The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), a non-profit national organization dedicated to enhancing participation in the transportation industry for minority individuals and businesses through advocacy, information sharing, training, education, and professional development, will hold its 42nd annual national meeting and training conference in Jacksonville, Florida on 13-17 July 2013. As part of the program, NERA Senior Vice President Dr. Jon Wainwright, who specializes in analyzing the effects of discrimination, will deliver a presentation entitled "And We Are Not Saved: Empirical Evidence of Disparate Treatment Currently Impacting DBEs: Findings from NERA's Business Owner Surveys, 2005-2012." Dr. Wainwright will present a meta-analysis of NERA's business owner survey research conducted over the course of 16 individual disparity studies performed between 2005-2012.

Learn more via the COMTO website.