Training & Events Calendar

September 29 - October 1, 2026

October 6, 2026

The MnDOT Office of Research & Innovation is hosting the first-ever Transportation Research Showcase, an event that will feature poster sessions of MnDOT and Local Road Research Board research projects completed in 2025 and 2026. This is an open-house style event at which principal researchers will present posters about their projects.

October 7 - 8, 2026

This two-day event includes classroom sessions and an extensive vendor display addressing fall and winter transportation maintenance issues.

October 9, 2026

October 13 - 14, 2026

This conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and water resource professionals to share cutting-edge science, engineering solutions, management insights, and practical approaches to manage water resources.

October 13, 2026

This training will teach crews to recognize and identify "field fixable" chainsaw problems.

October 20, 2026

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.

October 21, 2026

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.

October 26, 2026

October 27 - 29, 2026

This hybrid course introduces students to surveying and mapping.

October 27 - 28, 2026

Now hosted by the University of Minnesota Cold Climate Stormwater Center of Excellence (CCSCoE), the symposium brings together researchers, public agencies, industry leaders, educators, and practitioners to advance innovative, science-based solutions for managing salt use in cold climates.

October 28, 2026

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.

October 29, 2026

This interactive workshop will teach practical, easy-to-understand, and fundamental methods to grow your leadership skills.

November 2, 2026

This course serves as an introduction to AutoCAD software and civil plan development. Students will learn the skills needed to complete simple two-dimensional (2D) drawings, including drawing, modifying, dimensioning, labeling with text, inserting blocks, and plotting to scale.

November 3, 2026

This training covers basic chainsaw safety, including identifying safety features, preventing accidents, correct saw chain sharpening, and head-to-toe safety protection in accordance with OSHA standards.

November 4, 2026

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.

November 5, 2026

November 6, 2026

November 10, 2026

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.

November 12, 2026

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.

November 19 - 20, 2026

The American Public Works Association Minnesota Chapter (APWA-MN) Fall Conference is an annual two-day event focused on technical education.

February 3, 2027March 16, 2027

February 3, 2027March 24, 2027

February 3, 2027March 15, 2027

February 3, 2027April 7, 2027

February 3, 2027April 6, 2027

February 3, 2027February 23, 2027

February 3, 2027February 11, 2027

February 3, 2027February 10, 2027

February 3, 2027February 4, 2027

February 3, 2027February 3, 2027

March 24 - 25, 2027

July 19 - 21, 2027

This conference brings together representatives from federal, state, and local transportation agencies, tribal agencies, rural and metropolitan planning organizations, public transit agencies, academia, and private industry to explore the evolving opportunities and challenges shaping mobility and infrastructure in rural and tribal communities.