The University Transportation Center is holding two events in December. On Thursday, Dec. 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chittenden Room, Davis Center, the UTC is sponsoring a panel discussion on critical transportation issues. The panelists are VTrans Secretary Neale Lunderville; Cindy Burbank of the Federal Highway Administration; and Tom Adler, president of the Resource Systems Group. UTC Director Lisa Aultman-Hall will moderate the discussion. The forum is sponsored by the UTC through a graduate student class. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the center is sponsoring a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Conference featuring Nancy Gioia, director of sustainable mobility technologies and hybrid vehicle programs for Ford Motor Company. Registration begins at 8:30 for the half-day event at the Davis Center. The conference will also include presentation of a Vermont-focused analysis of plug-in hybrids and a roundtable discussion featuring Richard Watts, a UTC researcher; Steven Letendre, associate professor at Green Mountain College; and Bruce Bentley of the Central Vermont Public Service corporation.