TRB 86th Annual Meeting

The Transportation Research Board invites you to participate in the TRB 86th Annual Meeting, an information-packed program that will attract more than 10,000 transportation professionals from around the world to Washington, D.C., January 21-25, 2007. You will gain an unparalleled opportunity to share your knowledge and perspectives with colleagues and to learn about the latest developments in transportation research, policy, and practice.

The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with approximately 2,600 papers and presentations in 500 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. This year’s spotlight theme is Transportation Institutions, Finance and Workforce: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century.  Sessions also will bring you up to date on the new transportation research programs contained in the reauthorization legislation.

Specialty workshops, poster sessions, committee meetings, and exhibits of TRB sponsors and nonprofit transportation associations complement the formal sessions and provide a variety of opportunities for information sharing and interaction. All registrants will receive the TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM.

Dates to Remember
(Estimates - Please subscribe to the TRB E-Newsletter to receive notices on the events listed below.)

• May 2006 - TRB Committees begin to announce suggested topics for papers for the Annual Meeting program.

• June 2006 - Submissions of papers for consideration as part of the Annual Meeting program begins.

• July 2006 - International participants should begin the U.S. Visa application process.

• August 1, 2006 - Paper submission deadline.

• September 2006 - Meeting Announcement released.

• September 2006 - Advance registration and hotel reservations begin (roomblock can fill by the end of October).

• October 2006 - Authors of papers selected to be part of the Annual Meeting program are notified.

• November 2006 - Online Interactive Program becomes available.

• January 10, 2007 - Advance registration ends.  After this date all registration must take place on site.

• January 21, 2007 - 86th Annual Meeting begins in Washington, DC.

• January 24, 2007 - 86th Annual Meeting Chairman's Luncheon.

• January 25, 2007 - 86th Annual Meeting ends.