Texas Transportation Forum

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Texas Transportation Forum
2007 AASHTO NTPAW Skills Awards Division Number
4 Special Events Category Number 4a Special
Events Title of Entry Texas Transportation
Forum Submitted By Brandy Bendele Conference
Planner Texas Department of Transportation
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• 1st Annual
• Texas Transportation Forum
• Celebrating the Interstates First 50 Years
• and Meeting the Challenges of the Future
• June 8-9, 2007
• Austin, Texas

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Opening Session

• Welcome
• Michael W. Behrens, Executive Director, TxDOT
• Interstate System 50th Anniversary
• Dennis Christiansen, Deputy Director, TTI
• Additional Remarks Harold Linnenkohl,
  President, AASHTO Steve Massie, Senior Vice
  President, AGC of America
• Eugene McCormick, President, ARTBA
• Stephen F. Mayer, Immediate Past President,
  IBTTA
• The Next 50 Years video Keynote Address
  Joseph Giglio, Vice Chairman, Hudson Institute

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Opening Session
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Keynotes

• Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
• Secretary, US Department of Transportation
• Honorable Rick Perry
• Governor of Texas
• Honorable Roger Williams
• Texas Secretary of State

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Keynotes
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Breakout Sessions

• The Road to Economic Opportunity
• The National Tolling Conversation
• The Future of Road Building
• State and Federal Legislation
• You Bet Your Assets Leveraging Existing
  Infrastructure
• Texas Corridors
• The Future of Transportation Financing
• Regional Mobility Authorities
• Aviation, Rail, and Public Transportation

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Breakout Session
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