REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Ministry of Infrastructure EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Priority area 1b: To improve mobility and multimodality - rail, road and air links The First Scientific and Expert Conference on ROAD SAFETY IN THE DANUBE REGION Towards “zero vision” in the Danube Region 20th and 21st May 2015 Ljubljana /Slovenia Venue: Cankarjev dom DRAFT AGENDA Wednesday, 20 May 2015 08.30 – 09.00 Registration 09.00 – 10.00 Welcome address and keynote speeches Welcome address:  Mr. Franc Žepič, Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia – Priority Area Coordinator Keynote speeches:  Mr. Peter Gašperšič, Ph.D., Minister for Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia  Ms Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for transport, the European Commission (tbc)  Mr. Michael Cramer, Chairman, TRAN Committee, European Parliament  Mr. Igor Velov, Director, Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency 10.00 – 11.15 INTRODUCTURY SESSION: The EU Road Safety Policy Speaker:  Mr Szabolcs Schmidt, Head of Unit, DG MOVE, The European Commission (tbc) 10.15 – 11.15 SESSION I: Human behaviour (Driver) Speakers:  Mr Horst Schulze, Psychologist, BASt, Germany  Ms Mateja Markl, Psychologist, Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency, Slovenia  Mr Joop Goos, president of "La Prevention Routiere Internationale"-PRI, The Netherlands  Prof. Marko Polič, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia Discussion 11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break 11.45 – 13.15 SESSION II: Road Infrastructure REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Ministry of Infrastructure Speakers:  Prof. Tomaž Tollazzi, PhD, University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovenia  Prof. Peter Lipar, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Slovenia  Andrej Čanželj, NEKS Ltd. and Faculty of Civil Engineering Zagreb, Croatia Discussion 13.15 – 15.00 Buffet Lunch 15.00 – 16.00 SESSION III: Road Safety Management Speakers:  Mr Antonio Avenoso, Executive Director of ETSC, Belgium  Mr Josef Mikulik, CDV- Transport Research Centre, Czech republic  Prof Peter Hollo, KTI, Hungary (tbc)  Martin Winkelbauer, KfV – Road Safety Board, Austria  Prof. George Yannis, PhD, NTUA, Greece Discussion 16.00 – 16.30 SESSION IV: Challenges and solutions for road safety in the Danube region Speakers:  Dr Jovica Vasiljević, Road traffic Safety Agency, Serbia (tbc) 16.30 – 16.45 Conclusions by Mr. Szabolcs Schmidt, DG MOVE, the European Commission and Closure of the conference by Mr. Miodrag Poledica, PAC, Serbia. 19.00 – 21.00 Networking Dinner Thursday, 21 May 2015 08.30 – 09.00 Registration 09.00 – 10.00 Bus transfer to Vransko 10.00 – 14.00 TECHNICAL VISIT: Road Safety Training Centre Vransko 14.00 – 15.00 Light buffet lunch 15:00 – 16:00 Bus transfer to Ljubljana Conference language: English. Only Slovenian interpretation will be made available.