A conference to mark annual European Road Safety Day will be held on Monday 6 May 2013 in Brussels. The theme will be "Pedestrian safety: vulnerable road users in urban areas".
- road safety
- Monday 6 May 2013, 08:30 - 18:00 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Monday 6 May 2013, 08:30 - 18:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Building Albert BorschetteRue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English
Description
The conference will be hosted by the European Commission as a contribution to UN Global Road Safety Week 6-13 May 2013.
At the conference, road safety experts and representatives of some major road-safety organisations will come together to:
- Explore the roles and risks of the main road user groups
- Address the specific challenges of improving road safety in the urban areas
- Arrive at proposals of best practices and concrete, realistic solutions including new technologies with life-saving potential
The conference will be opened by Commission Vice-President for Transport, Mr Siim Kallas together with an invited keynote speaker from the European Parliament.
The conference will end in time for participants to join a road safety demonstration, "a long short walk" organised by FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile)in the afternoon of 6 May.
Key information
Introduction
- Mr Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Mobility and Transport
- Ms Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Presentations
| Speaker | Organisation | Theme |
| Frédéric Péchenard | Interministerial Delegate for Road Safety, France | The pedestrian: the most vulnerable road user |
| Jeannot Mersch | European Federation of Road Traffic Victims - President | Good to consider again vulnerable road users - UN RS week 2000:fatalities:2001-2010: -34% versus -43% |
| Manfred Neun | European Cyclists' Federation - President | Safer Streets in Liveable Cities |
| Jacob Bangsgaard | International Automobile Federation - Director General for FIA Region I | Pedestrian safety in cities: Risks, Causes and Accident Effect |
| Dinesh Sethi | World Health Organisation - Programme Manager Violence and Injury Prevention | Improving urban safety: Pedestrian road safety manual and the Second UN Global Road Safety Week |
| Andrés Martínez | Municipality of San Sebastián - Mobility Projects Technician in the Mobility Department | How to improve urban safety for vulnerable road users |
| Geert van Waeg | International Federation of Pedestrians - President | If the road were a machine,would we want to CE-mark it? |
| Antonio Avenoso | European Transport Safety Council - Executive Director | Next Phase of Developments for Vulnerable Road User Safety: What’s New in Technology, testing and transport-related research? |
| Michiel van Ratingen | EuroNCAP - Secretary-General | EuroNCAP – For safer cars |
| Sylvain Haon | Polis: European Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions - Director | Road safety and vulnerable road users: what can we expect from technology ? |
