Who Should Attend This Meeting 
Nearly 2,000 transportation professionals are expected to attend the ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. The meeting, which is divided into six tracks, offers 53 technical sessions. The tracks are Traffic Engineering and Design, Safety, Planning, Management and Operations, Discussion Sessions and Professional Development Seminars.

Attending this growing annual event will give you access to dynamic paper presentations, technical tours and professional development seminars. You can also earn IACET Continuing Education Credits (CEU) and Professional Development Hours (PDH) by attending ITE’s high-quality, in-depth professional development seminars and technical sessions taught by field experts. Or stay abreast of the newest technologies and services at ITE’s Transportation Products and Services Exhibit where displays from the public and private sectors—from computer software displays to planning service providers and much more—will be on hand.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs) The ITE Educational Foundation (ITE EF) offers continuing education and professional development activities to keep transportation professionals on the cutting edge of the industry. ITE EF provides opportunities for gaining knowledge, maintaining professional competency and meeting state and provincial registration board requirements for P.E./P.Eng. licensure and Professional Transportation Planner™ (PTP), Professional Traffic Operations Engineer™ (PTOE), Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist™ (TOPS) and Traffic Signal Operations Specialist™ (TSOS) certification renewals. ITE EF is an International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) authorized provider of continuing education units CEU and follows the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Continuing Professional Competency and Guidelines for assignment and determination of professional development hours (PDH). ITE is an approved provider of training in the states of New York and Florida (EXP0003871). Attendees have the opportunity to earn PDH and/or IACET CEU for sessions and seminars.

• Technical sessions: 1 PDH/0.1 IACET CEU for each hour of session attendance or presentation, for a total of 1.5 PDH/0.15 IACET CEU per session;
• Seminars:  1 PDH/0.1 IACET CEU for each hour of seminar attendance or presentation for a total of 1.5 PDF/.15 IACET CEU;
• Technical Tours:  1 PDH for each hour of a technical tour;
• Papers:  10 PDH per paper published as part of the ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers.

Note: Paper publication does not qualify for IACET CEU.

To successfully earn IACET CEU, a learning participation form must be completed and returned to ITE by the submission deadline. Forms will be available in the final program distributed at the meeting.

As an additional service, ITE hosts the Professional Competency Record Keeping System on its Web site at www.ite.org/pdrks. The report created by the system conforms to the guidelines set forth by NCEES. This service will aid in the record keeping of all professional development opportunities.

Please contact Nicola Tavares at +1 202-289-0222 ext. 155 if you have questions about this process.

ITE and ITE EF have been approved as Authorized Providers by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22101.

Attire
Business-casual attire is appropriate for all sessions and meetings.

Individuals who register by the July 18, 2008 early bird deadline will receive substantial savings.

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