SARF/RTMC ROAD SAFETY CONFERENCE :
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
DATE
TIMES
EVENT
07:30 – 16:30
EXHIBITION
07:30 – 08:30
Registration
08:30 – 10:00
7 JUNE 2011
GENERAL
PLENARY
SESSION

Introductions and programme
director

Welcome address

World Health Organisation: Message
of Support

10:30 – 11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Session 1
Commitment to Decade of Action:
Road Traffic Management
Corporation
 Keynote Address
Refreshment break
ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT & SAFER
ROAD AND MOBILITY
SPEAKER
Mr Mutshutshu Nxumalo,
President S A Road
Federation
Executive Mayor: City of
Tshwane
(TBC)
Margie Peden, PhD
Coordinator: Unintentional
Injury Prevention ,
Department of Violence &
Injury Prevention &
Disability (VIP), World
Health Organisation
Mr Collins Letsoala, Acting
CEO, Road Traffic
Management Corporation
(tbc)
Facilitator: Ms Tawia
Addo-Ashong, Program
Coordinator, GRSF
Transport, Water and
Information &
Communication
Technologies Department
The World Bank

Commitment to Decade of Action:
SA National Road Agency Limited
Commitment to Decade of Action:
Road Accident Fund
Mr Nazir Alli, CEO, S A
National Road Agency Ltd
TBC

Corridor maintenance and
development to improve safety

Global trends in developing safe new
infrastructure
Mr Leopold Tzeuton, Total
Refining & Marketing /
Africa & Middle-East
Rob McInerney, CEO,
International Road
Assessment Programme

13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 16:30
Session 2
 Discussions/questions
Lunch
POST CRASH RESPONSES (IMS)
Facilitator: Ms Winnie
Ndebele, National Head of
Training, S A Red Cross
Society

Third Party Liability
Mr Marvin Mmutle,
Chief Injury Prevention
Officer, Motor Vehicle
Accident Fund, Botswana

Effective Incident Management

Post crash trauma care
Ms Nomsa Modise, S A
National Roads Agency Ltd
Prof Jacques Goosen,
Professor Johannesburg
Hospital Trauma Unit

Effective Clearing of Crash Scenes

Discussions/questions
Mr Lucas Steenkamp,
Manager: Accident
Investigation, Road Traffic
Management Corporation
DATE
18:30 – 21:00
Social Function
18:30 – 21:00
Social function
TIMES
8 JUNE 2011
07:30 – 16:30
08:35 – 11:00
08:35 – 11:00
Session 3
10:00 – 10:30
EVENT
EXHIBITION
PLENARY SESSION
SAFER VEHICLES &
USERS
SPEAKER
SAFER
ROAD

Motor vehicle safety regulations

Maintenance of vehicle fleets
especially heavy vehicles

Programmes to improve road user
behaviour

Pedestrian Safety

Law enforcement programmes
 Discussions/questions
Refreshment break
Facilitator: Mr Ndengeza
Masangu, Snr Manager:
Research & Development,
Road Traffic Management
Corporation
Mr Jeff Osborne CEO
Retail Motor Industry
Mr Paul Nordengen,
President of the
International Forum for
Road Transport
Technology (IFRTT)
Mr Ari Seirils,National
Director QuadPara
Association of South Africa
Mr Randall Cable, S A
National Roads Agency,
Road Safety Cluster
Mr Ashref Ismail, Snr
Manager: Enforcement
Coordination, Road
Traffic Management
Corporation
10:30 – 13:00
Session 4A
Parallel
Workshops
Sessions 4A,
4B & 4C
BREAKAWAY / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT & SAFER
ROAD AND MOBILITY

Road Accident Analysis
Management of Data Base

Capacity Building and traffic safety
engineering

Enhancing Safety at Railway Level
Crossings

.Providing safe infrastructure –
regional examples
Traffic accommodation and safety
at road works
Discussions/questions


and
BREAKAWAY / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Session 4B - SAFER VEHICLES &
SAFER ROAD USERS
 Driver fitness & Driver Behaviour
Facilitator: Mr Hilton
Vorster, Director Traffic
Engineering and
Operations, City of
Tshwane
Mr Hizal Hanis Hashim
Research Officer, Accident
Database System and
Analysis Unit, Road
Engineering and
Environment Research
Centre
Malaysian Institute of Road
Safety Research
Prof. Christo Bester,
Transportation Engineering,
Dept Civil Engineering,
Stellenbosch University
Mr Nick de Jager,Manager
Safety Standards,Railway
Safety Regulator
Mr Lionel du Plessis,
Bakwena
Francois du Plessis/Andre
Fabricius
Facilitator: (tbc)
Mr Gavin Kelly, Technical
& Operations Manager,
Road Freight Association

Habits that kill – seatbelt choices
and road deaths in South Africa

Law Enforcement, Moving
Violations

The road to school (Human rights
issues)
Corporate Social Investment
Partnerships Working Towards
Road Safety
Public awareness and education

 Discussions/questions
BREAKAWAY / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Session 4C - POST CRASH
RESPONSES (IMS)
13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 16:00
Session 5

Medical Care on Scene

Medical Care en route to hospital
 Emergency Room care
 Definitive Care
 Rehabilitation
 Panel Discussions
LUNCH
Plenary Session
Report back from General Plenary and
sessions 1 & 4A
Dr Marion Sinclair
Coordinator of Road Safety
Research, Dept Civil
Engineering, Stellenbosch
University
Mr Ashfref Ismail, Snr
Manager: Enforcement
Coordination, Road Traffic
Management Corporation
Moira Donaghue (tbc)
Ms Feryal Domingo & Ms
Sianne Abrahams, Global
Road Safety Programme
Ms Ester Moag, City of
Cape Town
Facilitator:
Dr
Harry
Opata:
Medical
Officer
Diseases Prevention and
Control, WHO South Africa
Dr Robyn Holgate, Chief
Medical Officer, ER24
Dr Anchen Laubscher,
Medical Director, Netcare
911
Dr Peter Anderson,
Dr S Motilall
Dr V Wilson
Facilitator: DoT
 Recommendations Session 1
 Recommendations Session 4A
 Discussion and Closing of session
Report back from sessions 2 & 4C


Recommendations Session 2
Recommendations Session 4C
Ms Tawia Addo-Ashong
Mr Hilton Vorster
Ms Winnie Ndebele
Dr Stella Anyangwe,
 Discussion and closing of session
Report back from sessions 3 & 4B
16:30 – 17:00
Session 6
 Recommendations Session 3
 Recommendations Session 4B
 Discussion and Closing of session
Session 6:
Summary of the Outcomes:
Action Plan Presentation
The Way Forward
Declaration
Prize Giving
Mr Ndengeza Masangu,
Rev Vundla
Facilitator: (tbc)