Event

Sweden-Malaysia Road Safety Webinar: Creating safer environment for vulnerable road users

Date
10 June 2021 08:00-10:00
Place
Online

MIROS, an agency under the Ministry of Transport Malaysia (MOT) will be organizing the Sweden-Malaysia Road Safety Webinar Creating safer environment for vulnerable road users, and you are most welcome to join! The webinar is the first collaborative initiative between MIROS and The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), supported by Vision Zero Academy, SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers University of Technology, Scania Southeast Asia and Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd. The webinar is intended to be a platform to promote the latest knowledge on current key issues and to facilitate technical sharing that focuses on the safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs) including motorcyclists, pedestrians and micro-mobility users. 


PROGRAM

08:00 Introduction by moderator
08:10 Welcoming speech by Honorary Assistant Commissioner (CD) Ir. Ts. Dr. Khairil Anwar bin Abu Kassim, Adjunct Professor, Director General, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)
08:20 Opening Speech by H.E. Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia
08:30 Brief Remark by Dr. Tomas Svensson, Director General, The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
08:40 Vision Zero a policy innovation, Dr. Matts Ake-Belin, Director, Vision Zero Academy, Sweden
09:10 Development of crash safety for men and women, Prof. Dr. Astrid Linder, Research Director of Traffic Safety, The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) 
09:30 Pedestrians in Malaysia, Dr. Rizati Hamidun, Senior Research Officer, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)

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Seminar