2024 Annual Meeting Recap

The ITS Heartland Annual Meeting held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines was a vibrant gathering focused on advancing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in the region. The event aimed to foster knowledge exchange, collaboration, and innovation among professionals involved in ITS developments, technologies, and research.

Attendees and Participants

The meeting saw a strong turnout with 262 attendees, including 30 distinguished speakers and 33 vendors actively engaged in discussions and presentations.

PRESENTATION LINKS

Keynote: John Hibbard (Operations Director for Georgia DOT)

Technical Session 1A:

“23-CARAT GOLD LEAF”

Mark Gallagher, SRF Consulting Group, Inc.

Ming-Shiun Lee, AECOM

Sinclair Stolle, Iowa DOT

Technical Session 1B:

“THE ART AT THE CENTER” of Integration Efforts

Leslie Hart, City of Ankeny

Nikola Ivonav, CATT Lab – University of Maryland

Kristin Virshbo, Castle Rock Associates

Technical Session 2A: “COURTING THE MARKET” in Adaptive Signal Control Technology

Doug Terico, Econolite

Brent Froning & Nick Johnson, HDR

Tyler Wiles, HR Green, Inc

Technical Session 2B: “[ITS]…A ZOO OUT THERE!” Wild Range of ITS/TIM/TSMO Partnerships

Tucker Brown; Southwest Research Institute,

Pradeep Kumar; Belden,

Slade Engstrom; TranSystems

Jessica Sherwood & Jeni Campana, Nebraska DOT

Blake Hansen, Olsson

Technical Session 3A: “A BLOOMING GARDEN” of TSMO and Rural Road Weather Success

Chris Albrecht, Olsson

Kevin Price, IDOT

Alex Wassman, Mo DOT

Tim Simodynes, Iowa DOT

Technical Session 3B: “THE MIXMASTER” blending ITSH Congestion Mitigation Efforts

Nathan Wade, Flow Labs

Muhammad Miah, Miovision

Willy Sorenson, Iowa DOT

Rick Ayers, CATT Lab – University of Maryland