The 2012 program was last updated on March 11, 2012.
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Thursday, March 15, 8:00 a.m.
Panama Canal Expansion - Implications for the U.S. Gulf and East Coast Ports
Richard A. Wainio, Port Director and CEO, Tampa Port Authority (Panel Moderator)
Panelists:
- The Panama Canal Expansion, Marianela Dengo de Obaldia, Panama Canal Authority
- Impact on U.S. Trade and Ports, Jeff Sweeney, Martin Associates
- The U.S. East Coast Ports Perspective, Paul Anderson, Jacksonville Port Authority
Friday, March 16, 8:00 a.m.
Financing the Future Transportation System
Panelists:
- Air Infrastructure Financing Issues, Tae Oum, Professor, University of British Columbia
- Developing Country Finance, Andreas Kopp, Lead Economist, World Bank
- Latin American Airport Financing, Bijan Vasigh, Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Urban Transport Financing, Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- The Role of Public-Private Partnerships and Toll on Financing Highway Infrastructure, Brad Watson, Partner, KPMG Canada
Questions should be addressed to:
Jack Ventura, TRF Program Vice President
Phone: (301)593-1872
E-mail: ProgramVP@trforum.org
Sue Hendrickson
Phone: (701)231-7766
E-mail: info@trforum.org
Dr. Genevieve Giuliano is the recipient of the 2012 TRF Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award. Dr. Giuliano is Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Research and Technology in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, and Director of the METRANS joint USC and California State University Long Beach Transportation Center. She also holds an appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Professor Giuliano's research focus areas include relationships between land use and transportation, transportation policy analysis, and information technology applications in transportation. Her current research includes analysis of growth and development of employment centers, examination of how ports and supply chains respond to environmental regulation, and development of a real-time data archive for transportationsystem analysis. She has published over 140 papers, and has presented her research at numerous conferences both within the US and abroad.
Professor Giuliano is a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board, and has been named a National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the recipient of the TRB Distinguished Service Award (2006) and the 2007 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship Award. She has participated in several National Research Council policy studies; she was a member of the Panel on Mitigation of the National Academies of Sciences' America's Climate Challenge study, and is currently serving on the National Research Frameworks study.