Welcome to the Second International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, featuring: keynote speakers; plenary sessions; more than 60 presentations on theory, measurement, effects, crash risk and prevention/mitigation; special symposia on current research and mitigation challenges, bringing together basic and applied research, the latest policy developments, priorities for research and countermeasure development - and more!

The conference is also linked to a special workshop titled "Investigating Driver Distraction and Inattention Using Naturalistic Driving Data", run by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) on September 8th.
 

The conference will run over three days, September 5-7, 2011:

• Day 1, Monday Sept 5^th
  Keynote, presentations and conference dinner (10am-5:45pm/7:30pm-22:30pm)
• Day 2, Tuesday Sept 6^th
  Keynote, presentations and simulator visit (9am-5.45pm/5.45pm-6.45pm)
• Day 3, Wednesday Sept 7^th
  Keynote and presentations (9am-4:15pm)
   

For FINAL conference program, please see link to the left!

Opening speaches by:

• Carl von der Esch, State secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure
   
• Anne-Marie Hermansson, Vice President, Chalmers University of Technology
   

Confirmed Keynote speakers:

• Prof. John D Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
   
• Prof. David Strayer, University of Utah, USA
   
• Dr Richard Hanowski, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), USA
   

Dinner speaker:

• Anders Eugensson, Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden
   

In addition to the conference:

VTTI Workshop "Investigating Driver Distraction and Inattention Using Naturalistic Driving Data":

• Thursday Sept 8th
  Full day workshop (9am-3pm)
  Please note: Additional fee.
  More info: www.chalmers.se/safer/ddi2011-en/vtti-workshop
   

FOT-Net Workshop “Interactive Workshop on the revised FESTA Handbook”:

• Thursday Sept 8th
  Workshop (13:00-17:45)
  Free of charge
  More info: www.fot-net.eu/