docprogram - International Conference on Urban Traffic Safety
download 
Report Transcription
program - International Conference on Urban Traffic Safety
Edmonton’s 7th International Conference on URBAN TRAFFIC SAFETY BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH April 27-30, 2015 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PROGRAM 2 CONFERENCE UPDATES Edmonton’s 7th International Conference on URBAN TRAFFIC SAFETY BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH SESSION SELECTIONS At the time of registration, you indicated your concurrent session selection. Please review the conference program, changes and cancellations above, and join the conference sessions that will benefit you the most. There is additional seating in each room to accommodate the changes. AUXILIARY PROGRAMS — SPECIAL EVENTS: See Page 11 for Details Monday, April 27th —An Evening Social, Among Friends —Session: B2 Yellowhead Trail Freeway Tour —LIGHT UP THE BRIDGE th Tuesday, April 28 Historical Tour of Edmonton Parks & Bridges Old Strathcona Shopping SESSION MATERIALS & BIOGRAPHIES Session presentations have been made available on the USB flash drive as part of your registration, these will be available on Thursday, April 30th for pick-up at the registration desk. Final materials will be posted to the conference on the website at www.TrafficSafetyConference.com. EVALUATIONS Please complete your evaluation and return to the registration desk at the end of the conference. NAME TAGS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES Your name tag is required at all times to gain access to any of the conference plenary, concurrent sessions, meals, exhibit area and evening events. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow the 7th International Conference On Urban Traffic Safety HASHTAG #trafficsafety #yeg #LightTheBridge Twitter @TrafficSafeOTS @CityofEdmonton @YEGSafeTraffic Facebook TSC.Leadership 3 CONFERENCE at a glance All sessions are held on Meeting Level, Salon 10, unless otherwise indicated Monday, April 27 Registration | Continental Breakfast Opening Ceremony Keynote: Vision Zero: Livable Cities 0730 0830 0900 1015 1045 Wednesday, April 29 Registration | Continental Breakfast Opening Remarks Keynote: Traffic Safety Analysis: The Need for More Realistic Approaches Break Thursday, April 30 Registration | Continental Breakfast Opening Remarks Keynote: Connected Vehicles Technology Opening Remarks A1 Evaluation of City of Edmonton Automated Enforcement Program Tuesday, April 28 Registration | Continental Breakfast Opening Remarks Keynote: Building Safer Communities Together Break Concurrent Sessions C1 British Columbia's Landmark Impaired Driving Legislation E1 Safety Review of Speed Management Cameras G1 Interactive Crime Mapping Room: Salon 5 Meeting Room: Salon 2 Meeting Room: Salon 2 A2 St. Albert: Safe Journeys to School C2 Insight into Driving Behavior Using Both Conventional and New Traffic Safety Measures E2 GIS Applications in Traffic Safety: Spatial and Temporal Analysis and Traffic Flow Prediction Meeting Room: Salon 3 Meeting Room: Salon 3 C3 Senior Driving: Changes, Adaptations and Safety E3 Towards Safe System Walking G3 Traffic Safety Culture Survey Meeting Room: Salon 4 Meeting Room: Salon 4 Meeting Room: Salon 4 A4 Foster Relationships for Community Engagement C4 Distracted Driving and Nighttime Seatbelt Use E4 Adolescence to Mid-Adulthood: A Lifespan Assessment of Impaired Driving G4 Speed Management Continuum Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Hosted Lunch TCYHA— Historical Overview & Awards Hosted Lunch Ford: Managing Vehicle Safety Hosted Lunch Mastering the Rules of the Road: Tools and Tips Hosted Lunch Conference Closing Remarks Concurrent Sessions D1 Senior Licensing F1 Integrated Traffic Operations Meeting Room: Salon 2 Meeting Room: Salon 2 Enforcement Workshop Law Enforcement: Current Challenges and Strategies D2 The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) F2 From Data to Decision Making: An Evidence-Based Approach to Road Safety Improvements Break Meeting Room: Salon 3 A3 Walkable Communities Meeting Room: Salon 2 G2 Understanding and Implementing Safe System Approach Meeting Room: Salon 3 Meeting Room: Salon 4 1145 1220 1300 B1 Policing for Road and Community Safety Meeting Room: Salon 2 B2 Yellowhead Trail Freeway Plan Meeting Room: Salon 3 Meeting Room: Salon 3 Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Meeting Room: Salon 2 Engineering Workshop Data Collection Tool Meeting Room: Salon 3 Meeting Room: Salon 3 B3 School Safety: Way to Be Meeting Room: Salon 4 B4 Road Safety and Public Policies in Latin America F3 Effective Measures: Drinking & Driving Meeting Room: Salon 4 Meeting Room: Salon 4) D4 An Epidemic: Distracted Driving F4 Traffic Safety: Challenges and Opportunities Education & Engagement Workshop Social Media & Law Enforcement Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Break Keynote: No Accident: Achieving Vision Zero Closing Remarks On your Own Break Workshops Continue… Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 1415 1600 1700~ Break Keynote: Road Safety Is Every One's Responsibility Closing Remarks An Evening Dinner & Social: It's All About Jazz Among Friends Yellowhead Brewery Break Keynote: Leading Global Road Safety Programs Closing Remarks Edmonton’s History Seen Through the River Valley and its Bridges — Bus Tour 4 Road User Behaviour Workshop Strathcona School Traffic Safety Partnership Meeting Room: Salon 4 D3 Making Cycling Safe: Reducing Injuries and Fatalities Wrap-Up ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Edmonton’s 7th International Conference on URBAN TRAFFIC SAFETY BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH International Conference on Urban Traffic Safety and TransCanada Yellowhead Highway Association jointly host the 7th International Conference on URBAN Traffic Safety. Experts from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds will share knowledge, expertise and resources to build safer communities. Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association represents communities that surround the Yellowhead Highway from Winnipeg, Manitoba stretching as far west as Massed, B.C. on Haifa Gaia. GOAL To showcase world class best practices in the use of the Safe System Approach towards creating safer communities for all road users. OBJECTIVES Increase public awareness of traffic safety issues in our communities and provide a focus on vulnerable road users; Showcase innovative ideas, technologies and strategies to deal with current and emerging traffic safety issues; Create a strong culture of traffic safety through the use of social research and social media, and; Provide an opportunity for traffic safety stakeholders to network, develop skills and forge connections with the global traffic safety community. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Gerry Shimko, Executive Director, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Dennis Tetreault, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety, Conference Co-Chair Dan Leach, Constable, Edmonton Police Service, Conference Co-Chair Brett Esslinger, City of Edmonton Barry Belcourt, Branch Manager, City of Edmonton, Transportation Services Pamela McCulloch, Strategic Coordinator, Roads, City of Edmonton, Transportation Services Don Grimble, Managing Director, Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association John Wojcicki, C.A.O., Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association Stevanus Tjandra, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Laura Thue, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Shewkar E. Ibrahim, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Sarah Meffen, Communications, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Dorothy Morrison, ICDR 5 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Monday, April 27 1145 Hosted Lunch All sessions are held in Salon 10, unless otherwise indicated 1220 Starting the Conversation: Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association Historical Overview & Awards Speaker: Don Grimble, Managing Director, TCYHA 0730 Registration | Reception | Exhibits 0830 Opening Ceremony 1300 Concurrent Sessions Gerry Shimko, Executive Director, Office of Traffic Safety, City of Edmonton Greg Pasychny, Mayor, Edson, and President, Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association, Councillor Bev Esslinger, City of Edmonton, and Deputy Chief Brian Simpson, Edmonton Police Service B.1 Low-level Speeding ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Michael Grainger, Superintendent, Road Policing Command, Road Policing Strategy Division, Victoria Police, Docklands, Australia B.2 Yellowhead Trail Freeway Plan ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speaker: Natalie Lazurko, P.Eng., General Supervisor, Facility & Capital Planning Transportation Planning, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Note: This Session includes a Yellowhead Trail Site Tour from 1415-1800. Details will be provided during the session. B.3 School Safety: Way to Be ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speakers: Bev Dekker and Carrie Herrick-Fitzgerald, The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada B.4 Road Safety and Public Policies in Latin America EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Pablo Martínez Carignano, International Road Safety Trainer, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1415 Break 0900 Keynote: Vision Zero: Livable Cities Speaker: Maria Krafft, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Division Traffic Safety & Environment, Folksam Insurance Company, Stockholm, Sweden 1015 Break 1045 Concurrent Sessions A.1 Evaluation of City of Edmonton Automated Enforcement Program ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Karim El-Basyouny, Ph.D., City of Edmonton Assistant Professor, Urban Traffic Safety, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada A.2 A.3 A.4 St. Albert: Safe Journeys to School ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speakers: Councillor Tim Osborne, City of St. Albert, Alberta and Raheem Dilgir, P.Eng., PTOE, MBA, President, TranSafe Consulting Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada Walkable Communities ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Robert Ping, Technical Assistance Program Manager, Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA TCYHA Caucus Meeting (For Members only) Keynote: Road Safety Is Every One's Responsibility Speaker: Tim Burrows, Consultant (Retired Police Officer), Walking the Social Beat Media, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Meeting Room: Salon 15/16 Foster Relationships for Community Engagement EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Russell White, CEO, Founder, Australian Road Safety Foundation, Queensland, Australia TCYHA Outgoing Board Meeting (For Board Members) Meeting Room: Salon 15/16 6 1600 Closing Remarks 1730 An Evening Dinner & Social: It's All About Jazz Among Friends — see page 11 for details. CONFERENCE PROGRAM Tuesday, April 28 All sessions are held in Salon 10, unless otherwise indicated 0730 Registration | Reception | Exhibits 0830 Opening Remarks University of Alberta, Urban Traffic Safety, Awards | Bob Boutilier Engineering Leadership Award & Memorial and Traffic Safety Fund / Traffic Safety Scholarship Fund 0900 Keynote: Building Safer Communities Together Speaker: Gabe Klein, Senior Executive, Private and Public Sector CrossFunctional and Industry Expertise, Washington, DC, USA 1015 Break 1045 Concurrent Sessions C.1 British Columbia's Landmark Impaired Driving Legislation: New Justice & Public Safety System Approach ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speakers: Steve Martin, Strategic Options Consulting Inc., Victoria and Inspector Ian (Ted) Emanuels, R.C.M.P. Retired, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada C.2 C.3 C.4 Insight into Driving Behavior Using Both Conventional and New Traffic Safety Measures ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speaker: Shewkar Ibrahim, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Senior Driving: Changes, Adaptations and Safety ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Alison Smiley, Ph.D., President, Human Factors North Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hosted Lunch 1220 Starting the Conversation : Ford: Managing Vehicle Safety Speaker: Scott Lindstrom, Ford manager, Driver Assist Technologies, Dearborn, Michigan, USA 1300 Concurrent Sessions D.1 Senior Licensing ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Charles T. (Chip) Scialfa, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada D.2 The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speaker: Colin Brodie, Chief Advisor, Safety, Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency, Wellington, New Zealand D.3 Making Cycling Safe: Reducing Injuries and Fatalities ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Mohamed Elfaramawy Elesawey, Ph.D., P.Eng. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University, Abbasia, Cairo, Egypt D.4 An Epidemic: Distracted Driving EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Terry Warner, Director, Victim Services, Cache County Attorney's Office, Utah, USA 1415 Break TCYHA Members Program: Incoming Board Meeting (For Board Members) Distracted Driving and Nighttime Seatbelt Use EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Neil Chaudhary, Ph.D., Vice President, Preusser Research Group, Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut, USA TCYHA Members Program: AGM (Members only 1045-1145) Meeting Room: Salon 15/16 7 1145 1445 Keynote: Leading Global Road Safety Programs Speaker: Flavio Pechansky, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Coordinator, Collaborating Center on Alcohol and Drugs HCPA/SENAD, Porto Alegre, Brazil 1600 Closing Remarks 1700 Edmonton’s History Seen Through the River Valley and its Bridges Bus Tour with Shirley Lowe, past Historian Laureate, City of Edmonton (Tour is from 1700-1900) see page 11 for details. CONFERENCE PROGRAM Wednesday, April 29 1145 Hosted Lunch All sessions are held in Salon 10, unless otherwise indicated 1220 Starting the Conversation: Mastering the Rules of the Road: Tools and Tips Speakers: Dexa Stoutjesdyk, M. Ed. and Michele Pentyliuk, M.Ed., Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1300 Concurrent Sessions F.1 Integrated Traffic Operations ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Chris Narbonne, Staff Sergeant, RCMPolice, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada F.2 From Data to Decision Making: An Evidence-Based Approach to Road Safety Improvements ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Ying (Ariel) Luo, M.Sc. Traffic Safety Spatial Analyst, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada F.3 Effective Measures: Drinking & Driving ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Anne Taylor McCartt, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Arlington, Virginia, USA F.4 Traffic Safety: Challenges and Opportunities EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Linley Crackel, Acting Director, Policy and Strategy, Office of Road Safety, Perth, Australia 1415 Break 1445 Keynote: No Accident: Achieving Vision Zero Speaker: Neil Arason, Author and Speaker, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 0730 Registration / Exhibits / Continental Breakfast 0830 Opening Remarks 0900 Keynote: Traffic Safety Analysis: The Need for More Realistic Approaches Speaker: Tarek Sayed, Ph.D., P.Eng., FCSCE, FCAE, FEIC, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Director, UBC Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Freight Security - Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1015 Break 1045 Concurrent Sessions E.1 Safety Review of Speed Management Cameras ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Marg Prendergast, General Manager, Centre for Road Safety, New South Wales, Australia E.2 E.3 E.4 GIS Applications in Traffic Safety: Spatial and Temporal Analysis and Traffic Flow Prediction ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speaker: Xin Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Towards Safe System Walking ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Bruce Corben, Ph.D., MEngSc (Trans), BSc, Principal, Corben Consulting, Victoria, Australia Adolescence to Mid-Adulthood: A Lifespan Assessment of Impaired Driving EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: William F. Wieczorek, Ph.D., CRA, Director, Center for Health and Social Research, Professor, Dept. of Geography and Planning, SUNY Buffalo State, New York, USA Book Signing opportunity “No Accident: Eliminating Injury & Death on Canadian Roads” 8 1600 Closing Remarks 1615 Evening on your own CONFERENCE PROGRAM Thursday, April 30 Post CONFERENCE Workshops All sessions are held in Salon 10, unless otherwise indicated 1300 Post Conference Workshops 0730 Registration / Exhibits / Continental Breakfast 0830 Opening Remarks 0900 Keynote: Connected Vehicles Technology Speaker: Gregory Krueger, Program Manager, Leidos, Reston, Virginia, USA 1015 Break 1045 Concurrent Sessions ENGINEERING WORKSHOP Meeting Room: Salon 3 G.1 Interactive Crime Mapping ENFORCEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 2 Speaker: Captain Michael Troendle, Special Operations Bureau Commander, Toledo Police Department, Toledo, Ohio, USA Data Collection Tool Presenter: Yinhai Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Director, PacTrans and STAR Lab Transportation Engineering, Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA G.2 Understanding and Implementing Safe System Approach ENGINEERING Meeting Room: Salon 3 Speaker: Colin Brodie, Chief Advisor, Safety, Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency, Wellington, New Zealand G.3 G.4 1145 ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP Meeting Room: Salon 2 Low Level Speeding Presenter: Michael Grainger, Superintendent, Road Policing Command, Road Policing Strategy Division, Victoria Police, Docklands, Australia ROAD USER BEHAVIOR WORKSHOP Meeting Room: Salon 4 Strathcona School Traffic Safety Partnership Presenter: Debbie Rawson, M.Sc., Traffic Safety Liaison Advisor, Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Traffic Safety Culture Survey ROAD USER BEHAVIOR Meeting Room: Salon 4 Speaker: Laura Thue, Ph.D., City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Social Media & Law Enforcement Presenter: Tim Burrows, Consultant (Retired Police Officer), Walking the Social Beat Media, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Speed Management Continuum EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Meeting Room: Salon 5/6 Speaker: Scott McDonald, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Closing Remarks Hosted Lunch 9 1415 Break 1445 Workshops continue 1600 Workshop Closing Remarks SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS SPONSORS EXHIBITORS WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS. 10 Auxiliary programs AN EVENING DINNER & SOCIAL: IT’S ALL ABOUT JAZZ AMONG FRIENDS EDMONTON’S HISTORY SEEN THROUGH THE RIVER VALLEY AND BRIDGES BUS TOUR WITH SHIRLEY LOWE, PAST HISTORIAN LAUREATE, CITY OF EDMONTON WITH ‘OLD FRIENDS’ P.J. PERRY & SENATOR TOMMY BANKS ‘GENTLEMEN OF JAZZ' HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE THE MID-60S. BETWEEN THEM THEY HAVE PLAYED THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA IN CONCERT HALLS, CLUBS, AND THEATRES. DON’T MISS AN EXCITING EVENING OF JAZZ FROM TWO JUNO AWARD-WINNING SOLOISTS! — WINSPEAR DATE: TIME: LOCATION: FEE: EDMONTON HAS A RICH HISTORY THAT BEGAN WITH THE NORTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER, OUR FIRST HIGHWAY. THE CITY GREW FROM A FUR TRADING POST AND SUPPLY DEPOT FOR THE NORTHERN FORTS TO AN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTRE. THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT FACILITATED THAT GROWTH WERE MANY AND THE RIVER AND ITS VALLEY PLAYED AN INTEGRAL PART IN HOW THE CITY DEVELOPED. THE TOUR WILL TAKE US OVER THE DOWNTOWN BRIDGES AND THROUGH SOME OF THE PARKS ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN THE RIVER VALLEY. THE BRIDGES INCLUDE THE DAWSON BRIDGE, THE LOW LEVEL AND HIGH LEVEL BRIDGES, THE JAMES MACDONALD BRIDGE, THE GROAT BRIDGE AND A STOP AT THE NEW AND OLD WALTERDALE BRIDGES. DISCUSSION WILL CENTRE AROUND THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THIS PART OF EDMONTON AND WHAT ROLE THESE BRIDGES AND PARKS PLAYED. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015 1800-2100 YELLOWHEAD BREWERY 10229-105 STREET, EDMONTON, ALBERTA LET US DRIVE YOU: ETS TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED CHARTER BUS DEPARTS THE SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE AT 1700 AND RETURNS TO THE SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE AT 2000 AND 2100 $60 PER PERSON — SPACE MAY BE AVAILABLE, PLEASE SEE THE REGISTRATION DESK FOR DETAILS DATE: TIME: FEE: LIGHT UP THE BRIDGE ON MONDAY APRIL 27TH, THE CITY OF EDMONTON, OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY WILL LIGHT UP THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE IN RED, YELLOW AND GREEN IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD. PLEASE SEE THE REGISTRATION DESK TO SIGN UP CHARTER BUS—DEPARTS THE SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE AT 1630 AND RETURNS AT 1900 FOLLOW THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN TRAFFIC SAFETY ON TWITTER @CITYOFEDMONTON @YEGSAFETRAFFIC #TRAFFICSAFETY #LIGHTTHEBRIDGE @TRAFFICSAFEOTS CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL SHUTTLE DAILY SERVICE FOR GUESTS STAYING AT THE CHATEAU NOVA OLD STRATHCONA TOUR ARE YOU TRAVELLING WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY AND WANT TO EXPLORE GREAT SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS IN EDMONTON WHILE EVERYONE IS IN SESSION? SHIRLEY LOWE HAS A GREAT PLAN TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY YOUR DAY! THE ONLY FEE IS YOUR SMILE AND ENTHUSIASM. DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 1000—1400 TIME: LOCATION: OLD STRATHCONA | WHYTE AVENUE DEPARTS THE CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL AT 1000 AND THE WESTIN CHARTER BUS HOTEL AT 1030. RETURNS APPROX. 1400 COMPLIMENTARY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF REGISTERED FEE: DELEGATES. PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE REGISTRATION DESK. CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL TO THE SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE MORNING PICK-UP FROM THE HOTEL AT 0700 AND 0800 SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE TO THE CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL AFTERNOON PICK-UP 1615 & 1700 SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 11 TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 1700-1900 INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION – SPACE MAY BE AVAILABLE, Speaker Biographies KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Maria Krafft, Ph.D. Stockholm, Sweden Associate Professor, Head of Division Traffic Safety & Environment, Folksam Insurance Company Gregory D. Krueger, P.E. Michigan, USA Leidos, Connected Vehicle Program Manager | Transportation Solutions Division Since 2007 Maria Krafft has a general responsibility for the traffic safety research division as well as the environmental unit at Folksam, a Swedish insurance company. The responsibility is more of strategic in order to reduce the number of traffic injuries and environmental consequences. Folksams research area in the traffic safety field is very much implementary oriented and Marias role is also to cooperate with important stakeholders. From June 2015 she is Director of sustainable and traffic safety at the Swedish Transport Administration. Maria Krafft gained her PhD in crash safety regarding neck injuries from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and later associate Professor in traffic medicine at Umeå University. She has been deeply involved in the development of the Zero Vision, vehicle crash safety, child safety in cars, injuries to cyklists as well as research regarding pay-as-you drive concepts in order to stimulate driver behavior by economic incentives. Greg Krueger is the Connected Vehicle Program Manager for Leidos. He is presently the Manager of the US DOT Southeast Michigan Connected Vehicle Test Bed where he oversees the dayto-day operations and technology enhancements for the original Proof of Concept facility. Greg is also leading Leidos’ efforts supporting the Safety Pilot Model Deployment effort in Ann Arbor as well as a variety of other Connected Vehicle programs for US DOT, Michigan DOT and AASHTO. Prior to joining Leidos (formerly) SAIC, Greg served as MDOT’s Program Manager for the statewide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, overseeing all development, deployment, operations and maintenance of ITS throughout the State of Michigan. Mr. Krueger received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University and his Masters of Science degree in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis on Traffic Engineering from Texas A&M University. Lately Maria has been involved in the work of finding new concepts to reduce serious injuries, especially among unprotected road users, finding synergies with other healthrelated demands for the transport system. To be successful in the work of livable cities several aspects need to be considered: health-, environmental-, safety- and mobility in relation to criteria for perceived good living conditions. Tim Burrows Toronto, Ontario, Canada Walking the Social Media Beat Tim Burrows spent 25 years as a police officer in Toronto Canada working in multiple areas of the Service including Traffic, Detective Operations, Primary Response and Corporate Communications. Gabe Klein Washington, DC Senior Executive, Private and Public Sector Cross-Functional and Industry Expertise In 2009 Tim was tasked with the creation of a Communications Office dedicated to Traffic Operations where he found a passion for public relations, social media and using the Internet to assist in the promotion of all aspects of traffic safety. His driving goal was, “Reduce collisions, injury and death in Toronto.” Tim used this goal to assist in reversing a trend of increasing high numbers of each segment to record low numbers in just three years. Visionary, collaborative and entrepreneurial executive with 20 years of experience leading operations, marketing, business development efforts for transportation and technology oriented companies and government. A proven performer instrumental in short-term turnaround situations, as well as long range strategic planning and execution to achieve market growth and dominance in highly competitive environments. Successful at building and developing world class management teams quickly, and building consensus with disparate stakeholder groups, particularly elected officials, community groups and investment partners. Tim openly shares his secret for success, Road safety is every one’s responsibility we all need to do our part. In 2014 Tim retired from policing to concentrate his full time efforts on assisting law enforcement, government and organizations on the importance of the changing world of communications using effective social media and media relations to share messages and create conversations based on relationships. 12 Speaker Biographies KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tarek Sayed, Ph.D. P.Eng., FCSCE, FCAE, FEIC, Vancouver, BC, Canada Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Director, UBC Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Freight Security Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering University of British Columbia Flavio Pechansky, MD, Ph.D. Porto Alegre, Brazil Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Coordinator, Collaborating Center on Alcohol and Drugs HCPA/SENAD Dr. Pechansky has an MD in Medicine by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) , Brazil. He was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (93/94), received his MSc and PhD with honors at UFRGS, and is currently tenured Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry at UFRGS. He is the Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Research at UFRGS at Hospital de Clinicas of Porto Alegre (HCPA),Chief of the Addiction Psychiatry Services at the same hospital, and Coordinator of the Collaborating Center on Alcohol and Drugs of HCPA/SENAD. Dr. Sayed is currently a Professor at the University of British Columbia. He has a number of prestigious awards including the appointment as a UBC Distinguished University Scholar, the ITE Wilbur Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award, the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Sandford Fleming Award, the Transportation Association of Canada Academic Merit Award, the Transportation Association of Canada Gilchrist Medal and several best paper and teaching awards. Dr. Sayed is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Dr. Sayed is the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Freight Security (BITSAFS-Engineering) at UBC. Dr. Sayed received two early promotions to the Associate and Full Professor levels. He served as a chair of both the Transportation and the computer application divisions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. He has authored or coauthored about 250 journal/conference papers and has instructed and organized many short courses and seminars in traffic safety, operations and ITS for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), the BC Ministry of Transportation (BCMOT), Ashghal (Qatar), Ministry of Public Works (Kuwait), State Farm Insurance (US), and the US Federal Highway Administration, among others. He also serves on several national and international committees including the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) safety data and analysis Committee, the US TRB future directions for road safety subcommittee, the US TRB Pedestrian Committee and the Canadian National Road Safety Committee. He has completed numerous consulting projects in traffic safety and ITS in North America and internationally and has supervised 60 Master and Ph.D. students. Dr. Sayed’s transportation engineering research has been focused within three main areas: 1) to improve road safety analysis and evaluation techniques, 2) to improve the level of knowledge associated with the safety implications of traffic operations and highway design, and 3) developing and evaluating Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to increase the efficiency of traffic. Neil Arason Victoria, BC, Canada Author, "No Accident: Eliminating Injury and Death on Canadian Roads" Neil Arason is passionate about making change in road safety, has contributed to numerous publications and studies in the field, and served as co-chair of a national task force on pedestrian safety. Given that road trauma is fundamentally a human-made problem with human-made solutions, Neil asserts that it is ludicrous to think we could not eliminate injury and death from ordinary land-based transport in the twenty-first century. In fact, we can start today by making road safety a top national priority in line with the scale of the problem and the breadth of available solutions. No Accident probes what safe system thinking really means, and identifies the most meaningful large-scale changes within reach. The book, which includes a foreword by Ralph Nader, has been featured on radio, by CBC BC; CKNW Vancouver; C-FAX Victoria; CBC Alberta; CBC Ottawa; and CBC Sudbury, and by Maclean’s magazine and the Ottawa Sun. It has also been reviewed by Blacklock’s Reporter (Ottawa), Literary Review of Canada, and Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals. 13 Speaker Biographies CONCURRENT SESSION SPEAKERS Robert Ping Portland, Oregon, USA Technical Assistance Program Manager, Walkable and Livable Communities Institute Karim El-Basyouny, Ph.D. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada City of Edmonton Assistant Professor of Urban Traffic Safety, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta Robert Ping is the WALC Institute’s Technical Assistance Program Manager. A self-described ‘bike-aholic’ and a passionate transportation advocate, Robert has become well known throughout the country for his work in Safe Routes to School program and policy change, Complete Streets, Smart Growth, bikeability and walkability, and has led state and local policy change coalitions in 25 states and five metropolitan regions. Robert helps communities and advocates improve the built environment to increase safety, social equity, and physical activity through bicycling and walking. Dr. Karim El-Basyouny is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Department at the University of Alberta. He is also the inaugural City of Edmonton’s Research Chair in Urban Traffic Safety. Dr. El-Basyouny is an expert in issues of traffic injury prevention, crash modeling, and safety intervention analysis. His research is focused on applying transportation engineering principles and research evaluation methodologies to improve urban traffic safety in the areas of traffic operations and planning, geometric and roadside design, enforcement, and speed management. From 2003 through 2013, Robert focused on Safe Routes to School, becoming perhaps the nation’s leading expert in this growing movement to get kids active and improve the built environment. Robert was a Safe Routes to School National Partnership staff expert, was appointed by Congress to the federal Safe Routes to School Task Force and has provided technical assistance to states, regions and cities throughout the U.S. He was the founding manager of Portland, Oregon’s comprehensive citywide program. For 15 years, Robert managed the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s bicycle education program and supervised hundreds of youth classes reaching nearly 40,000 students. Robert’s experience also includes community organizing and serving on many national and state committees such as the Bicycle-Friendly Communities advisory committee. He founded the Active Transportation Diversity Task Force and spearheaded the “Making Public Schools Diverse and Walkable framing paper with PolicyLink and ChangeLab Solutions. Tim Osborne City of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada Councillor Tim Osborne is a Councillor for the City of St. Albert. For the past year, he has served as the Chair of the Safe Journeys to School Joint Public Steering Committee. Since his election in 2013, Tim has represented the City of St. Albert on the Community Services Advisory Board, RCMP Community Advisory Committee, St. Albert Public Library Board and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Tim resides in St. Albert with his wife and two children." Natalie Lazurko Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Raheem Dilgir, P.Eng., PTOE, MBA Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada President, TranSafe Consulting Ltd. General Supervisor, Transportation Planning, City of Edmonton Natalie is a General Supervisor with Facility and Capital Planning with the City of Edmonton's Transportation Planning Branch. She has been working with the City for a number of years, with a focus on arterial roadway concept planning studies Raheem Dilgir is the President and founder of TranSafe Consulting Ltd., a firm specializing in transportation safety planning and engineering, and was the lead consultant for the City of St. Albert's Safe Journeys to School Initiative. Raheem is a professional engineer with 20 years of experience in road safety. He is an active member of several committees at the Transportation Association of Canada and the Transportation Research Board, and he currently serves as Chair of the Safe Roads and Communities Working Committee of the British Columbia Road Safety Strategy. 14 Speaker Biographies Michael Grainger, Superintendent Docklands, Australia Superintendent, Road Policing Command, Road Policing Strategy Division, Victoria Police Russell White Oxenford, Queensland, Australia Managing Director, Driver Safety Australian, Founder and CEO, Australian Road Safety Foundation Superintendent Michael GRAINGER joined Victoria Police in 1984 as a 19 year old and has worked in the Western suburbs of Melbourne (which suffer significant disadvantage in terms of unemployment and poor community health) as a uniform and plain clothes policeman on a number of occasions during his 30 year career. He was a Detective in both local Crime investigation Units and the State Crime Squads where he performed duty at the Homicide, Armed Robbery and Armed Offenders Squads. In 2000 he formed an Armed Robbery Task Force that investigated violent robbery offences across the Western Region. He has been highly decorated on a number of occasions for his policing skills and in 2010 was the recipient of a State Multicultural award – an honour he considers to be one of the highlights of his career to date. He has also demonstrated commitment to community safety and workplace safety. Russell White is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading Road Safety advocates, with experience in the Driver Training industry spanning more than 24 years. He has been at the forefront of some of the most recent research into driver training and established a joint research program with Griffith University on the Gold Coast. Governments at both State and Federal levels have sought Russell’s views on Road Safety issues. He has presented papers at hearings for the Queensland Travel Safe Committee and the Transport and Regional Policy Committee at Parliament House in Canberra. In 2014, Victoria lost 249 people in fatal collisions and experienced about 15 serious injuries per day related to incidents on our road network. Michael sees great opportunity in engaging our community to work in partnership towards developing safe systems thinking applicable to or roads system across our community. He has designed and delivered various Training and Vehicle Release programs for various vehicle manufacturers such as Kia, Holden, Isuzu Ute, Subaru, Hyundai and General Motors. Russell is currently Radio 4BC’s motoring commentator and has a weekly motoring segment on their afternoon program. He has also appeared on a number of television programs including A Current Affair, Getaway, Brisbane Extra, Today Tonight, 60 Minutes, Sunrise, Wake Up, The Project and The Great South East. He is keen to share his thoughts on Policing for road and community safety and to workshop development of advanced methodology based upon the current challenges and strategies in road policing. Bev Dekker Edmonton, Alberta, Canada The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities Carrie Herrick-Fitzgerald Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Coordinator School Zone Safety Initiatives, Alberta Motor Association School Safety Patrol Bev Dekker, a retired teacher, has 35 years of varied classroom experience from grades 3-12. Prior to working for the Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities, she was seconded to Alberta Education for three years where she worked on the development of a diagnostic math program. Following that she joined Safe and Caring where she has managed several projects in schools across the province over the last four years. Currently Bev represents Safe and Caring in their collaboration with AMA School Safety Patrol on the Way to Be! program. When not working, she loves to walk and do yoga for exercise, read, do crosswords and spend time with her two granddaughters. Carrie has worked in traffic safety with the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) since 2008. The majority of her experience has centered on educational awareness activities related to traffic safety initiatives. In collaboration with community partners, Carrie has played a part in raising awareness on issues such as pedestrian safety, intersection safety, injury prevention and active transportation. Carrie is currently working within the AMA School Safety Patrol(TM) program to improve instructional resources and to continue the promotion and development of the Way-to-Be! program. 15 Speaker Biographies Steve Martin, M.A. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Strategic Options Consulting Inc. Pablo Martínez Carignano Buenos Aires, Argentina International Road Safety Trainer, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation Steve is a social entrepreneur known for his passion and effectiveness in creating, and driving change and innovation. Following a 32-year public sector career, serving in both the Ontario and British Columbia (BC) governments, Steve established Strategic Options Consulting; a firm specializing in assisting public sector organizations succeed with their change and transformation journey. Pablo Martínez Carignano is currently the International Road Safety Trainer for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation, specializing in police training and mentoring. He holds the position of Judge for the Administrative Justice of Buenos Aires City and Associate Specialist for the Mutandis Road Safety. Previous experience includes Road Safety General Director of Buenos Aires City Government defining road safety public policy and coordination of traffic agents unit. In 1996 he received his criminal law degree at the University of Buenos Aires and is a member of the Law Institute of Buenos Aires City. Pablo’s training experience includes the Jalisco and Guanajuato Polices (Mexico), Metropolitan Police Training Institute, and Traffic Wardens of Buenos Aires City. Steve’s public sector career spanned the Justice, Public Safety, Health, and Finance/Treasury Board, areas of government. From 2007 through March 2013, Steve served as Superintendent of Motor Vehicles for the Province of BC. His strategic vision and leadership has resulted in dramatic improvements to BC’s road safety outcomes. He has been credited as the architect of BC’s new justice system approach to impaired driving. The new approach has reduced alcohol impaired driving fatalities by over 50 percent, and created significant and lasting efficiencies throughout the justice and public safety system. Scott Lindstrom Dearborn, Michigan, USA Ford manager, Driver Assist Technologies Steve believes deeply in the power of engaging stakeholders, and was instrumental in the development a multi-organizational provincial governance structure for road safety, including a corresponding strategic vision and plan for this sector. The strategic plan, vision, and governance structure, successfully brought together over 30 stakeholder groups including: provincial government stakeholders, enforcement agencies, the insurance sector, Crown entities, researchers, the health sector, and local government representatives. Scott Lindstrom began his career at the Ford Motor Company in 1995 as a steering engineer for the original Ford Escape. From there, Lindstrom began working with the vehicle dynamics team on vehicles such as the Ford Expedition and F-150, and the Lincoln Navigator and MKZ. In this role, he worked on advanced chassis features such as stability control, all-wheel drive systems, air suspension, and semi-active shock systems. Lindstrom currently works with driver assist technologies for all Ford and Lincoln vehicles globally. These technologies include, intelligent lighting features, intelligent parking features such as active park assist, adaptive cruise control, Blind Spot ® Information System (BLIS ) with cross-traffic alert and cameras, and Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Victoria and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Queen’s University. In 2011, Steve was named Citizen of Distinction by MADD Canada. In 2012, Steve was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his leadership and contributions to Canada. Lindstrom’s team is on the attribute side of these technologies, working to make certain, from the consumer’s perspective, the system works properly. The team is responsible for the vehicle system, defining what it should do and how the end system should function. Lindstrom’s team also verifies that all performance targets have been met. Lindstrom has had a lifelong interest in math and science, and in 1994 he graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1995 prior to starting at Ford. 16 Speaker Biographies Inspector Ian (Ted) Emanuels, R.C.M.P. Retired Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Shewkar E. Ibrahim, PhD Candidate, E.I.T. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Traffic Safety Engineer, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety During Inspector Ted Emanuels 34 year career in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police he has been an outspoken advocate for road safety. He was the senior manager of the Traffic Services Division in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia when the province experienced a 50% decrease in impaireddriving fatalities. A critical component of this historical reduction was strategic, targeted enforcement by police officers under his command. Shewkar Ibrahim, PhD Candidate, E.I.T., works as a Traffic Safety Engineer at the City of Edmonton Office of Traffic Safety. She is simultaneously working towards obtaining a PhD degree, from the University of British Columbia, in the area of Transportation Engineering with a focus on Traffic Safety. Engineer by day and researcher by night, Shewkar is very passionate about finding ways to improve traffic safety for all road users. Her work and research is focused on moving towards adopting a proactive approach to improve safety in the areas of traffic operations, planning, geometric and roadside design as well as speed management. Ted Emanuels spent the majority of his career in traffic safety roles including Highway Patrol, municipal traffic, traffic training, media relations and senior administration. He is a trained collision reconstructionist and media relations officer. During his career he conducted technical forensic investigations of over 275 fatal motor vehicle collisions and was deemed an expert witness in all levels of court in Alberta. Alison Smiley, Ph.D. Toronto, Ontario, Canada President, Human Factors North Inc. Inspector Emanuels was responsible for development and management of the Strategic Traffic Services Enforcement Plan for the R.C.M.P. in British Columbia for over 10 years. This strategic plan included targeted enforcement, strategic communications and both police officer and public education and awareness. Dr. Alison Smiley is President of Human Factors North Inc. and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. She holds a PhD (1978) in Systems Design Engineering, specializing in Human Factors and is a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE). She has 35 years’ experience in the measurement of human performance, and was the 1997 recipient of the A.R. Lauer Safety Award given by the U.S. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for outstanding contributions to the human factors aspects of highway safety. She has acted as a human factors expert witness in over 350 legal cases involving motor vehicle and train crashes. In 2012 Ted Emanuels was named Citizen of Distinction by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for his work in reducing impaired driving fatalities in British Columbia. In the same year Ted was awarded the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators Police Partnership Award. Under the direction of Ted Emanuels, the R.C.M.P. Traffic Services in B.C. were recipients of the International Association of Chiefs of Police National Enforcement Challenge Award in 2006 and 2011. Prior to retiring from the R.C.M.P. this year, Ted designed and oversaw the creation and implementation of a state-of-the-art Mobile Impaired Driving Investigation Unit, known as Alexa's Bus, in memory of 4 year old Alexa Middelaer, who was killed by an impaired driver. Ted resides in Surrey, B.C. with his wife Bonnie and their German Shepherd dog. They are the proud parents of two and grand-parents of two. They enjoy cruising and holidaying in Hawaii. Ted collects Hot Wheels cars, including a full-size version Hot Wheels Camaro. 17 Speaker Biographies Neil Chaudhary, Ph.D. Trumbull, Connecticut, USA Vice President, Preusser Research Group, Inc. Charles T. (Chip) Scialfa, Ph.D. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Calgary Neil Chaudhary, Vice President at Preusser Research Group, Inc. holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY). While at CUNY, he taught experimental design, introductory psychology and social psychology. He conducted research in the areas of cognitive and social psychology. He is a committee member of both the Alcohol and Other Drugs and the Occupant Protection committees of the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board. He has published extensively in a variety of areas of traffic safety including: Occupant Protection; Older Drivers; Alcohol and Drugs; Teen Drivers; Costs of Crashes; and Crash Analysis. He has helped pioneer methods to allow nighttime seatbelt observations in all lighting conditions. He has completed statewide nighttime seatbelt use surveys in Connecticut and has evaluated a nighttime seat belt enforcement initiative in Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Chaudhary also authored NHTSA’s guide on statewide nighttime seatbelt observations. He was project director for the evaluation of NHTSA’s distracted driving demonstration project in California and Delaware and for the Syracuse, New York and Hartford, Connecticut Distracted driver program. Neil has recently completed studies on distracted driving for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and for the State of Connecticut. Since 1989, Chip Scialfa has served as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary, where he is now an Emeritus Professor. His research has focused on perceptual and cognitive changes that accompany the aging process. He has published approximately 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in journals as diverse as Vision Research, Canadian Paramedicine, the Journal of Safety Research and Accident Analysis and Prevention. The studies reported in them, funded by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Alberta Motor Association, have examined life-span changes in acuity and contrast sensitivity, peripheral vision, the ability to process information outside of central vision (i.e., the Useful Field of View), speed of visual processing, voluntary and reflexive components of eye movements, visual attention and perceptual learning in visual search. Studies related to driving have played an important role in his research program. Recent work has examined how older drivers experience the driver fitness evaluation process in Alberta, as well as the ability to predict driving difficulty among older adults using relatively new tests including the UFOV and a North American hazard perception test. Chip was a part of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Steering Committee on Aging and Adaptive Technology. He is an Associate Editor of Psychology and Aging. His signage and way-finding work won the 2004 Honours Award of the Society for Environmental and Neil is currently the vice-chairman of Newtown Connecticut’s Legislative Council and has served on the Town’s Tick-borne Disease Action Committee. He is married to Jennifer and Graphic Design. He has provided expert witness testimony for the Canadian court system and the Alberta Commission on Human Rights. He is now publishing work on psychology has two children, Maya (6) and Evan (9). applied to field biology and birdwatching. Colin Brodie Wellington, New Zealand Chief Advisor, Safety, Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency Colin Brodie is the Chief Advisor; Safety, for the Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency. He is responsible for improving the safety performance of the state highway network through developing tools, innovations, guides and programmes that target to risk and embed the Safe System approach. His 40 years of experience have been in road design, traffic engineering and road safety in NZ and overseas, both with government departments and the private sector. Colin is the New Zealand Transport Agency’s representative of the Austroads Safety Task Force and presently leads the Safe Roads and Roadsides research programme. He is also a member of the OECD working group on implementing the Safe System. Colin is the technical director for the KiwiRAP which won several awards for its work rating the risks and safety of New Zealand’s state highway network including the International Roading Federation’s Global Road Achievement Award for Safety in 2013. 18 Mohamed Elfaramawy Elesawey, Ph.D., P.Eng. Abbasia, Cairo, Egypt Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University Dr. Elesawey is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in British Columbia, Canada since 2011. He is currently serving as an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Elesawey pursued his Ph.D. degree in transportation engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2010. In addition, he holds a minor in Engineering Management from the same university. He has over twelve years of experience that combines research/academic knowledge and practical experience. Dr. Elesawey has won numerous awards for his technical and academic excellence demonstrated in his body of research. His research interests include: traffic safety, sustainable transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), design of unconventional intersections, micro-simulation modelling, advanced data algorithms & imputation and real-time travel time estimation. Dr. Elesawey authored and co-authored more than many refereed journal and conference papers and attended major transportation conferences. Moreover, he participated in several transport planning and traffic engineering projects in Canada, Sudan, KSA, and Egypt. Speaker Biographies Terryl Warner Logan, Utah, USA Director, Victim Services, Cache County Attorney’s Office Marg Prendergast Chippendale NSW, Australia General Manager, NSW Centre for Road Safety at Transport Terryl Warner is the Director of Victim Services for the Cache County Attorney’s Office in Logan, Utah. As a victim advocate, her responsibilities focus on assisting victims of crime through the criminal justice process. Marg has qualifications in economics and town planning with over 30 years’ experience in data analysis, transport planning, safety, project management and the delivery of capital programs, operational initiatives and events. In 2006, a young man named Reggie Shaw was texting while driving and hit two rocket scientists on their way to work; the rocket scientists were killed instantly when they were t-boned by the truck behind them. Warner advocated for negligent homicide charges to be filed – it was the first case in the country where a texting driver had been charged with a homicide. Warner wrote the plea negotiations with the widows and worked with Mr. Shaw to get a tough law passed. Warner and Shaw have continued to work around the country, as we discuss the dangers of texting while driving. They have appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America and been interviewed by media around the world. Both participated in both a Zero Fatalities documentary and more recently, the AT&T “It Can Wait” campaign done by Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times writer Matt Richtel recently released the book “A Deadly Wandering” about the case and the dangers of distracted driving. Marg has held a range of positions in the NSW railways and was Operations Planning Manager for the Olympic Roads and Transport Authority for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Marg has specialised in the development and delivery of health and safety and public safety policies and projects for public transport and roads. Marg joined the Centre for Road Safety in 2008 and has led the development of the NSW Road Safety Strategy (2012-2021), setting the strategic focus of road safety directions for the next decade. A number of supporting sub-strategies have been developed under Marg’s leadership addressing; motorcycle safety, speed cameras, breakdown safety, pedestrian and cyclist safety. Marg has also managed the implementation of major road safety initiatives including the development of a new learner driver course to prepare learners for driving solo, the introduction of mandatory alcohol interlocks, a comprehensive speed management program, drug driving initiatives, delivery of targeted infrastructure improvements as well as numerous behaviour change campaigns. Marg is responsible for an annual budget program of over $240 million. Warner received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications with a Public Relations emphasis from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California. She is a diehard Trojan and loves USC football! She and her husband Alan live in Hyrum and are the parents of four children; her family is actively involved in the Utah Festival Opera, traveling, biking and participating in mud runs. Marg’s committed to road safety has seen an ongoing trend in the reduction of fatalities on NSW to support the vision that no one should be seriously injured or killed in the result of a crash. Xin Wang, Ph.D. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary Dr. Xin Wang joined the Department of Geomatics Engineering in July 2007. She holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science, M.Eng. in Software Engineering from Northwest University, China and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Regina. Her current research interests are spatial databases and spatial data mining, data mining for oil and gas, ontology and knowledge engineering in GIS, web GIS and location-based social networks. 19 Speaker Biographies Bruce Corben, Ph.D., MEngSc (Trans), BSc Victoria, Australia Principal, Corben Consulting William F. Wieczorek, Ph.D. Buffalo, New York, USA Director, Institute for Community Health Promotion (ICHP) Following 20 years as a road safety practitioner in the traffic engineering, management and design fields, Bruce has been a research academic at Monash University Accident Research Centre in Australia since 1993. His early research interests included improving the safety of pedestrians, motorcyclists, roadsides and intersections, through infrastructure design, speed management and, more recently, road safety strategy development and target-setting. A strong theme of his research involves generating innovative solutions from the principles underpinning world’s best practice in road safety. Bruce’s work has found practical application at national and state levels, in Australia and New Zealand, as well as internationally, to guide bestpractice infrastructure investment and develop ambitious road safety strategies. Bruce has worked extensively in leading multi-disciplinary research teams which seek practical outcomes and, ideally, widespread application. William F. Wieczorek, Ph.D. is the Director of the Institute for Community Health Promotion (ICHP) at SUNY Buffalo State. ICHP is composed of the Center for Health and Social Research (health research, planning, community health programs) and the Center for Development of Human Services (child welfare and social services training and technical support). Dr. Wieczorek has been active in conducting research on impaired driving since the late 1980s; his research has covered a wide range of topics in impaired driving including prevention/deterrence, epidemiology, treatment, and policies to reduce impaired driving. His other research interests include community health needs assessments, epidemiology of alcohol and drug use, prevention of drug/alcohol abuse, geographic information system applications, spatial models, suicide, problem gambling, developmental psychopathology, and applied health promotion projects. Bruce undertook his PhD studies in achieving low risk traffic environments for pedestrians. His appointment as Associate Professor (Research) at MUARC ended in mid-2013 after 20 years service as a transport safety research academic. He is currently Principal of Corben Consulting, Traffic Safety. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and over 200 technical reports and abstracts. Dr. Wieczorek has been the PI/Co-PI on over a dozen US National Institutes of Health grants (including several on impaired driving), and currently is the PI of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration grant to support the West Side Youth Development Coalition. In addition, he is a regular reviewer of NIH grants with appointments on multiple review committees, with his most recent assignment (ending in 2014) as the Chair of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Initial Review Group, Epidemiology, Prevention and Behavior Research Review Subcommittee. Ying (Ariel) Luo, M.Sc. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Traffic Safety Spatial Analyst, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Ariel Luo received her Bachelor’s of Engineering from Tsinghua University, China in 2011 and her MSc from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2013. She joined the City of Edmonton Office of Traffic Safety since August, 2014. Her responsibility is to conduct spatial and statistical analysis for traffic safety, create mapping and supervise collision data entry. Her previous experience includes Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operation simulation and evaluation studies. Chris Narbonne, Staff Sergeant Royal Canadian Mounted Police Edmonton, Alberta, Canada S/Sgt Chris NARBONNE is a 28 year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. His service has taken him from Northern to Southern Alberta. He has dedicated his life to Traffic Safety. He is the past chair of the Capital Region Intersection Safety Partnership (CRISP). 20 Speaker Biographies Anne Taylor McCartt, Ph.D. Arlington, Virginia, USA Senior Vice President, Research, at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Linley Crackel Perth, Australia A/Director Policy and Strategy, Office of Road Safety Western Australia Anne Taylor McCartt, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, Research, at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in Arlington, Virginia. At the Institute, she oversees a multidisciplinary research staff whose work centers on finding ways to change driver behavior, improve roadway design, and make vehicles safer. She has authored more than 170 technical reports and scientific papers on such topics as alcohol-impaired driving, automated enforcement, distracted driving, teenage drivers, older drivers, and front and side airbags. She was president of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) and serves on expert committees and advisory boards of the Transportation Research Board and other safety organizations. Dr. McCartt received a B.A. magna cum laude from Duke University and her Ph.D. in public administration and policy from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. Linley Crackel has worked within the transport policy field for over 20 years. Since 1998 she has worked specifically in the area of road safety, with a recent focus on safe systems thinking, speed management, drug driving, novice drivers and road traffic law. Linley is currently the Acting Director of Policy and Strategy for the Western Australian Office of Road Safety. Previous positions have included government policy and research roles in the agricultural field and in maritime, cycling, public transport policy with the State government transport agency. She holds an Honours degree in Agricultural Science majoring in Economics from the University of Western Australia. Her position is responsible for providing policy and strategy advice and support to the Minister for Road Safety on measures to reduce road trauma on WA roads. This includes monitoring and reporting on progress, researching and developing policy positions and working collaboratively with agencies and stakeholders to coordinate implementation of initiatives designed to reduce serious road trauma in Western Australia. Captain Michael Troendle, Special Operations Ohio, USA Police Department, Toledo Captain Michael Troendle is a 21 year veteran of the Toledo Police Department in Toledo, Ohio. During his career, Captain Troendle has worked as a patrolman in Field Operation, a detective in the Backgrounds Unit, and a full-time operator on the SWAT Team. Captain Troendle has commanded the Mountain Bike Unit, Technical Crimes Section, Criminal Intelligence Bureau, and is currently in charge of the Special Operations Bureau. Linley has been instrumental in promoting road safety management in Western Australia. She played a key role in the development of the State’s Towards Zero Road Safety Strategy 2008-2020, and more recently in the establishment and implementation of a management by results framework for road safety in the State. Linley is a significant contributor to the Western Australian Road Safety Council, as well as national groups such as the Australian Road Rules Maintenance Group and project reference committees run through Austroads. From February 2009 to November 2012, she was the Editor for the International Standards Organisation Project Committee 241, charged with the task of developing a road safety management system standard (ISO 39001). This group involved collaboration from over 20 countries, including Canada. Captain Troendle has been tasked with several projects within the police department. He completed a comprehensive study of service calls and officer activity that resulted in the redistricting of the patrol areas within the City of Toledo’s 84 square miles, created the Criminal Intelligence Section, managed a multimillion dollar citywide surveillance camera project that created a Real-Time Crime Center, and was responsible for implementing Intelligence-Led Policing. Captain Troendle received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Lourdes College, and his Masters of Science in Criminal Justice with concentrations in Justice Administration and Crime Analysis from Tiffin University. Captain Troendle is a graduate of FBI National Academy, and a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. 21 Speaker Biographies Scott Mc Donald Edmonton Alberta Canada Senior Speed Management Coordinator, City of Edmonton Office of Traffic Safety Scott McDonald is the Senior Speed Management Coordinator with the City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety. He served with the Edmonton Police Service in a variety of roles including patrol, forensic identification, drug unit and human resources and retired after 30 years of police service in 2009 as the Officer in Charge of the Major Crimes Branch. Prior to joining the Edmonton Police Service in 1979, Scott was stationed in Red Deer Alberta as a Provincial Highway Patrol Officer. Scott joined the Office of Traffic Safety in 2010 Colin Brodie Wellington, New Zealand Chief Advisor, Safety, Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency Colin Brodie is the Chief Advisor; Safety, for the Highways and Network Operations (HNO) Division of the New Zealand Transport Agency. He is responsible for improving the safety performance of the state highway network through developing tools, innovations, guides and programmes that target to risk and embed the Safe System approach. His 40 years of experience have been in road design, traffic engineering and road safety in NZ and overseas, both with government departments and the private sector. WORKSHOP PRESENTERS Colin is the New Zealand Transport Agency’s representative of the Austroads Safety Task Force and presently leads the Safe Roads and Roadsides research programme. He is also a member of the OECD working group on implementing the Safe System. Colin is the technical director for the KiwiRAP which won several awards for its work rating the risks and safety of New Zealand’s state highway network including the International Roading Federation’s Global Road Achievement Award for Safety in 2013. Michael Grainger, Superintendent Docklands, Australia Superintendent, Road Policing Command, Road Policing Strategy Division, Victoria Police Superintendent Michael GRAINGER joined Victoria Police in 1984 as a 19 year old and has worked in the Western suburbs of Melbourne (which suffer significant disadvantage in terms of unemployment and poor community health) as a uniform and plain clothes policeman on a number of occasions during his 30 year career. He was a Detective in both local Crime investigation Units and the State Crime Squads where he performed duty at the Homicide, Armed Robbery and Armed Offenders Squads. In 2000 he formed an Armed Robbery Task Force that investigated violent robbery offences across the Western Region. He has been highly decorated on a number of occasions for his policing skills and in 2010 was the recipient of a State Multicultural award an honour he considers to be one of the highlights of his career to date. He has also demonstrated commitment to community safety and workplace safety. Laura Thue, Ph.D. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Senior Research Coordinator, City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety Laura Thue is the Senior Research Coordinator with the City of Edmonton’s Office of Traffic Safety. She received her M.A. in Criminology from Simon Fraser University in 1996, and completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Alberta in 2003. Prior to joining the Office of Traffic Safety in 2007, she was employed as a research analyst with the Edmonton Police Service and as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University, teaching in the area of criminology. Laura has been a member of the organizing committee for Edmonton’s International Conference on Urban Traffic Safety since its inception and served as co-chair of the committee in 2009 and 2013. She is also a co-founder and co-race director for the Annual Run Walk Ride for Traffic Safety. Laura’s research interests include traffic safety culture, alcohol and drug impaired driving, high risk drivers, and traffic enforcement and crime reduction. In 2014, Victoria lost 249 people in fatal collisions and experienced about 15 serious injuries per day related to incidents on our road network. Michael sees great opportunity in engaging our community to work in partnership towards developing safe systems thinking applicable to or roads system across our community. He is keen to share his thoughts on Policing for road and community safety and to workshop development of advanced methodology based upon the current challenges and strategies in road policing. 22 Speaker Biographies Yinhai Wang, Ph.D. Seattle, Washington, USA Debbie Rawson, M.Sc. Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada Traffic Safety Liaison Advisor, Strathcona County Professor, Director, PacTrans and STAR Lab Transportation Engineering, Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Washington Debbie brings a public health perspective to the Traffic Engineering and Safety branch in Strathcona County, a specialized municipality located just east of Edmonton. Dr. Yinhai Wang is a professor in transportation engineering and the founding director of the Smart Transportation Applications and Research Laboratory (STAR Lab) at the University of Washington (UW). He also serves as director for Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 10. He has a Ph.D. in transportation engineering from the University of Tokyo (1998) and a master's degree in computer science from the UW. Dr. Wang’s active research fields include traffic sensing, e-science of transportation, transportation safety, etc. He has published over 80 peer reviewed journal articles and delivered more than 100 invited talks and nearly 200 other academic presentations. Debbie has a diverse academic and work background, with degrees in physical therapy, human geography and health promotion. She has a specific research interest in the intersection of public policy, the built environment and health. Debbie also has a passion for community building and is a certified IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation) practitioner. In 2014, Debbie led the development of Strathcona County’s Traffic Safety Strategic Plan 2020. In her role as Traffic Safety Liaison Advisor, Debbie coordinates the integration of the 5 E’s of traffic safety (engineering, enforcement, education, evaluation and engagement) in the municipality. Debbie collaborates with many stakeholders in the County and the Capital Region to put the Safe System philosophy into practice. Dr. Wang serves as a member of the Freeway Operations Committee, Transportation Information Systems and Technology Committee, and Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He is currently on the Board of Governors for the ASCE Transportation & Development Institute and a member of the steering committee for the IEEE Smart Cities. He was an elected member of the Board of Governors for the IEEE ITS Society from 2010 to 2013. Additionally, Dr. Wang is associate editor for three journals: Journal of ITS, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, and Journal of Transportation Engineering. He was the winner of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering Best Paper Award for 2003. Tim Burrows Toronto, Ontario, Canada Walking the Social Media Beat Tim Burrows spent 25 years as a police officer in Toronto Canada working in multiple areas of the Service including Traffic, Detective Operations, Primary Response and Corporate Communications. In 2009 Tim was tasked with the creation of a Communications Office dedicated to Traffic Operations where he found a passion for public relations, social media and using the Internet to assist in the promotion of all aspects of traffic safety. His driving goal was, “Reduce collisions, injury and death in Toronto.” Tim used this goal to assist in reversing a trend of increasing high numbers of each segment to record low numbers in just three years. Tim openly shares his secret for success, Road safety is every one’s responsibility we all need to do our part. In 2014 Tim retired from policing to concentrate his full time efforts on assisting law enforcement, government and organizations on the importance of the changing world of communications using effective social media and media relations to share messages and create conversations based on relationships. 23 Notes 24 Notes 25 Notes 26 SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 27 MEMORIAL & TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND The City of Edmonton’s Office of Traffic Safety created the fund as a way for grieving family and friends to memorialize their loved ones safely and permanently. It is managed by the Edmonton Community Foundation. RUN WALK RIDE 4 TRAFFIC SAFETY This event is an opportunity to increase awareness of vulnerable road users and raise funds to improve traffic safety in Edmonton. Net Proceeds from this race benefit the Memorial and Traffic Safety Fund. The Memorial and Traffic Safety Fund allows family and friends to create a lasting legacy for victims of traffic collisions. www.TrafficSafetyConference.com 28
