Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium set Nov. 12, 13 in Destin

DESTIN — The Third Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium will be held Nov. 12 and 13 at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort.

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

•Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, executive director of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise

•A representative from the Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans.

Registration is available at www.transportationsymposium.org or call 800-226-8914, extension 204.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium set Nov. 12, 13 in Destin