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ITS Arizona 33rd Annual Conference Empowering Innovation – Then and Now October 7 & 8th, 2026 – Mesa, Arizona Mesa Convention Center, Building C

Call for Abstracts

This year’s ITS Arizona Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, October 7-8, 2026, at the Mesa Convention Center, Building C, located at 263 N Center Street in Mesa, Arizona. The theme of this year’s conference is Empowering Innovation – Then and Now.  

ITS Arizona is looking for potential presenters who may have a project, study or program, either in the planning stages or currently deployed, which falls within one of the following general categories:

• ITS Performance Measures
• Innovative Communications
• ITS applications to improve Safety
• Innovative Funding Sources
• Improving Safety with ITS
• Traffic Management Centers & Improving Operations
• Expanded ITS Applications
• ITS Public Outreach and Communication
• Freeway and Arterial ITS
• Regional Partnerships & Collaborations
• Innovative Traffic Signal Operations

This two-day conference will have a limited number of technical sessions and is an excellent opportunity to present your work to transportation professionals from throughout Arizona.  If you are interested, please submit a 250-word abstract online at www.itsaz.org/conference.  The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, August 14th, 2026.  

You are encouraged to submit your abstract as early as possible.  Instructions for submitting an abstract is provided at the conference website. Presentations will be selected by the Conference Planning Committee based upon the relevance of the presentation to the conference theme, with consideration given to maintaining a diverse range of presentation subjects. Please note that all attendees must register to attend, including speakers.

Questions should be submitted to vicepresident@itsaz.org.