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Road Safety Congress 2010

22-24 February 2010, Holiday Inn Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon

Theme: Around the world in 2½ days: Lessons for the UK Proceedings

Programme

Day One: Monday 22 February 2010
Day Two: Tuesday 23 February 2010
Day Three: Wednesday 24 February 2010

Monday 22 February 2010

Chair: Tom Mullarkey MBE, Chief Executive, RoSPA

Opening Session

14:00 Chair's Introduction

14:10 Ministerial Address – Time to be confirmed
Paul Clark MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport

14:30 Sponsor Presentation
Mark Bennett, Technical Support Manager, Britax

14:45 A Safer Way: Making Britain's Roads the Safest in the World
Paul O'Sullivan, Head of Road User Safety Division, Department for Transport

15:15 Coffee

15:45 Scotland's Road Safety Framework to 2020
Jill Mulholland, Road Safety Team Leader, The Scottish Government

16:10 Sweden's Approach to Road Safety
Patrick Magnussen, Road Safety Expert, Swedish National Roads Administration, Sweden

16:35 Integrated Road Safety Plan in the Province of Alberta
Mavis Johnson, President, Canadian Traffic Safety Institute

17:00 Open Forum

17:15 Close

20:00 Dinner

Tuesday 23 February 2010 (Morning Session)

Chair: Bill Bailey, Chair RoSPA Road Safety Advisory Group

Identifying Priorities

09:15 Chair's Introduction

09:20 The Enhanced Crash Investigation Programme
Dr Peter Hillard, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia

09:50 ETP Evaluation : Developing a Practical Approach
Barbara King, Senior Road Safety Delivery Officer, Department for Transport and Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety, RoSPA

10:20 Safe Routes to School Evaluation Toolkit
Lauren Marchetti, Director, National Center for Safe Routes to School, USA

10:45 Open Forum

10:55 Coffee

Children and Youth

11:20 Global Youth Movement on Road Safety
Floor Lieshout, Technical Officer, World Health Organisation

11:45 Young People's Involvement in Injury Prevention
Dr Jenny McWhirter, Risk Education Adviser, RoSPA and Ursula Lowe, AdRisk Project Coordinator, Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV), Austria

12:10 WalkSafe a 5-E Program
Dr Gillian Holtz, Director WalkSafe Program, University of Miami, USA

12:35 Open Forum

12:45 Lunch

Tuesday 23 February 2010 (Afternoon Session)

Chair: Bill Smith, Chair, National Road Safety Committee, RoSPA

Adapting International Practice in the UK

14:00 Chair's Introduction

14:05 The Global Transport Knowledge Partnership and the International Road Safety Toolkit
Adrian Walsh, Director, Roadsafe and Rikke Rysgaard, Road Safety Adviser, Global Road Safety Partnership, Switzerland.

14:30 Exhibition Road Project
Mahmood Siddiqui, Head of Traffic and Transportation Policy, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

14:55 Stricter Liability— the Civilised Civil Compensation System
Amy Aeron Thomas, Executive Director, Roadpeace

15:20 Open Forum

15:35 Coffee and Close

20:00 Congress Dinner

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Chair: Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive, RoSPA

Drivers

09:20 Chair's Introduction

09:25 Update of the DSA's Learning to Drive Reforms
Mr Nick Carter, Deputy Chief Executive, DSA

09:50 Spain's Penalty Points System
Ana Martí-Belda Bertolín, INTRAS, Universitat de València, Spain

10:15 Drug-driving: an Emerging Threat for Road Safety in Europe
Cor Kuijten, The Netherlands National Police Agency

10:45 Coffee

Management of Occupational Road Risk

11:15 Review of Occupational Road Safety Worldwide: Lessons for Research, Policy and Practice
Dr Will Murray, Research Director, Interactive Driving Systems
Roger Bibbings, Occupational Safety Adviser, RoSPA

11:40 International Driving and the MOD
WO1 William McLean, Vehicle Accident Trend Investigator, MOD

12:00 Young Drivers at Work
Duncan Vernon, Road Safety Manager – England, RoSPA

12:20 Open Forum

12:30 Chair's Closing Remarks

12:35 Congress Closes

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