TRANSPORT CHICAGO
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021
VIRTUAL EDITION
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Do you have a passion for transportation and mobility? Are you interested in expanding your perspective among a wider variety of backgrounds? Do you have knowledge, experience or skills to share? Transport Chicago invites professionals and practitioners, researchers and academics, activists and organizers to submit a proposal for our virtual mini-conference on Friday, June 18, 2021.
For those interested in presenting at the virtual conference, please submit a 250-word description of your proposal by April 16, 2021 in the online form below.
For those interested in presenting at the virtual conference, please submit a 250-word description of your proposal by April 16, 2021 in the online form below.
Types of Proposals
1. Individual Virtual Presentation – A 15-minute presentation on a topic of your choice. Individual proposals may be grouped into a 1-hour, moderated panel curated by the conference steering committee. Individuals seeking to present with other specific speakers should submit as a Full Session (option 2 below).
2. Full Virtual Session – Present on a topic of your choice for a full hour-long session. Examples of sessions include:
While the format for this option is open ended, Transport Chicago strongly recommends submissions include multiple speakers. Unlike an Individual Presentation, Transport Chicago will not add speakers or otherwise curate this session and will evaluate the proposal as submitted. While the submitted panel can include multiple speakers, please only submit one proposal; your submission should also identify a point of contact if multiple speakers are included. It is the responsibility of the proposer to secure commitments from all included speakers prior to May 7, 2021.
1. Individual Virtual Presentation – A 15-minute presentation on a topic of your choice. Individual proposals may be grouped into a 1-hour, moderated panel curated by the conference steering committee. Individuals seeking to present with other specific speakers should submit as a Full Session (option 2 below).
2. Full Virtual Session – Present on a topic of your choice for a full hour-long session. Examples of sessions include:
- Multiple presentations from a team of colleagues wishing to present together.
- A one-hour workshop on a topic of your choice.
While the format for this option is open ended, Transport Chicago strongly recommends submissions include multiple speakers. Unlike an Individual Presentation, Transport Chicago will not add speakers or otherwise curate this session and will evaluate the proposal as submitted. While the submitted panel can include multiple speakers, please only submit one proposal; your submission should also identify a point of contact if multiple speakers are included. It is the responsibility of the proposer to secure commitments from all included speakers prior to May 7, 2021.
Submission Guidelines
All proposals must be submitted through our online portal, below.
Please present your idea in a concise, informative proposal of no more than 250 words.
Relevance to the Chicago region is encouraged though not required. All topics will be considered.
Following the conference, presenters will be required to submit presentation slides or a workshop summary (PowerPoint or PDF) to be posted on the Transport Chicago website. Your presentation may be recorded by the Steering Committee and posted to our website.
All proposals must be submitted through our online portal, below.
Please present your idea in a concise, informative proposal of no more than 250 words.
Relevance to the Chicago region is encouraged though not required. All topics will be considered.
Following the conference, presenters will be required to submit presentation slides or a workshop summary (PowerPoint or PDF) to be posted on the Transport Chicago website. Your presentation may be recorded by the Steering Committee and posted to our website.
Submission Statement on Conference Diversity
Diversity in the transportation community is critical as practitioners strive to develop equitable mobility improvements and understand the needs of all users in our region. Our goal at Transport Chicago is to ensure that the ideas and perspectives presented at the conference are inclusive of all backgrounds, demographics, and perspectives. To that end, we encourage proposals from anyone and everyone with a passion related to equity and inclusion as it relates to transportation and land use planning and engineering.
Diversity in the transportation community is critical as practitioners strive to develop equitable mobility improvements and understand the needs of all users in our region. Our goal at Transport Chicago is to ensure that the ideas and perspectives presented at the conference are inclusive of all backgrounds, demographics, and perspectives. To that end, we encourage proposals from anyone and everyone with a passion related to equity and inclusion as it relates to transportation and land use planning and engineering.
Important Dates
Proposals Due:
April 16, 2021
Commitment to Present:
May 7, 2021
Transport Chicago Virtual Mini-Conference:
June 18, 2021
QUESTIONS? Email us at abstracts@transportchicago.org.
Proposals Due:
April 16, 2021
Commitment to Present:
May 7, 2021
Transport Chicago Virtual Mini-Conference:
June 18, 2021
QUESTIONS? Email us at abstracts@transportchicago.org.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE 2020 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE!
Thanks to all speakers and attendees for making the 2020 Transport Chicago Virtual Conference a success! Special thanks to Sam Schwartz for providing the Keynote Address.
Click here for links to recordings of all of our sessions.
Click here for links to recordings of all of our sessions.
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Transport Chicago is an annual conference dedicated to the mission of improving transportation in the Chicago region and beyond. Originally conceived as a student-led forum, today Transport brings together seasoned experts and professionals of all ages for a one-day fun, engaging and semi-formal conference setting.
Every year, our goal is to ignite the conversation. Transport Chicago provides a platform to exchange ideas and knowledge and to build the relationships that are necessary to solve the complex transportation problems of today – and tomorrow.
STANDING FOR RACIAL & MOBILITY JUSTICE
Over the last few months, the Transport Chicago Steering Committee has been reflecting on the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and countless others before them. Anti-black brutality and violence in our public and private spaces cannot be tolerated. We have been reflecting on how we as citizens, as active members of our community—and, particularly, as transportation professionals— play a part in perpetuating systemic and structural racism. Going forward, we can and must fight together for a more equitable and just city and region. Without racial justice, our streets and transportation systems will never truly be open and safe for all; in the words of Urban Planner Amina Yasin, writing in the wake of the weeks-long protests:
Vision Zero must mean more than zero lives lost to traffic fatalities. It must also mean zero Black and Indigenous lives lost on our streets to police violence. As protesters risk COVID-19 to call for justice and the end of police impunity; elected officials, planners and urbanists must heed the call to defund policing, including the reallocation of Vision Zero funds from policing towards programming across other city departments.
As we continue to listen, process, and understand all of the harm and trauma we and our system have caused Black people and other marginalized communities, we will examine how our conference platform can be used to lift the voices of communities of color and help center more of our work around equity and mobility justice. As a first step in this process, we have compiled a short—and necessarily incomplete—reading and resource list:
- Whose Streets? Black Streets by Amina Yasin
- ‘Safe Streets’ Are Not Safe for Black Lives by Dr. Destiny Thomas
- Confronting Power and Privilege by Tamika Butler
- Why we must talk about race when we talk about bikes by Tamika Butler
- A Call to Courage by Jay Pitter
- The Planner's Beginner Guide to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement by Danielle Dirksen
- The Untokening’s Mobility Justice resources
- Anti-racist and mobility justice resource list from the Transportation Choices Coalition
- 5 essential books to read on making cities anti-racist
- Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Adonia E. Lugo, PhD.
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They are an integral part of making our conference a success. Their support allows us to draw hundreds of decision-makers, planners, engineering professionals, elected officials and many others from the public and private transportation sector to the conference. If you'd like to support the mission of Transport Chicago, consider becoming a sponsor.
They are an integral part of making our conference a success. Their support allows us to draw hundreds of decision-makers, planners, engineering professionals, elected officials and many others from the public and private transportation sector to the conference. If you'd like to support the mission of Transport Chicago, consider becoming a sponsor.
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