2025 Toward Zero Deaths Conference

October 21–22, 2025

2400 Mystic Lake Blvd. NW
Prior Lake, MN

About the Conference

This conference provides a forum for sharing information on best practices in engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency medical/health services and for identifying new approaches to reducing the number of traffic fatalities and life-changing injuries on Minnesota roads.

More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

Call for Presentations

At this time, the conference planning committee is soliciting presentation ideas from stakeholders. To submit an idea, please complete the online form. Submissions are due by end of day Friday, April 11.

When submitting your presentation idea, you will need to complete the entire online form at one time. Please be prepared to provide the following information before making your submission:

  • Your full name and company/organization
  • Your email, office phone, and cell phone
  • Proposed presentation title/topic and a brief description
  • Potential speaker(s)
  • Presentation category (engineering, enforcement, education, EMS, CPS, cross-cutting focusing on two or more "Es", Drug Recognition Evaluator, or other)
  • Presentation length: either a single presentation (15-20 minutes) or an entire session

SUBMIT A PRESENTATION IDEA

Sponsors

The conference is offered by the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program and the Minnesota Departments of Health, Public Safety, and Transportation, with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is hosted by the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies.

Contact

Questions? Please contact TZD staff at tzd@umn.edu.