METRANS Anniversary Celebration Reception and Dinner

The METRANS Transportation Center celebrates 10 years of research and education on urban transportation. When: Thursday, October 30, 2008 : 5:00pm to 9:00pm Location: University Park Campus, Galen Center, Founders Room Organizer: Vicki Valentine, (213) 821-1025Keynote Presentation:"Power, Speed and Form: Transportation and Innovation" by David BillingtonEngineering innovations have helped to transform America from a rural society to an urban one. 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.*******************SPEAKER BIO: 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.*******************Parking, $8 (reduced event fee). Individual tickets: $75 if received by October 15, $85 after October 15.To register online, see http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/events/calendar.php/event/867537.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, please contact: Vicki Valentine, Administrator, METRANS, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, 650 Childs Way, RGL 238, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, (213) 821-1025, victoria.valentine@usc.edu.

Location: USC Galen Center Founders Room

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum