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A wonderful response to the Call for Abstracts - Thankyou!
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Thankyou!
The ARSC2016 Scientific Sub-Committee and ARSC2016 Inviting Parties are delighted with the response to the Call for Abstracts for ARSC2016, with over 200 Abstract Submissions plus 10+ Symposium Submissions set to provide all delegates and supporters with a comprehensive and diverse 3-day program aimed at expediting road trauma reductions.
The conference Program will cover the 5 major topic areas aligned to the United Nation's 5 Pillars of Road Safety:
- Road Safety Management: includes Practice, Policy, Enforcement, Capacity Building, Safe Mobility, Work Related Road Safety Management, Safe System Approach, Insurance, Legislation and Law, advent and implications of new technologies (e.g. autonomous/driverless vehicles) and impacts on the wide umbrella of road safety management/policies, potentially moving towards a complex system approach, how to deal with the complexities of collecting reliable and uniform serious injury data, how we can connect better with international communities and approaches to encourage best road safety outcomes globally, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment, etc
- Road Infrastructure (Safer Roads): includes Road Safety Barriers, Safer Roadsides, Safety Audits, Road Assessment Programs e.g. AusRAP, KiwiRAP, iRAP, integration and best practice implementation of new technologies, intelligent road infrastructure, smart roads, self-explaining roads, learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
- Safer Vehicles: includes Crashworthiness, Seat Belt Technology, ITS technology, Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA), Interlocks (alcohol and seat belts), Crash Avoidance, Autonomous Vehicles, Heavy Vehicles, New Car Assessment Programs, Design Rules, Vulnerable Road User Protection Technology (helmets, body armour, airbags, etc), Conspicuity, how car manufacturers/consumers are responding to the increasing call for safer vehicles, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
- Road User Behaviour: includes Speed, Drink Driving, Drug Driving, Distraction, Human Error, Fatigue, Pedestrian, Cyclist and Motorcyclist Safety, Young and Older Drivers, Community, Education and Training, integration of new technologies, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
- Post-Crash Care, Data and Crash Analysis: rescue, EMS and rehabilitation, data collection and research methods, forensic crash investigation, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc.
On behalf of the ARSC2016 Scientific Sub-Committee and the ARSC2016 Inviting Partners, we thank you for the strong support being shown for ARSC2016 in order to expedite road trauma reductions. We would also like to thank our Team of ARSC2016 Sub-Committees, as well as around 40 Conference Editors and 100+ Peer-Reviewers, who are ensuring a rigorous peer-review process brings you the best of the best papers, posters and presentations aimed at reducing road trauma.
ARSC Scientific Sub-Committee Co-Chairs:
ARSC2016 Inviting Partners:
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Late Abstract Submissions: Assessed on a case-by-case basis
Although the Abstract submission deadline has now passed, the Scientific sub-Committee have kindly agreed to review late submissions on a case-by-case basis.
If you have missed the deadline through no fault of your own and would like to participate as a speaker at ARSC2016, please email the Scientific sub-Committee directly on arsc2016abstracts@acrs.org.au. The sub-Committee co-Chairs will review both your justification for late submission together with the relevance and content of your Abstract Submission and advise you of the outcome as soon as possible.
We welcome your participation!
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Australia's Governor-General to join us!
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The ARSC2016 Inviting Parties, the Australasian College of Road Safety, Austroads and The George Institute for Global Health, are delighted to announce that the Australasian College of Road Safety Patron, Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC, has accepted our invitation and will speak at the ARSC2016 Welcome Reception to be held in the ANZAC Gallery at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday 6 September 2016.
Sir Peter was pleased to accept the role as ACRS Patron as he sees the work of the College as complementary to his responsibilities as Governor-General and to themes of personal interest to him.
Sir Peter gave a widely acclaimed Boyer Lecture in 2009 entitled A Very Australian Conversation. 40 years of military experience and service to the nation placed him in a unique position to talk about the challenges and opportunities faced by society today and into the future. His presentation covered issues including our regional relationships and our leadership abilities both as a nation and as individuals, the political and sociological changes over his lifetime, and a future we might aspire to—one which will challenge our descendants.
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In Sir Peter's words....
“Paying it forward’. In many ways that is a succinct expression of the major obligation of our existence. Doing things now for the protection and upliftment of relatively helpless future generations, which either don’t exist yet or are presently too young to take action themselves….“.
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The College was delighted to have Sir Peter attend the 2014 ACRS Award ceremony and help to recognise and reward those working so hard to reduce road trauma. The Video and Transcript of Sir Peter's address can be found here.
An excerpt of Sir Peter’s address is below....
“(after personally witnessing a road crash with multiple casualties)… looking in the cars to see who was what, just to see all those injuries was a horrible thing. And this for a soldier who is used to, through my calling, to seeing horrible sights.
You know we sent a whole lot of doctors and nurses up to the tsunami that hit Papa New Guinea in 1998… it was like a giant casualty ward with traffic accidents. They referred to the action of the water, the high velocity and the power of it – picking people up and ramming them into things. It sounded a lot like a traffic accident.
The same remark was repeated to me after the Asian tsunami when we again sent people up to Indonesia, and the scale of that was even greater. And of course, when we go off to war we see all those poor soldiers who have been blown up, shot, and they come in for urgent life-saving treatment. The surgeons we send from Australia are those who have to deal routinely with road accidents, because that’s the greatest similarity.
"So it’s an innocent war on our roads, isn’t it.”
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove, November 2014
We look forward to Sir Peter joining us at ARSC2016, helping us all to maintain our enthusiasm and increase the momentum of our collaborative road trauma reduction efforts.
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Your participation supports international efforts!
LMIC SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!
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ARSC2016 - Supporting the Goals of the
UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
The Governments of Australia and New Zealand, together with all road safety stakeholders, maintain a firm commitment to the aims of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Following the 2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety in Brazil in November 2015, the resulting adoption of the 'Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety' offers renewed impetus for governments to work together to achieve the ambitious target outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to halve road traffic deaths and injuries by 2020.
In support of these urgent global priorities, we are pleased to report that the ARSC2016 International sub-Committee is working hard to ensure scholarships are available to support the participation of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) at ARSC2016. This participation is aimed at supporting capacity development within LMIC's to reduce levels of road trauma. To initiate this activity, Conference Founding Partners ACRS and Austroads have joined with the Global Road Safety Partnership to offer 2 ARSC2016 scholarships for stakeholders from LMIC's.
The ARSC2016 International sub-Committee are continuing their work to secure further funding from other like-minded organisations to increase the number of scholarships we can offer in our efforts to assist LMIC's in reducing road deaths and injuries. The International sub-Committee is also facilitating capacity development for road safety in LMIC's through a specific program at the Conference. More information on this program will follow shortly.
For further information on LMIC Scholarships or the specific LMIC program at ARSC2016, please visit the ARSC2016 Conference Website or contact:
Our sincere thanks go to all members of the ARSC2016 International sub-Committee for their efforts. In addition, all conference delegates, presenters and supporters should feel proud that their participation at ARSC2016 helps to ensure the continuation of vital outreach programs such as this, as well as supporting the 'bigger picture' inherent in the goals of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
Thank you for your continued support!
Scholarship Sponsors – Thank you!
The LMIC Scholarships are only made possible thank to the generous support of our scholarship sponsors, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), as well as Conference Founding Partners: the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) and Austroads.
About GRSP:
The Global Road Safety Partnership is dedicated to the sustainable reduction of road-crash death and injury in low- and middle-income countries, which suffer 90 per cent of the 1.3 million annual deaths and 50 million serious injuries that arise from road crashes.
Our role is to create and support multi-sector road safety Partnerships that are engaged with front-line good practice road safety interventions in countries and communities throughout the world. We play a powerful role in capacity building and training of road safety practitioners, engage actively in advocacy at all levels, provide road safety programme coordination at the global level and are a recognised expert source of road safety knowledge and good practice.
(www.grsproadsafety.org)
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Registrations NOW OPEN - Same ARSC2015 Prices!
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ARSC2016
Registration & Accommodation
To continue to encourage maximum stakeholder participation and therefore greatest road trauma reduction benefits, we are delighted to announce that we have been able to keep registration pricing at the same level as our inaugural conference.
Registration details:
Full Conference Registration includes attendance to all conference sessions and the trade area, daytime catering and a conference satchel containing the conference handbook. Full registration also includes the Conference Welcome Reception at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday 6 September 2016 and the Conference Gala Dinner at Parliament House on Wednesday 7 September 2016.
- Early Bird Registration Fee $975.00
- Standard Registration Fee $1,125.00
- Student Early Bird Registration Fee $750.00
- Student Standard Registration Fee $825.00
- ACRS Corporate Members Standard Registration Fee $800.00
- ACRS Personal Members Standard Registration Fee $900.00
- ACRS Retired, Standard Registration Fee $750.00
- Day Registration $550.00
Student Registrations must provide valid student ID to the Event Manager by emailing arsc@confco.com.au.
Accommodation details:
A number of special discounted accommodation options are available to book direct through your online conference registration process.
Registration & Accommodation bookings are available through the ARSC2016 Website.
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Share in $6,000 of Conference Awards
NEW AWARD ANNOUNCED FOR WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE!
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ARSC2016
Conference Awards
SHARE IN $6,000 WORTH OF AWARDS!
Including a NEW AWARD!
"Best Paper with Implications for Improving Workplace Road Safety"
Rewarding Road Safety Excellence
From ARSC2016 Participants!
PLEASE NOTE:
Late Abstract Submissions still possible - Assessed on a case-by-case basis
Although the Abstract submission deadline has now passed, the Scientific sub-Committee have kindly agreed to review late submissions on a case-by-case basis.
If you have missed the deadline through no fault of your own and would like to participate as a speaker at ARSC2016, please email the Scientific sub-Committee directly on arsc2016abstracts@acrs.org.au. The sub-Committee co-Chairs will review both your justification for late submission together with the relevance and content of your Abstract Submission and advise you of the outcome as soon as possible.
We welcome your participation!
1. 2016 Best Paper with Implications for Improving Road Safety AWARD
$1000 prize plus certificate
Paper to be converted to an NRSPP Thought Leadership Piece & Webinar
This prize is awarded to the first author and presenter of the best paper with implications for improving workplace road safety. The paper will be converted to an NRSPP Thought Leadership Piece which will feature on the NRSPP Website and be supported by a webinar.
This award is proudly sponsored by the National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP):
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We greatly appreciate the generosity of the Transport Accident Commission for sponsoring the following 6 awards:
1. 2016 Peter Vulcan Best Researcher Paper AWARD
$1000 prize plus certificate
This prize is awarded to the first author of the researcher paper presented at the conference which is ranked best against the following criteria in order of priority:
- Scientific/technical merit of the work
- Potential contribution to road safety
- Originality of approach
2. 2016 Best Road Safety Practitioner (non-researcher) Paper AWARD
$1000 prize plus certificate
This prize is awarded to the paper that reflects a road safety issue, completed road safety program or campaign that is ranked best against the following criteria in order of priority:
- Potential contribution to road safety
- Originality in development and delivery/design
- Demonstrated links between the need for the program/campaign/work and its results
3. 2016 Best Paper by a New Researcher AWARD
$1,000 prize plus certificate
Awarded to the first author and presenter of the research paper by a new researcher which is ranked best against the following criteria (in order of priority):
- Scientific/technical merit of the work
- Potential contribution to road safety
- Clarity of presentation
- Originality of approach
4. 2016 Best Paper by a New Practitioner (non-researcher) AWARD
$1000 prize plus certificate
Awarded to the first author and presenter of the paper by a new practitioner which is ranked best against the following criteria (in order of priority):
- Scientific/technical merit of the work
- Potential contribution to road safety
- Clarity of presentation
- Originality of approach
5. 2016 Best Road Safety Poster AWARD
$500 prize plus certificate
This prize is awarded to recognise the poster that reflects a completed road safety program, campaign or research project that is ranked best against the following criteria in order of priority:
- Potential contribution to road safety
- Originality in development and delivery
- Demonstrated links between the need for the program, campaign or research project and its results
6. 2016 Best Paper Related to the Conference Theme AWARD
$500 prize plus certificate
This prize is awarded to the first author of the paper that best fits the 2016 conference theme of "Agility, Innovation, IMPACT!". All conference papers are eligible for this award.
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Thank you to our recently joined supporters!
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We are delighted to announce our most recent supporters:
Recently confirmed conference partners include:
LMIC Scholarship Sponsor - Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP); Exhibitors - Stalker Radar, Zylux, Smart Start Interlocks, Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC); Mobile Device Charging Sponsor - Guardian Interlocks; USB Sponsor - ANCAP; Supporter - Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) and Scientific Award Sponsor - National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP).
Thank you to all of our conference partners who are getting in early to showcase their generous support!
Thank you to every organisation who has taken up partnerships with the conference this year - without you the conference would not be shaping up to be such a successful event, able to save more lives and injuries on our roads:
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Sponsorship Opportunities - Show your Support!
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SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION
CONFERENCE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
As the end of financial year approaches and budgets are set for the new year, prioritise remaining funds to showcase your organisation at the largest road safety conference in the Southern Hemisphere. We are delighted to offer numerous sponsorship, exhibition and advertising opportunities.
Promote your organisation's leadership in the field and commitment to road trauma reductions to over 600 Australasian road safety policy-makers and stakeholders. Options are selling fast and the trade exhibition sold out last year leaving a number of keen exhibitors unable to participate - don't delay, secure your place TODAY!
To find out more please contact:
Jude Williams
ARSC2016 Sponsorship & Exhibition Manager
Email: arscpromotions@acrs.org.au
SHOWCASE YOUR SUPPORT FOR ROAD TRAUMA REDUCTIONS!
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CONFERENCE CONTACTS
Conference Abstract Submissions:
ARSC Submission Managers
Phone: 02 9385 4741
Email: arsc2016abstracts@acrs.org.au
Conference Managers:
Conference Coordinators
Phone: 02 6292 9000
Email: arsc@confco.com.au
Conference Sponsorship & Exhibition:
Jude Williams
ARSC2016 Sponsorship & Exhibition Manager
Email: arscpromotions@acrs.org.au
Conference Website:
AustralasianRoadSafetyConference.com.au
Awards Website:
TheAustralasianRoadSafetyAwards.com.au
Australasian College of Road Safety Website:
acrs.org.au
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