Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Conference Center San Marcos, TX 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Online registration is recommended. This will help us in planning and preparing a better event.
NOTE: Online registration will be available until 11:59 p.m., CST, March 23, 2023. After this date, registration will be available on-site during the event.
Hotel Reservations
Accommodations have been arranged at the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Conference Center. You may make your reservation online. All hotel reservations must be received by Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (CST) or before the room block is sold out. Reservations received after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis at the prevailing rate of the hotel.
2023 Texas Motorcycle Safety Forum April 1, 2023, 9:00 am–5:00 pm Embassy Suites Hotel Conference Center, San Marcos, Texas
8:00 AM–9:00 AM Check-in & Networking – Continental Breakfast Veramendi G – H Pre- Function
9:00 AM–9:45 AM Opening Session Veramendi G – H
Welcome from the Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition (TMSC)
Maurice Maness, TMSC Chair
Welcome from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
Carol Campa, Texas Department of Transportation
Update from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Becky Walker, NHTSA Region 6
Keynote Chris Symons
9:45 AM–10:25 AM Session #1: Unlicensed to Ride Cody Stewart, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Veramendi G – H
10:25 AM–10:40 AM Break & Networking Veramendi G – H Pre- Function
10:40 AM–11:20 AM Session #2: California Highway Patrol Sergeant Christopher Cavner, California Motorcyclist Safety Program Coordinator, California Highway Patrol Veramendi G – H
11:20 AM–12:00 PM Session #3: ATLATT (All The Laws All The Time) Ford Strawn, TDLR Veramendi G – H
1:30 PM–2:10 PM Session #4: Riding While Intoxicated Michael Fields, Former Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 Veramendi G – H
2:10 PM–2:50 PM Session #5: Sorry My Car Didn’t See You, the State of Automation and Motorcycling Tiffany Cipoletti, AMA Veramendi G – H
2:50 PM–3:05 PM Break & Networking – Snacks Available Veramendi G – H Pre- Function
3:05 PM–3:45 PM Session #6: Motorcycle Crashes: Causes and Contributing Factors Carl Meaux, ACTAR Veramendi G – H
3:45 PM–4:45 PM Activity & Panel Discussion
Accident Scene Management “A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist” with Penni (Gypsy) Fuller, ASM Panel Discussion with San Marcos/Hays County Fire, EMS, PD Parking Lot North
4:45 PM–5:00 PM Announcements, Awards & Closing Remarks Cathy Brooks, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Maurice Maness, TMS Veramendi Salons G – H
