It's very short notice, but you may be interested in the item below.
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Colin R. Leech - Transit Planner
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OC Transpo - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Clair LaVaye <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Transportation-related Live Webcast this Wednesday, July 12
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Our research center is holding a Webcast this week. If you think that
> your staff or your web visitors would be interested in attending a
> transportation event Webcast hosted by the Center for Transportation
> Research this week, please share this press release with them.
>
> If you are a Webmaster, please route this press release to the proper
> representative of your DOT or transportation research organization.
> We hope that your researchers, district engineers, and other staff
> enjoy our Webcast.
>
> Thanks,
> Clair LaVaye
> Information Analyst/Web Administrator
> Center for Transportation Research
> The University of Texas at Austin
> http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/
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>
> NEWS RELEASE: CTR Schedules First-Ever Transportation Webcast
>
> DATE OF WEBCAST: Wednesday, July 12, 2000, 9:00 - 12 noon, Central
> Standard Time
>
> True to its claim of innovation, the Center for Transportation Research
> (CTR)
> will broadcast its Annual Symposium live over the Internet - apparently
> the
> first such broadcast among all U.S. university-based transportation
> centers.
> The CTR Annual Symposium, a unique forum at which transportation
> stakeholders in Texas learn of recent CTR research, is scheduled for
> Wednesday, July 12, 2000.
>
> Live Chat - Question the Speakers Online
> CTR will "go live" globally with a broadcast that it hopes will set
> the standard
> for online technology transfer. Webcast interactivity will include live
> chat,
> whereby viewers can discuss the event with other viewers, and email,
> whereby
> viewers can submit questions to presenters during the actual Webcast. An
> archived file of the event will also be made available for viewing after
> the
> event.
>
> Speakers and Topics
> This year's event will features John Njord, deputy director of the
> Utah DOT. He
> will describe the reconstruction work underway on I-15 in Utah, where
> UDOT is
> using an innovative design/build method in preparation for the 2002
> Winter
> Olympics that will take place in Utah.
>
> Other Symposium presenters include:
>
> * Kenneth E. Eickmann, director of the Construction Industry
> Institute of
> The University of Texas at Austin, who will survey highway
> infrastructure
> technology transfer from 1994 to 2000;
> * James T. O'Connor, of UT's civil engineering department, who will
> discuss the challenges and innovations of schedule management;
> and
> * Karl H. Frank, of the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory
> of The
> University of Texas at Austin, who will describe recent
> developments in
> steel box girders.
>
> Randy Machemehl, CTR director, will provide introductions, while Randy
> Charbeneau, Associate Dean for Research of UT's College of Engineering,
> will
> make the welcome address.
>
> Recognizing the value of effective technology transfer, the Center for
> Transportation Research has moved aggressively into those emerging
> technologies that have shown promise for enhancing the communication of
> research findings. CTR is exceptionally proud to host this event for our
> colleagues and customers - not only in Texas but also across the world.
> The
> event itself takes place at the Commons Building on the Pickle Research
> Campus of The University of Texas at Austin.
>
> To attend the Webcast, return to the CTR Website on the day of the event
> and click on "Live Webcast."
>
> http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/
>
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