Tuesday, April 10th Presentations
Opening General Session
President's Message: Willy Sorenson, President - ITS Heartland
Welcome: John Craig, Director - Nebraska Department of Roads
Congressional Welcome: Greetings from Senator Nelson's Office by Louise Latimer
ITS Engineers General Session
ITS Engineer, Iowa DOT - Willy Sorenson
Operations/ITS Engineer, Nebraska DOR - Steve Garbe
ITS/Fiber Optics Engineer, Oklahoma DOT - Alan Stevenson
ITS Engineer, Kansas DOT - Mike Floberg
ITS Engineer, South Dakota DOT - Dave Huft
Concurrent Session I
ATIS Issues: Meeting the Challenges of the Future
Kansas ATIS Strategic Plan - Barb Blue, ATIS Coordinator, KDOT
511 - Leon Osborne, CEO, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc & John Whited, Program Manager, Advanced Transportation Technology, IOWA DOT
Multi-State Agency Issues
Amber Alerts, Evacuations, and State Patrol
Major Mark Goodloe, KS Highway Patrol
Lieutenant Mike Van Berkum, IA State Patrol
Captain Dave Baker, Omaha Police Department
Captain Tom Schwarten, NE State Patrol
Concurrent Session II
Coordinating Incident Management within the Metro-Area
A TMC Perspective - Ray Webb, P.E., Project Manager, BWR
An Incident Responder's Perspective - Bruce Pettus, Incident Management Coordinator, MoDOT, District 6
An MPO Perspective - Jack Price, MAPA, Incident Management Coordinator
An Enforcement Agency Perspective - Captain Tom Schwarten, NE State Patrol
ITS Operations in Action
Springfield ATMS Projects - Laurel McKean, Traffic Operations Assistant, MoDOT
Omaha Phasing Signal Project, Ramp Gates, and More - Glenn Hansen, Assistant City Traffic Engineer, City of Omaha
Kansas City Scout Travel Time Implementation Project - Jason Sims, Director KC Scout
