Professional Development

Speed, the 4th international congress on speed reduction and control

Reducing traffic speed to save lives and increase walking and cycling

Date: Thursday 17 May 2012
Venue: Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE), London, UK
Time: 9am – 4pm

This is an essential event for road safety professionals, and will cover a variety of topics on the theme speed. The 2012 congress will bring together leading academics and practitioners from around the globe to discuss developments in reducing traffic speeds to save lives and enable walking and cycling on urban and rural road networks.

This event is kindly sponsored by Colas and Keltic Clothing

• Present the latest research, evaluation and policy thinking in reducing speed;
• Demonstrate innovation and new directions in speed enforcement, education, engineering and intelligent technologies in relation to speed reduction on both urban and rural road networks;
• Provide a forum for road safety professionals to network on this critical issue.

Visit the Speed Congress website for full details of this event.  

Speakers and topics will include:

Dr. Judy Fleiter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CARRS-Q
Speed enforcement in Australia: a changing policy landscape shaped by public opinion

Julie Galbraith, Project Officer, European Transport Safety Council
PRAISE project - Managing speed whilst driving for work; issues, good practice solutions and recommendations

Frank Lai, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
A comparative study of research into compliance levels comparing advisory and intervening systems of ISA

Brian Lawton, Safety Analyst, Transport Research Laboratory
Altering speed limits and the implications for road safety

Rod King, Campaign Director, 20s Plenty for Us
20s Plenty for Us - Mobilising communities to create a political mandate for lower speeds

Julie Townsend, Deputy Chief Executive, Brake
The value and contribution of NGOs in the battle for speed reduction

Dr. Anna Vadeby, Researcher in traffic safety, VTI
An evaluation of the new Swedish speed limit system

Professor David Stone, Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow
Comparative values of speed control systems, focussing on vehicle activated signs and average speed cameras

Professor John Wann, Professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway College, University of London
The misperception of vehicle speed by children and older drivers calls for closer scrutiny of urban speed limits

Exhibitors include
Colas
Keltic Clothing
Speed Check Services

DELEGATE FEES
Early bird: bookings made before 31 March 2012
Standard: bookings made after 31 March 2012

TO BOOK CLICK HERE, or call Brake on 01484 559909 or email admin@brake.org.uk.

Cancellation policy:
Cancellations made after booking but before Thursday 22 March 2012: Full refund minus a £20 admin fee
Cancellations made between Thursday 22 March and Thursday 19 April 2012: 50% of delegate fee
Cancellations made after Thursday 19 April 2012: 100% of delegate fee

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
The conference is a great opportunity to meet face to face with an audience of 100+ road safety professionals. For more details download the conference marketing opportunities. To book, or to discuss in more detail please contact Martin Howard on 01484 559909 or email mhoward@brake.org.uk.