International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) Conference

Of potential interest to our readers: The IRCOBI conference has been taking place annually since 1973, and is a forum for researchers in the field of injury bio-mechanics. This year, the conference is scheduled to take place at Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg, Sweden 11-13 September 2013. Researchers in the fields of biomechanics, crash mechanics, accident […]

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“Bring it on” in the 2nd United Nations Global Road Safety Week (6th -12th May 2013)

The 2nd United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week is to be held from 6th to 12th May 2013. This week marks the beginning of the third year of a 10-year-long international initiative, “the Decade of Action for Road Safety.” The focus of this week is to raise awareness about pedestrian safety. This week has […]

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Call for abstracts: Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference

The next Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference will be held November 5-7, 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I had the pleasure of attending last year, in Vancouver, and found the meeting to be scientifically interesting with a strong practical grounding. On a per capita basis, there seems to be a disproportionate number of Canadians doing internationally recognized work in our field. […]

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