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Invitation to Submit an Abstract

The ITS Heartland Annual Meeting Planning Committee invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at the 2025 ITS Heartland Annual Meeting. Presentations should include success stories, lessons learned, and demonstrated collaboration on projects and ongoing transportation programs and initiatives in any of the categories provided.

The ITS Heartland Abstract Committee is specifically interested in:

Crash, WWD, RWIS, and/or Other Detection Solutions (including rural applications)
Data in ITS Applications - AI, Data Sharing, Big Data (such as hard braking or near miss) etc.
Intelligent Work Zones

Get creative with your ideas! Select the option to put together a panel discussion based on your topic of interest or select a shorter presentation with more time for audience discussion and interaction.

The full list of categories is as follows:

Crash, WWD, RWIS, and/or Other Detection Solutions (including rural applications)
Data in ITS Applications - AI, Data Sharing, Big Data (such as hard braking or near miss), etc.
Intelligent Work Zones
Asset Management in ITS
ATIS & ATMS - Software Solutions/Innovations
Autonomous Vehicles, DSRC, V2V, V2X, etc.
Cybersecurity and/or Digital Infrastructure
ITS Funding and Finance Innovations/Solutions
Operations and/or Maintenance
Effective Stakeholder Engagement (before, during, and after a project)
Traffic Incident Management
Truck Parking/Management Solutions
Workforce Development/Retention

Check which topic your abstract fits best: *

All abstracts must be submitted on or before, Friday, January 10, 2025.

Abstracts must be under 350 words and copied into the form below. All submissions will be reviewed by the Abstract Committee and authors will be notified on or around February 1, 2025.

Questions should be directed to Kelsey Farago of Meetings Northwest at kfarago@meetingsnorthwest.com. The final program will be posted after the submission deadline and the abstracts have been evaluated.

Abstract Information

Abstract Title *

Abstract Text *

0/350 words

What format does your submission best fit into? *

10 - 15 minute Presentation with longer Q&A/Audience Discussion

20 minute Presentation with 5 minutes of Q&A

25 minute Panel Discussion

PRIMARY Author Contact Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Organization *

Phone Number *

Email Address *

SECONDARY Author Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Organization

Phone Number

Email Address

Author Bios

Primary Author's Bio

Required for submitting an abstract. If the abstract is selected for presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting, the bio may be used on the conference website, in conference publications, and by session moderators.
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0/150 words

Secondary Author's Bio

May be used on the conference website, in conference publications and by session moderators.

0/150 words

Primary Author/Speaker Headshot *

Secondary Author/Speaker Headshot

Web Posting Agreement

The ITS Heartland Annual Meeting Planning Committee would like to publish all presentations to the conference website following the meeting.

Primary authors are asked to grant permission to the ITS Heartland Annual Meeting organizers to post their presentation (in written and/or audio form) to www.itsheartland.org.

Additionally, primary authors are asked to supply (1) written permission (if necessary) from the copyright holder and (2) an electronic copy of their presentation; so that the ITS Heartland organizers may publish any copyrighted or previously published material.

By agreeing, primary authors are also verifying they are authorized to submit this presentation for posting on the ITS Heartland website.
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Yes, as the primary author, I agree to the above Web Posting Agreement for the 2025 ITS Heartland Annual Meeting.

No, as the primary author, I do not agree to the above Web Posting Agreement for the 2025 ITS Heartland Annual Meeting. (Responding no does not preclude you from submitting an abstract. If selected, you will be contacted by the conference organizer for clarification.)