Greetings,
For those with an interest in integrating public health and transportation for better
health and safety outcomes, please consider the upcoming event in April. There's still
time to submit a poster idea (by February 15), with community projects welcome and the
poster competition will offer cash prizes for students (1st place = $500, 2nd place =
$350, 3rd place = $150).
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Register today for the Safe Systems Summit: April 23-24, in Durham, NC
The Safe Systems Summit: Redefining Transportation
Safety<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/profdev/summit/> offers an inclusive and
interactive learning environment to explore the underlying systems driving the national
rise in traffic deaths, share findings from innovative new research, and develop insights
into reducing transportation injuries and fatalities by utilizing both Safe Systems
<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/about/safesystems/> and systems science principles,
tools, and techniques. Join participants from various disciplines to explore systems
together, discuss advanced and emerging technologies and the role of data integration,
and exchange ideas with national and international experts. Leave with new ideas,
connections, resources, and skills. Register by March 29 and take advantage of low
registration costs ($35 for participants, $20 for students).
The Summit is hosted by the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road
Safety<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/> and co-sponsored by the North Carolina
Governor's Highway Safety
Program<https://www.ncdot.gov/programs/ghsp/>p/>. Learn
more about the
program<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/summit/safe-systems-summit-agenda…a/>, and
submit your
poster<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/summit/poster-details/> idea by
February 15.
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Laura Sandt, PhD
Director, Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
Director, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
919-962-2358
sandt@hsrc.unc.edu<mailto:sandt@hsrc.unc.edu>
Register now for the Safe Systems
Summit!<https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/summit/>
April 23-24, 2019 | Durham, NC
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