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Road Safety Annual Conference 2024

Annual Conference 09.10.2024

The Road Safety Authority will hold their annual conference on the 9 October 2024. This year’s RSA Annual Conference will focus on Driver Distraction.

The focus of this year’s conference is 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 will take 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 will include:

  • 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

    Annual Conference programme will be available here