Wednesday, April 23

2:00 – 4:00 PMTechnical Workshops and Tour
Communicate Technical Topics to Non-Technical Audiences
Ballroom A		 Shelley Row, PE, CSP
Multimodal Design in Action
Ballroom B/C		 Will Cowan, PE, PTOE
US Naval Academy Walking Tour
Meets in Atrium		 US Naval Academy
Break
6:00 – 8:00 PMWelcome reception
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Location: Atrium
8:00 – 10:00 PMYounger Member Committee (YMC) Social
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Location: GameOn Bar+Arcade

Thursday, April 24

7:30 AMRegistration table opens
8:00 – 8:45 AMBreakfast (Ballrooms A/B/C)
8:45 – 9:00 AMWelcome to Annapolis featuring Mayor Gavin Buckley
9:00 – 10:15 AMSession 1
Opening Plenary – Safety: Perceptions, Culture, and Our Roadmap for the Future

Panel discussion with Shanté A. Hastings, PE (Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation), Neelima Ghanta, PE (Chief Safety Engineer, District Department of Transportation), and Veronica O. Davis, PE (National Practice Director – Planning & Environment, AtkinsRéalis). Moderated by Matt Hardy, PhD (Deputy Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer, ITE).

Ballrooms A/B/C
10:15 – 10:30 AMBreak
10:30 AM – 12:00 PMSession 2
Session 2A: Introduction to the Transportation Industry & Career Growth Strategies Panel
Ballroom A
Emily Hufnal, EIT Nicole Lehnert, PE, PTOE
Patrick McTish, PE, PTOE Skye Guo, PhD
Moderator: Tanveer Ahmed, EIT, PhD

Session 2B: Electric/Autonomous Vehicles
Sheet Bend Room
Estimating The Effectiveness Of Incentives On The Adoption Of Electric Vehicles Michelle Imarah and Greg Erhardt, PhD
Network V2X Evaluation and Scalability Dan Ormand, PE
Community Charging Hubs for EV Drivers Who Lack Private Charging Abby Morgan, PhD, PE and Anna Marshall, AICP

Session 2C: Traffic Operations
Bow Line Room
Optimizing Signal Timings for BRT, Multimodal Safety, and Other Benefits Anthony Castellone, PE, PTOE and Abhishek Joshi, PE, PTOE
Central Florida Freight Sub-Area Studies and First/Last Mile Connectivity Makarand Gawade, EIT and Andrea Sherman, AICP
Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study: Tier 2 NEPA Heather Lowe, Michelle Fox, PE, and Tim Ryan, PhD, PE, PTOE
12:00 – 1:30 PMSpecial Remarks by Aruna Miller (Lt. Governor of Maryland), District Awards Lunch, Business Meeting, and Address by Karen Aspelin (2025 ITE International President)

Ballrooms A/B/C
1:30 – 1:45 PMBreak
1:45 PM – 3:15 PMSession 3
Session 3A: Beginner’s Blueprint to STEM: Training Professionals to Drive Classroom Success
Ballroom A
Workshop led by Dan Eskinder, EIT, Tyler Hartman, PE, PTOE, RSP1, Lindsey Klein, Megan McDermott, PE, and Jennifer Walsh, PE

Session 3B: Innovative Transportation Technologies
Sheet Bend Room
MCDITE Project of the Year
VDOT’s Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Support System (AI-DSS) Project Jeffrey Adler, PhD, PE
Revolutionizing Traffic Signal Operations: Innovations in Maryland, Virginia, and DC Justin Effinger, PE, PTOE and Woody Hood, TSOS, TOPS, IMSA II

Session 3C: Traffic Safety
Bow Line Room
Enhancing Roadway Safety: Bridging the Gap Between Transportation Engineering and Emergency Response Alvin Marquess
Navigating Rural Road Safety Donna Hardy, PE, RSP 1
Developing a Coordinated Safety Program for Suburban Regions: A Case Study of the NYMTC Area Md. Sadman Islam
3:15 – 3:30 PMBreak
3:30 – 5:00 PMSession 4
Session 4A: TSMO Project Prioritization for Operations and Safety
Ballroom A
Panel discussion with Ryan McNary, Skye Guo, PhD, Anthony Castellone, PE, PTOE, and Venkat Nallamothu, PE

Session 4B: Transportation Policy/Equity
Sheet Bend Room
Are We Asking Everyone? Designing Accessible Surveys in Transportation Research for People with Disabilities Fatemeh Abdous
Bringing the Region Together: Convening Stakeholders to Tackle Transportation Challenges Nicole Waldheim, Charmelis Reyes, EIT, and Celia Escobar
Accessible for Whom? Andrew Thompson, EIT and Brooke Kuremmling, PhD, COMS

Session 4C: Traffic Operations
Bow Line Room
Signal System Managment, Baltimore City Anam Ardeshiri, PhD, PE, PTOE and Keith Riniker, PE, PTOE
Reducing Speeding by Removing Speeding Opportunities: Field Test of Safe Waves Traffic Signal Timing Milad Tahmasebi, PhD
City of Annapolis Traffic Signal Operations and Safety Jeff Wentz and Keith Riniker, PE, PTOE
5:00 – 6:00 PMBreak
6:00 – 9:00 PMSocial (Federal House Bar & Grille)
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Location: Federal House Bar & Grille

Friday, April 25

7:30 AMRegistration table opens
7:45 – 8:45 AMBreakfast (Ballrooms B/C)/ Women’s Breakfast with Pamela Brown, PhD, Executive Director of the Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families (Ballroom A)
8:45 – 9:00 AMBreak
9:00 – 10:30 AMSession 5
Session 5A: Transportation Planning/Policy
Ballroom A
DelDOT’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program – Measuring Impacts and Building a Program Austin Gray and Will Tardy, AICP
SMART SCALE, Show Me the Money Dan Goldfarb, PE, PTP and Wendy Thomas
Crash Modification Factors for Arterials Operated with Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures Nemanja Dobrota, PhD

Session 5B: Active/Multimodal Transportation
Sheet Bend Room
Designing and Retrofitting a City-Wide Biking Network in Annapolis Bryon White, PE, PTOE and Eric Leshinsky, AICP
Managing Turn Conflicts with Bicycles AASHTO Bike Guide and NCHRP Research Report 1125 Tina Fink, PE, PTOE
The AASHTO Bike Guide – Designing for All Ages and Abilities Bill Schultheiss, PE

Session 5C: Traffic Safety
Bow Line Room
Pioneering Traffic Solutions to Drive Safety and Efficiency in Major Bridge Rehabilitations Teresa Scrocca, PE, PTOE
The Use of Video Analytics to Advance the Safe System Approach Mike Griffith
Transforming Frederick’s Streets: Low-Cost Solutions for Safer, Equitable Transportation Shraddha Praharaj
10:30 – 10:45 AMBreak
10:45 AM – 12:15 PMSession 6
Session 6A: Advanced Applications for Work Zones and Automated Enforcement
Ballroom A
Updates to Maryland’s Work Zone Automated Speed Enforcement Program Sung Yoong Park, PhD
Work Zones: A National Survey and Perspective Martha Kapitanov
Pennsylvania’s Automated School Bus Enforcement Program Jason Bewley, PE
Washington’s Highway Speed Safety Camera Program: The Average Speed Method Kyle Miller, PE and Bradley DiCola, PE, PTOE

Session 6B: Transit
Sheet Bend Room
The Argument for Bus Lanes Jacob Elliott, E.I.T. and Claire Adler Robin
New Hampshire Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Study Aditya Inamdar, AICP, LEED AP, RSP1, Jacob N. Smith, PE, and Jamie Henson
Building Better Bus Stops with Public Accessibility Mark Cassel, AICP and AJ Jordan

Session 6C: Training
Bow Line Room
PennDOT’s “Introduction to Engineering Traffic Studies” Training Course Robert Pento, PE and Marvin Ta, PE, PTOE, ENV SP
Performance-Based SEMCOG-MDOT Multimodal Tool and DDOT Multi-Modal Measures of Effectiveness Tool – An Interactive Demonstration Meredith Milam, Zahra Khan, EIT, Neelima Ghanta, PE and Allysha Lorber, PLA, AICP, ASLA
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