North American Snow Conference
Des Moines, Iowa
April 18鈥21, 2027
Deadline for proposals: Friday, October 2, 2026
Questions? Email us at snoweducation@apwa.org for further assistance.
Three Easy Steps to Submitting Your Proposal
- Read this page for information and instructions.
- Click the 鈥淪ubmit Proposal鈥 button below.
- Complete the Call for Presentations form.
Interested in Sharing Your Knowledge, Experience, and Vision for the Future?
APWA鈥檚 North American Snow Conference (NASC) provides education and solutions for public works snowfighters and those that support them. This highly anticipated annual conference offers more than 40 education sessions, technical tours, and a variety of opportunities for collaboration and networking.
The education program is a dynamic opportunity for information exchange, problem solving, and collaboration. Speakers are public works professionals, eager to help their colleagues manage winter/snow operations more successfully, take advantage of emerging technologies, understand and prepare for the challenges ahead, and provide better service to their communities.
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for speakers with new perspectives, proven best practices, and/or innovative twists to winter maintenance, workforce development, and fleet/operations. At Snow Conference, participants will have the ability to attend sessions from six tracks throughout the event. The presentations within each track coincide with a specific learning topic requested by attendees.
Requested Topics for 2027
Education Session Formats
Please review the options below for the format type and length you wish to select. 91探花offers five different formats to ensure dynamic education sessions.
- Education Session (20 minutes)
- Education Session (50 minutes)
- Education Session (75 minutes)
- Poster Presentation
Learn more about education session formats.
How Are Education Sessions Selected?
Review criteria: All submissions are reviewed and evaluated by the NASC Program Review Committee, which is comprised of experts in snow and ice control and winter maintenance planning.
Your success in the selection process depends on how well your proposal supports the primary criteria:
- Practical Application: Provides information that participants in their day-to-day work settings can use, offers lessons-learned and how-to-do-it strategies, and offers solutions for sustainability and resiliency of public works operations.
- Leading-Edge: Addresses emerging trends and technologies, innovative concepts and approaches, and solutions to improve the provision of public works services.
- Relevance and Clarity: Content is interesting and useful to a significant number of expected attendees. Participant takeaways are clearly stated using active verbs that indicate how they will benefit from the information presented.
- Participant Takeaways: All proposals must include three (3) takeaways that indicate how the attendee will benefit from the presentation. The participant takeaways must be worded in response to the phrase: 鈥淎t the conclusion of this session, participants will be better able to________.鈥
Get tips on writing a compelling session description and learning objectives. Please note that proposal descriptions are limited to 1,500 characters or less and learning objectives are limited to 300 characters or less.
What Are the Rules?
No sales pitches! Direct promotion of a speaker鈥檚/company鈥檚 products, services, or monetary self-interest is not appropriate for education sessions. The public works audience appreciates learning about technologies, services, concepts, and new approaches; but is sensitive to the sales promotion approach. In your proposal, we recommend that you describe how the public works/end-user perspective will be featured in your presentation.
Speaker Registration and Travel Expenses: 91探花does not pay speakers for technical or professional education sessions. Speakers are responsible for making arrangements and paying for travel and other expenses associated with attending the conference. Speakers may qualify for a complimentary single-day registration. Speakers attending the full conference are expected to register and pay the appropriate member or nonmember NASC registration fee.
When Will I Know?
Submitters will be notified via email that their proposal(s) has been accepted or declined by December 18, 2026.
Important FYI
All correspondence sent to you about your submission(s) will be sent to the email address you provided in the form. If you have a highly restrictive work email account, please consider using a personal email address. You will receive notification of submission via email.