Team presents at ITS Heartland annual conference
Recently, KC Scout participated in the 21st Annual ITS Heartland Conference at the Overland Park Convention Center. ITS Heartland is a five-state Chapter of ITS America consisting of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma Departments of Transportation. The three day event was held November 8-10 and was hosted by KDOT. "This conference is designed to facilitate information sharing for Intelligent Transportation Systems projects and activities and to showcase ITS applications within its five member states," explains KC Scout Special Projects Coordinator Nancy Powell. According to Powell, input also includes the latest news from the National Chapter, FHWA, University Transportation Researchers, and ITS product vendors. This year KC Scout was selected to present in several sessions at the conference. Every year member states are invited to submit abstracts for the event. A committee determines which ones will comprise the three days of breakout sessions, panel discussi