Session Submissions Closed

Connect with your Peers and Explore What’s Next

What does public engagement success look like for you? We’re looking for speakers to share their stories and guide the dialogue on community engagement and innovation in transportation planning!

The VPET team invites you to discuss tools and techniques for virtual public engagement, examine data-driven decision making and equitable engagement practices, and explore public engagement in a post-pandemic era with likeminded peers from agencies and firms across the USA.

Check out the Call for Speakers guide for detailed submission guidelines.

SUBMIT TO SPEAK

The abstract submission period is NOW CLOSED!

We’re committed to welcoming speakers from all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Whether you’re an experienced keynote speaker or this is your first speaking engagement, we want to hear your point of view.

Join us as an attendee! Early bird registration opens soon.

Increase Your Visibility

Do you have more to share on public engagement in a post-pandemic era? We encourage you to propose a keynote session!

Keynotes are 20-30 minute sessions at the beginning and end of each conference day. With expertise and thought leadership, keynote speakers help our attendees consider the birds’ eye view of planning’s most pressing topics, from what’s next in diversity and accessibility, to the Infrastructure Bill, to post-pandemic engagement and more.

Submit a Keynote and kickstart the discussion!

Guidelines for Submission

  • Maximum 2 speakers per submission. Speakers may submit as many sessions as they wish.
  • No product, vendor, or business pitches will be accepted.
  • If selected as a speaker, you agree to submit presentation materials to the VPET conference team by September 10th
  • Submissions with interactive elements are encouraged and will be prioritized. Features including polls, in-session chat and live Q&A are available through the event platform.

The submission period is open from May 1 – June 17. Selected speakers will be notified in June 2022.

Questions?

We’d love to hear from you! Please direct all conference inquiries to events@metroquest.com.