Road Safety GB has issued a call for papers for the 2023 National Road Safety Conference – with a particular focus on the Safe System, and delivery of the foundations that underpin it.
The 2023 National Conference is being held at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire on 15-16 November. It is being hosted by Road Safety GB South West regional group and sponsored once again by Jenoptik and Westcotec.
Registration opened on 1 February and already more than 90 road safety professionals have booked to attend, with 11 organisations signed up for the exhibition that runs alongside the conference.
More than 300 people attended the 2022 conference in Harrogate, the first time it had been held as a live in-person event since 2019, and early indications suggest that a similar number will attend again this year.
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Nick Cowling, chair of the 2023 National Conference organising committee, said: “The plan for 2023 is to retain successful and established elements of the programme including opening keynote presentations, Question Time and the quick fire ‘Speed Dating’ presentations.
“There will also once again be a Fringe programme and ‘Topical Topics’ session to accommodate presentations that don’t fit into the Safe System theme.”
The emphasis for the rest of the 2023 programme is to focus on practical presentations (where possible) ideally delivered by authorities who have embraced the Safe System / Vision Zero approach, covering: how they got started, where they are on their safe system journey, lessons learned/ help, advice and suggestions for colleagues who have not yet fully embarked on this journey.
The committee is also keen to include presentations focusing on the five Safe System ‘foundations’: Roads & Roadsides, Vehicles, Road User Behaviour, Post-collision Response and Speed.
Click here for more detailed information about the topics and themes to be covered in the agenda.
Express interest in presenting
Anyone interested in presenting is asked in the first instance to provide the following, by email to Nick Rawlings:
- Title and brief overview/abstract of proposed presentation (a single paragraph will suffice)
- Brief speaker biog (again a single paragraph will suffice)
There is no formal deadline for expressions of interest, but applicants are encouraged to submit as soon as they are able.
For more information about the 2023 National Conference please contact either Nick Rawlings (agenda, exhibition and sponsorship) or Sally Bartrum (delegate registration). Both can be contacted on 01379 650112.
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