Event

Welcome to the SAFER Research area day!

During these days the SAFER partners meet in the Reference groups. These meetings are the formal arena for partners to meet and identify key issues and initiate needs-driven research, the base for establishing world-class competitive project portfolios. The work include to develop the project portfolio and secure that we conduct the research that the partners want to do together and is supporting our joint targets.

The agenda differs between the meetings and between the groups, but the base idea is to cover:

• Identification and coordination of research needs and suitable funding opportunities.
• Initiation of new project proposals in line with the roadmap.
• Follow-up of and feedback to on-going projects.
• Stimulation of cooperation among the SAFER partners active in the research areas (multi-disciplinary projects).
• Networking – dialogue – inspiration.

THE RESEARCH AREA DAY - AGENDA

09:00-09:45 SAFER Update -webinar about our upcoming collaboration opportunities (to get the link pls contact malin.levin@chalmers.se)

10:00-12:00   Reference group meetings

• Systems for accident prevention and automated driving
• Joint focus group between PICTA and SAFER: Post-Crash

12:00-13:30 Networking lunch - open for all (registration needed - pls contact Sophia at ekesand@chalmers.se)

12:50-13:20 Insight talk given by Stephane Buffat is the director of the LAB, the Laboratory of Accidentology, Biomechanics and driver behaviour, see details below

13:30-15:30   Reference group meetings

• Human body protection 
• Road user behaviour 
• Safety performance evaluation

Abstract to the lunch talk:

Stephane Buffat is the director of the LAB, the Laboratory of Accidentology, Biomechanics and driver behaviour. The LAB belongs to the economic interest group of Stellantis and Renault. He coordinates collaborative and industrial research actions to observe, analyze and anticipate real safety matters for the French passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers. He is also the Expert Leader in road safety for the Renault Group. Before joining the LAB and the automotive industry, Stephane spent 30 years in the French military health services, first as a flight surgeon, then as a researcher in Human Factors in the Institute of Military Biomedical Research of Bretigny Sur Orge. He deployed his expertise on civilian and military aircraft certification and participated in the redaction of references in aviation certification for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). He actively participated in creating a CNRS Research Unit in behaviour quantification and a Carnot Institute named Institute of Cognition. Stephane likes to share his experiences on good practice and teaches several master's courses at Université de Paris.

Welcome!

Please note that a special invitation is required for the research area meetings, these meeting is for appointed Research area members only.