World Health Organization Director Keynotes at The World
Traffic Safety Symposium in NYC
Who/What: Dr. Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Injuries and
Violence, World Health Organization -- responsible for the 5-
Year WHO Strategy for Road Traffic Injury Prevention -- will
discuss the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention. A
panel of international experts will follow Dr. Krug's remarks
to discuss innovative solutions to traffic safety problems
from around the world.
The World Traffic Safety Symposium, founded in 1990 was formed
to address the growing concern of traffic injuries and
fatalities on roadways. Now celebrating its fourteenth year,
the Symposium is dedicated to bringing automobile
manufacturers, law enforcement officials, public and private
organizations, and the media together to share information and
discuss innovative ways to make traveling safer for drivers
and pedestrians. The annual presentation of the World Traffic
Safety Achievement Awards has become an extremely prestigious
event of the road safety calendar.
The World Traffic Safety Symposium is a project of the Greater
New York Automobile Dealers Association, held in conjunction
with the New York International Automobile Show.
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2004
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Where: 1E-Hall, Level One - Jacob Javits Convention Center
Between 11th & 12th Avenues, 34th-39th Streets, NYC