SAFER Thursday lunch seminar series spring 2024
We are thrilled to unveil the schedule for our SAFER Thursday lunch seminars this spring!
Our concept: Join us for a networking lunch starting at 11:30 at SAFER, followed by a hybrid seminar from 12:00 to 12:45, promoting engaging dialogue. Our aim is to share insights into road safety research, explore new research topics, and encourage networking within our community. These seminars serve as a catalyst for inspiration, stimulation the creation of new projects and enhancing collaboration.
Preliminary schedule
- February 1 (week 5): The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023, Matts-Åke Belin, WHO
- February 8 (week 6): Drive Sweden forum, no seminar
- February 15 (week 7): Winter holiday, no seminar
- February 22 (week 8): What’s new in Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks, Erik Ström, Electrical engineering, Chalmers
- February 29 (week 9): Presentation of the competences and research needs by our new partners, Axkid, Daniel Lundgren & Linköping University, Erik Frisk
- March 7 (week 10): Opportunities for the SAFER community to use public road data provided by Trafikverket, speaker tbd
- March 14 (week 11): Presentation of the competences available and research needs by our new partners; Univrses, Jonathan Selbie & Strandroth Consulting, Johan Strandroth
- March 21 (week 12): No seminar
- March 28 (week 13): No seminar
- April 4 (week 14): Easter break, no seminar
- April 11 (week 15): Presentation of the competences available and research needs by our new partners; Qualisafe, Devansh Mehta and Guidance to Zero, Sanna Eveby
- April 18 (week 16): Outlook Norway: Approach, innovation and initiatives for traffic safety, Rune Elvik, TOI
- April 25 (week 17): The TRL Bus Safety Standard: Improving Outcomes for Pedestrians and Passenger, Phil Martin, TRL
- May 2 (week 18): Presentation of Combitech – a SAFER partner’s needs, projects and and interests in traffic safety research, speaker to be decided
- May 16 (week 20): Update from the CCAM partnership and upcoming opportunities, Ingrid Skogsno, VTI, Anna Larsson, RISE and Magnus Granström, SAFER
- May 23 (week 21): Preliminary: The connected research infrastructure REVERE and opportunities for research collaborations, speakers tbd
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SAFER researchers in our contact list will receive personal invitations. Online attendees need not sign up for the event but must register for the networking lunch. If you're a SAFER partner not currently active in the network, reach out to Sophia Guerra Ekesand (ekesand@chalmers.se) to be added to the invitation list.