ITS Georgia President's Message from Georgia Engineer Magazine August/September 2012

ITS Georgia President
Scott Mohler

Congratulations to us! ITS Georgia has been recognized as Outstanding State Chapter of the Year by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Special recognition is in order to past-president Marion Waters, the board of directors, committee volunteers and our hard working members for winning this prestigious award.

We were up against the largest chapters in the country including California, Texas, New York and Florida, among others. This is the second top prize awarded our chapter and reflects the quality of the organization and the leadership position taken by our state when it comes to innovation in transportation.

To read more about the accomplishments of our ITS Georgia state chapter, visit http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/statechapters/award-winners.

ITS Georgia Board Member
John Hibbard

2012 Annual Meeting and Expositions (September 9 – 11)

We are very excited about our upcoming annual meeting to be held September 9 – 11, 2012 at beautiful Callaway Gardens.

Our theme, “Connecting DOTs...Connecting people to technologies,” will challenge our conference attendees to think out of the box in new ways to connect the public with existing and future ITS technologies.

As always, the conference will provide a variety of technical sessions featuring leading transportation professionals from Georgia and around the country, with informative presentations and thought-provoking panel discussions.  There will be numerous opportunities for professional networking and our valued exhibitors will be on hand presenting the latest ITS products and services. 

We will also install new directors, present the best of ITS awards and name our 2012 Wayne Shackelford Scholarship winners.

Among some of the confirmed presenters is ITS America President Scott Belcher who was heavily involved in getting a federal transportation bill passed. We’ll also look over the horizon at future vehicle technology and research at Georgia Tech. GDOT and local transportation agencies will tell us their plans and we’ll learn about the latest ITS apps.

To keep up with the latest ITS Georgia news, please visit our web site (www.itsga.org), join us on facebook or follow us on twitter @ITSGA.