Summer Meeting 2015
June 22-23, 2015 – Program | June 24, 2015 – Optional TSA Security Exercise
Washington, DC, Area | BWI Airport Marriott
Did We Miss You in Baltimore?
Catch up on some of what you missed:
- List of 2015 BISC Summer Meeting Attendees
- Keynote Presentation by NTSB Board Member Earl Weener, Ph. D.
- Minutes of the Opening General Session
- Re-Issued Company Intro-spective Challenge (Consider the 4 lists)
- Closing General Session Proceedings (Committee Recaps)
Motorcoach company owners, safety directors, operations managers, and maintenance professionals:
Join the Bus Industry Safety Council June 22-23 for a dynamic program:
- Get to know many of the federal agencies that affect bus operations
- Get an in-depth understanding of bus fire causes and prevention
- Hear from a prominent accident reconstruction expert
- Learn about the Federal Transit Administration’s new bus safety program
- And much more!
On June 24, join us for a live, TSA-sponsored security training exercise to help operators prepare and respond to a terror incident at a large-scale event (separate registration required).
Thanks to BISC’s sponsors for supporting this summer’s excellent program.
| Date | Time | Session/Activity |
| Mon., June 22 | 8 am – 5 pm | BISC registration Open |
| Mon., June 22 | 8 am – 11 am |
MD Motorcoach Association Meeting Additional registration required! |
| Mon., June 22 | 9 am – 11 am | BISC Executive Committee Meeting |
| Mon., June 22 | 11:30 am – 1 pm | BISC Lunch |
| Mon., June 22 | 1 pm – 3 pm | Opening General Session |
| Mon., June 22 | 3 pm – 3:30 pm | Break |
| Mon., June 22 | 3:30 pm – 5 pm |
Security Committee Meeting |
| Mon., June 22 | 3:30 pm – 5 pm | Get to Know Your Federal Agency: FMCSA |
| Mon., June 22 | 3:30 pm – 5 pm | Topical Session: Bus Fires |
| Tues., June 23 | 7 am – 5 pm | BISC Registration Open |
| Tues., June 23 | 7 am – 8 am | BISC Breakfast |
| Tues., June 23 | 8 am – 10 am |
Government Activities Review Committee Meeting |
| Tues., June 23 | 8 am – 10 am | Get to Know Your Federal Agency: NHTSA |
| Tues., June 23 | 8 am – 9 am | Topical Session: Reconstructing a Bus Accident |
| Tues., June 23 | 9 am – 10 am |
Topical Session: FMCSA HOS Research, Understanding the Operating Practices of the Industry |
| Tues., June 23 | 10 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| Tues., June 23 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Workplace Health & Environmental Safety Committee Meeting |
| Tues., June 23 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Human Performance Committee Meeting |
| Tues., June 23 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Get to Know Your Federal Agency: NTSB |
| Tues., June 23 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | BISC Lunch |
| Tues., June 23 | 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm |
Vehicle and Technical Operations Committee Meeting |
| Tues., June 23 | 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Get to Know Your Federal Agency: TSA |
| Tues., June 23 | 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm |
Topical Session: Understanding FTA’s New Bus Safety Program |
| Tues., June 23 | 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Break |
| Tues., June 23 | 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm | Closing General Session, Committee Meeting Recaps |
| Wed., June 24 | 8:30 am – 1 pm | TSA Exercise Registration Open |
| Wed., June 24 | 9 am – 9:30 am | Introductions & Exercise Overview |
| Wed., June 24 | 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Module 1 Training – Briefing/i-Step Training Concepts |
| Wed., June 24 | 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break |
| Wed., June 24 | 10:45 am – 11:30 am | Module 2 Training – Table Top Exercise |
| Wed., June 24 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| Wed., June 24 | 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Module 3 Training – Live Exercise (offsite) |
| Wed., June 24 | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Exercise Debrief |
| Wed., June 24 | 3:30 pm | Adjourn |
