Description:
This half-day event, jointly organised by the LowCVP, PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety) and the IMechE will look at the carbon reduction and safety agendas in the context of road transport. It will identify where policy measures and initiatives are complementary and how areas of tension between the two agendas can be most effectively resolved.
The event will cover both technical issues such as vehicle size, weight and design; the safety implications of vehicle electrification; and tyre selection; as well as behavioural issues including eco-safe driving and speed management. The LowCVP has written an article for GreenFleet Magazine about some of the issues to be discussed at the event.
There will be a drinks reception following the event, kindly sponsored by Michelin.
The full conference agenda is:
1.00 – arrival and tea/coffee
1.30pm – Chair’s introduction - Greg Archer, Managing Director, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
1.35pm – Overview: Are safety and environmental aims for vehicles more compatible than conflicting? - Mark Fowkes, Senior Consultant, Advanced Engineering, MIRA
1.55pm – Can smaller, fuel efficient and lighter vehicles be as safe? - Julian Hill, Loughborough Univ Vehicle Safety Research Centre
2.15pm – Integrating safety and CO2 reduction for hybrid and battery electric vehicles - Richard Saady, Department Manager, Control and Electronics, Ricardo UK ltd
2.35-2.45 – Q&A session
2.45-3.05pm – Coffee break
3.05pm - Can new generation tyres be both ‘greener’ and safer? - Steve Dolby, Product Marketing Manager, Michelin
Behavioural approaches:
3.20-3.35pm: Safe and economical driving: Eco-Safe driving - Jason Airey, Managing Director, CMS Supatrak + David Wilson, Consultant
3.35-3.50pm – Lower speeds and intelligent speed adaptation - Oliver Carsten, Professor of Transport Safety, Leeds University
3.50-4.00: Reduction in CO2 Emissions with SPECS Average Speed Enforcement - Timo Thornton, SCS Speed Check Services
4.00-4.20pm – Coffee break
4.20pm: Panel session
Chair: Robert Gifford, Executive Director, PACTS
Panel: Duncan Forrester, Volvo
Ian Yarnold, Deputy Head and Chief Engineer, Department for Transport
Oliver Carsten, Professor of Transport Safety, Leeds University
Overview speaker, as above
5.20pm: Chairs’ joint summing up - Robert Gifford, PACTS
5.30 (approx): Drinks reception sponsored by Michelin ends c6.15pm