Topics
New Mobility / Future Transport Challenges
• Car- or ride sharing and portability of CRS
• Child occupant protection in fully automated and autonomous vehicles
• Public transport, safety of children in buses & coaches
Standards and Rulemaking
• Update of international safety standards/regulations
• Activities in rulemaking worldwide
• Experience with new regulation
Accident Research and Biomechanics
• New studies of accident research regarding children as road users (occupants / pedestrians / cyclists …)
• Injury mechanisms
• Recent knowledge in biomechanics
• Child anthropometry for system specification
• Gender aspects
• Long term consequences for children due to road accidents
Development of Safety Products by CRS and Car Manufacturers
• Innovation in Child Protection Systems design
• Improvement of Car-to-CRS interface
• Child presence detection and warning strategy
• Child protection by OEMs, car design and CRS vehicle installation
• The use of virtual tools, dummy- and human models
• Optimization of CRS against misuse, improved usability
Test Procedures and Dummies
• New test procedures, experience in reliability and repeatability
• Global harmonization of test procedures
• Child dummy development, biofidelity, new products
• Influence of tests tracks on performance evaluation
Human Body Modelling
• Child model development
• Child human properties for human body modelling
• Use of child human body models
Consumer Information, Safety Programs and Rating Systems for CRS
• Statistics on misuse, installation problems of CRS
• CRS/Car Safety Ratings, NCAP requirements
• User feedback / educational tools
• Consumer acceptance and new ways of consumer information
Field Observations
• Field observation research on restraint use, non-use, incorrect and/or inappropriate use
• Child safety campaigns in different countries and continents
Global View on CRS Markets
• Consumer habits
• CRS production
• Socio-economic impact of the CRS industry
• Safety and cost-benefit considerations (related to car fleet)
• Child safety and cultural approach