Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016

More than 100 presentations on road safety from more than 30 countries accepted! See full conference programme below.

Opening session speakers

  • Dr. Magnus Hjälmdahl, Chairman of RS5C Organising Committee, VTI, Sweden
  • Mr. Jonas Bjelfvenstam, Director General VTI, Sweden
  • Prof. Marcio de Almeida D’Agosto, President ANPET, Brazil
  • Mr. Valter Casimiro, Director General DNIT, Brazil
  • Ms. Corina Puppo, Technical Secretary OISEVI, Argentina

Key note speakers

  • Traffic Violations: Causes and Cures, Dr. Sonja Forward, VTI, Sweden
  • Pro-active Road Safety Research and Application Including the Use of Big Data, Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Aty, University of Central Florida, USA
  • Next Steps When Improving Road Safety in Low-And Middle-Income Countries, Prof. Emeritus Fred Wegman, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Road Safety in Latin-America,
    Ms. Hilda Maria Gómez, CAF, Colombia

Special sessions

  • Benchmarking on Road Safety in Latin America, hosted by ITF/OISEVI/FIA.
  • Road User Behavioral Issues, hosted by ICTCT.
  • Safe Road Design and Maintenance hosted by FERSI/FEHRL.
  • Assessing Driving Ability, Vehicle Adaptation and Driver Training – Can Simulators Contribute? Hosted by VTI.
  • The Importance of Road Infrastructure Safety in Achieving the SDG Goals, hosted by iRAP.

Conference program

RS5C Conference Program Pdf, 2.1 MB.

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