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Euro NCAP is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a high level conference, on 29 November 2005. Professor Claes Tingvall (Euro NCAP Chairman) will introduce a prestigious list of speakers from Europe, Japan and the USA. The conference will review the history of consumer information programmes and explain how they have raised the public awareness of car safety and created a competitive market for car makers.

At the conference, Euro NCAP will, for the first time, announce the surprising findings of a Consumer Survey, into the car buying priorities of European consumers. This survey has been carried out, for Euro NCAP, by Market & Opinion Research International (MORI), in 7 countries across the European Union. A panel of distinguished guests will then discuss the future evolution of Euro NCAP and its contribution to EU road safety policies.

Accompanying the conference will be an exhibition of cars and other displays, illustrating the safety assessments made by Euro NCAP. The exhibition will show the massive improvements to car safety that have been achieved over recent years and Euro NCAPs contribution towards these life saving changes.

Programme

Creating a Market for Safety – 10 Years of Euro NCAP

Euro NCAP 10^th Anniversary Conference

Auto World, Brussels, 29 November 2005

10.00 hrs

1.  INTRODUCTION

Prof. Claes Tingvall

Director of Road Safety, Swedish Road Administration

Chairman, Euro NCAP

2.  FILM – “Creating a Market for Safety – 10 Years of Euro NCAP”

3.  PRINCIPLE SPEAKERS

Mr Jacques Barrot

Vice President - Commissioner for Transport, European Commission

Dr Stephen Ladyman

Minister of State, Department for Transport, United Kingdom

Mr Ari Vatanen MEP

Road Safety Rapporteur, European Parliament

10.45 hrs

4.  GUEST SPEAKERS

Ms Jacqueline Glassman

Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA

Dr Sergio Marchionne

Chief Executive Officer, Fiat S.p.A

European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)

Mr Satoru Kanazawa

President, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims’ Aid, Japan

Mr Max Mosley

President, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile

Former Chairman, Euro NCAP

11.25 hrs

Coffee Break

11.55 hrs

5.  MORI Survey on Consumer Buying Interests

Mrs Lesley Upham

Director of Communications, Thatcham

Chairman, Euro NCAP Communications Group

12.15 hrs

6.  PANEL DISCUSSION -  “The future evolution of Euro NCAP and its contribution to EU road safety policies.”

Chaired by: Mr Adrian Hobbs

Secretary General, Euro NCAP

Mr Guido Adriaenssens

Chief Executive, International Consumer Research and Testing

Chairman, Euro NCAP Technical Working Group

Dr Dimitrios Theologitis

Former Head of Road Safety Unit, European Commission

Mr Bernard Gauvin

Euro NCAP Board Member, France

Mrs Jeanne Breen OBE

International Road Safety Policy Consultant

Questions

13.05 hrs

7.  CLOSING REMARKS (5 min)

Prof. Claes Tingvall

13.10 hrs

Light Lunch

Source:  Euro NCAP press release - 3 November, 2005