The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public conference on the use of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in transportation safety on December 4 and 5, 2012. GIS is a rapidly expanding group of technologies and analytical techniques that uses geographically referenced data to support complex data integration, advanced statistical analysis, precise investigation, and effective visualization of data. The meeting will bring researchers and practitioners in transportation safety and GIS together to discuss how GIS data, technologies, and techniques are applied to improve transportation safety. They will identify emerging themes, current challenges, and potential solutions in using GIS in transportation safety. The meeting will include eight panels, with experts from government agencies, research institutes, non-profit organizations, and industry covering all modes of transportation.
Agenda:
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Day 1 (December 4, 2012, Tuesday)
Panel #1: Opening Panel (9:00am-10:10am)
Panelists:
• Reginald R. Souleyrette, Ph.D., P.E., University of Kentucky
• Stephen M. Lewis, USDOT/Office of Geospatial Information Systems
Topics:
• advances in GIS data, technologies, and techniques critical to improving transportation safety
• data limitation and challenges facing efficient application
• geospatial initiatives and activities across all agencies at the US DOT
Break / Exhibit Viewing (10:10am-10:30am)
Panel #2: Multi-modal GIS Data and Technology Panel (10:30am-12:00pm)
Panelists:
• Nadine Alameh, Ph.D., Open Geospatial Consortium
• Michael R. Ratcliffe, US Census
• George Gonzales, FAA
• Jeffrey J. Danielson, USGS/EROS
• Mark A. Skoog, NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center
Topics:
• data standard, requirement, and sources critical to transportation safety
• technological innovation in navigation and safety products
Lunch / Exhibit Viewing (12:00pm-1:20pm)
Panel #3: Aviation Safety Panel (1:20pm-3:00pm)
Panelists:
• Mike McNerney, Ph.D., FAA/Airport engineering division
• Dejan Damjanovic, GeoEye
• Christopher Knouss, MITRE
• Rich Fosnot, Jeppesen
Topics:
• development in airport mapping standards and procedures
• innovation in building a threaded data set of gate-to-gate aircraft activities
• application of geospatial technologies in world-wide terrain databases and airport moving maps
• using remote sensing and GIS technologies in developing flight obstruction databases
Break / Exhibit Viewing (3:00pm-3:20pm)
Panel #4: Highway Safety Panel (3:20-5:00pm)
Panelists:
• Craig Thor, Ph.D., USDOT/FHWA
• Mathew Barth, Ph.D., UC Riverside
• John Bigham, UC Berkeley
• Captain Woodland Wilson, Baltimore County Police Department
Topics:
• integration of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and recognition
• leveraging GIS data and technologies in traffic safety and law enforcement activities
• use of GIS data in naturalistic and other highway safety research
• error consideration in georeferencing police-reported crash data and identification of safety countermeasures
Day 2 (December 5, 2012, Wednesday)
Panel #5: Multi-modal Application and Analysis Panel (9:00am-10:15am)
Panelists:
• Lisa Park, American Transportation Research Institute
• Michelle Barnes, University of Michigan
• Marco Merens, ICAO
• Marc Berryman, National Emergency Number Association
Topics:
• international efforts in using spatial statistics in aviation safety analyses
• applying GIS technologies in the development of collision avoidance technologies
• understanding crash characteristics and risks of commercial vehicles
Break / Exhibit (10:15am-10:35am)
Panel #6: Marine Safety Panel (10:35am-12:10pm)
Panelists:
• Julia Powell, NOAA/Coastal Survey
• Peter Noy and Lt. Rodney Martinez, US Coast Guard
• James Dobbins, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
• Richard Ford, Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Topics:
• innovation in marine navigation chart production and dissemination
• integration of digital navigation information and automated identification systems
• GIS technologies in marine accident investigation and search and rescue efforts
• using GIS data and spatial analytics in identifying marine accident hotspots
Lunch / Exhibit Viewing (12:10pm-1:30pm)
Panel #7: Rail, Pipeline, and HazMat Safety Panel (1:30pm-3:10pm)
Panelists:
• Raquel Hunt, USDOT/FRA
• Ed Wells, WMATA
• Eric Williams, Access Midstream Partners
• Amy Nelson, USDOT/PHMSA
Topics:
• emergence of geospatial data and technologies in integrity management systems for
pipeline safety
• developing high quality GIS data in improving rail safety
• leveraging investment in enterprise GIS to improve multi-modal transportation safety for
transit authority
Break / Exhibit Viewing (3:10pm-3:30pm)
Panel #8: Closing Panel (3:30pm-4:30pm)
Panelists:
• David Cowen, Ph.D., National Geospatial Advisory Committee
• Allen Carroll, ESRI
Topics:
• emerging needs of GIS data standards and requirements in transportation safety
• relating the transportation safety community to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
• communicating safety messages through maps and GIS technologies
NTSB public events are also streamed live via webcast. Webcasts are archived for a period of three months from the time of the meeting. Webcast archives are generally available by the end of the day following the Event. |
