OPENING PLENARY SESSION: THE TRANSPORTATION FACTOR

SÉANCE PLÉNIÈRE D’OUVERTURE : LES TRANSPORTS : UN FACTEUR CLÉ







Chair / Présidente : Anne-Marie Leclerc, sous-ministre adjointe, Infrastructures et technologies, ministère des Transports du Québec, et présidente de l’ATC / Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Technologies, Quebec Ministry of Transport, and President of TAC


Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador: Hon. Roger Grimes, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Welcome to St. John’s: His Worship Mayor Andy Wells, City of St. John’s


Presentations / Exposés

STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH: SAVING LIVES, REDUCING CONGESTION AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE – C. Michael Walton, Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Chair, Research and Technology Coordinating Committee, U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB)/Federal Highway Administration, and Chair, TRB Committee for the Congressional Study for a Future Strategic Highway Research Program

URBAN TRANSPORTATION: AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR – Neal A. Irwin, Chairman Director, IBI Group, Toronto

THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS’ PERSPECTIVE – Mark Nantais, President, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, Toronto