Road Safety Annual Conference 2024
Annual Conference 21.10.2024The focus of this year’s conference was on the topic of Driver Distraction, with a range of national and international speakers sharing their expertise on understanding the dangers of distracted driving, its impacts and what can be done to combat it.
Presentations on the subject took place across morning and afternoon sessions with the afternoon session featuring a presentation from Irish students who independently created their own road safety awareness video this year.
Speakers on the day included
- Ms. Liz O’Donnell, Chairperson, Road Safety Authority
- Professor John Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Professor Michael Regan, University of New South Wales
- Dr. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, TU Delft
- Dr Kiran Sarma, University of Galway
- Dr Ilse Harms, Chair of Euro NCAP’s HMI & Human Factors Working Group
- Kees Verweij, Netherlands police force
- Chief Superintendent Jane Humphries, An Garda Síochána
- Students from CBS Mullingar
- Mr. Sam Waide, CEO, Road Safety Authority
- Minister of State at the Department of Transport, James Lawless TD
Please see the Annual Conference programme here
The RSA’s Annual Academic Road Safety Lecture, heard insights on the subject of Distracted Driving from international and national experts, including:
Professor John Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison. See Professor Lee's presentation here
Professor Michael Regan, University of New South Wales. See Professor Regan's presentation here
Dr. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, TU Delft. See Dr Oviedo's presentation here
Dr Kiran Sarma, University of Galway. See Dr Sarma's presentation here
Dr Ilse Harms, Chair of Euro NCAP’s HMI & Human Factors Working Group. See Dr Harms presentation here
Kees Verweij, Netherlands police force. See Kees Verweij presentation here
Chief Superintendent Jane Humphries, An Garda Síochána. See Chief Superintendent Humphries presentation here
Students from CBS Mullingar. See CBS Mullingar presentation here