Workshops
TRACE and eIMPACT Final Conference
"Accident Causation, Safety Benefits and the Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems"
26 June 2008, Paris, France
On June 26, 2008, the European projects TRACE and eIMPACT hold their joint final conference, at which the projects will present their results. Attendees can learn:
- Insights into injury accident causation
- How have the safety benefits of IVSS (Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems) been assessed?
- How has the cost-benefit analysis of IVSS been performed?
- What are the results of the assessments?
- What are the options and challenges in the deployment of IVSS?
Attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the findings. At the end of the day, there will be a panel discussion with leading experts. The preliminary program can be found here. [LINK TO PDF PRELIMINARY PROGRAM]
eIMPACT and TRACE are projects in the EU's Sixth Framework Programme of the DG Information Society and Media.
The European project eIMPACT assesses the socio-economic impacts of Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems (IVSS) and their impact on traffic, safety and efficiency. It also addresses policy options for deployment and the views of the different stakeholders involved in deploying IVSS.
The European project TRACE addresses the aetiology, i.e. causes, of road crashes and the assessment, in terms of salvable lives and avoidable crashes, of the most promising solutions that can assist the road users in preventing or mitigating the consequences of road crashes.
We would like to invite you to attend this final conference. It will take place at the Salons Hoche in Paris, France. The venue is easily accessible by public transport and car. A map and directions can be found here and suggested hotels can be found here.
EIMPACT Stakeholder Workshop
26 February, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The European project eIMPACT assesses the socio-economic effects of Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems (IVSS) and their impact on traffic, safety and efficiency. It also addresses policy options and the views of the different stakeholders involved in deploying IVSS.
A workshop to develop deployment strategies for IVSS will be held on February 26, 2008. The workshop aims to bring together all relevant stakeholders in the field of stand-alone and co-operative IVSS in Europe. During the workshop results of the project will be presented and feedback from the attendees will be asked. The main focus will be on instruments for deployment of IVSS and how to arrive at commonly accepted implementation strategies. You can find the program here.
Your views and opinions are important to us and therefore we would like to invite you to attend this workshop. It will be held on February 26th at hotel Karel V in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Utrecht is centrally located in the Netherlands and only a half hour away from Schiphol Airport. The venue is easily accessible by public transport and car, directions are available on the hotel website (see below).
The Venue: Grand Hotel Karel V, Utrecht.
Suggested hotels in Utrecht (other than Karel V):
5-10 minutes walking:
- NH Hotel Utrecht and NH Hotel Centre Utrecht: http://www.nh-hotels.com/?language=en
- Park Plaza: http://www.parkplaza.com/webExtra.do?hotelCode=NETUTREC
- Best Western: http://www.bestwesternutrecht.nl/english/
15-25 minutes walking:
- Hotel Malie: http://www.hampshirehotels.nl/?p=295&l=en
- Hotel Mitland: http://www.mitland.nl/home_e.htm
- Hotel Oorsprongpark: http://www.oorsprongpark.nl/site_en/index.htm
Program eIMPACT Stakeholder Workshop
Moderator: Risto Kulmala, VTT, Finland
Mr Risto Kulmala is a research professor on ITS at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and adjunct professor at the University of Lund, Sweden. He has extensive experience in safety research, safety and impact evaluation of ITS, traffic and road weather monitoring, and strategies for ITS and intelligent vehicle system development and deployment. Currently he is Co-chair of the eSafety Implementation Road Maps Working Group.
The agenda for the workshop is:
| 09.00 09.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 09.30 10.00 | Welcome and introduction |
| 10.00 11.00 | Preliminary results of the cost benefit analysis (including safety and traffic impacts) and deployment options for IVSS |
| 11.00 11.15 | Break |
| 11.15 12.30 | Interactive plenary session to rate deployment instruments for IVSS |
| 12.30 13.15 | Lunch |
| 13.15 13.45 | Feedback interactive session plus introduction parallel sessions |
| 13.45 15.00 | Interactive parallel sessions to formulate commonly accepted implementation strategies for IVSS |
| 15.00 15.15 | Break |
| 15.15 16.15 | Results form parallel sessions and discussion |
| 16.15 16.30 | Conclusion |
