Agenda

Road Safety Authority Annual International Road Safety Conference Theme: Alcohol - tackling the crisis on our roads Thursday 1 June 2017, Dublin Castle

*Registration from 10:00am to 10:30am

Session 1

10:30 Ms Liz O’ Donnell, Chairperson, Road Safety Authority Introduction and Welcome Address

10:35 Mr Shane Ross TD, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Opening Address

10:40 Gillian Treacy

10:45 Ms Velma Burns, Research Manager, Road Safety Authority Alcohol as a Factor in Collisions - Ireland

11:05 Professor Denis Cusack, Director, Medical Bureau of Road Safety and Head, Forensic & Legal Medicine, University College Dublin
Drink Driving - It Has Not Gone Away You Know

11:25 Dr Jean T. Shope, MSPH, PhD, Research Professor Emerita, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and School of Public Health
Drink Driving in the US, Predictors and Prevention Strategies

11:45 Dr Barry Watson, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Qld (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Managing the Role of Alcohol in Road Crashes – An Australian Perspective

12:05 Question and Answers

12:15 Break Tea & Coffee

Session 2

12:30 Mr Antonio Avenoso, Director, European Transport Safety Council
Tackling Drink Driving in Europe

12:50 Mr Pär-Ola Skarviken, Swedish Transport Agency
Swedish Alcohol Interlock Program for Offenders

13:10 Mr Leandro Fuentes Martín, Major of the Guardia Civil (Spain), Traffic Police Force Headquarters, Operations Directorate
Alcohol, Effectiveness of Enforcement

13:30 Questions and Answers

13:40 Lunch

Session 3

14:15 Mr John Brogan and Mr Martin Mayock, Department of Infrastructure, Northern Ireland
Courses for Drink Drive Offenders: Reducing the risk of Re-offending

14:35 Superintendent Con O’Donohue, Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, An Garda Síochána
Drink Driver Arrests in Ireland

14:55 Professor Desmond O’ Neill, Director, National Office for Traffic Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Alcohol and Driving: The Clinical Perspective

15:15 Questions and Answers Sessions

15:25 Mr Michael Rowland, Director, Road Safety Research & Driver Education, Road Safety Authority
Closing Address

15:30 Conference Closes