Southeast Annual Symposium
on Freight and Mobility
14 - 16 April 2026 • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Interested in CR2C2 activities and engagement opportunities?
14 - 16 April 2026 • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
About
This Southeast Annual Symposium on Freight and Mobility will be jointly organized by FERSC and CR2C2 University Transportation Centers on April 14-16, 2026 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
This event brings together outstanding researchers and transportation professionals from academia, industry, and federal, and state agencies with an interest in transportation. This event is committed to providing recent research outcomes, and updates on various projects in transportation research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer at CR2C2 Regional UTC and Tier 1 FERSC Centers.
Where: UT Conference Center; 600 Henley Street, 4th Floor, Knoxville, TN 37902
Registration
Registration for this symposium is free of charge; however, advance registration is required for all attendees.
To ensure adequate planning and preparation, we kindly ask that you complete your registration as soon as possible.
Please register at HERE no later than April 7, 2026.
We look forward to your participation and appreciate your timely response.
Plenary Talk Information April 15, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Title: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Plenary Talk Information April 16, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Title: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Demonstration and Deployment
Title: Forum: Lesson learned From “Generating reliable freight disruption measures with freight telematics data”
Panelists: TBD
CR2C2 Detailed Agenda: TBD
CR2C2 Presentations: TBD
CR2C2 Poster Presentation Information: TBD
FERSC Detailed Agenda: TBD
FERSC Presentations: TBD
FERSC Poster Presentation Information: TBD
A limited number of hotel rooms are available at a discounted rate of $119 per night at Hilton Knoxville. Use this link to book your hotel room: Hotel Reservations
Alternatively, you may book by calling the hotel at (865) 523-2300 and referencing the group code: FRTMOB.
Please notify Ms. Ed Walsh <elwalsh@ncat.edu> once you have booked your hotel room so we can keep track of number of reserved rooms.
The hotel has self parking for $35/night and valet parking for $38/night. However, the Locust Street parking garage right next door has parking for $7/day.
Hotel Address: 501 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902
Hotel Phone: 865-523-2300
Google Maps link directing to the hotel: 501 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902
Read more About CR2C2: https://www.cr2c2.com/about-us/about-cr2c2
Read more About FERSC: https://fersc.utk.edu/
About Knoxville https://www.knoxvilletennessee.com/
Fun Facts About Knoxville https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/visitors/knoxville_info/fun_facts_about_knoxville
Discover Knoxville https://www.visitknoxville.com/
Brief History of Knoxville https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/brief-history-knoxville/
Knoxville, Tennessee Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee