Symposium highlights transport sustainability best practices
<p>In promoting best practices in all areas of sustainability – with a view to help advance sustainable transportation practices in rapidly developing countries of the world that are facing great challenges – ASU is conducting the first International Symposium on Advances in Transport Sustainability (ISATS2010) Nov. 17-19. <br /><br />Symposium sessions will take place at the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus, with a keynote speech by Victor M. Mendez, federal highway administrator and ASU alumnus. Mendez, a 1994 MBA graduate, was the former director of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and has more than 20 years of State DOT experience. <br /><br />Mendez’s speech will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Nov. 19, in the Turquoise Ballroom of the Memorial Union, and is open to the public. <br /><br />In addition, the organizers are also making other keynote sessions of the symposium open and free to the public. See complete <a href="http://www.isats2010.org/rsvp.html" target="_blank">details</a> about the special sessions open to the public at no charge. If you would like to attend any of the free keynote sessions, please register by completing the <a href="http://isats2010rsvp.questionpro.com" target="_blank">RSVP form</a> (also available <a href="http://www.isats2010.org/rsvp.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><separator></separator><p>For more information on this event, visit the main symposium <a href="http://isats2010.org" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>