{"127461":{"#nid":"127461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Catherine Ross to Keynote OECD Meeting of Transport Ministers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has invited Dr. Catherine Ross, Harry West Professor and Deputy Director of Georgia Tech\u2019s National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management, to serve as a plenary speaker and panel member at the 2012 International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe panel session will address how an adequate governance structure can be designed to develop and manage a seamless transport project across metropolitan areas or between border cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 350 policy makers, government officials are expected to be in attendance. \u0026nbsp;Joining ministers of transport, secretary generals and mayors from around the globe, Ross will bring her perspective and thought leadership on connecting cities and regions through research-based transportation decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoss has worked with government, corporate and nonprofit organizations on research projects in transportation and infrastructure, as well as regional science (megaregions). She is the author of \u003Cem\u003EMegaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness \u003C\/em\u003E(Ed), Island Press, 2009, and serves as principal investigator on a number of research efforts funded by the United States Department of Transportation to assess the impact of megaregions on both the methodological and operations of current transportation planning practice and administration. Ross consulted with the Obama administration on the first ever White House Office of Urban Affairs and is on the Board of Directors of the Auto Club Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe OECD is an international economic organization of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences; to seek answers to common problems; to identify good practices; and to coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the International Transport Forum at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.internationaltransportforum.org\u0022\u003Ewww.internationaltransportforum.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about Dr. Catherine Ross at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/people\/catherine-ross\u0022\u003Ewww.coa.gatech.edu\/people\/catherine-ross\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech professor to join ministers of transport, secretary generals, mayors in panel discussion on connecting cities and regions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-04-30 13:44:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"102611":{"id":"102611","type":"image","title":"Dr. Catherine Ross","body":null,"created":"1449178174","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:34","changed":"1475894723","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:23"}},"media_ids":["102611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/frontwebtv1.viewontv.com\/ocde_itf\/video_keynote_collaborationinconnectivity.html?autorun=0","title":"Watch Catherine Ross\u0027s keynote presentation"},{"url":"http:\/\/2012.internationaltransportforum.org\/photos\/set\/72157629964946887","title":"Photos from the May 2012 summet"}],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"648","name":"catherine ross"},{"id":"3371","name":"Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"167159","name":"school of city and regional planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:catherine.ross@coa.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel,\u003C\/a\u003E Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}