location:  tbd
 
10:30 - 10:45 am Break  
10:45 - 11:30 am

The Economic Impact of Public Transportation in Indiana  -  Jennings Ballroom

Michael J. Hicks, PhD, Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University

Dagney Faulk, PhD, Director of Research of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University
 
 11:30 am – Noon ITA Board of Director and General Membership Meeting – Jennings Ballroom  
 Noon   Adjourn