The Fresno State Transportation Institute, successful concern with the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation and Measure C, volition big the Fresno International Transportation Innovations 2025 S.T.E.P. Summit from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, March 7, astatine Valdez Hall (702 M St.) successful downtown Fresno.
The planetary league brings unneurotic leaders successful the proscription vigor sector, on with policymakers, engineers and advocates for sustainable proscription worldwide.
The extremity of the 2025 S.T.E.P. Summit is to beforehand innovations successful sustainable proscription design, readying and policy, focusing connected alternate vigor similar hydrogen, biofuels and electrification.
“I deliberation the aboriginal of proscription successful Fresno and however nationalist and backstage agencies proceed to tackle the challenges that our portion faces is important to bring to light, and I judge that our acme provides an accidental for radical some wrong and extracurricular of engineering industries and sectors to gather, web and larn from each other,” said Alexis Zane Alexander, civilian engineering pupil and Fresno State Transportation Institute pupil fellow.
The acme volition diagnostic speakers, sheet discussions and probe projects, covering captious topics specified arsenic proscription energy, infrastructure, sustainability and emerging technologies.
Randell Iwasaki, president and CEO of Iwasaki Consulting Services, Inc., volition beryllium the greeting keynote speaker. Bill Elrick, enforcement manager of the Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Partnership, volition present the luncheon keynote. California Assemblywoman Lori Wilson volition besides talk connected a sheet astir proscription backing and projects.
“We are expecting 200 to 300 attendees astatine this year’s summit,” Alexander said. “We are excited to invited distinguished speakers from some nationalist and backstage sectors and determination volition beryllium respective caller exhibitions that we person not featured before.”
In summation to discussions, the acme volition showcase a conveyance exhibition, arsenic good arsenic the “Moving Tomorrow: Art of Clean Futures Juried Art Exhibition” successful concern with the Fresno Arts Council, highlighting the intersection of proscription and creativity.
Graphic plan pupil Anahi Labra is 1 of the Fresno State students who volition contiguous probe during the poster accumulation information of the summit. Labra’s probe focuses connected creating a website that allows users to take the astir sustainable proscription method based connected a map.
“It’s been precise absorbing moving with the Transportation Institute,” Labra said. “I’m learning astir engineering and collaborating with them astatine the aforesaid clip to make thing great.”
The acme volition reason with an awards ceremonial and raffle for attendees.
This year’s lawsuit is sponsored by nationalist and backstage agencies passim the state, including Caltrans, Fresno Council of Governments, Measure C, CA High-Speed Rail, Amtrak and more.
To registry oregon to spot the afloat agenda, sojourn https://www.fresnotransposummit.org/.
