A series of workshops will be convened for transportation leaders, research managers, academics, technology developers, and other relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts to discuss strategies to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of advanced technologies and innovations in transportation. The topics may include methods for identifying and assessing emerging technologies for integration in transportation; financing mechanisms, standards development, and other processes crucial for the introduction and acceptance of innovations; barriers to scaling and integrating technology such as for interoperability; and methods for evaluating the successful implementation of technologies and their return on investment.
The selection of topics for the workshops will be the responsibility of the planning committee informed by the needs of the sponsor.
The planning committee will develop the agendas, select and invite speakers and discussants, and commission resource papers as needed. With assistance from rapporteurs, proceedings will be reported for each workshop in accordance with institutional guidelines. An optional third workshop that is smaller in scale may be convened to discuss and summarize information and insights gleaned from the first two workshops.