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International Highway Safety Conferences and Events
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2005
January 9-13, 2005: U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 84th Annual Meeting; Washington DC. Details. Additional notes: Traffic safety around the world will be an important theme in the program. Leading off this theme will be the Sunday, January 9, workshop on Road Safety in Developing Countries and two Monday, January 10, International Roundtable sessions. These International Roundtable sessions will be followed by the International Participants Reception, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the TRB International Activities Committee and the World Bank. All international attendees at the TRB Annual Meeting are invited to attend; advanced registration for the reception is not required. In addition to the workshop and roundtables, the Annual Meeting program will include more than 500 presentations from some 50 countries outside the United States. More details ______________________________
February 15, 2005: 'Letting People in on the Act: Community Involvement in Road Safety' will be held by PACTS (the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) in Westminster, London, U.K. Conference details and application form. ______________________________
February 15-17, 2005: The Annual International Conference on Road Safety, Rescue and Rehabilitation; Rishon Lezion, Israel. Organized by the Research Institute of Human Factors in Road Safety (HFRS) "This Conference will focus on human behavior and road accidents, trauma and rescue after the accident and physical and emotional rehabilitation. This unique linking of issues emphasizes the inter-disciplinary nature of what road accidents involve." Details here ______________________________
February 16-17, 2005: International Summit on Automotive Safety, Amsterdam The Summit will focus on meeting consumer demand, regulations and new standards for passenger and pedestrian safety. Vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and trade associations attending will discuss their strategies, looking at both active and passive safety for passengers and pedestrians, and at moves towards global vehicle safety standardisation. The Summit will be attended by representatives of The European Commission, the European Transport Safety Council, Britain’s Department for Transport, Volvo, Renault, Daimler Chrysler, Johnson Controls, Adam Opel, Robert Bosch, Honda Motor Europe, Seat, Continental Teves, First Technologies, Delphi, BMW, and TRW. Source: Auto Industry ______________________________
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March 9, 2005: EuroRAP International Conference; London, England "Understanding the risk - reducing road injury" EuroRAP and The AA Motoring Trust present a unique opportunity to learn directly about the dynamic EuroRAP programme to improve road infrastructure safety, and make roads more forgiving through mass action on affordable, practical road engineering measures. The event brings together eminent speakers from across Europe including national road authorities, road engineers, automobile makers, motoring organisations, and leading voices from the medical profession, media and transport industry. During the conference, the 2005 EuroRAP risk mapping results for Britain and Ireland will be revealed, including Ireland's first risk map. This meeting is a rare opportunity for anyone who has responsibilities for a safe road system - engineers, police, fleet managers, elected members and road safety professionals - to discuss this new approach with leading European figures. More details here, or from Claire McGhee by email at claire.mcghee@theaa.com or phone on ++44 [0] 1252 700969. ______________________________
March 13-15, 2005: Lifesavers Conference 2005; Charlotte Convention Center, North Carolina "Lifesavers is the premier national highway safety meeting in the United States dedicated to reducing the tragic toll of deaths and injuries on our nation's roadways. Starting in the early 1980s, the Lifesavers conference attendance has grown steadily, drawing over 1,700 participants in 2003. Each year, the Lifesavers Conference has become even more relevant and timely, providing a forum that delivers common-sense solutions to today's critical highway safety problems." ______________________________
March 21-23, 2005: Extraordinary ICTCT Workshop; Campo Grande, Brazil "Measures to assess risk in traffic as reflected by individual test performance, in attitude measurement and by behaviour and interaction" [International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety is an association developed out of an international working group of safety experts with the aim to identify and analyse dangerous situations in road traffic on the basis of criteria other than past accidents, analogous to the methods of air and industrial safety.] ______________________________
April 4-28, 2005: Road Traffic Safety; Lund, Sweden (with a follow-up in one of the participating countries, during October/November, 2005.)
April 11-12, 2005: Ontario Traffic Conference -- Safety and Education Workshop: "Safe People, Safe Communities" Barrie, Ontario
April 11-15, 2005: Society of Automotive Engineers 2005 World Congress; Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan
April 13, 2005: AIRSO; 40th Anniversary Year Lecture, by Professor Frank McKenna; London, England. [Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers] For further details contact Secretary@airso.org.uk ______________________________
April 21-22, 2005: Road safety perspective: Intelligent vehicles driving on intelligent roads; Rome, Italy. [The web page for further details was 'down' at the time this was posted on the DSA website. To find those details, we suggest you go to www.escope.info/?page=96 and look for the above title.] ______________________________
April 23-27, 2005: 2005 C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) Conference; Birmingham, Alabama, USA The Operation C.A.R.E. International Conference is the only conference of its kind that gathers together chief executives from state and provincial law enforcement organizations that are dedicated to traffic safety. The goal of this conference is to develop new strategies and improve existing programs in an effort to reduce property damage, injuries, and fatalities on our highways. ______________________________
May
10-11, 2005: Crash-Tech 2005;
Nuremberg, Germany.
Although they have been very important for the reduction of traffic fatalities, measures to improve only passive vehicle safety are considered as not sufficient regarding the aims of the European road worthiness program. In order to face our increasing desire of mobility and to avoid accidents as well, much attention must be paid to the interaction of primary and secondary vehicle safety in future. For this reason crash.tech 2005 offers you for the first time a brilliant opportunity to discuss this issue in a session especially dedicated to this topic. Apart from the method for assessment of primary safety systems further potentials for improvement like the exploitation of the pre-crash phase will be shown..... Conference Languages: German and English with simultaneous translation. Brochure here (pdf).
May 12, 2005: Conference on Drink and Drug Driving -- London, UK
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May 19, 2005: Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) 42nd Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. Staff will also make presentations on selected current research programs. ______________________________
May 22-25, 2005: National Roundabout Conference; Vail, Colorado. Conference details here
The TRB is sponsoring the National Roundabout Conference, in Vail. The use of roundabouts as an alternative to stop or signal- controlled intersections is advancing in the United States. Local governments and state transportation agencies are rapidly moving forward to develop policies and procedures for managing roundabout decisions, design, and operation. The conference will examine from both the U.S. and international perspectives--the deployment of roundabouts at the regional and local levels, the science and application of roundabouts, and more. A special field workshop in techniques and cues used by pedestrians who are blind, at roundabouts, is planned. ______________________________
May 30-31, 2005: SAFE Highways of the Future 2005; Stuttgart, Germany. SAFE Highways of the Future 2005 is the leading highway safety conference in Europe. With the theme, "Using and utilising new and existing technology to reduce highway fatalities," SAFE Highways of the Future will feature 30 top-level speakers from all over the world. Coming to Stuttgart to share their views, opinions and experiences are representatives from national and international governments and transportation authorities, the world's top automotive-related companies such as DaimlerChrysler, BMW and Volvo, consultants, OEMs, inventors and renowned highway safety experts. Nowhere else in Europe in 2005 will so much knowledge be gathered in the one place. ______________________________
June 1-4, 2005: PRI Road Safety Forum, plus "Road Safety Education - Continued Users Training", Lisbon, Portugal. Hosted by the International Road Safety Organisation [PRI]. Get further details from: info@lapri.org ______________________________
June 2, 2005: European Transport Safety Lecture; Copenhagen, Denmark. This year's lecture will be given by Prof Claes Tingvall, Director of Traffic Safety at the Swedish National Road Administration and Chairman of EuroNCAP. The aim of the European Transport Safety Lectures is to draw attention to the success of research-based transport safety policymaking and provide an opportunity for professional networking and information exchange at the highest level. The Lectures are hosted annually by European Transport Safety Council and one of its member organisations. The full programme will be available shortly, here. ______________________________
June 2-3, 2005: Australasian College of Road Safety Driver Distraction Conference; Parliament House Conference Centre, Sydney. Conference brochure here (pdf). ______________________________
June 5-8, 2005: Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. ______________________________
June 6-9, 2005: Enhanced Safety of Vehicles 2005; Washington, D.C., USA ______________________________
June
27-30, 2005: 3rd
International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment,
Training, and Vehicle Design; Rockport, Maine, USA ______________________________
July 6-9, 2005: Institute of Road Safety Officers Conference, 2005; Leeds, England ....The course programme is very much about interaction. Under our working title of "THINK AGAIN" we want to reconsider ways of addressing the issues that face all of us in our working day. You won't just hear about good practice you will be asked to participate in creating it and you will go away with workable ideas that you can use.... ______________________________
July 13, 2005: Safer Fleets Conference; Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England. The conference will provide senior fleet decision makers with a concise overview of the key issues concerning fleet driver safety at the present time. The event commences at 0930 and concludes with a luncheon at 1330. There will be an opportunity to meet with the presenters and to discuss the content of their presentations. Contact the conference administrator - Tracy Howell - on [++44] [0] 1707 883300 or e-mail tracy@fleetworldgroup.co.uk ______________________________
July 21-22, 2005: International Best Practice in Road Speed Management; Birmingham, U.K. Discover proven strategies to reach the public & improve driver behaviour through pioneering approaches to speed management. Are you striving to reduce speed to achieve your 2010 road casualty reduction targets but feel that the public just isn't responding? If so, then don't miss this opportunity to get to the crux of what's working, and what's not, in international road speed management. ______________________________
July 30 - August 3 2005: American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) 49th Annual Conference Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. ______________________________
July 31 -- August 4, 2005: 2005 Traffic Records Forum -- Association of Traffic Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP), at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Buffalo, Western New York State, U.S.A. Our plans for the 2005 Forum are very promising!
If you would like to join the ATSIP mailing list for the 2005 Traffic Records Forum in Buffalo, NY, please contact Nicole Pappas at pappasn@nsc.org ______________________________
August 28-31, 2005: GHSA Annual Meeting -- The Governors' Highway Safety Association -- Norfolk Marriott Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. Registration materials will be mailed this Spring. To be placed on the mailing list, please e-mail headquarters@ghsa.org and put "2005 Annual Meeting" in the subject line. ______________________________
September 7-8, 2005: Scientific Road Safety Research Conference; Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Website: Click here ______________________________
September 14-15, 2005: RoSCoW Annual Road Safety Seminar; North East Wales Institute, Wrexham, UK [The Road Safety Council of Wales] ______________________________
September 29, 2005: Symposium on the Drowsy Driver; Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York Presented by The Dutchess County Traffic Safety Board and the NY State Assoc. of Traffic Safety Boards. Speakers:
Those interested in attending should contact either Bill Johnson, Dutchess County Traffic Safety Board Coordinator at 845 486 3603, or Vince Bellino, Vice-Chair of the Dutchess County Traffic Safety Board at 845 223 1090, in advance. Vince Bellino may also be contacted by e-mail at: Safetygreen2@aol.com (For the geographical location, visit this map and click on Dutchess County.) ______________________________
October 2-5, 2005: International Conference on Distracted Driving, Toronto, Canada.
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) and the Traffic Injury
Research Foundation (TIRF) are organizing a major, international
conference on Distracted Driving Goals of the conference:
A new website for the event was announced on May 3, 2005. It is at: http://www.distracteddriving.ca ______________________________
October 3, 2005: Parents, Teachers and the Media What Role Can They Play In The Face Of The Terrible Number of Road Deaths Among Young People? Palais Brogniart, Paris, France Simultaneous translation, both in French and English, will be available during all sessions. General information and contact details, in: English or French Outline programme (more details to follow): English or French Prévention Routière website. ______________________________
October 4-7, 2005: International Road Safety and Equipment Exhibition; Madrid, Spain. ______________________________
October 5-7, 2005: Road Safety on Four Continents Conference, Warsaw, Poland The conference is organized by the National Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), with active involvement of GRSP (Global Road Safety Partnership), FERSI (Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes), TRB (Transportation Research Board), CSIR and ECTRI (European Conferences of Transport Research Institute). For additional information contact Richard Pain: RPain@nas.edu ______________________________
October 10-11, 2005: 3rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Road Safety; University of Patras, Greece. ....The participation of selected scientists from other EU countries is expected to be of particular importance.... ______________________________
October 12, 2005: 'Road Traffic Law and Enforcement: Have we got it right?' PACTS, Central London, U.K. In road safety, enforcement has traditionally been seen as one of the four Es, along with education, engineering and evaluation. Considerable emphasis has been placed on the need to enforce road traffic law and to keep the pattern of law under review as part of the strategies to reduce road casualties. This conference will look at the current structure of law and enforcement and attempt to assess whether what we have now is working successfully or needs to be changed. The Road Safety Bill that fell in the last Parliament proposed a number of changes to the legislative structure. The consultation paper on Bad Driving Offences suggests amendments to the offences and punishments available to deter and punish traffic offenders. Do these go far enough or do we need a different approach to traffic law? Finally, what should be the balance between education, deterrence and punishment? Road traffic law applies to all road users. Yet many of us complain when it is enforced upon us, claiming that our actions may not have been as serious as the law appears to consider.
This conference will be held at an important moment in the new
Parliament. It will offer those who attend a chance to hear the latest
thinking from all involved in the legal processes and to identify
important issues to take forward in the coming years. ______________________________
October 13-15, 2005: 3rd Italian International Road Safety Exhibition 2005 For further information, e-mail: efrancis@sissonline.it ______________________________
November 9-11, 2005: 49th Stapp Car Crash Conference; Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA ______________________________
November 12-13, 2005: ITAI 2005 (The Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators Conference) Dunblane, Stirlingshire, UK Details here. ______________________________
November 14-16, 2005: Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference; Wellington, New Zealand Website: www.rsrpe2005.org.nz Contact: lee@event.org.nz ______________________________
November 15-17, 2005: Second International Conference on Driver Behaviour and Training; Edinburgh, Scotland. Website (no further details at time of posting) here. Or contact either: t.jolly@cranfield.ac.uk or l.dorn@cranfield.ac.uk ______________________________
November 30 -- December 3, 2005: 4th International Festival for Road Safety Campaigns ; The Africa EL Mouradi Hotel (5 stars), Tunis The Tunisian Road Safety Association (ATPR) and the International Road Safety (PRI) have engaged in a global partnership alliance for the promotion of road safety. The main objective of this partnership is to implant new habits and practices pertaining to Road Safety. The ultimate goal is naturally to preserve human lives as well as national economies against losses resulting from road accidents. The event will be conducted in Arabic, French and English. ______________________________
December 6, 2005: PACTS' Westminster Lecture, Central London, U.K. (By invitation) Details, in due course, from PACTS
2006
February 15-16, 2006: Road Safety & Traffic Management 2006, Cairo, Egypt Road Safety & Traffic Management is an international forum dedicated to reducing the human and financial losses from road accidents in low-income and middle-income countries using the world’s top expert advice, best practice examples and lessons learned from the private sector that will specifically help Egypt as well as low to middle-income countries in Africa and the Middle East to prevent injuries and improve the road environment. A summary of the 2005 event and presumably, in due course, full details of the 2006 event may be viewed here ______________________________
February 27--March 1, 2006: RoSPA Road Safety Congress 2006; Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, England Excellent progress has been made in the first years of the Road Safety Strategy, with deaths and serious injuries down by 17%, and child deaths and serious injuries down by 33% from their 1994/98 levels. However, there are some stiff challenges still to be faced. More details (or register for details) here. ______________________________
March 20 - April 13, 2006: Programme in Road Traffic Safety; SIDA, Lund University Education, Lund, Sweden. ______________________________
March 21, 2006: Safer Roads Safer Drivers; Victoria Park Plaza, London, England This one-day conference, sponsored by the IAM in its 50th anniversary year, examines the role of the driver, and driver education in particular, in achieving safer roads. It will explore the various methods by which road safety could be improved, culminating in a debate on current road safety policy, and whether it is the best way to encourage safer driving. The road safety minister, Dr Stephen Ladyman MP will give the keynote address at the start of the conference. ______________________________
March 23, 2006: 1st World Road Safety Film Festival; Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. To coincide with the occasion of the 48th session of the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the 1st World Road Safety Film Festival will be held in Geneva. The International Road Safety Film Festival was first held in 1998 at the initiative of LASER EUROPE. Four others followed until 2003, when the fifth, held at UNESCO headquarters in April 2003, achieved global scope and recognition and confirmed the importance of communication, associated with education, science and culture, for road safety to achieve positive results in the medium and long term. In parallel, LASER EUROPE has also encouraged the creation of regional festivals (a Latin American Festival was held in Curitiba, Brazil in 2000) and of thematic festivals organized by associations (e.g. the International Festival of Road Safety Campaigns organized by the Tunisian road safety organization). Further details here, from the UNECE Transport Division. ______________________________
March 26-28, 2006: 2006 International Motorcycle Safety Conference -- “The Human Element”; Long Beach, California, USA. ______________________________
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March 27-30, 2006: X11 International Winter Road Congress - AIPCR; Turin-Sestriere, Italy.
....The International Winter Road Congress is a broad, interdisciplinary
forum on state-of-the-art best practices and on experiences implementing
recent innovations. It includes reports from the expert panels on their
work over the last four years and, importantly, forward-looking sessions
aiming to identify key issues and challenges for the years ahead.... ______________________________
March 28, 2006: CIREN Public Meeting; US DOT Headquarters - Room 6200. 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) is a multi-center research program involving a collaboration of clinicians and engineers in academia, industry, and government. Together, they are pursuing in-depth studies of crashes, injuries, and treatments to improve processes and outcomes. CIREN's mission is to improve the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of motor vehicle crash injuries to reduce deaths, disabilities, and human and economic costs. If you would like to attend this public meeting, please RSVP to one of the following persons so your name can be added to the security list. Please provide your full name as it appears on your photo id, your affiliation and phone number. ______________________________
March 31, 2006: Child Seats and Seat Belts : New Laws Seminar; at the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, London, UK. From May 2006, children travelling in cars will also be required to use an appropriate child restraint, with few exceptions. The existing “if available” loophole will disappear. Passengers in minibuses, buses and coaches that have seatbelts fitted will also be required to wear those seatbelts, and operators will be required to notify passengers that seat belts must be used. This RoSPA road safety seminar will outline what the new laws mean, how they affect individuals and organisations, and the exemptions that apply. The event will help professionals and practitioners, and anyone who organises transport for children or who gives advice to the public. More details here. ______________________________
April 3-5, 2006: Focused Enforcement for the 21st Century; Ocean City, Maryland, USA NHTSA Mid-Atlantic Region Traffic Safety Summit. No other details available at time of posting. ______________________________
April 3-6, 2006: SAE World Congress; Cobo Center, Detroit, USA ______________________________
April 4-7, 2006: Intertraffic; Amsterdam, The Netherlands. "Intertraffic was established in 1972 and has since evolved into the most important and largest platform for transportation infrastructure, traffic management, safety and parking sectors...." ______________________________
April 4-7, 2006: IRF Geneva/Brussels Annual Meeting and European Traffic Safety Conference; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, BELGIUM. [Honest! That's what it says on their website at present. In other words, check the exact details.] Visit the main IRF website, here. ______________________________
April 5, 2006: European Traffic Safety Conference -- ‘Safer Roads through Innovation’; Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The IRF will organise a one day conference on road safety in conjunction with Intertraffic Amsterdam. The conference will include the inaugural presentation of the IRF European Road Safety Award. [The International Road Federation is a not-for-profit worldwide federation of public and private entities promoting road development to improve the socio-economic benefits. Its membership extends across more than 80 countries and six continents. Members come from consulting engineering and planning, construction, highway concessions and operation, equipment manufacturing, universities and research institutes, road directorates and ministries in charge of transportation infrastructure and communications.] ______________________________
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April 25, 2006: Management Workshop: "The Highway Code - An untapped resource for fleet managers"; Hosted by BRAKE, at BT, Leicester, UK. (Details here, together with other BRAKE events) ______________________________
May 3-5, 2006: Fit to Drive: 1st International Traffic Expert Congress; Berlin, Germany. Organised by the European Union. E-mail: marylofgren@cox.net ______________________________
May 4, 2006: Speed 2006; The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UK. A comprehensive, low cost, one-day conference in central London for road safety professionals on the road safety topic of the moment. Topics to be covered on the day:
Further details from: E-mail: admin@brake.org.uk Phone: [0] 1484 559909 ______________________________
May 9-10, 2006: Intelligent Transport Systems: Design and Safety; Prague, Czech Republic. The European Network of Excellence HUMANIST has organized a training seminar on Intelligent Transport Systems : Design and Safety. Eight lecturers from European research centres will share their knowledge on safety and animate discussions on this important topic. The programme consists of lectures and practical exercices, performed in small groups. For further information about lecturers, location, or registration form, click here. For details of the agenda, click here. ______________________________
May 9-11, 2006: Crash Test Expo 2006; Messe Stuttgart, Germany ______________________________
May 10, 2006: The Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators Annual General Meeting; Milton Keynes, UK A presentation by Dr. Martin Langham: Latest thinking on Pedestrian conspicuity will be followed by presentation on fraudulent claims by Dominic Harris. ______________________________
May 10-11, 2006: 1st SafetyNet Conference on European Accident Data, and Road and Vehicle Safety Policy The purpose of the conference is to examine the ways in which data driven road and vehicle safety policies are formed and identify the new challenges that will come with new technologies and post-2010 casualty reduction targets. Speakers will help define the future development of the European Road Safety Observatory for both EU and national level support to safety policy. ______________________________
May 17-19, 2006: Traffic and Road Safety Third International Congress & Exhibition; Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. ______________________________
May 18-19, 2006: Road Safety 2006; Banff, Alberta, Canada. (Part of the CITE annual conference.) The Road Safety 2006 seminar is a one-and-a-half day seminar covering leading-edge topics related to road safety, that would be of interest to transportation engineering and planning professionals at all levels. The seminar is intended to make attendees more aware of recent and current road safety initiatives and to better prepare practitioners to use many of the new approaches to road safety. Details here. ______________________________
May
18-20, 2006: Italian Road Safety
Exhibition 2006; 'Palafiere' Trade
Fair, [The organisers] are in contact with the Geneva-based UN ECE DG's offices, the Rome-based UN WHO, Brussels-based EU EC DG TREN; the EARPA, APSN, ERTICO, ETSC and many others to coordinate [an] institutional awareness campaign under the same 'umbrella' in view of ( for example) the coming 2007 road safety week appointment, the signature of the European Road Safety Charter and other interesting events.... Participation at the Italian International Road Safety Exhibition will mean gaining priority access to a vast array of information and experience; discuss innovative ideas, the promotion of models of behaviour and awareness far from prescriptive approaches and have fun at the correlated special events planned.... ______________________________
June 2-4, 2006: Crash Canada 2006; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Crash Canada 2006 is an interactive conference in vehicle rescue. At the scene of a crash, today’s emergency responders are faced with overwhelming challenges in vehicle design. It is essential that emergency personnel maintain current knowledge and place safety as their first priority. This conference will bring together emergency medical services, fire, police and rescue personnel. Details here. ______________________________
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