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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0000">Please forward to other people you think may be interested in this Conference:</span></b></em><span style="color:#CC0000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 2015 American Council of Engineering Companies – Oregon (ACEC) and ODOT partnering conference is on April 28<sup>th</sup> at the Salem Convention Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This year’s conference —
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00A0D5">Transportation and Beyond
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">— looks at trends in transportation that will affect how transportation projects are designed and developed in the future. The future of transportation has many facets; funding, technology,
partnership and preparedness to name a few.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steve Power Brown, Intel Futurist is this year’s keynote speaker. He is responsible for building and articulating a clear vision for the future
of computing and the possibilities it will enable in the next decade and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Su Midghall, President of DHM Research, will be speaking on Oregon’s values and beliefs about transportation. DHM Research is an opinion research
firm that is often the source for Northwest policy and political perspective for local and national media. Her work over the last 18 years has focused on policies for transportation, renewable energy, education and public health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Workshops on the following areas are scheduled for this year: Technology Updates, ACEC/ODOT Doing Business, Seismic Preparedness, Transportation
Funding and DBE/OMSWEB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ODOT is offering fee-waiver scholarships to Small Businesses who qualify.
<span style="color:olive"> </span>See the Conference website for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Click on the following link for a copy of the conference brochure, more details about the conference and how to register:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TECHSERV/Pages/ACEC-ODOT-Conference.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TECHSERV/Pages/ACEC-ODOT-Conference.aspx</a>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:blue">Lorrie Schaefer, Senior Training Consultant</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><br>
Technical Services<br>
Branch and Project Delivery Services Unit<br>
Oregon Department of Transportation<br>
Telephone: 503-378-5224</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:Lorrie.L.Schaefer@ODOT.state.or.us">Lorrie.L.Schaefer@ODOT.state.or.us</a>
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