2026 Hazardous Materials Multi-Modal Event
 

Dates: October 21–22, 2026

Format: In-person, two-day safety seminar featuring concurrent track swap sessions

Location/Venue: 
Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel Convention Center
7600 John Q. Hammons Drive
Frisco, TX 75034 

Registration Link

Hazardous Materials Multimodal Event Information and Agenda Flyer

The 2026 Hazardous Materials Multimodal Event is an in-person, two-day safety event for hazardous materials industry stakeholders. Hosted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) Outreach and Engagement team, this event is dedicated to providing crucial regulatory updates, compliance assistance, and operational guidance to help ensure the safe transportation of hazardous materials. Our sessions are grounded in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171–180), which specify requirements for the safe and secure transportation of hazardous materials in commerce by rail, air, vessel, and highway.

OHMS's goals are to showcase our safety programs, compliance initiatives, and current regulatory updates. We will provide attendees an opportunity to hear directly from the agency's top subject matter experts, compliance investigators, and federal modal partners. This event directly addresses compliance for anyone who transports or causes hazmat to be shipped—covering key functions such as: classing hazardous materials, filling packagings, marking and labeling, preparing shipping papers, and the proper handling, loading, securing, and segregation of packages.

To ensure all attendees experience the complete safety curriculum while managing session capacities, the event features a collaborative concurrent track swap format where breakout groups will rotate through specialized sessions. Participants will rotate through dynamic sessions covering critical topics such as lithium-ion battery transport safety, modal guidelines, packaging requirements, fireworks and energetics, nurse tanks, and common compliance issues.

There will also be a joint morning Fireside Chat panel on Day 2 featuring OHMS representatives to foster direct discussion on key operational challenges. This forum provides an open, collaborative platform for the exchange of safety ideas, and attendees are highly encouraged to pre-submit specific questions for our presenters and panelists via email at training@dot.gov.