Event Proceedings

Sep 15-16, 2025 – “Autonomous vehicles have the potential to significantly improve our transportation ecosystem,” is how one presenter framed the future of autonomous trucking during the second Autonomous Trucking Conference (ATC) held September 15 and 16, 2025, at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND. The event was hosted by the North Dakota State University’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute with support from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. About 100 attendees from several states came eager to learn more about this rapidly growing sector of the transportation industry.

Oct 16-17, 2024 – UGPTI hosted North Dakota’s first autonomous trucking conference, Autonomous Trucking in North Dakota: Prospects and Challenges, in Bismarck, ND. The more than 120 attendees included stakeholders from trucking and autonomous vehicle industries, technical experts, highway safety specialists, enforcement personnel, regulatory agency staff, local and tribal government staff and researchers. Attendees exchanged ideas and worked to identify common interests and concerns.