Conference program

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December 2, 2020 – conference day 1; Latvian time (CET+1 hour)


10:00 Communication tests, registration, information



10:20 Juris SMIRNOVS

Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University (RTU)

Conference opening



10:25 Juris KREICBERGS

Docent, Department of Automotive Engineering, RTU, Latvia

Conference information



10:30 Tālis JUHNA

Vice-Rector for Research, Riga Technical University

Welcome from the Vice-Rector for Research



10:40 Tālis LINKAITS

Address From the Minister of Transport, Republic of Latvia



10:50 Matthew BALDWIN

Deputy Director-General, Mobility and Transport at European Commission

Speed as a Key Component in Road Safety Casualties in Both the Baltic Region And the EU



11:15 Antonio AVENOSO

Executive Director, European Transport Safety Council

How to Improve the Safety of Goods Vehicles in the EU



11:40 Rune ELVIK

Senior Research Officer, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)

Speed Limit Policy: the Role of Policy Analysis



12:05 Coffee break



12:15 Jaakko KLANG

Traffic safety engineer, Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southwest Finland, The Nordic Road Association (NVF)

Automatic Speed Enforcement in Nordic Countries – Today and Future



12:35 Gundars KAINS

Member of the board, SJSC Latvian State Roads

Latvian State Roads Network 2040



12:55 Rihards RUDZĪTIS

Product Owner, LMT Retail & Logistics Ltd, Latvia

How to Improve Road Traffic Safety with the Power of Artificial Intelligence



13:10 Aldis LĀMA

Data analyst, Latvian Road Traffic Safety Directorate

Development of Road Traffic Safety in Latvia – Measures, Achievements, Problems



13:30 Lunch break



14:00 Diva EENSOO

Adaptation and Validation of Driver Behaviour Questionnaire to Estonian and Russian



14:20 Māris ŠEFLERS

Sales specialist Baltics, 3M Latvija, Transportation Safety Division

Traffic Management Solutions and Condition on Non-signalled Pedestrian Crossings in Latvia



14:40 Julius UHLMANN, Johannes VOGEL

Researchers, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

The Right of Way at Pedestrian Crossings in European Countries



15:00 Modris CIEMS

Orthopaedic surgeon, Member of the Board, Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Riga, Latvia

Injuries Associated with Standing Electric Scooter Use and Injury Prevention



15:15 Coffee break



15:30 Johannes MESIMÄKI

Research Trainee, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Collisions and Near Accidents Between Pedestrians and Cyclists



15:45 Henriette WALLÉN WARNER

Senior Researcher, Swedish National Road and Transport Institute (VTI), Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden

Bicycling Under the Influence of Alcohol



16:00 Alexandre SANTACREU

Policy Analyst, Road Safety, International Transport Forum, OECD

Ten Recommendations for Safe Micromobility



16:20

Key experts: Alexandre SANTACREU,

Discussion – safe Micromobility



17:00 End of day 1



10:00 Diva EENSOO

Researcher, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

Adaptation and Validation of Driver Behaviour Questionnaire to Estonian and Russian (poster)


December 3, 2020 – conference day 2; Latvian time (CET+1 hour)


09:45 Communication tests, registration



10:00 Raphael GRZEBIETA

Professor Emeritus in Road Safety, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

What are Survivable Speed Limits for a Safe System Approach – Some Evidence



10:25 Ioni LEWIS

Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Designing and Evaluating Road Safety Advertising Campaigns



10:50 Sonja FORWARD

Senior Researcher, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Bicycle Helmet Campaign Development and Evaluation



11:15 Dago ANTOV

Transport Planning Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Switching to Vision Zero Thinking Instead of Finding the Traffic Rules Offenders



11:40 Coffee break




Session 1 Organized in separate Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 864 2401 6287 Passcode: 310353



11:50 Vidas ŽURAULIS

Associate Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Assessment of Risky Cornering on Horizontal Road Curve by Improving Vehicle Suspension Performance



12:10 Ansis AVOTIŅŠ

Researcher, Department of Industrial Electronics and Electrical technologies, RTU, Latvia

Smart Lighting System Control Issues to Increase Energy Efficiency and Safety



12:30 Robert Adrian LESLIE

Docent, Department of Industrial Electronics and Electrical technologies, RTU, Latvia

Introduction to Cloud Based MAS Control for Radar Type and Long Range Hybrid PIR Sensors in Smart LED Street Lighting System



12:50 Kaur SARV

PhD student, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Sustainable Heavy Duty Driving in Baltics as Key Road Safety and Cost Saving Element



13:05 Anton PASHKEVICH

Assistant professor, Politechnika Krakowska, Poland

Driving Speeds at S8 Expressway in Poland Based on a Naturalistic Driving Study



13:20 Lunch break




Session 2



11:50 Jānis KALNINS

Policy Officer, Ministry of Transport, Latvia

Road Traffic Safety Policy Planning in Latvia



12:05 Ivars AUSTERS

Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology, Latvian University

Road Users Behavior Evaluation



12:20 Artūrs SMILGA

Chief of Road Haulage Supervision Unit, Traffic Surveillance and Coordination Bureau, Traffic Safety Department, State police, Latvia

The Application of Technical Means in Road Traffic Control



12:35 Henok Girma ABEBE

PhD student, KTH, Sweden

The Irrationality of Assigning Short Deadlines to Vision Zero



12:50 Aldona JARAŠŪNIENĖ and Domas ČESNULAITIS

Professor in Logistics and Transport Management and a master student, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Improving the Efficiency of the Vilnius City Transport System in The Context of Safe and Sustainable Mobility and Multimodality



13:05 Anastasia SHEVTSOVA

Associate professor, BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov, Belgorod; co-authors Melnikov Vadim Vyacheslavovich – director of the expert center Without Road Traffic Accidents, Moscow, Novikov Alexander Nikolayevich – professor, head of the department Service and Repair of Machines Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Novikov Ivan Alekseevich – director of the Transport and Technological Institute BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov , Belgorod, Russian Federation

Development of an Approach to Retraining of «Risk Group» Drivers



13:20 Lunch break



14:00 Wouter VAN DEN BERGHE

Research Director, Vias Institute, Belgium

Key Performance Indicators as a Tool For Road Safety Policy Implementation



14:25 Eva Brustad DALLAND, Hilde KJELSRUD

Associate professor, Assistant professor, Nord University, Business School, Traffic section, Norway

How Do Driving Teacher Education And Driver Training Process Connect To Gde Matrix In Norway?



14:50 Matts-Åke BELIN

Director Vision Zero Academy, Adjunct Professor, Swedish Transport Administration, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Vision Zero – from Policy to Governance and Implementation Strategies



15:15 Lars EKMAN

PhD in Traffic Safety, Vision Zero Academy, Swedish Transport Administration

The Implementation of Vision Zero Next Step – Implementation within an Organization on a Concrete Level



15:40

Key experts: Matts-Åke BELIN, Lars EKMAN, Juris SMIRNOVS, Dago ANTOV,

Discussion – Vision Zero Policy Implementation



16:20 End of the conference