ATSSA The Signal Nov/Dec 2019

American Traffic Safety Services Association 24 Meetings & Conventions accident. The Memorial, which honors nearly 1,500 names, will be displayed on the exhibit floor in booth #840. ATSSA’s Convention& Traffic Expo offers a variety of cutting-edge educational opportunities, including the traditional concurrent sessions and 30-minute Traf- fic Talks ormicro sessions. The line-up of approximately 35 education sessions is designed to provide themost beneficial and timely information available in the roadway safety infrastructure indus- try. With a commitment to its members, ATSSA develops these sessions through research and member surveys. Newfor 2020, attendees canattendmicro sessions on January 26 and 27. These 30-minute sessions are packed with high-caliber content to include the use of data exchanges to increasework zone safety, improving the understanding of friction data usingGPS and imagery, and trafficpaint design for automatedvehicles. Themuch-anticipated concurrent educa- tion sessions will be held January 27–28 with topics ranging fromConnected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) that highlight case studies and the future of the auto- mationsystemtechnology tounderstand- ing the new Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to a two-part roundtable about state Department of Transportation (DOT) Qualified Products Lists (QPLs). Back by popular demand, a session on guardrail installation train- ing procedures and challenges will also be offered. ATSSA’s Circle of Innovation, an excit- ing and fast-paced event, will be held on January 28 in a theater-style setting that provides more than 200 state DOT roadway and safety engineers a unique forum to express their needs in the field on a variety of roadway safety infrastruc- ture areas, to ATSSAmanufacturers and installers. This year’s presentations will focus on implementations of counter- measures and advancements stemming from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). Reflecting on its past, ATSSA was incor- porated as an international trade asso- ciation in 1970. Today, it has over 1,500 members and has provided training and education to more than 500,000 profes- sionals in the roadway safety infrastruc- ture industry since 2002. As ATSSAdrives forward into 2020, it remains committed to its members and the roadway safety infrastructure industry with the philos- ophy, “Safer Roads Safe Lives.”  For more information about ATSSA’s 50th Annual Convention & Traffic Expo, visit Expo.ATSSA.com. The National Work Zone Memorial will be featured again at the convention, reminding attendees of lives lost in work zones. The highly anticipated Golf Classic Tournament and Sporting Clays Event help support The ATSS Foundation while raising awareness of the nonprofit’s many programs. ATSSA President & CEO Roger Wentz kicked off the Association’s 2019 Circle of Innovation, which brought public agency officials together with manufacturers.