2023 Minnesota Drugged Driving Summit

About the Summit

This free, daylong summit will feature leading experts presenting on drug mitigation, drug use (legal and illegal) and its potential impact on driving, and upcoming trends, challenges, and countermeasures to this ever-evolving issue. As roadway safety advocates, we welcome you to attend the summit and join us in the process of building a common-knowledge foundation from which we can all proceed.

As an attendee, you’ll:

• Gain insight on how the legalization of recreational marijuana has impacted traffic safety in Colorado.
• Learn what drugs and trends are hot in the market right now (locally and nationally) and understand how they are affecting our communities.
• Be introduced to prevention techniques and community organization partnership opportunities.
• Gain a better understating of how the court/legal process works to help strengthen traffic stops and lower the risk of a case being dismissed.
• Have more clarity on usage, possession, and distribution of edibles in Minnesota.
• Learn about Oral Fluid Roadside testing and its capabilities.

Event Goals

• Educate law enforcement officers, elected officials, and the traffic safety community on the current drugged driving trends, legal protocol, and roadway issues both in Minnesota and nationwide so they have a better understanding of current problems and what could be on the horizon.
• Equip officers with the knowledge to confidently take a case from a traffic stop all the way through the court process, resulting in conviction.

Who Should Attend

• Law enforcement officers
• Elected officials
• Roadway safety professionals
• Judges, attorneys, and prosecutors
• EMS practitioners

Attendance Options

The summit will be offered in person and virtually. Up to 250 participants may attend in person; registration will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch and refreshments are included for in-person attendees.

Virtual attendees will be able to watch a webinar-style livestream of speakers as they present from the in-person portion of the event.

Registration

Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees. There is no cost for this event, but registration is required. 

To register:

1. Visit the Minnesota Drug Summit Registration page. 
2. Click on Create a New Account
3. Fill in prompted asterisk fields (when you get to this field you will create your own unique ID and Password)
4. Click save and continue
5. Follow prompts

Credits

Attendees may apply for POST credits upon completion of the conference.

Become an Exhibitor

Exhibitors that deal with drugged driving impairment prevention and traffic safety are welcome to join us at the event. Cost is $100 per table. Exhibitors will be provided with a 6-foot table, two chairs, and lunch. There are multiple opportunities to interact with attendees during check-in, breaks throughout the day, lunch, and at the end of the summit. Set up is 7:00–7:30 a.m. and tear down is 4:00–4:30 p.m.

To register as an exhibitor:

1. Visit the Minnesota Drug Summit Exhibitor Registration page.
2. Click on Create a New Account
3. Fill in prompted asterisk fields (when you get to this field you will create your own unique ID and Password)
4. Click save and continue
5. Follow prompts

Hotels and Parking

Parking is available in two lots at the venue. Enter through the Rosemount Community Center Doors. Follow signs to the Banquet Hall.

We have not secured hotel room blocks or reservations. If you need overnight accommodations, please make those on your own.

More Information

Please contact Meredith Mitts at mmitts@acg.aaa.com.

Sponsors

This event is offered by the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program, AAA Minnesota-Iowa, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), with funding from AAA Minnesota-Iowa and MnDOT. Event space reservation funded by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office.