2011 ITS World Congress Overview of Technical Sessions on Safety

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2. ITS America Annual Meeting ITS America Annual Meeting Safety Plenary Monday, October 17, 3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Central to ITS America’s Annual Meeting is its Safety Plenary, anchored by several distinguished national speakers whose leadership in the safety arena offers a compelling vision for a 21st century transportation system that is Dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety, thereby helping to prevent accidents and the human and financial costs that are incurred. ITS America Annual Meeting: US Department of Transportation Plenary Tuesday, October 18, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. At the U.S. Department of Transportation connected vehicle research is not just focused on cars; it is a multimodal initiative that includes nearly every agency within the department. That is why RITA Administrator Peter Appel will recreate one of the most popular sessions from the 2010 ITS Annual meeting by bringing together leaders from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Maritime Administration, Federal Railroad Administration and National Highway Safety Administration to discuss the future of ITS technology in the U.S. This will be a very rare opportunity to hear from America’s top transportation policy leaders on the same stage.

3. ITS America Annual Meeting Monday, October 17th AM01: Driver Distraction: Fundamentals, Research and Implications Moderator: Richard Hanowski, Center Director, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Invited Speakers: • Jeffrey Hickman, Group Leader, Behavioral Analysis and Applications, VTTI • James R. Sayer, Associate Research Scientist, UMTRI • Chris Monk, Office of Safety R&D, FHWA, USDOT • Amy Schick, Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection, NHTSA, USDOT Tuesday, October 18th AM06: Technology for a Better Connected Vehicle Moderator: Mike Schagrin, ITS Standards Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office, RITA, USDOT Invited Speakers: • Brian Cronin, Team Leader, ITS Research and Demonstration, ITS Joint Program Office, RITA, USDOT

4. ITS America Annual Meeting AM09: Mitigating Driver Distraction through HMI Design: A Proposed Conceptual Framework for Safely and Effectively Implementing Technology in Vehicles Moderator: Gregory Fitch, Senior Research Associate, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Invited Speakers: • Linda Angell, Research Scientist, Center for Automotive Safety Research, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute • Tim Johnson, Director, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) AM13: Connected Vehicles in a Connected World for Enhanced Safety and Mobility Moderator: Ching-Yao Chan, California PATH UC Berkeley Invited Speakers: TBD Wednesday, October 19th AM17: Public Safety Moderator: James Misener, Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton Invited Speakers: TBD

5. ITS America Annual Meeting AM27: Cooperative Systems: Maturing to Reality Moderator: Ryan Lamm, Chair, Cooperative Systems Subcommittee of the Safety Forum Invited Speakers: • Akihiro Fukushima, Deputy Manager of ITS/ETC Technology Division, Nexco-East Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan • Richard Bishop, Owner, Bishop Consulting • Ray Resendes, Intelligent Technologies Research Division, NHTSA, USDOT Thursday, October 20th AM31: Minnesota DOT Connected Vehicles for Safety, Mobility, and User Fee Project Moderator: Christopher Hill, Principal, Mixon Hill, Inc. Invited Speakers: • Cory Johnson, Project Manager, Minnesota Department of Transportation • Sheryl Miller, Senior Research Psychologist, SAIC • Rob Zimmer, Senior Research Scientist, Battelle • Matt Burns, Senior Project Director, Battelle • Bennett Pierce, Researcher, Battelle • Jennifer Rephlo, Transportation Engineer, SAIC

6. ITS America Annual Meeting AM35: Safety Pilot – The World’s Most Extensive Real World Deployment of Connected Vehicle Safety Moderator: Mike Schagrin, ITS Standards Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, USDOT Transportation, Invited Speakers: TBD

7. ITS America Annual Meeting ITS America Forum Showcase – Changing World of Performance Measurement Sunday, October 16, 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. ITS America’s member-driven, technical committees invite you to join them for an in-depth look at the affect of intelligent transportation systems on how we measure the performance of our current infrastructure.  This special showcase session features expert speakers from every corner of the industry with unique perspectives on what the words “performance measurement” mean in evaluating the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of surface transportation in America.  Specifically, this session will: • Define “performance measures” in today’s environment • Explain the multi-modal significance of performance measures • Provide an overview of what kinds of data the leading MPOs are collecting, and how they are doing it • Specifically address how to get more out of the current system • Provide some examples of international measures and what the United States can learn • Address the significance of changing performance measure requirements in the most recent legislation/reauthorization • Highlight the performance measures sessions in the program that will be worth checkingout that week

8. Special Interest Sessions: Global ITS Monday, October 17th SS01: High-Speed Rail: Utilizing Technology to Create Clean and Safe Regional TransportationModerator: Carol Schweiger, Vice President, Transystems, USAInvited Speakers: TBDSS02: Deployment of Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperation Systems Organizer: Joji Maki, National Police Agency, Japan Moderator: Moderator from Asia Pacific Invited Speakers: • Masaaki Oizumi, Assistant Director, National Police Agency, Japan SS03: COMeSafety2: From the European ITS Communications Architecture to Deployable Standards Moderator: Paul Kompfner, Head of Sector, ERTICO – ITS Europe, Belgium Invited Speakers: TBD

9. Special Interest Sessions: Global ITS SS09: Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Systems: Collaboration Between the Automotive Industry and Road Operators Organizer: PIARC, Richard Harris Director Intelligent Transport Systems, Logica; English Language Secretary, Technical Committee on Network Operations, the World Road Association (PIARC), UKModerator: Richard Harris Director Intelligent Transport Systems, Logica; English Language Secretary, Technical Committee on Network Operations, the World Road Association (PIARC), UKInvited Speakers: • FumihikoKanazawa, Head, ITS Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan • Martial Chevreuil, Executive Vice President, Strategic Policy and Development, Egis Mobilité, France and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Network Operations, World Road Association • T Russell Shields, Chair, Ygomi, USA • Masao Fukushima, Engineering Director, Nissan Motor Co, Japan SS17: The State of Deployment Around the World of the "Connected Vehicle"Moderator: Marcia Pincus, Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, United States Department of Transportation, USA Invited Speakers: TBD

10. Special Interest Sessions: Global ITS Tuesday, October 18th SS18: Improving Road Safety through the Applications of ITS Organizer: Weiyun Jiao, Engineer, China National ITS Center, China Moderator and Invited Speakers:TBD SS35: Drastic Reduction of Traffic Accidents by Image-Recording Type Drive Recorders Organizer: Koji Ukena, , UK-Consultant on ITS, Japan Moderator: SadaoHorino, Associate Professor, Kanagawa University, Japan Invited Speakers: • Joseph N. Kanianthra, President, Active Safety Engineering LLC, USA • Kim Dong Hyo, Senior Research Fellow, Road Traffic Authority, South Korea • HirotoshiIshikawa, Executive Board Member, Japan Safe Driving Center (JSDC), JapanSpeaker From, , Europe, Wednesday, October 19th SS54: To Realize a Safe Society Organizer: NobukazuKanesaki, ITS Japan, Japan Moderator and Invited Speakers: TBD

11. Special Interest Sessions: Global ITS Wednesday, October 19th SS67: Moving Towards Zero Fatalities Through Cooperative Safety – Fact or Fiction? Moderator: Mike Schagrin, ITS Standards Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, United States Department of Transportation, USA Invited Speakers: TBD Thursday, October 20th SS72: Stakeholder Views and Examples on Co-Operative Safety Systems with Focus on Rural Roads Organizer: Masao Fukushima, Engineering Director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan Moderator: BengtHallstrom, Analyst and Senior Advisor, STA (SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION), Sweden Invited Speakers: • Oliver Carsten, Professor, University of Leeds,, United Kingdom • Max Donath, Professor, University of Minnesota, USA • OlleIsaksson, Director, Ericsson, Sweden

12. Special Interest Sessions: Global ITS SS82: Distracted Driving Moderator: Chris Monk, Lead Research Psychologist, Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation, USA Invited Speakers: • Bill Horrey, , Liberty Mutual, USA • Michael Regan, Research Director, French Institute for Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks, France • Trent Victor, Volvo, Sweden • Moto Akamatsu, National Institute of advanced Sciences, Japan • Richard Hanowski, Center Director, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA • John Lee, , University of Wisconsin, USA • Reiner Hoeger, HaveIt Project Coordinator, Continental Automotive GmbH, • Steven Shladover, Research Engineer, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) Program, University of California, Berkeley, USA • SadayukiTsugawa, Professor, Meijo University, Japan

13. Global Executive Session ES12: Global Safety Thursday, October 20, 8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. As national governments practically apply safe-driving policies and support systems using a varity of means, global discourse has focused on concrete factors for implementation such as the leadership of governments, funding, standardization, and international cooperation. This session will further this discussion and survey these factors and activities in various regions, especially with respect to how ITS safety infrastructure should be deployed and how to promote institutional systems and user acceptance. Moderator: Moderator from Asia Pacific Invited Speakers: • James Vondale, Director, Automotive Safety Office, Ford Motor Company, USA • Speaker from Asia Pacific • MrOfferman (BOSCH), Germany • Klaus Kompass (BMW), Germany