2015 Advances In Child Injury Prevention (ACIP)

AGENDA

2015 Advances in Child Injury Prevention Conference

November 19th & 20th, 2015

The Inn at St. John’s, 44045 Five Mile Road, Plymouth, MI

Thursday, November 19th, 2015 - Inn at St. John’s

6:00 PM

Reception – Atrium Room, Inn at St. John’s

Friday, November 20th, 2015 – Galilee Room, Inn at St. John’s

8:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast - sponsored by: Britax Child Safety, Inc., Diversified Technical Systems, Inc., General Motors Holdings LLC, TK Holdings, Inc. (Takata Corp.). and Transportation Research Center, Inc.

8:20 AM

Opening Remarks

Schuyler St. Lawrence

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

8:30 AM

Precision Prevention: The Future of Road Traffic Safety is Here

Flaura Winston

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

9:00 AM

Side Airbag Interaction with Rear-Seated Children in CRS

Aditya Belwadi

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

9:30 AM

Evaluation of Side Impacts with a Frontal Component for Children in CRS

Hans Hauschild

Department of Neurosurgery Research

Vehicle Crashworthiness Lab

Medical College of Wisconsin

10:00 AM

Effectiveness of Top Tether in Side Impacts

Yun Seok Kang

Injury Biomechanics Research Center

The Ohio State University

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Application of CHARM-10 Child Whole Body Finite Element Model for Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Binhui Jiang

Bioengineering Center

Wayne State University

11:15 AM

Relationship between NCAP Ratings and Real World Injuries

Allison Curry (presented by Kristy Arbogast)

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

11:45 AM

Lunch - Sponsored by: American Honda Motor Co., Inc., FCA US LLC, Nissan Technical Center North America Inc., Toyota USA and Volkswagen Group of America

12:30 PM

State Child Passenger Safety Laws as Predictors of Child Restraint Use

Kathleen Klinich

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

1:00 PM

Quantifying CRS fit: Focusing on incompatibilities

Julie Bing

Injury Biomechanics Research Center

The Ohio State University

1:30 PM

Break

2:00 PM

LATCH ease-of-use research and resultant LATCH vehicle ratings

Jessica Jermakian

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

2:30 PM

Consumer Reports’ New Child Seat Test Protocol

Emily Mathews

Consumer Reports

3:00 PM

Understanding Consumer Responses to CRS Recalls

Martha Wilcox

Safe Kids, USA

3:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Flaura Winston

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Topics will include: State of the Art on Distracted Driving; Evaluation of Side Impacts with a Frontal Component for Children in CRS; Side Airbag Interaction with Rear-Seated Children in CRS; Optimization of recline angle in rear-facing CRS; Consumer Reports’ new child seat test protocol; Understanding Consumer Responses to CRS Recalls; LATCH ease-of-use research and vehicle ratings; Effectiveness of Top Tether in Side Impacts; Factors Affecting Tether Use and Misuse; Real world accident reconstruction using CHARM-10 model; and Relationship between NCAP Ratings and Real World Injuries.

************************

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:

Two Options:

Hotel accommodations can be made at The Inn at St. John's located 44045 Five Mile Road, Plymouth, MI 48170 by going directly to their webiste www.theinnatstjohns.com, click on “RESERVATIONS” and from the reservation screen click on “GROUP CODE” GROUP ACCESS CODE: 10G9BL Please Note: if you go to the website, you MUST reference the group code to receive the group rate. If not, reservations will be made at a higher rate.

OR

To make a reservation via phone, call the main number at (734) 414-0600 and speak to a front desk representative and reference the name of the event: Advances In Child Injury Prevention or Group Access Code: 10G9BL. We are pleased to announce the rate will remain the same as in previous years - $149.00 per night. All reservations must be made no later than Tuesday, September 29, 2015. After this date, the Hotel will release all unreserved rooms for general sale and requests for reservations will then be accepted on a space-and rate-available basis only. All reservations must be cancelled by 4:00PM day of arrival to avoid a cancellation fee equal to one night's room and tax.

MEETING ROOM LOCATIONS:

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 6:00PM - 8:00PM - Cocktail Reception, Wisdom Room

Friday, November 20, 2015 - 8:00AM - 4:30PM - Galilee Room

**********************************

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All cancellations must be made in writing and addressed to Patricia Harris at harrisp@email.chop.edu no later than Friday, September 26, 2015. A service fee of $30.00 will be applied. Please note, cancellation to the conference does not cancel hotel accommodations.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Please contact Patricia A. Harris at (267) 426-7898 or via email at harrisp@email.chop.edu with any questions.

Thank you for your support and participation. We look forward to seeing you in Plymouth, MI at the 2015 ACIP Conference.