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Wednesday, November 1 • 11:00am - 11:45am
Plenary Session 5: A Look Ahead in Highway Safety: Staying Ahead of the Curve on Emerging Issues - New Tools, Campaigns & Resources

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New traffic safety concerns emerge every day, and they can be tough to manage without data to help illuminate dangerous trends and steer toward effective solutions. We’ll peek ahead to discuss new troublesome driver habits and the campaigns and resources being developed to help confront them.

Moderators
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Kara Macek

Senior Director of Communications and Programs, Governors Highway Safety Association
Kara Macek directs the operations and strategic direction of the communications and programs functions for GHSA. She serves as the Association’s chief communications officer, developing and executing a broad communications strategy to provide visibility to GHSA’s policies, activities... Read More →

Speakers
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Shelly Baldwin

Legislative and Media Relations Manager, Washington Traffic Safety Commission
Shelly Baldwin is the Legislative and Media Relations manager for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. She serves as the agency’s legislative liaison promoting policies to further the State’s Target Zero goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries. She directs the agency’s... Read More →
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Susan McMeen

Director of Consumer Information Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Susan McMeen is currently the Director of Office of Consumer Information in the Office of Communications and Consumer Information for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  She manages the consumer campaigns such as CIOT, Drive Sober Get Pulled Over, U Drive... Read More →
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Nic Ward, PhD

Director, Center for Health and Safety Culture
Professor Nicholas Ward obtained his Ph.D. in Human Factors psychology from Queen's University (Canada).  He is currently a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Montana State University and Director of the Center for Health and Safety Culture at the Western Transportation... Read More →



Wednesday November 1, 2017 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Potomac Ballroom E & F