TRB Webinar: Governing Data to Improve Transportation Asset Management

Data governance can drive better decisions and be an integral part of an agency’s strategic planning. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 1, 2020 from 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern that will identify thoughtful data governance through data systems, data collection, and strategies for communicating results. This webinar will also provide tools and methods to help secure an agency’s return on investment in transportation asset management (TAM) both on land and at sea. Presenters will highlight their strategies and policies in implementing data governance and tools, the anticipated benefits, and lessons learned.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Transportation Asset Management.

Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Data governance and organization change: John Puente, Ohio Department of Transportation 
2. Taking the next step for TAM with data governance: Tamara Hass, New Mexico Department of Transportation
3. Decision making in transit asset management investment prioritization: Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah, WSP USA
4. Development of an asset management tool for the maritime system: Yun Bai, Rutgers University
5. Question and answer session: Moderated by Jack Stickel, Tempestas Enterprises

The first 90 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify effective data governance techniques
• Discuss data governance and how it applies to all modes of transportation

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.