2018 agenda and speakers
09.30 – 09.45 Welcome & opening remarks etc
Steve Gooding
Director, RAC Foundation
(chair of morning session)
Liz Box
Head of Research, RAC Foundation
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Ian Edwards
New View Consultants
09.45 – 10.05 Opening address
Dame Joan Bakewell CBE
Journalist, television presenter and Labour Party Peer
10.05 – 10.30 Opening keynote
Dr Charles Musselwhite
Associate Professor in Gerontology, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University (More)
Keynote address
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10.30 – 11.10 Medical issues
Dr Lily Read
Community Mental Health Team for Older People, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Presentation: Driving in later life: sustained independence, disease recovery and safety - where is the balance?
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Dilwyn Marple-Horvat
Professor of Motor Neuroscience, Manchester Metropolitan University (More)
Presentation: Driving with diabetic peripheral neuropathy; particular problems and possible solutions
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11.10 – 11.40 Refreshments
11.40 – 12.00 Fitness to drive assessments
Edward Trewhella
CEO, Driving Mobility (More)
Presentation: Medical fitness to drive assessments as a means of establishing and addressing the needs of older drivers
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12.00 – 13.00 Design for older road user
Dr Julie Gandolfi
Driving Research Ltd (More...)
Presentation: Maximising compatibility between the older driver and the traffic environment
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Stephen Joseph OBE
Advisor, Campaign for Better Transport (More...)
Presentation: Better mobility for older people
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Dr Chris McGinley
Research Fellow, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (More)
Presentation: Design inspired by an ageing world
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Afternoon session chaired by:
Liz Brooker MBE
Vice chair, Road Safety GB
14.00 - 14.30 Vehicles & technology
Stuart Millward
CEO Satsafe (More)
Presentation: A new driver monitoring system: an older driver research project - Download presentation or contact Stuart Millward for more information.
Julia Chen
Senior Policy Adviser
Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (More...)
Presentation: A Grand Challenge: The Future of Mobility in an Ageing Society
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14.30 – 15.00 Question Time (panel discussion)
John Plowman
Chair of the Older Drivers Task Force
Dr Kit Mitchell
Consultant to the Road Safety Foundation
Dr Carol Hawley
Associate Fellow
Warwick Medical School
Graham Mylward
Senior Road Safety Officer
Hampshire County Council
15.00 – 16.15 Older drivers – interventions
Sergeant Rob Heard
The Older Drivers Forum (More)
Presentation: Driving Safely for Longer
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June Howlett
Road Safety Officer, Transport for Bucks, Buckinghamshire County Council (More)
Presentation: Buckinghamshire’s Mature Driver Assessments
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Rhian Hughes
Road Safety Team Leader, Wirral Council
Presentation: ‘Drive Safely for Longer'
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Ian Edwards
New View Consultants (More)
Presentation: Assessment or Education – what’s the difference?
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Dr Fiona Fylan
Brainbox Research (More...)
Presentation: Can the 'Driving Safer for Longer' older driver intervention change behaviour?
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