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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";color:#333300">This is just a reminder that t</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">he 2015 American Council of Engineering Companies – Oregon (ACEC) and ODOT partnering conference is
<span style="color:#333300">coming up </span>on April 28<sup>th</sup><span style="color:#333300">.
</span>The conference is 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"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300">The keynote this year is
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steve Power Brown, <span style="color:#333300">
and </span>Intel Futurist. Steve is regularly featured in the media including interviews and appearances with BBC News, WSJ:Digits, Bloomberg TV, CNN, Fast Company, NBC News, The Guardian, Wired, Engadget, Slate, Huffington Post, CBS Marketplace, and more.<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
<span style="color:#333300">also </span>be speaking on Oregon’s values and beliefs about transportation. DHM Research is often a source for Northwest policy and political perspective for local and national media, including for Oregon Public Broadcasting, The
Economist, Washington Post, The Oregonian, and Portland Tribune. <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>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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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