Plan now to attend the TRB National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce, being held Monday, June 2 through Wednesday, June 4, 2025 in Westminster, Colorado (near Denver).
Register by March 3, 2025 to take advantage of the reduced Early Bird Rate.
This event is the first national conversation on this critical issue since 2012. (see the 2012 Summary Report). Thought leaders in transportation workforce recruitment, training, retention, and knowledge management will address the challenges faced in each step of the workforce life cycle. Attendees will include representatives from federal, state, and local transportation agencies; Metropolitan Planning Organizations; public transit agencies; academia; and private industry.
This interactive two-and-a-half-day summit will facilitate innovative thinking and problem solving across all modes on workforce challenges. The conversation will identify research needs of practitioners to ensure a resilient and skilled workforce for our changing modes and communities. Participants will share and discuss innovative and tested solutions and program approaches.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) invites you to submit a proposal to contribute to a working session at the National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce. The Summit will have an interactive format to facilitate innovative thinking and problem solving. The conversation will focus on identifying research needs of practitioners to ensure a resilient and skilled workforce for our changing modes and communities.
The program will host several plenary panels but will mostly be built around working group breakout sessions with discussion being framed by short presentations. There will also be several poster sessions to ensure that a full range of innovative ideas, approaches and research are covered. TRB welcomes proposals for presentations and posters that encourage interactive, peer-to-peer engagement.
The deadline for abstract submissions has passed. Check back for information on the program and content in the coming months.
Become a Patron! Support of this conference is your opportunity to increase your company’s visibility with the transportation community and to show your support of TRB’s goals and objectives for advancing transportation in the coming years.
For more information, including the program and hotel reservations, please visit the conference website.
We look forward to seeing you in Westminster!