Monday, June 2, 2025
Problems and Solutions at the Local Level

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Opens

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Town Hall Plenary: The Future of the Transportation Workforce

Intro to the National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce
Goals for the conference: How the conference will work; Values that informed it

Welcome
Building the workforce at the local level: What is working?

Keynote: Creative Disruption
What is the long game? How do we set a workforce action agenda that will last over decades rather than one administration to the next?

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Plenary Panel 1
Strategic Workforce Planning at State DOTs
Experiences and Results from Different State DOTs

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Afternoon Break

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Plenary Panel 2
A 21st Century Workforce
Data Visualization for Understanding the Workforce
Progress and Challenges: Women in the Transportation Workforce

Tabletop Work
The Workforce of the Future
Key Resource People/Facilitators

Plenary Panel 3
From the Local to the National
Elevating the Need and Opportunity to the National Level

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
The Big Picture

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Opening Plenary
Welcome and Framing the Agenda

Panel
How we can organize effectively at the national level: responding to the local/state need and opportunity statement

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Morning Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Creating the Pipeline for a 21st Century Workforce 

Breakout A: Reaching Under-Represented Groups

Breakout B: K-12: Priming the Career Track

Breakout C: Experiential Ed and Apprenticeships

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
21st Century Upskilling and Retention

Breakout A: Capacity of States to Deliver on Infrastructure

Breakout B: Preparing the Transportation Workforce for Emerging Technologies

Breakout C: Fostering a Resilient and Adaptable Transportation Workforce

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Afternoon Break

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Plenary Session
Highlights of What is Working 
How do we attract and engage a diverse workforce?      
What business models and tools sustainably support workforce needs?

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Reception and Posters

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
What Business Models and Tools Sustainably Support Workforce Needs?

7:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Plenary Panel
Representatives from National Organizations Reflect on a Developing Action Agenda

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Breakout A: Asset Management as an Organizing Principle

Breakout B: Embracing Innovation and Continuous Learning

Breakout C: Internal and External Communication Clarity

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Morning Break

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Plenary
Moving to Transformative Thinking

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Breakout A: Partnerships

Breakout B: Metrics and Measurements

Breakout C: Staying Ahead of the Curve: AI, ITS, C/AV and Infrastructure

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Afternoon Break

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Plenary
Rapporteur Report: Key Listening and Themes

Closing Plenary
Where to From Here?

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Committee Meeting