Overview

Plan now to attend the National Regional Transportation Conference, June 17 - 19, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio!

Registration update: We are able to extend the early bird deadline and hotel room block deadline to May 23.

Hotel update: Certain nights are fully booked in the hotel room block. If you have difficulty getting a reservation on the nights you plan to stay in Columbus, contact Vicki Glass at vglass @ nado.org to be placed on the waiting list.  A few other hotels are nearby.  Click on "Travel & Venue" for more details.

Event background: This event provides peer-to-peer learning for regional transportation planners, state DOT representatives, and their local and private sector partners working in multiple transportation modes.

The conference provides training and networking opportunities on a variety of rural and small metropolitan transportation topics. With hands-on workshops, best practice panels, and facilitated networking sessions that feature peer trainers and expert speakers, the conference will offer training for organizations and individuals just beginning to work in transportation, as well as those with more experience.

This year, the National Regional Transportation Conference is co-located with the National CEDS Forum (June 18 - 20).  Some sessions will be held together.  Attendees who work on both transportation and economic development can register for both events, as space permits.

Registration

Registration for this event started on April 04, 2019 and is currently Open.

Fee Schedule:

• Early Bird Registration Rate (before May 23 ): $325
• Regular Registration Rate (after May 23 ): $375

Optional mobile workshop registration will cost $35 - $45 per workshop, to cover workshop costs such as transportation to off-site locations and a meal, if necessary due to workshop scheduling.

Event registration is open, using a new registration system.  If you have attended a prior NADO conference, try using your email address and the password you used in our old registration system.  If you do not remember your password, you can reset it.  If you are a new user, you can create an account.  Contact Ian Schramm at ischramm @ nado.org for registration assistance.

Agenda & Presentations

The draft timeline for the National Regional Transportation Conference follows (subject to change; agenda will be updated with session descriptions and speaker names in the coming weeks).

Some sessions will be held jointly with the National CEDS Forum (June 18 - 20).

Click here to view the program (PDF).

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Travel & Venue

Sponsors & Exhibitors

Each year, this conference is attended by 125 - 150 individuals, most of whom are regional planning practitioners working on transportation, economic development, and other planning in rural and small metropolitan regions around the United States.  State agency staff and other planning partners also attend.  Sponsorship is designed to allow for optimal interaction with these audiences of attendees, as well as NADO's greater membership of regional planning and development organizations and their partners.

Click here (PDF) to check out our sponsor rates and complete a sponsorship interest form.  Contact NADO Associate Director Carrie Kissel for more information, at ckissel @ nado.org.  Other custom sponsor levels are also available.

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