Speaking Engagements
Here's a sampling of some places where I've shared thoughts/ideas:Transportation Systems & Innovation
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FTA & FRA Rules and Regulations
APTA Rail, June 2024
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Let's Talk about TODS (the Transit Operational Data Standard, v2)
TransportationCamp PHL, March 2024
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Fare$ & The Future: The Mechanics of Revenue Collection Systems
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2023
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Fare$ & The Future: The Mechanics of Revenue Collection Systems
TransportationCamp New England, October 2023
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course" Reprise
TransportationCamp New England, October 2023
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course" Reprise
YPT New York Chapter Talk, May 2023
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"Ugly Tech": How to convince stakeholders to make investments in "non-sexy" systems
TransportationCamp PHL, March 2023
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Rutgers Bloustein Careers in Transportation Panel
Young Professionals in Transportation Event @ Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning, November 2022
Innovating via Tech in the Field
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2022
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Philadelphia Careers in Transportation Panel
Young Professionals in Transportation Event @ Drexel University, October 2022
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Railroad Operations "Crashless Course"
Lunch & Learn for Young Professionals in Transportation Boston, June 2022
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Paperless Operating Rule Migration
Apple Passenger Rail Transportation Summit, April 2022
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SEPTA Focus: Brainstorming quick wins agencies can implement to improve the experience
TransportationCamp PHL, March 2022
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Post-Pandemic Recovery Q&A Panel
SmartTransit East, March 2022
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Leveraging Technology For Post-Pandemic Efficiencies
SmartTransit East, March 2022
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TC Everywhere: The TransportationCamp Session about TransportationCamp
TransportationCamp DC, January 2022
Innovation is on the Right Track – Electronic Operating Rules
Connections365, October 2021
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Restoring Ridership: Attracting new and former customers back to the network
TransportationCamp NY, October 2021
Intro to GTFS: Learn the basics of the data standard powering transit
TransportationCamp PHL, April 2021
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course" Reprise
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2020
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course": CROR Edition
TransportationCamp Toronto, October 2020
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Operations & Signaling – Present State
Modernizing Rail, October 2020
Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course" Reprise
TransportationCamp PHL, April 2020
Performance Metrics, Perverse Incentives, and a Missing Panacea: Transit Operation Measurement & Resiliency
TransportationCamp PHL, April 2020
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Railroad Safety - Signals? PTC? Neither?
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2019
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course"
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2019
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course"
TransportationCamp New England, April 2019
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Jeff Kessler's Railroad Operations "Crashless Course"
TransportationCamp PHL, March 2019
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What's the deal with contract operations? Experience from the public and private side.
TransportationCamp NYC, October 2018
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What is GTFS? The KASDAT intro course to programming, APIs, and relational databases through open transit data.
TransportationCamp PHL, April 2018
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North-South Rail Link and Philadelphia's Center City Commuter Connection Tunnel
TransportationCamp New England, April 2018
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Metro Data Day
WMATA Data Event, October 2016
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Expert Information Resource & Competition Judge
Fox Transportation Design Challenge, February 2015
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Reaching out to Younger People Panel
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Expanding Youth Involvement in Public Transit Advocacy
TransportationCamp DC 2014
Educational Technology & Experiential Learning
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A Paradigm for Educators and the Classroom: Network Early; Network Often
Encienda Educon [January] 2019
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Jeff Kessler Begs You to Embrace Autonomy [in the Classroom]
EnciendaEduCon 2.8, January 2016
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All Around Town: Embracing Local Learning Opportunities
EnciendaEduCon 2.6, January 2014
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The “BS” College Class: Project Based Learning Beyond K-12
EnciendaEduCon 2.5, January 2013
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Immersive K-12 History / Political Activities & Projects
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To Infinity and Beyond! Taking Inquiry-Based learning skills to college
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Forging Student/Teacher Relationships in an Era of Shared Learning: Revisited
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PBL and History: Student Choice, Inquiry and Creativity
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Focus Forward ISTE Leadership Symposium
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Electronic Communication, Travel, Exploration, and Education; EduBloggerCon
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How students can help teachers adapt to working in a new learning environment
EduCon 2.1, January 2010
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Forging Student/Teacher Relationships in an Era of Shared Learning
EduCon 2.1, January 2009
Business & Entrepeneurship
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Implementing Twitter Into Business
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