Our Spring 2020 workshop will be held in Miami, Florida, hosted by Miami-Dade Transit. The business meeting will be held on Sunday, April 19 with workshop sessions on Monday and Tuesday at Miami-Dade County headquarters. This location has easy access from both the Miami Metromover and Metrorail. Please book early as there are a limited number of rooms at the host hotel that are available at the government rate.

Meeting location: Miami-Dade County Headquarters, Suite 1700, 701 NW 1st Court, Miami, FL 33136

Host hotel: Hyatt Regency, 400 South East Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33131

Other hotels options on the Metromover line:

• Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay – 1633 N Bayshore Dr
• Hilton Miami Downtown, 1601 Biscayne Blvd
• Courtyard Marriott 200 SE 2nd Ave
• Aloft Miami – Brickell – 1001 SW 2nd Ave

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Registration is open at Eventbrite.com. The agenda and ticket sales are listed there.

The cost is $215 per attendee.

This conference only open to member agencies and approved invited guest agencies.

The workshop will run until 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 21 so please try to book your return flights after 4:00 pm.

Day One – Sunday, April 19, 2020

4:00 pm – 5: 30 pm – Business meeting, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 SE 2nd Ave. Each member agency should have at least one representative attending.

Day Two – Monday, April 20, 2020

8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Workshop Session, to be held at Miami Dade County Transit, 701 NW 1st Court, Suite 1700. Continental Breakfast and lunch included.

Speedy Sharing Session – Each agency will have five minutes to share their most recent or innovative new program, project, transformational initiative that other agencies would find interesting, beneficial, and can be possibly copied by others.

Opening framework – Focus on the role of the finance officer in evaluating, planning, implementing, and assessing system projects.

Module I – Operating Costs, topics including ERP Systems and Accounting for Mobility as a Service.

Module II – Operating Revenues, topics including Transit card systems, Open payment/mobile app systems, and Integration.

Module III – Assets & Operations, topics including Enterprise Project Management (projects), Enterprise Asset Management (TAM), and Budget, Operating, treasury systems.

Module IV – Best Practices, topics including Vendor & consultant selection, Project management , and Cyber security.

Needs & Leads

Members may choose to attend the Monday Night Dinner at 6:45 pm.

Day Three – Monday, April 20, 2020

8:00 am – 2:00 pm – Workshop Session, to be held at Miami Dade County Transit, 701 NW 1st Court, Suite 1700. Continental Breakfast and lunch included.

Projects at Miami Dade Transit – A series of sessions to learn about projects underway or planned at the host agency.

Ridership Stats and Round Table Discussion – Topics include TFLEx ridership survey update, Fare free, Discussion of mobility as a service tracking, and Ridership vs. coverage.

Transit 101 – Review of Module 3 – Regulatory Framework