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2021 Traffic Safety Conference

2021 Traffic Safety Conference: Together Towards a Safety Tomorrow (advertisement).

July 14–16, 2021

Join us for the virtual 2021 Traffic Safety Conference. This year’s virtual conference will bring together transportation safety stakeholders from all over the country. We will discuss various topics including how COVID has affected transportation safety. Sessions will also focus on high priority safety issues and innovative solutions to #EndTheStreak of daily fatal crashes in Texas. The agenda, interactive activities, and discussions will target engineering, enforcement, education and outreach, emergency responders, and community/stakeholder engagement. We’ll also highlight information and strategies relevant to employers.

Keynote Speakers

Nanda Srinivasan

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Srinivasan

Nanda Srinivasan is the Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development at NHTSA, where he oversees four offices that formulate, implement, and evaluate traffic safety programs. In this role, he is responsible for developing programs to increase seat belt use, to decrease impaired driving, and to improve the safety of motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians, older drivers, and emergency medical services.

Mr. Srinivasan previously served as the Director of Statistical Methods and Research at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). He led the office in overseeing survey development, statistical methods, data integration, and quality assurance for all EIA products. Prior to his time at EIA, he served for more than six years as a Senior Program Officer at the Transportation Research Board. He oversaw many programs and projects related to transportation research, including the development of guidebooks for states and local agencies on transportation planning and policy. Prior to TRB, Mr. Srinivasan significantly contributed to the development of transportation data, including national resources such as the Census Transportation Planning Package and the National Household Transportation Survey. He holds a Masters in Transportation Engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

C. Michael Lee

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Lee

C. Michael Lee, P.E., serves as Director of Engineering and Safety Operations. Under the direction of the Chief Engineer, Lee oversees and coordinates TxDOT’s engineering operations.

Before joining TxDOT, Lee spent nine years as a water well contractor designing, estimating and supervising the construction and installation of residential, commercial, municipal and agricultural water wells, pumps and treatment systems.

Lee joined TxDOT in 1997 as an engineering assistant in Mount Pleasant and soon moved up to transportation engineer in the Marshall area office and then the Atlanta area office. In 2007, Lee became the area engineer in San Augustine, and later the Nacogdoches area engineer when the two offices combined in 2010.

In 2013, Lee was promoted to director of operations for the Paris District, and in 2014, promoted to Maintenance Division director.

Lee is a 1988 graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering.

Conference Overview

View the full conference program for more details.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Thursday, July 15, 2021

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Opening Welcome Session & Keynote Speaker

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Break

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Networking Opportunity

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Friday, July 16, 2021

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Opening Session & Keynote Speaker

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Breakout Session

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Break

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Due to complications associated with COVID-19, we are not able to provide opportunities to earn TCOLE credits online.

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