DRPT and TRAFFIX invite you to a Telework!VA event: Unlock Gridlock Hampton Roads

DRPT and TRAFFIX are hosting a Telework!VA event, 2010 Unlock Gridlock Hampton Roads on June 23, 2010. The free, half-day event focuses on promoting alternative commuting options to Hampton Roads-based businesses. Industry experts and Commonwealth officials will discuss how offering telework and other transportation demand management (TDM) options accelerates employee productivity and improves the bottom line. Telework!VA offers up to $35,000 in incentives to qualified businesses that start or expand a telework program.

Program:

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Registration, networking, exhibits, continental breakfast

9:30 – 9:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ron Hodges
Director, TRAFFIX

Philip Shucet
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hampton Roads Transit

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Thelma Drake
Director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Keynote Speakers

The Honorable L. Louise Lucas
Senator, 18th District of Virginia

The Honorable Matthew James
Delegate, 80th District of Virginia

E. Dana Dickens III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hampton Roads Partnership

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Building the Business Case for Telework:
Practical Strategies

Jennifer Thomas Alcott
Program Manager, Telework!VA

Cornelius “Con” J. Healy
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Services Administration
Amerigroup Corporation

Stephen Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Endependence Center

11:45 a.m. – noon Break, networking, exhibits
Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Telework!VA Champions (program participants) Recognition

12:45 – 1:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

Ron Hodges
Director, TRAFFIX

Jennifer Thomas Alcott
Program Manager, Telework!VA

Event Details:

Date: June 23, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel
425 Water Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Hotel room reservations
No cost to attend
$1/hour parking

Sponsors:

Gold Level

NuRide

Bronze Level

BlackBerry

CSC Leasing Company

Telework Hampton Roads - VA

MABC

Pulsar Advertising

Verizon Wireless

Affiliates:

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

telework!va

HRT - Hampton Roads Transit

TRAFFIX

Amtrak Virginia

Details on Sponsorship Opportunities (pdf)

Contact: Sande Snead or call (804) 225-8300

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