2026 CTS Transportation Research Conference

About the Event

Save the date for the 2026 CTS Transportation Research Conference! 

This annual event convenes researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest to highlight the latest innovations in transportation. Attendees learn about research findings, implementation efforts, and engagement activities related to a variety of transportation topics.

Registration and program details will be available in late summer.  

Call for Presentations

If you have completed or participated in an innovative transportation-related research, implementation, or engagement activity, consider sharing your work in a presentation at the conference.

Please submit presentation abstracts and short biographies by April 24, 2026, for consideration. Please note: Materials must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents; PDFs will not be accepted. 

Abstracts should include a title, objective of research or study, methodology or approach, findings or results, potential applications, and policy implications. Panel sessions (75 minutes) may be submitted as one abstract; please list all participating speakers in the abstract submission form. Individual presentations (15 minutes) are limited to one speaker.

CTS will notify you by July 2026 whether or not your abstract has been accepted for presentation.

Submit a presentation

Who Should Attend

• Policymakers and practitioners from state, local, regional, and national government
• Private-sector consultants, shippers, carriers, and providers
• Faculty, staff, and students from the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions

Questions?

Contact Chelsea Arbury Prorok at [email protected].

Sponsor

The conference is sponsored by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota.