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1 DAY One: Wednesday 2 nd of November :00 Participant Registration and Welcome 09:30 Opening Session - National Anthem - Recitations verses from the Holy Quran - Speech of HE Mohammed Saleh Bin Bidwa Al Darmaki, President of Emirates Traffic Safety Society - Speech from of HE Dr. Mohammed Bin Ali Kuman, Secretary General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers - Speech of Eng. Benaceur Boulaajoul, President of International Organization for Road Accidents Prevention - Speech of Mr. Afif Frigui, President of Arab Road Safety Organization - Speech of Mrs. Susanna ZAMMATARO, Executive Director IRF - Speech of Dr. Maha El Adawy, Director, Health Protection and Promotion, WHO - Speech of the Event Sponsor 10:00 Coffee Break 10:15 First Session Chairperson: Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansouri, Head of the Symposium Scientific Committee 1 st paper: Major Dr. Khalfan Al Naqbi, Traffic coordination General Departments, Ministry of Interior UAE 2 nd paper: How Traffic Enforcement can contribute to safer roads Ms. Luana BIDASCA, Project Manager, ETSC 1

2 3 rd paper: "Themes for an effective Enforcement Strategy" Mr. Phil CLARKE, Law Enforcement Expert & RS Consultant, TRL, UK 4th paper: The Legal responsibility of road users in the UAE (crimes/ penalties) Salah Bufrousha Al Falasi, Advocate General and Head of Dubai Traffic Prosecution 5th paper: Automated Traffic Enforcement: Responding to Critics Dr. Charles. Milton FARMER, Vice President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), USA 6th paper: Enforcement on Alcohol Impaired Driving Laws Dr. Ward VAN LAAR, Research Director, TIRF / Canada 12:35 Coffee Break 12:50 Second Session Chairperson: Eng. Benaceur Boulaajoul, President of International Organization for Road Accidents Prevention 7th paper: Norway Europe s Safest Roads Runar KARLSEN, Head of the Norwegian National Mobile Police 8th paper: Traffic Enforcement is the First step: The Second has to follow Jan SHEPMANN, Policy Officer at the Technical Inspection Agencies ( TÜV ) & Expert at the International Commission for Driving Testing (CIECA) 9th paper: Traffic Enforcement in Europe: Attitudes & Practice: Results from ESRA Project Dr.Wouter VAN DEN BERGHE, Director - European Survey of Road User s Safety (ESRA) 2

3 10th paper: Unleashing the potential of data to achieve Road Safety Targets Ms. Susanna ZAMMATARO, Executive Director, IRF 11th paper: Effect of Enforcement Techniques in Improving Traffic Safety Performance: Case Study From Abu Dhabi Major Eng. Yousif Al Badi, and Major Ahmed Al Muhairi, Capitan Mohammed Al Zaabi, Abu Dhabi Police 12th paper: Road Safety Law Enforceability Ms. Deena Omar, Lead Project Manager / Nada Foundation for Egyptian Safer Roads / EGYPT 15:10 Lunch Break 20:00 Dinner Banquet Sponsored by Emirates Insurance Association DAY Two: Thursday 3 rd of November :00 Third Session Chairperson: Mr. José Miguel Trigoso, President of PRP Council & Scientific Coordinator 13 th paper: The Canadian Coalition on Distracted Driving Ms. Robyn ROBERTSON, CEO & President, TIRF / Canada 14th paper: Rehabilitation of Traffic Offenders & Portuguese Demerit System Alain AREAL, General Manager, PRP / Portugal 15th paper: Traffic safety between legislation and enforcement Deputy Prosecutor Mr. Abdulla Hamad Nassib Al Mansoori, Head of Abu Dhabi Traffic Prosecution 3

4 16th paper: The effect of Post License Advanced Driver Training on Traffic Offences Pr. Luca PERSIA, Director, Centre for Transport & Logistics / Sapienza University of Roma / Italy 17th paper: Role of Communication in Law Implementation Commitment Dr. Noureddine HAJ MAHMOUD / University Professor & Media Consultant / ATPR / Tunisia 18th paper: Reflections of Research on the Use of Technology for Traffic Safety Management Prof. Yaser Hawas, Director, Roadway, Transportation and Traffic Safety Research Center UAE University 11:20 Coffee Break 11:35 Fourth Session Chairperson: Mr. Afif Frigui, President of Arab Road Safety Organization 19 th paper: The impact of the effectiveness of the traffic law to reduce deaths and injuries Colonel Jamal Mohammed Al Banai, Deputy Director of General Traffic Department Dubai 20 th paper: Traffic safety& the youth sector: (an insight) Dr. Abdulrahman Al Janahi, Minister of Transportation and Communications Advisor, Kingdom of Bahrain 21 st paper: The National plan to monitor traffic on the roads Eng. Brahim Baamal, Director, Road Transportation & RS, Ministry of Equipment, Transportation & Logistics / Morocco 22 nd paper: Best Practices for Efficient Traffic Safety Laws Enforcement Programs Dr. Eleonora PAPADIMITRIOU, NTUA / Greece 4

5 23 rd paper: An original way to enforce speed limits: The use of 2D Dummies Dr. Wouter VAN DEN BERGHE, research Director, Belgian Road Safety Institute, Belgium 13:55 Coffee Break 14:10 Final Session Chairperson: Eng. Saleh Rashid Al Dhaheri, ETSS Deputy Chairman of the Board - Announcement of Recommendations - Closing Remark: Brig. R. Hasan Al Hosani, ETSS General Secretary - Handing out commemorative Shields - Group Photo 14:50 Lunch Break 5

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