{"id":5501,"date":"2016-01-07T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/?page_id=5501"},"modified":"2022-11-15T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:25:38","slug":"carsp-conference-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/en\/events-and-training\/carsp-conference\/past-conferences\/carsp-conference-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"CARSP Conference 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

27th CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n June 18-21, 2017 | Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Ontario <\/span>\n

Theme \u2014 Technology and Road Safety<\/h3>\n
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Thank-you to all the sponsors, exhibitors and delegates who made this year's conference a big success! \u00a0Two hundred and sixty people attended the conference. Session slide decks will be posted by mid-July if not sooner. \u00a0We will also be posting the some of the panels and plenary speakers soon (timeline TBD). \u00a0Only CARSP members and conference delegates will be able to access these. \u00a0The session presentations will be accessible from the home page left hand menu under Proceedings (under Research). \u00a0The plenary speakers and panelists video recordings can be accessed in the members' area. \u00a0 Conference delegates who are not CARSP members, will be given temporary access to the member area.<\/p>\n

Theme<\/h4>\n

The theme for the 2017 Conference \u201cTechnology and Road Safety\u201d was chosen to highlight current and emerging technologies which impact road safety both positively and negatively.\u00a0 In-vehicle technologies, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (e.g. blind spot monitoring), help avoid crashes through advanced detection systems.\u00a0 Two-way communication, such as between vehicles and between the vehicle and the road is also starting to emerge.\u00a0 These provide each other with information, such as safety warnings and traffic information, which help prevent crashes. \u00a0The emergence of autonomous vehicles, in which automation (using artificial intelligence), operates the vehicle and the driver is merely a passenger, claims to make driving safer and more efficient.\u00a0 Other systems help to detect those who are violating the law, such as red light cameras, which help identify risky driving and speeding, and drug road side detection systems which help identify those who are impaired.<\/p>\n

Technology can also have a negative impact on road safety.\u00a0 Smart technologies in cars, such as navigation systems and entertainment consoles can cause driver distraction, which leads to a greater likelihood of crashes.\u00a0 While cars now offer hands-free cell phone technology, it has been shown that even hands-free causes driver distraction.\u00a0 Furthermore, cell phones, through either talking or texting, can not only negatively impact drivers, but vulnerable road users such as pedestrians.<\/p>\n

About the CARSP Conference<\/h3>\n

The CARSP conference is primarily aimed at sharing knowledge among Canada\u2019s road safety professionals with the goal of making our roads safer.\u00a0 Conference delegates represent a broad array of disciplines including: health professionals, engineers, Government officials, crash re-constructionists, insurers, researchers, enforcement, and more.<\/p>\n

While the theme helps guide the development of some components of the conference, there are still many presentations on a number of road safety topics, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n