Papers invited for 2014 National Conference

26 March 2014

Story from Road Safety GB.

The organising committee has issued a call for papers for the 2014 National Road Safety Conference in November 2014.

It is being held in Brighton on 25th -26th November, and is being hosted by Road Safety GB South East region and sponsored by Colas and AA DriveTech. More than 100 people have already registered to attend.

The conference committee has published themes and topics on the event website and is now inviting papers onthe following:

• partnership working between road safety teams and other stakeholders
• the use of social media to deliver road safety messages
• improving the safety of cyclists.

As well as the main programe there will be a fringe programme covering other road safety issues, and papers are also invited from individuals or organisations that would like to be considered for the fringe event.

Interested parties should provide a brief summary or abstract of their paper or presentation, along with brief details of the proposed presenter.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st March. The committee will then consider submissions during April with a view to publishing an outline agenda by the end of the month.

Submissions should be sent by email to Su Ormes, chair of the conference committee. For more information, or to discuss this informally, contact Su Ormes on 01634 331710 or Nick Rawlings on 01379 650112.