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TRB Annual Meeting - 2005
The Committee sponsored a record EIGHT sessions during the 2005 Annual Meeting:
Workshop 159: Sunday, January 09, 2005, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Hilton
Communication for Research Managers and Administrators
Workshop speakers will describe the techniques and strategies that influence their interest and ability to use the results of research. The group will have hands-on work with sample research results and developing approaches for different target audiences.
Speakers include: E. Dean Carlson, Carlson Associates, Christine M. Johnson, Federal Highway Administration, John Boffa, Woodward Communications and Jane A. Nichols, University of Nevada, Reno.
Session 227: Monday, January 10, 2005, 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Hilton
Creating Dynamic Stakeholder Networks: The Key to Effective Research and Technology Deployment
Transportation stakeholders are networks of "people" that are interested in a wide range of topics and solutions to address specific and system-wide needs. Continual involvement by the stakeholder network is critical to ensure that needed research is conducted, that it is quality research, and that the technologies and innovations developed are deployed in partnership to resolve present and future transportation challenges. This panel will discuss how Federal, State, and private research programs strive to ensure continual stakeholder involvement in all phases of the research and technology life cycle, including peer and merit review processes. The purpose of the panel is to demonstrate how the transportation research community can systematically involve stakeholders.
Stakeholder Involvement Is How We Do Business (P05-0861)
Paul DeCotis, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Stakeholder Networks Contribute to Revolutionary Science (P05-0878)
Jesus de la Garza, National Science Foundation
Customer and Stakeholder Involvement; A Critical Element in Successful
Research for the Construction Industry (P05-1025)
James E. Hill, National Institute of Standards & Technology
Poster Session 241: Monday, January 10, 2005, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Hilton
Topics in Data and Information Technology for Transportation
Introductory Guide to Systematic Reviws and Meta-analysis (05-0142)
Rune Elvik, Institute of Transportation Economics, Norway
Session TBD: Monday, January 10, 2005, 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM, Marriott
RITA and the Report to Congress on Research Activities of the Department of Transportation
The Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004 establishes a new organization, the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), in the Department of Transportation. Section 4(g) of this Act requires the RITA Administrator to report to Congress on research activities of the Department. It also calls for stakeholder input into the preparation of that report. In this session, which will be chaired by Samuel Bonasso, Deputy Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration, the research community will be invited to share their thoughts on setting strategic directions for transportation research.
Session 584: Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Hilton
Bringing Research into Practice: Implementing Research Results and Market-Ready Technologies
This session aims to describe and promote implementation efforts from the national, state, local, and industry perspectives. After brief presentations, the intent is to engage the audience in a discussion of implementation activities that transfer knowledge and technology to the end user, all in an attempt to expedite the introduction of research innovations into practice.
NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 35-12: Transportation Technology
Transfer Successes, Challenges, and Needs: Setting the Stage for
Implementation (P05-0302)
Barbara Thomas Harder, B T Harder Inc.
Partnering for Successful Technology Deployment (P05-0301)
David Pamphlin, Federal Highway Administration
Product Demonstration Showcases: Fast Track to Research Implementation
(P05-0297)
Gibson Peaslee, University of Florida
Overcoming Existing Barriers to Introduction of New Technologies into
the Highway Market (P05-0937)
David A. Reynaud, Civil Engineering Research Foundation
Session 619: Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Hilton
Communication Patterns of Engineers
This session will use a series of presentations to look at the challenges engineers face when communicating their messages.
Communication Patterns of Engineers (P05-1085)
Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee
Comments and Reactions from an Editor (P05-1086)
Martha Soneira, Federal Highway Administration
Comments and Reactions from a Research Director (P05-1087)
David L. Huft, South Dakota Department of Transportation
Session 667: Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM, Hilton
Marketing to the Customer: One of the Seven Keys to a Robust Research Program
This session brings together three different perspectives of marketing research to the customer, the second of the seven keys to building a robust research program. "Research managers must become effective advocates for their program. Marketing is needed at every stage of the process: in soliciting problems, in anticipating research needs, in justifying the time and budget required, in persuading others to test the product, in arguing for deployment, and in advertising successful products. A strong focus on the customer and the customer's needs is at the heart of the process."
Customer Focused Research and Deployment — The New Frontier (P05-0448)
Lawrence H. Orcutt, California Department of Transportation
The Power of Persuading the Policymakers (P05-0441)
Barbara L MacGregor, Iowa Department of Transportation
What's in it for me? Promoting your Ideas and Projects (P05-0445)
Kathleen Frankle, I-95 Corridor Coalition