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Events Archive Archive Index | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 2000United States Postal Service (USPS)The United States Postal Service (USPS) has completed a 3-year demonstration program to transport bypass mail and non-priority mail by hovercraft on a year-round basis in the Yukon Delta of Alaska. The hovercraft would replace the current method of using fixed-wing airplanes for the transport of bypass and non-priority mail. The program involved Bethel and seven remote Alaskan villages along the Kuskokwim and Johnson Rivers. Little is known on the ecological impact of a hovercraft and less on the potential impact in the arctic environment. Dr. Valihura's and Mr. Roof's presentation showed the methodologies and results of the ecological monitoring conducted by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on this unique mode of marine transportation. Video on gill netting fish, public meetings with Native Alaskans, underwater noise measurement, and winter observations of blackfish were highlighted. SmartMove DemoA demonstration of SmartMove's technology that combines telecommunication and information technology for use in motor vehicles. SmartMove has developed an open, Java-based, end to end Telematics Architecture which allows service providers to create, download and manage unlimited information and service applications into cars via an integrated standard platform that is capable of transporting data over an entire range of existing and future telecommunications networks. The demonstration provided a brief recap of the earlier CTUG presentation, but assumes that most attendees were familiar with the basic concept and technology. This follow-on event provided an opportunity to see SmartMove's prototype technology in action from both a control center and vehicle perspective. The ability to showcase the in-vehicle portion of the system was extremely limited, so only 9 people could be accommodated in three tours of three each. Software used for web based training, meetings and presentationsCentra is the global leader in software infrastructure and a B2B marketplace for live eLearning, Web meetings and presentations. Fundamentally changing the way organizations communicate, collaborate and learn, Centra offers solutions with the flexibility and scalability that's needed to support the broad range of communication and knowledge transfer needs of the enterprise. Centra's presentation will include a demonstration of the award winning features and functionality of Centra 99 that work together to create a comprehensive, live virtual collaboration environment that supports the eLearning needs of the enterprise, and case studies of how organization's are leveraging the Internet and Centra's solutions to put business-critical information and skills at the fingertips of those who need it. Satellite Navigation: An Intro to Global Positioning System (GPS)The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system originally developed by the Department of Defense for weapons delivery. In addition to its military uses, GPS now provides accurate positioning and timing information to the civil community. In fact civilian users of GPS far outnumber the military users. Today, GPS is being used by all modes of transportation and by many others including hikers and backpackers, agriculture, power and telecommunications system utilities and many others. Mr. Kraemer presented an overview of GPS from its inception in 1972 to the GPS Modernization Program, which will be implemented over the next several years. Specific transportation-related applications were described including the Coast Guard's Differential GPS marine Radiobeacon System, the FAA's Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and its Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS). Dr. James Carroll presented a brief overview of the use of GPS on the Volpe Center Panama Canal Project. Highlights of the DAMA International SymposiumRick Jordan presented highlights from his attendance at the March 2000 Symposium of the Data Administration Management Association. Topics included data architecture, business rules, data warehousing, data mining, and XML. The conference included attendees from the public and private sectors. Further information on DAMA can be found at http://www.dama.org/. Flying in Formation ®Today's workplace increasingly calls for employees to do more with fewer resources and in less time. Continuous improvement is often the driver, but many people find it difficult to fit additional projects into their already overcrowded schedules. Flying in Formation ® is a proven technology that can reduce project implementation time by 50%, as well as integrate continuous improvement into daily work. Employees come away feeling great about their accomplishments with newly added capabilities to take the next project to even greater levels of success. Richard J. Manning, founder and President of Manning Management, Inc., discussed the basics of the FIF technology: Teamwork and Leadership coupled with the discipline of Project Management. Dick also presented The Eight Absolutes of Project Management, the foundation for FIF derived from his research of over a hundred projects to reveal what works and what doesn't. Again and again, Dick discovered that without strong teamwork and leadership, even the best project management discipline and tools never achieve the full project potential... hence, the emphasis on team building and leadership tools that distinguishes FIF from all the other project management technologies. This team-based, process-driven approach is introduced to the workplace using the Flying in Formation Workshop. Attendees come away with a real world experience by bringing in their high priority projects and doing real work for an accelerated start. In more advanced work, teams develop a set of Operating Guidelines that provide the team with built-in leadership through agreed upon decision-making processes and a managing system. Dick presented examples from a wide variety of situations, such as manufacturing, product development, aircraft maintenance and insurance claim processing, where clients have realized new levels of organizational work capacity, agility and profitability by applying FIF teamwork and leadership principles to the discipline of project management. "Mining Data and Visualization"
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