Partner/Exhibitor Prospectus
What is AASHTO?
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a non-profit, non-partisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. AASHTO represents all five transportation modes: air, highways, public transportation, rail, and water. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system. The Association provides a forum for consideration of transportation issues and is frequently called on by Congress to conduct surveys, provide data, and testify on transportation legislation.
What is the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway and Transportation Officials?
AASHTO divides its member departments into four geographical regions. The Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) consists of ten states primarily in the Midwest, which include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
The other AASHTO regions cover the western states (WASHTO); northeastern states and the District of Columbia (NASTO); and the southeastern states and Puerto Rico (SASHTO).
The MVC of State Highway and Transportation Officials was organized in 1907, even prior to the establishment of a national transportation organization (which later became known as AASHTO). The goal of the MVC is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated and balanced transportation system that adequately serves the transportation needs of the ten member states.
MVC member states cooperate to:
- Develop and improve methods of administration, planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of highways and other transportation modes.
- Study and research problems connected with all transportation modes.
- Promote needed transportation legislation.
- Develop technical administration and highway and other transportation operation standards and policies.
- Coordinate with the United States Department of Transportation, the AASHTO, and other agencies to strengthen and improve a balanced transportation system.
Why partner/exhibit at the 2009 Mississippi Valley Conference?
- Increase company recognition through conference publicity opportunities.
- Increase your market share by promoting your products and services to 400+ transportation industry leaders.
- Meet some of the most influential people within the transportation industry.
- Interact directly with MVC attendees.
- Network with like-minded partners and corporations.
MVC annual meeting participants include the following:
- Chief Executive Officers, state transportation engineers, and department of transportation leaders from the ten-state region.
- Contractors
- Consultants