2021 Festival programme
The 2021 Festival programme will comprise a mix of live and pre-recorded content including keynote presentations, podcasts, workshops and fringe presentations.
Content will be published on each working day during the Festival (Mon 1 Nov – Fri 26 Nov inc) and a timed agenda can be found in the grey panel on the right hand side of this page. Meanwhile, all confirmed topics, contributors and sessions are published below.
There is no need to register for the pre-recorded content. However, if you want to participate in any of the live sessions you will need to register in advance.
For more information or assistance please contact Edward Seaman by email or on 01379 650112.
Confirmed speakers
(As of 28.10.21)
Using telematics data to inform road safety practice
Dr Suzy Charman (Road Safety Foundation) & Sam Chapman (The Floow)
Latest developments in CycleRAP – a risk evaluation model for bicyclists and light mobility users
Shanna Lucchesi, Project Coordinator, iRAP
Why we need to think smaller
George Beard, Head of New Mobility, TRL
Hazard Perception VR: Testing and Training Hazard Perception in VR Headsets
David Crundall, Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
SHARP 2025 roundtable: Advancing motorcycle helmet safety information for riders (Workshop)
Facilitated by: Dr Phil Martin, Principal Consultant, Vehicle and Vulnerable Road User Safety, TRL
Surround A Town
Claire Stone and David Raven, Road Safety Technicians, Essex Highways
Is school pedestrian training effective? Findings from a pedestrian training scheme evaluation
Becky Needham, Road Safety Oficer, England, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Public-Private partnership: Expanding the road safety education journey through secondary school
Christine Sharma, Road Safety Manager, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Challenges and opportunities and learnings from a feasibility study of School Streets and No Car Zones in Cambridgeshire
Dr Jenna Panter, Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
How can technology deliver a step change in road safety?
Prof. Nick Reed, Founder, Reed Mobility
Post-pandemic road safety: How can we understand what’s changed on our roads?
Richard Owen, CEO, Agilysis
Augmented reality as a cost effective and engaging education tool for use with vulnerable road users
David Gribble, Chief Executive Officer, Constable Care Foundation
Road Safety Trust Grants Spotlight
Louise Palomino and Tanya Qadir (Road Safety Trust)
Horse incidents on the roads – DfT/British Horse Society Awareness Study
Alan Hiscox and Dee Pollard, British Horse Society
Towards a UK Motorcycling Strategy – what are the barriers and opportunities?
Craig Carey-Clinch, Executive Director, National Motorcyclists Council
The importance of ‘joining the dots’ (podcast)
Matt Staton, Director of Research, Road Safety GB
Meet the Road Safety GB Vice Chair (podcast)
Vicky Harvey, Vice Chair, Road Safety GB
What could a Road Collision Investigation Branch in the UK achieve? Learnings from the DfT & National Highways funded Road Collision Investigation Project
Elizabeth Box, Head of Research, RAC Foundation
National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Road Safety Group update
Tony Crook, Lead Officer for Road Safety, National Fire Chiefs Council
Private e-scooters: Should they be legalised? (Workshop)
Margaret Winchcomb & David Davies (PACTS), Jonathan Hodgkinson (Weightmans)
Enabling wide-area enforcement through technology
Emma Kelly & Steve Callaghan, Road Safety Support
If telematics is one side of the coin, then behavioural driver training is the other
Adrian Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, RoadHow
How the national 30mph limit is no longer fit-for-purpose
Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20’s Plenty for Us
Getting there: reaching Year 7
John and Denise Billington, Room 9 Media
Cycle Savvy Driving
Benjamin Smith, Head of Development, The Bikeability Trust
Evidential breath tests – a smarter future
David G Davies PhD FCIHT, Executive Director, PACTS
'It’s a Jungle Out There!' - the transition to secondary school
James Parker, Executive Officer, London Road Safety Council
Older Drivers: fit, healthy and determined to keep driving
Rebecca Ashton & Neil Greig, IAM RoadSmart
How road safety partnerships can fully embrace the Safe System approach and make it stick
Iain Temperton, Traject Road Safety Specialist & Tanya Fosdick, Research Director, Agilysis
Powered two-wheelers and the Safe System approach
Karen Cole, Director of Safety and Training, MCIA
Fitness to Drive - older driver safety assessment using new technologies
Sam Chapman, Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder and Director, The Floow
None for the Road? Stricter Drink Driving Laws and Road Accidents
Dr Jonathan James, Senior Lecturer, University of Bath
Developing Safe Road Users Through Lifelong Learning
Michael McDonnell, Director, Road Safety Scotland
The Future of Road Safety in Scotland
George Henry, National Operations Manager for Road Safety Policy and Education, Roads Directorate, Transport Scotland
Driver Distraction: Drivers on their Phones - Unsafe at any Speed
Paul Ripley, Founder & CEO, Distraction 999
Welcoming Roads - a development of Vision Zero
Colin Brown, Director of Campaigns and Political Engagement, Motorcycle Action Group
How to raise standards across the UK transport industry
Paul Wilkes, Business Services Manager, Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)
The LEARN! Manual for developing and evaluating activities on traffic safety and mobility education
Frank Mütze, Policy and Projects Officer, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)
Encouraging drivers and riders to ‘Know the Dangers’ faced by motorcyclists
Jonathan Clarkson, Shiny Side Up Partnership
Introducing the Sixth Sense Gauge
Mike Knight