International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development
(TED 2006)

A TRB Conference

All the conference materials and photos are posted on
TRB TED Committee Website

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Full List of Sponsors and Partners

With your registration, you will receive:

A private tour of the Clinton Presidential Library
Free dinner cruise and entertainment
(courtesy of the US Amy Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District)
Two free lunches with keynote speakers
Free shuttle services throughout the Little Rock metro area
(courtesy of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department)

Invited Plenary Speakers

Butch Brown, Secretary, Mississippi Department of Transportation (Confirmed)
Matt Chase, Executive Director, National Association of Development Organizations (Confirmed)
Matt Coogan, Executive Director, Northeast Transportation Institute (Confirmed)
Dan Flowers, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (Confirmed)
Mary L. Good, former Under-Secretary for Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Craig Harper, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, J. B. Hunt Transport Services (Confirmed)
Pete Johnson, Federal Co-Chair, Delta Regional Authority (To Be Confirmed)
Norman Mineta, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (To Be Confirmed)
Eric C. Peterson, Deputy Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (Confirmed)
Patrick Quinn, Chairman, American Trucking Associations (Confirmed)
Harvey Rosenblum, Executive SVP and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Confirmed)
Tracy Rosser, Vice President – Corporate Traffic, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Confirmed)
Rodney Slater, former Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
Steve Williams, Chairman and CEO, Maverick Transportation, Inc. (Confirmed)

Hosts

Transportation Research Board
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Institute for Economic Advancement
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Organizers

TRB Committee on Transportation and Economic Development (ADD-10)
Transportation and Logistics Program, UALR Institute for Economic Advancement

Planning Committee

Richard Begley
Khalid Bekka
Greg Bischak
Cletus Coughlin
Paula Dowell
Randall Eberts
Konstantina Gkritza
Daniel Hodge
Mike Lawrence
Christopher Mann
Paul Marx
Cliff McKinney
Martine Micozzi
Robert Mulholland
Sasha Page
Keith Phillips
Bob Plymale
Virginia Porta
Brian Sloboda
Melissa Tooley
Sharada Vadali
Gil Wooten
Howard Wall
Glen Weisbrod
Martin Weiss (Co-Chair)
Vincent Yao(Co-Chair)
Peg Young
Mine Yucel
Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute
HDR|HLB Decision Economics
Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Wilber Smith Associates
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Purdue University
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Jack Faucett Associates
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
Federal Transit Administration
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department
Transportation Research Board
Federal Highway Administration
Infrastructure Management Group, Inc.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center
Texas Transportation Institute
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Economic Development Research Group
Federal Highway Administration
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Advisory Board

Dan Flowers, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department
Johnnie Bolin, House of Representative, State District 9
Jim McKenzie, Executive Director, MetroPlan for Central Arkansas
Wally Z. Walters, Commander, USACE Little Rock District
Larry Walther, Director, Arkansas Department of Economic Development
Scott Bennett, Assistant Chief Engineer-Planning, AHTD
Alan Meadors, Planning and Research Engineer, AHTD
Robert Hopkins, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Little Rock Branch Executive
Ashvin Vibhaker (Chair), Director, UALR Institute for Economic Advancement

Contact

Vincent Yao, Corresponding Secretary for TED 2006
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Institute for Economic Advancement
2801 S University Ave
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: (501) 569-8453; Fax: (501) 569-8538