Event Details
Des Moines, Iowa
Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
401 Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
515-244-2151
Hotel Website
October 2, 2019
Event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
Event Contact
Description
The purpose of the 2019 Traffic and Safety Forum is to enable traffic and safety engineering professionals to learn about new and innovative systems and processes, share individual experiences, and collectively address issues of interest. In recent years, representatives have attended from cities, counties, consultants, universities, and the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Keynote Speaker
Jay Otto, Traffic Safety Culture
Jay Otto is a Research Scientist for the Center for Health and Safety Culture in the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University. Jay received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He leads the research efforts for the Center as well as participates in research projects.
Otto will engage the participants in an interactive presentation about traffic safety culture. He will introduce the Center’s approach to traffic safety culture, share information about current data and trends, and share some of the exciting research underway funded by the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund.
Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Keynote Presentation: Traffic Safety Culture |
| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – Noon | "TAS Talks"
|
| Noon - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch (provided) and Videos |
| 1:15 – 2:00 p.m. | Zero Fatalities |
| 2:00 – 2:20 p.m. | Break |
| 2:20 – 3:30 p.m. | Research Update
|
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Iowa DOT Update
|
| 4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
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