Event

SAFER invites to a whole day seminar on the latest research on child occupant protection.

About fifteen international researchers will share their state-of-art child safety research, discussing future opportunities, with the target to set the future agenda for child occupant protection. The focus is on children aged 4-12.

When: September 16, 2015, 9.00-17.00.
Where: Lindholmen Conference Centre, Lindholmen Science Park, Lindholmspiren 3, Göteborg, Sweden. Conference room Pascal. Please see the map, www.lindholmen.se/en/area/getting-lindholmen

Organized by SAFER.

Hosts: Lotta Jakobsson, Volvo Cars, SAFER, Chalmers; Mats Svensson, Chalmers, SAFER.

Moderator:  Kristy Arbogast, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

More information: Download the presentations here (zip file 21.1 MB)


Agenda:

Welcome – Lotta Jakobsson, Mats Svensson, SAFER, Sweden

Introduction, overview – Kristy Arbogast, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Preliminary results from a large naturalistic study of children in cars – Sjaanie
Koppel, Monash University, Australia

Booster seat evaluation and ease of use of CRS attachment – Jessica Jermakian,
IIHS, USA

20 min coffee

EuroNCAP upgrades and how they affect child occupant protection - Michiel
van Ratingen, EuroNCAP, Belgium

Ongoing child modeling effort in the EU PIPER project - Philippe Beillas, IFSTTAR, France

50 min lunch

Overview of ongoing child dummy development and roadmap for
implementation – Paul Lemmen, Humanetics ATD, The Netherlands

Performance of rear seat restraint systems – Suzanne Tylko, Transport Canada,
Canada

Optimization of the rear seat – Matthew Reed, UMTRI, USA

30 min coffee

Reducing the risk of lap-belt syndrome by improving belt geometry for child
population 3-12 years - Farid Bendjellal, Britax, Germany

Effect of pre-pretensioners in the rear seat – Katarina Bohman, Autoliv
Research, Sweden

Discussion on Child Safety Priorities

Welcome!