Xenventure Managing Partner Jim Baker will be attending the Sprint M2M Connected Transportation Open House at the Sprint M2M Collaboration Center in Burlingame, CA on April 19th at 4pm. In the fast evolving world of Connected Transportation, solutions need to be responsive, innovative, and nimble. Learn tips on how to develop connected solutions and explore the open lab space available for prototyping and functional testing. In addition, increase visibility for your company with business development resources, and learn how important trends in M2M technology are changing the way we work, live, and play. For more info visit the Sprint M2M web site.

Transit agencies today face issues such as increasing service and ridership demand, ageing infrastructure and vehicles, declining external funding, and the need to grow internally generated revenues. For transit operators, ageing capital assets lead to higher maintenance costs and limited ability to expand system capacity. Many transit agencies lack state-of-the-art capital planning systems and are taking sub-optimal decisions with regard to fund allocation for assets. Global Mass Transit will host a conference, “Transit State of Good Repair (SOGR)“, on March 7 and 8, 2012 in Washington DC. The conference will bring together diverse stakeholders for exploring creative approaches to finance the required repairs and upgrades of ageing transportation assets. The mission of the conference is to explore SOGR as a strategy for managing and growing the asset base to achieve a high-quality, reliable, safe, secure, efficient and customer-centric transit service which promotes community livability and sustainability. Xenventure Managing Partner Jim Baker will speak on ‘Leveraging Technology Assets to Improve Customer Service and Generate New Revenue’ at 10.30AM on Thursday March 8th. Visit Global Mass Transit Report for more information.

PTC World Congress is the leading dedicated forum addressing the key challenges of funding, implementing and managing Positive Train Control (PTC). Xenventure Managing Partner Jim Baker will moderate the Testing and Implementation session on Wednesday February 29th. The event is held at the Sheraton Orlando Downtown Hotel in Orlando, Florida.Visit the PTC web site for more information.