Seminar on ageing society: Perspective on transport, health and fitness to drive

VTI, together with SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, The National Society for Road Safety (NTF Väst) and the SAFE MOVE Project, invites you to this seminar on ageing society.

Register by 30 October here

Time: Thursday 5 November 2015, 10.00-16.00

Place: Gothenburg, Lindholmen Conference Centre, Lindholmspiren 3, Demostudion, Floor 2


The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge but registration is required. Maximum 60 participants. If unable to attend cancellation is mandatory, otherwise we charge a fee of 500 SEK.

Program

10.00

Introduction and welcome
Tania Dukic Willstrand, VTI

Older drivers challenges for traffic safety
Anna Nilsson-Ehle, SAFER

Older road users, injuries and injury prevention
Angela Aylward, NTF Väst

10.30

SAFE MOVE project
Claude Marin-Iamellet, The French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks (IFSTTAR)
Tania Dukic Willstrand, VTI

11.30

Health conditions of older citizens in Sweden, perspectives over the last 50 years
Ingemar Skoog, AgeCap/University of Gothenburg

12.00

Lunch

13.00

Pros and contras for introduction of a periodical medical test for older drivers in Sweden
Lars Englund, The Swedish Transport Agency

13.30

Evaluation of the Danish introduction of the cognitive screening for older drivers
Anu Siren, Danish National Centre for Social Research

14.30

Ageing and mobility - accessibility and mobility options
Jean Ryan, CASE/Lund University

15.00

Fitnes to drive test in simulator to detect changes at a mild level of cognitive impairment
Ragnhild Davidse, Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV, Netherlands)

15.30

Summary
Tania Dukic Willstrand, VTI


2015-09-25