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2008 Transportation Short Course:
For Chairs and Co-Chairs

Speaker Information and Needs

Session 8
Toll Roads I
Tuesday, October 14
Room: Rudder Theater

Speaker: John Johnson
Title:
Company: Champion Technologies
Location: Houston, TX
Presentation Title: SB792 Commission Update
Presentation Summary: N/A
Bio/Expertise Highlights: N/A
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
Speaker: Joanne Wright
Title: Deputy General Counsel
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Ethics - Outside World Perceptions
Presentation Summary: Presentation will involve an overview of the department's ethics policy.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: As the deputy general counsel, I am responsible for providing legal advice and guidance for department contracting and personnel issues.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
Speaker: Steven Simmons
Title: Deputy Executive Director
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Ethics - Outside World Perceptions
Presentation Summary: Discuss the Department's new Ethics Policy and how it affects our employees and our transportation partners
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Department's Internal Compliance Officer
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
Speaker: Mike Krusee
Title: Representative
Company: State of Texas
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: The Future of Transportation
Presentation Summary: Transportation alternatives for funding and technology.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Chair of House Transportation Committee. Board Member for the Congress of New Urbanism.
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Speaker: Wayne Smith
Title: State Representative
Company:
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Senate Bill 792 Commission Update
Presentation Summary: n/a
Bio/Expertise Highlights: n/a
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
Speaker: C. Michael Walton
Title: Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
Company: The University of Texas at Austin
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Comments from the Frontline Part II—The Future of Transportation
Presentation Summary: The presentation will provide a brief overview of the activities of the Committee formed by the Transportation Committee Chair, Deirdre Delisi, to assess the Texas transportation needs to year 2030.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Dr. C. Michael Walton is Professor of Civil Engineering and holds the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT). In addition, he holds a joint academic appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. For more than 35 years he has pursued a career in transport policy and engineering analysis.
A/V Needs:
Moderator: Mark Tomlinson
Title: Director, TTA Division
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
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A/V Needs: podium with microphone, walk-around microphone, LCD projector

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