Submission of Proposals

Detailed proposal abstracts will be reviewed. Abstracts should be no more than 2,000 words long. Upon acceptance complete papers will be requested and published in the Conference Proceedings.

Research papers: Structured abstracts should include authors' names, affiliations and addresses, abstract title, objective, background, method, results, discussion, conclusions and recommendation, References.
Symposia: proposer's name affiliation and address, proposed topic, proposed participants,duration (2 or 4 hours) , expected outcome
Workshops: proposer's name, affiliation and addresses, topic, goals, summary of main issues, and planned duration (2 or 4 hours).
Policy/best practices/program papers should include: authors' names affiliations and addresses, objective, program/policy description, impact ,and implications for dissemination.
Deadline for submission of Proposals/Abstracs - September 15 2009.
Online submission website will be open from August 15.

Topics of Interest

Risk perception, risk awareness and risk acceptance

PI & Enforcement campaigns for VRU safety

VRU protection and injury reductions

VRU visibility

Multimodal transportation with VRUs

Comparative research and analyses

Translation/application research

In-depth crash investigations and crash cause analysis

User-infrastructure interactions

Vehicle design for VRU safety

High risk target populations: children and older persons

Data needs and comparative statistics

Best practices and evaluation research – in specific countries

Methods and tools of analysis

Regional and country-specific issues and approaches

Education, training, licensing, and enforcement implications for VRU safety

Social marketing of VRU safety

Legal aspects and issues of liability

Design engineering approaches to sharing the road and separation of users

Emerging trends and future concerns

Harmonization in licensing, infrastructure, education

Committees

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