GTHA Transportation Technology Training Summit 2023 - Call for Speakers
1. GRAND SUMMIT MEETING: As co-sponsor to the event, the City of Toronto will be chairing a Summit Meeting, and is seeking public sector speakers willing to participate in the meeting. The Summit meeting will explicitly focus on giving provincial and municipal agencies the opportunity to share in their latest transportation/transit technology and innovation endeavours. While the speakers for this meeting will be restricted to government agencies, this will be an open door meeting - public and private agencies or companies may attend.
Government agencies considering to become a part of the agenda should ensure that topics being discussed are public in nature and that there is no concern with respect to privacy or confidentiality. If your government agency is interested or willing to be a part of the agenda, please submit a brief paragraph describing the transportation/transit technology/innovation endeavour you’d like to share, as well as your name and title for consideration, below. Please note that given the timeframe allotted for the meeting that we may not be able to include all submissions on the formal agenda; your abstract will be considered for merit and technical interest by the organizing committee. All submissions must be received by Oct 10, 2023. All speakers must be registered to attend the event. We expect the event to be sold-out; please register early.
Speaker abstracts for the Grand Summit Meeting will also be considered by the LOC for other speaking positions / panelists in this event.
2. TRAINING PRESENTERS: As co-sponsor to the event, the City of Toronto's Local Organizing Committee has developed a list of training/presentation topics for the first ½ day of the event. Attendees will be able to choose from several concurrent sessions. Each technical training session will be approximately 45 minutes, and may consist of a single training presentation or 2-3 shorter presentations. Presentations may be in workshop, panel, or hands-on training format. If you or your organization are interested in being a trainer or presenter for any of the topics listed below, please submit a brief one paragraph abstract, the proposed session, and provide bio(s) and headshot(s) for the proposed presenter/trainers from your organization for consideration, below.
All submissions must be received by Oct 10, 2023. All speakers must be registered to attend the event. We expect the event to be sold-out; please register early.
Speaker abstracts for the Training Sessions will also be considered by the LOC for other speaking positions / panelists in this event.
Important Dates:
- Oct 10, 2023 – Deadline for Call for Speakers Abstracts
- Oct 24, 2023 – Announcement of Accepted Speakers
- Nov 10, 2023 – Deadline for Speakers to Register