September 25-27, 2012
Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois

Final Agenda

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand the latest research results on the ITS Connected Vehicle Safety Program and progress towards getting to the 2013 decision
• Provide updates on key activities for establishing a robust vehicle-to-infrastructure connected environment
• Engage early adopters and affiliated test bed operators on practical issues for deploying, operating, and using a connected environment
• Discussion of decision factors for investing in a connected vehicle environment

Day One: Getting to the 2013 Decision Point for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety

8:30 AM - Introduction and Expected Outcomes from the Workshop, Mike Schagrin, RITA

8:45 AM - Overview of the ITS Connected Vehicle Safety Program, Mike Schagrin, RITA

9:00 AM - V2V - Maturing the Safety Research

Hear the latest results and thinking on initial basis for the research, interoperability, initial deployment security models, and driver vehicle interface guidelines

Overview/Moderator - Ray Resendes, NHTSA
Initial crash problems, performance measures, and testing procedures - John Harding, NHTSA
Interoperability - Mike Lukuc, NHTSA
Short Break
Initial Security models – Mike Shulman, CAMP
DVI Guidelines – Chris Monk, NHTSA
Additional Q& A

11:15 PM - Safety Pilot – Model Deployment and Developing an Operational Understanding of a Real World Environment

Hear about the extremely successful driver clinics and the latest developments on model deployment and obtaining the benefits data.

Overview/Moderator – Mike Schagrin, RITA
Benefits framework - Emily Nodine, Volpe

11:45 PM - Lunch Break (on your own)

1:00 PM - Safety Pilot (cont)

Driver clinics - Mike Lukuc/Alrik Svenson, NHTSA  
DSRC Performance Testing – CAMP
Model deployment – John Harding, NHTSA
Experimental Design – Gay, Volpe
Break
Data Collection – Emily Nodine, Volpe
Transit Activity - Steve Mortensen, FTA
Additional Q & A

3:30 PM - Policy Support for the 2013 Decision

Discussion of current implementation, technical, and legal policy issues being explored by the research program. Valerie Briggs, RITA

4:00 PM - Preparing for the 2013 Decision

Find out how the research informs the decision making process. Ray Resendes, NHTSA

4:30 PM - Q&A/Wrap Up, Mike Schagrin, RITA

Day Two: Establishing a Robust Nationwide Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Environment

8:30 AM - Opening

Overview for the day - Mike Schagrin, RITA

8:40 AM - Executing the Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Research Program

Get the latest updates on technology enablers, priority applications for development, studies on the value of the infrastructure, and a system analysis of the connected vehicle environment.

Overview of V2I – Carl Andersen, FHWA
Technology – Ben McKeever, FHWA
Applications

• Safety, mobility, and environmental – Carl Andersen, FHWA
• Weather – Ram Kandarpa, BAH

Break
Smart Roadside Infrastructure – Kate Hartman, RITA  
System Analysis – Volker Fessmann, FHWA
Additional Q&A

10:45 AM - Understanding Results from the Test Bed Summit – Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Hear what’s on the minds of early adopters and the key items users and operators need to know about existing and evolving test beds.  Understand what it means to be an affiliated test bed and what’s on the horizon for a nationwide coordinated plan.

Overview/moderator – Walt Fehr, RITA
Device Certification – Walt Fehr, RITA
Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory – McKeever, FHWA
Affiliated Test Beds – Walt Fehr, RITA; Greg Krueger, SAIC

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:15 PM - Test Bed Summit – Lessons Learned and Next Steps (cont.)

2:30 PM - Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis

Learn about what’s planned for an upcoming AASHTO study on assessing the infrastructure needs and rollout strategy for the infrastructure component of the connected vehicle environment.

Jim Wright, AASHTO

3:00 PM - Break

3:15 PM - Discussion of Opportunities and Challenges

Hear what others have to say about what’s ahead for the connected vehicle environment. Panel members will include a broad based perspective from a variety of industry representatives involved in the connected vehicle domain.

Moderator – Schagrin, RITA

Panel participants:

• Zac Doerzaph – VTTI
• Roger Berg – Denso
• Scott Andrews – Cogenia
• Bob Rausch – Transcore
• Scott Geisler - GM
• Dan Murray – ATRI
• Doug Jamison – LYNX

4:30 PM - A Study of Deployment Factors  Overview and Intro for Day 3

How deployment factors of today’s ITS can influence deployment of a Connected Vehicle environment
James Pol, FHWA

4:45 PM - Adjourn, Mike Schagrin, RITA

Day Three: Applying Past Experience to Achieve Future Success

8:00 AM - Registration and Registrant Polling

• How do you rate the probability of a Connected Vehicle Environment established in the next 15 years?
• Do you think the factors you consider to invest in the Connected Vehicle Environment are being addressed?

8:30 AM - Welcome and Registrants’ “Five Words About the Connected Vehicle Environment I’d Like to Share”

9:00 AM - Background and Context: A Study of Patterns of ITS Deployment and How They May Inform Connected Vehicles

9:45 AM - Polling Results and Break

10:00 AM - Case Studies: What history tells us -Comparing ITS deployment evidence to anecdotal history

• What are the implications here for Connected Vehicle Environment deployment?

10:45 AM - What are the similarities and differences in the deployment decisions for ITS today vs. Connected Vehicle Environment tomorrow?

11:45 AM - Lunch Break (on your own)

1:00 PM - Breakout #1 Discussion

• What is the perceived value your organization expects to get from a Connected Vehicle environment and what is your organization willing to invest to create this value?
• What barriers do you or your organization perceive with respect to making a Connected Vehicle Environment happen?

Breakout #2 Discussion

• How can you or your organization overcome barriers for creating the Connected Vehicle Environment and what will it take to create this environment?
• What past experience can you or your organization apply to achieve future success in creating the Connected Vehicle Environment?

2:30 PM - Re-polling and Break

2:45 PM - Report out, Conclusions, and Adjourn