Metrans 10th Anniversary Celebration Reception and Dinner

Date: thursday, october 30, 2008 time: 5 - 9 pm location: founders room of the galen center address: 3400 s. Figueroa st. Los angeles, ca 90007 parking: $8 (reduced event fee) individual tickets: $75 per person (if received by oct. 15, 2008; $85 per person after oct.15) table sponsorships: gold table: $3,000 (speaker sponsorship opportunity) silver table: $2,000 (reception sponsorship opportunity) bronze table: $1,000 all table sponsorships include: preferred seating for 10, logo recognition in event program and announcement during program for more information contact: vicki valentine administrator, metrans school of policy, planning and development 650 childs way, rgl 238 university of southern california los angeles, ca 90089-0626 213-821-1025 (phone) 213-740-0001 (fax) victoria.valentine@usc.edu keynote presentation: power, speed and form: transportation and innovation by david billington abstract: engineering innovations have helped to transform america from rural to urban society. We celebrate transportation research by exploring the transportation innovations of the 20th century: highways and bridges, autos and trucks, and air transport. Hear about how engineers, government agencies and private industry designed and built the public infrastructure that restructured economic activity and facilitated the emergence of today's metropolitan regions. David billington is gordon y.s.wu professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, princeton university. He is a member of the national academy of engineering, a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences, and the winner of numerous research and teaching awards. His most recent books include power, speed and form: engineers and the making of the twentieth century, and big dams of the new deal era: a confluence of engineering and politics.