New Orleans Traffic Records Forum Save The Date. August 2-5 2026

 

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Traffic Records Forum
New Orleans, LA
August 2 – 5, 2026

New Orleans Traffic Records Forum Save The Date. August 2-5 2026
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WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC RECORDS FORUM?

This event is for data analysts, state and local law enforcement officials, engineers, motor vehicle officials, emergency medical services providers, judicial administrators, and highway safety professionals from across the United States and international communities. Attendees can participate in sessions for the latest safety data collection methods and best practices and learn how to:

  • Improve the accuracy of traffic records and highway safety data
  • Apply performance goals/measures in traffic records system improvements
  • Implement a model traffic records system
  • Organize and operate a successful traffic records committee
  • Recognize the importance of standards and guidelines for traffic records systems
  • Become acquainted with new technologies and ideas
  • Network with a variety of transportation and highway safety professionals, AND
  • Discover how better data can help save lives

SPEAKERS

Abstract submissions closed on March 13.

 

We look forward to seeing you at the Forum!

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

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2024 Host State and Partner

THANK YOU TO 2026's SPONSORS!

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Cambridge Systematics
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To exhibit at the Traffic Records Forum, participate as an ATSIP Annual Sponsor or Traffic Records Forum Exhibitor, please complete the form below and return it to Karla Houston via email at karlahouston@lsu.edu. We thank you for your consideration of this offer and look forward to hearing from you soon!

Karla Houston – ATSIP Sponsor Chair

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VENUE

Sheraton New Orleans

Official Sheraton booking site:
https://book.passkey.com/e/51180816

Occupancy rates are set at the Federal Per Diem Rate:
Traditional Room:
$133/night +17.5% tax + $3.00 Occupancy Fee = $158.28

We look forward to seeing you there!

AWARDS

ATSIP is proud to host the Traffic Records Forum year after year, and we appreciate everyone who participates. To show our appreciation and recognition of the shining stars of the Traffic Records Forum, we are happy to provide the Best Practices Award and Data Visualization Award to the presentations most voted at the Forum. In addition to this, we award the annual Emeritus Member, Distinguished Achievement Award, and the Scott Falb Exceptional Service Award for individual recognition! These individual recognition awards are now open for the public to nominate persons they believe exemplify the reasoning and heart of each award. Please visit the awards page to nominate an individual for the award you feel they best represent.

Awards Nomination Page

Frequently Asked Questions

When will the event be held?
We are excited to bring this event to you over the days of August 2-5, 2026.

What days and times should I plan to be there?

(These times are estimates and are in Central.  Please check back periodically to see updates to the program)

  • Sunday (August 2) morning: ATSIP Executive Board Meeting (Closed Meeting)
  • Sunday noon: Workshops will be scheduled for Sunday afternoon. 
  • Sunday evening: The evening “meet and greet” will be Sunday around 5pm.
  • Monday thru Wednesday: Daily sessions will start at 8am and run through 5pm. 

Here are the programs from the 2024 and 2023 meetings: Nashville Program and Denver: Colorado Program

Where will the event be held?
The 2026 Traffic Records Forum will be held at the  Sheraton New Orleans.

Online Reservations: Venue above

Are you accepting applications for speakers?

Abstracts are being accepted: Speakers above

Are you accepting sponsor and exhibitors?
We are very excited to be able to open our doors to sponsors and exhibitors for this year’s event which includes exposure in the Exhibition Hall, and sponsor highlights in the marketing communications and on our website. Please reach out to Karla Houston at karlahouston@lsu.edu with any inquiries.

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Stacey Manware

As Deputy Director of Centralized Court Services for the State of Connecticut’s Judicial Branch, Stacey Manware directs the development and implementation of electronic citation and adjudication systems Statewide. A long-standing member of the Connecticut Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, she is the judicial champion of an award winning comprehensive paperless platform for motor vehicle infractions from issuance to placement on the driver history record. Attorney Manware is an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fordham University (Bronx, NY) and Juris Doctor from New England Law School (Boston, MA).

Tara Powell Casanova

Tara Casanova Powell is the Principal of Casanova Powell Consulting, an independent traffic safety research consulting firm and the current CEO for the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP). Tara is the former Program Coordinator for the Annual Lifesavers National Conference on Roadway Safety Priorities and a Research Consultant for Acusensus and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Tara also serves as a faculty staff member for Impaired Driving Solutions, formerly the National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC), under “All Rise”. With over 25 years of experience in the field of road safety, Tara’s career has spanned several niches within this community.

Tara has been engaged with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for several years where she currently serves as the Chair for the Impairment in Transportation Committee and was the Chair of the 2021 TRB Drug-Impaired Driving Conference Planning Committee. Tara also founded and Chairs the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Impaired Driving Behavioral Intervention Working Group (IDBIIIG) and has recently been elected to the ICADTS Board of Directors as an At Large Member.

In 2023, Tara co-authored the Impact of Compliance-Based Removal Laws on Alcohol-Impaired Driving Recidivism for GHSA, and “Rideshare Volume and DUI Incidents in Boston, Worcester, and Northampton, Massachusetts”, a collaborative project between Lyft and Uber developed for the National Association of District Attorneys (NDAA). Prior reports include “Rideshare Volume and DUI Incidents in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and Fort Worth, Texas” and “Rideshare Volume and DUI Incidents in Target California Communities” in collaboration with Lyft and also developed for NDAA. Through Tara’s judicial experience, she authored “A GUIDE TO DUI PRETRIAL SERVICES Key Components & Best Practice Recommendations” prepared for the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility illustrating Pretrial Services Early Intervention Programs for DWI Offenders.

Tara has also conducted extensive research on distracted driving including several studies with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Preusser Research Group in NY, CT, Northern Virgina, and Maryland and served on the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) expert panel for the completed project “Examining the Implications of Legislation and Enforcement on Electronic Device Use While Driving”.

Tara’s professional experience and network span several roadway safety priorities, with expertise in impaired driving, distracted driving, speed, occupant protection, and traffic records that transcend barriers that often exist within the silos of the transportation profession. Tara is very passionate about her role in transportation safety and has worked to connect traffic safety professionals including research scientist; federal, state, and local practitioners; law enforcement; and traffic records data professionals to work together to work towards ZERO deaths and to provide equitable transportation for all road users.  

Cory Hutchinson

Cory Hutchinson currently serves as the Director for the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety (CARTS) at Louisiana State University.  He earned a MS in Quantitative Business Analysis, a MBA, and a PhD in Human Resource Education and Workforce Development from LSU.  Within CARTS, Cory oversees all IT related projects including business analytics, web site design, data quality analysis, electronic crash data collection, data reporting, disaster recovery, graphical information systems, business intelligence, and crash data integration.  Cory also teaches graduate level Business Intelligence courses within the College of Business at LSU.

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 Ms. Andrea Bill is the Director of the Wisconsin Local Technical Assistance Program and Associate Director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory and Eastern Tribal Technical Assistance Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With these roles, she has been bringing research to technology transfer through in person and virtual webinars throughout Wisconsin and the U.S.  She is a passionate advocate for making research tangible to practitioners and to foster implementation and widespread adoption. 

Ryan Klitzsch, a certified Road Safety Professional (RSP), has more than 15 years of experience in transportation safety planning, including eight years as the Administrator the Indiana Highway Safety Office. Currently, Mr. Klitzsch is as a Senior Associate of Cambridge Systematics working in the areas of transportation safety policy, traffic records data, and planning. In this position, he has leveraged his practical highway safety office expertise in data and performance management with states to develop and implement countermeasures to move our roadways closer Toward Zero Deaths. Mr. Klitzsch has developed planning strategies for emerging technologies, Strategic Highway Safety Plans, Highway Safety Plans, Bicycle and Pedestrian plans, and Traffic Records Strategic Plans for more than a dozen states.