Northwest Florida transportation symposium brings together policymakers, professionals

DESTIN — Late registration is available for the Third Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium is Nov. 12 and 13 at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort near Destin. 

Registration costs $250 per person. See www.transportationsymposium.org or call 800-226-8914, extension 204, to register.

This year's event will bring together professionals and policy-makers to discuss ways in which the area's transportation system can be updated to meet today's demands. 

Keynote speakers and panelists include:

  • Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold
  • Jim Johnson, profiled by Fast Company Magazine as "a geographer with a PhD, a professor with an endowed chair at a leading business school, an expert on poverty, and a tireless activist for social justice"
  • Dan Burden, director of innovation and inspiration at Blue Zones
  • James Mazzuto, director of Make It Right Solar
  • Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, executive director of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise.

The event is hosted by the West Florida Regional Planning Council, Northwest Florida Regional Transportation Planning Organization and the Bay, Gulf, Holmes, Washington Regional Transportation Partnership. 

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Northwest Florida transportation symposium brings together policymakers, professionals