Opening Session
Tuesday 12 February 2008
09:30 - 13:00

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Zero deaths is the most rational long-term safety target
Professor Claes Tingvall, director general, Swedish Roads Administration

Accident causation issues and evaluating the safety benefits of technologies
Yves Page, deputy director Laboratoire d’Accidentologie, de Biomécanique et d’études du comportement humain (LAB) PSA Peugeot Citroën - Renault

Accident scene 2020 – trends in a changing accident environment
Dr Robert Zobel, head of accident research, Volkswagen AG

Integrated safety for improved structural crashworthiness
Eric Zimmerman, manager safety and generic development R&D innovation, Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH

Creating a safe commercial road transport sector – a challenge for industry as well as society
Lars-Göran Löwenadler, safety director Volvo Truck Corporation

EuroNCAP’s achievements and future direction
Professor Adrian Hobbs, BSc, EurIng, CEng, FIMechE, European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP)