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CONFERENCE FORMAT The conference opened with two workshops: Innova- tions in Practice and FTA Findings for Meaningful Fore- casts. Two plenary sessions at the beginning of the conference framed the underlying policy issues that drive model development and the issues associated with mov- ing innovative modeling techniques into practice. Fol- lowing these plenary sessions, 11 breakout sessions were held. These sessions were largely based on the papers, although several presentations not based on papers were included when the committee felt that additional infor- mation was required to cover a topic. The breakout ses- sions were designed to allow for lively discussion. A final plenary session focused on the institutional issues that must be faced to move research into practice. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FORMAT Volume 1: Session Summaries Volume 1 contains summaries of the plenary and breakout sessions. The conference summary was prepared by Katherine F. Turnbull, Texas Transportation Institute. The appendix contains a list of all conference participants. Volume 2: Papers This volume contains 31 full papers from the breakout sessions. PEER REVIEW PROCESS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Of the more than 65 full papers (of five to six pages) that were initially received in response to the call for papers, the committee selected 31 for conference pre- sentation. Breakout session moderators provided review comments and worked with the authors to make improvements to the papers. After the conference, authors submitted their final papers, updated on the basis of the comments received and discussion held at the conference. The conference planning committee wishes to thank the TRB Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee, the Traveler Behavior and Values Com- mittee, the Travel Survey Committee, and the Mov- ing Activity-Based Modeling into Practice Task Force. The leadership and members of these commit- tees and task force were important contributors to the conference. vi INNOVATIONS IN TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING, VOLUME 1
