ARSC2016 Conference & Awards

Entries close Friday 24 June 2016!

Help to continue the momentum for road trauma reductions by nominating your outstanding project for the 2016 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Awards - Recognising exemplary organisations, groups and projects.  Win a trip to USA!

The 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award calls for any road safety practitioner from the public or private sector to submit highly innovative, cost-effective road safety initiatives/programs which they have recently developed that stand out from the standard, everyday practice and deliver significant improvements in road safety for the community.

The Supreme Winner or Team Leader will be presented with their award in front of an anticipated audience of over 600 road safety professionals at the ARSC2016 Conference Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Parliament House, Canberra on Wednesday 7 September 2016.

The winner will RECEIVE a trip to the USA to attend the 47th ATSSA Annual Convention & Traffic Expo in 2017, and will also visit 3M Global Headquarters in Minnesota.  The winner will also present their winning entry and USA trip at the next Australasian Road Safety Conference, and may also be eligible to present at the ATSSA Convention.

View background 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award information here, including details of the 2014 & 2015 award ceremonies with the ACRS Patron, Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General of Australia, and Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Michael McCormack MP.

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If you would like any further information please visit the Awards Website, the ARSC2016 Conference Website, or contact the ACRS Executive Officer, Claire Howe, on (02) 6290 2509 or eo@acrs.org.au.

Thank you to our 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award Sponsors

About 3M: 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products, and we’re a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world. (Web link)

About ACRS:   The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) is the region’s peak membership association for road safety professionals, advocates, and members of the public who are focused on saving lives and serious injuries on our roads.The College provides a rich, collaborative environment promoting communication, networking, professionalism & advocacy across all spheres of road safety – including policy, advocacy, research, policing, education, application & dissemination.ACRS membership includes experts from across all areas of road safety: policy makers, academics, community organisations, enforcement agencies, emergency responders, researchers, federal, state and local government agencies, private companies and members of the public – to name just a few.We warmly invite all those interested in saving lives and serious injuries on our roads to be a part of our organisation. (www.acrs.org.au)

We are delighted to announce our early ARSC2016 supporters

Recently confirmed conference partners include:

LMIC Scholarship Major Supporter - Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Satchel Sponsor Transport Accident Commission; Exhibitors; Draeger Medical Australia, Ingal Civil Products, Australian Construction Products, Orafol Australia, Pathtech; Supporter - Traffic Management Association of Australia.

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:

• The ACT Government
• Toll
• Australian Government Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
• Vitronic
• Global Road Safety Partnership
• GIO
• Australian Government Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
• CSP Pacific
• Transport Accident Commission of Victoria (TAC)
• Guardian Interlock
• Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)
• Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q)
• Zylux
• Smart Start Interlocks
• Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC)
• Drager
• Truckright
• Ingal Civil Products
• Australian Construction Products
• Pathtech
• Orafol
• UNSW’s Transport and Road Safety (TARS)
• Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR)
• Traffic Management Association of Australia
• National Road Safety Partnership Program
• ARSC2016 co-Host - The George Institute for Global Health
• 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award Partners - 3M & ACRS
• Founding Partners - Austroads & ACRS