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Annual Meetings

In addition to monthly meetings of the local chapters, national meetings have been held every year since TRF's first meeting in 1960. Annual meetings generally last three days with 25 to 35 sessions. They are held in various locations in the United States and Canada, usually in the Spring. The Canadian TRF also holds an annual meeting, usually in the Spring.

Each year at its annual meeting the TRF presents an award for the best graduate student paper. Recognition is also given by TRF annually to an individual for Distinguished Transportation Research and to the best paper in Agriculture and Rural Transportation.

Annual TRF meetings generally include the following features:

• Members are addressed by prominent speakers from government, industry, and academia.
• Speakers typically summarize (not read) their papers, then discuss the principal points with the members.
• Members are encouraged to participate actively in any session; sufficient time is allotted for discussion of each paper.
• Some sessions are organized as debates or panel discussions.

More information can be found under the "Annual Forum" link to the left.