Training & Events Calendar
This calendar includes training opportunities and events offered by MnLTAP and our partners, as well as other transportation-related events.
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In‑person
Hybrid
Virtual
Full/Waitlist
March 2025
March 24, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Willmar, MN
This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.
March 25 - 26, 2025
Shoreview, MN
This two-day class focuses on guardrail identification and inspection.
March 25, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
Grand Rapids, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
March 27, 2025
Freight 101 Webinar Series: Rail
Virtual
12:00pm - 1:00pm
This event, part of CTS's Freight 101 Webinar Series, will explore freight rail.
April 2025
April 1, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
St. Cloud, MN
This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.
April 2, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
Mankato, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
April 3, 2025
8:30am - 3:30pm
Mankato, MN
This workshop provides an overview of the available technology and tools that make implementing a pavement preservation program feasible.
April 3, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
Inver Grove Heights, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
April 3, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Rosemount, MN
This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.
April 3, 2025
Center for Technology and Training Webinar: Asphalt Pavement Pre-Production Meetings Explained
Virtual
11:00am - 12:00pm
Pre-production meetings are essential for ensuring a smooth and successful asphalt paving project. This webinar will break down the key aspects of these meetings, including who attends, their roles, the meeting’s purpose, key discussion topics, and necessary coordination efforts. Learn how these meetings help align expectations, prevent issues, and improve project efficiency.
April 3, 2025
1:00pm - 2:00pm
This event, part of CTS's Freight 101 Webinar Series, will explore urban freight delivery and logistics.
April 4, 2025
11:00am - 12:30pm
Learn about two research projects aimed at transforming waste materials into valuable resources for sustainable soil design and stormwater management in this free webinar.
April 8 - 9, 2025
Shoreview, MN
This two-day class focuses on guardrail identification and inspection.
April 8, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
Detroit Lakes, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
April 10, 2025
8:00am - 12:00pm
Subterranean work holds a unique set of dangers. To address these, this course provides a comprehensive, four-hour exploration into the key risks that trenches and excavations pose.
April 10, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
This event, part of CTS's Freight 101 Webinar Series, will explore freight trucking.
April 10, 2025
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Join experts from the Eno Center for Transportation, Transportation for America, and the National Association of City Transportation Officials as they explore the evolving landscape of federal transportation policy.
April 15, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
Duluth, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
April 16, 2025
9:00am - 3:00pm
This course relates to the delivery of maintenance and operations services to the public, commonly known as public works. It will identify the equipment and personnel resources needed for efficient and effective service delivery.
April 17, 2025
8:30am - 3:30pm
This workshop provides an overview of the available technology and tools that make implementing a pavement preservation program feasible.
April 17, 2025
9:00am - 3:00pm
This interactive workshop will teach practical, easy-to-understand, and fundamental methods to grow your leadership skills.
April 22 - 23, 2025
NRRA Pavement Conference
In‑person
Shoreview, MN
Learn about current and future pavement research at this annual conference.
April 22, 2025
9:00am - 3:30pm
St. Cloud, MN
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
April 25, 2025
1:00pm - 2:30pm
This webinar will highlight a current U of M research project that's evaluating the effect of tree shade on pavement temperature during Minnesota's winter months.
April 28, 2025
APWA-MN Spring 2025 Workshops
In‑person
7:15am - 4:00pm
Plymouth, MN
Two workshops are offered for the 2025 APWA-MN Spring Workshops: Writing to Get Things Done® and Verbal Judo. In Writing to Get Things Done, participants will learn how to write quickly and effectively, saving time for themselves and their readers. Verbal Judo teaches a gentle approach to being in control of situations wtihout creating stress, frustration, and continued conflict, while treating everyone with dignity and respect.
April 29, 2025
APWA-MN Spring 2025 Workshops
In‑person
7:45am - 4:30pm
Plymouth, MN
Two workshops are offered for the 2025 APWA-MN Spring Workshops: Writing to Get Things Done® and Verbal Judo. In Writing to Get Things Done, participants will learn how to write quickly and effectively, saving time for themselves and their readers. Verbal Judo teaches a gentle approach to being in control of situations wtihout creating stress, frustration, and continued conflict, while treating everyone with dignity and respect.
April 29, 2025
11:00am - 12:00pm
Join us for an informative webinar on Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Sampling and Testing, where we will explore essential testing methods used to ensure the quality and performance of asphalt pavement. This session will cover key topics, including: asphalt pavement test methods, test equipment, interpreting results, importance of testing, and identifying and preventing issues. Whether you're an engineer, contractor, inspector, or technician, this webinar will provide valuable insights into the role of HMA testing in achieving long-lasting, high-quality asphalt pavements.
April 30, 2025
1:00pm - 2:30pm
This webinar will share key findings from research on safety and driver behavior related to MnDOT’s Med City Mover pilot.
May 2025
May 1, 2025
Hazards in Roadway Construction: Preventing Runovers and Backovers, Overexertion, and Heat Hazards
Virtual
8:00am - 12:00pm
This four-hour course delves into the primary risks encountered in roadway construction, mainly focusing on preventing runovers and backovers, overexertion, and heat hazards.
May 7, 2025
Center for Technology and Training Webinar: Nonstandard Asphalt—Sport Courts, Trails, and More
Virtual
11:00am - 12:00pm
Not all asphalt is created equal! Join us for a lunch and learn session exploring nonstandard asphalt and how it differs from traditional paving mixes. We’ll discuss why these specialty mixes are needed, the types of applications they’re best suited for (such as sport courts and trails), availability, and key specifications.
May 7 - 9, 2025
APWA-MN 2025 Spring Conference
In‑person
3:00pm - 12:00pm
Nisswa, MN
The APWA-MN Spring Conference is held annually in central Minnesota. The conference is typically a three-day event focused on leadership and management education and networking and offers hours towards professional continuing education requirements.
May 11 - 15, 2025
Denver, CO
The fourteenth biennial ICOET conference and training will be held May 11–15 in Denver, CO. The 2025 conference will combine in-person and virtual programming and training. ICOET is the foremost interdisciplinary, inter-agency supported conference and training addressing the broad range of ecological issues related to transportation systems in all modes. It provides a venue for sharing information and for training across multiple disciplines related to transportation and ecology, suitable for DOT, academic, consultant, NGO and other scientists and practitioners.
May 29, 2025
8:00am - 3:30pm
Cloquet, MN
Join us for highlights of the latest practices, innovations, and research related to Minnesota’s roadway maintenance operations.
August 2025
August 5, 2025
2025 Salt Symposium
Virtual
The Salt Symposium is an annual event focused on understanding the concerns, research, solutions, and management of chloride use and innovation that can move us to a lower salt future to improve community sustainability and protect vital freshwater systems and infrastructure. It is a day-long virtual event bringing together professionals around the world to share their expertise on current research, planning, and initiatives surrounding chloride: including snow and ice management, low salt design, water softening, wastewater, and fertilizer.
October 2025
October 1 - 2, 2025
Fall Maintenance Expo
In‑person
St. Cloud, MN
This two-day event primarily addresses fall and winter transportation maintenance issues. Vendors and speakers present a variety of new equipment and information through an extensive indoor and outdoor display area. The annual snowplow "roadeo" allows individuals and pairs of competitors to compete on a closed course.