The event is ann international multidisciplinary event showcasing current research on new directions in the areas of teen mobility, the paradox of speed, and youth engagement in mobility choices. This will be an interesting academic understanding of young people's involvement in road safety choices. This event will be streamed live to the Web (to be archived here) for later viewing.

When: 8:30 am to 1:00 pm (NZDT), Wednesday 15 February, 2012 (or click for local time which may be 1 day earlier)
Live Stream: You can watch it free online anywhere in the world. After you register, you’ll receive access to links to a calendar reminder and the live stream. We will also email you a reminder the day before.

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
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(New Zealand times)
8:30  Welcome and Overview
8:45  Professor Hank Weiss (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand) – ‘Deep change and adolescent mobility health’.
9:15  Associate Professor Paul Tranter (School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, Australia) – Keynote Address: ‘The urban speed paradox: youth perspectives on time pressure, transport and health‘.
10:15 Morning tea break
10:35 Dr Bruce Simons-Morton (NIH Prevention Research Branch, Rockville, MD, USA) – ‘The role of parents in adolescent transport decisions‘ (via Skype).
11:10 Arthur Orsini (Urbanthinkers, Vancouver, Canada) – ‘Engaging teens in healthy transport decisions‘.
11:45 Teen panel discussion – Facilitated by Arthur Orsini – A discussion with local non-driving teens and the studio and online audiences.
1:00   Wrap-up
 

There are some incredibly interesting research points showcased on the AMHC Website. They said, "We advocate changing the current narrow paradigm of adolescent road safety that focuses mainly on crash risk, to the broader, more potent, timely and healthy vision of less driving through mobility modal shift from cars to active and public transport. We have named this paradigm shift “mobility health”. This area represents the intersection and dynamics of considering simultaneously health and well being, transportation safety and environmental sustainability".