Alcohol Interlocks: towards a European approach for the fight against drink-driving?

Monday 21st March 2016, 09:00 - 13:30

Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Anastaseos 2, Papagos Cholargos 156 69, ,

The European Transport Safety Council together with the Hellenic Ministry of Transport and the Road Safety Institute Panos Mylonas have the pleasure of inviting you to a round-table event at the Greek Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in Athens to raise awareness amongst policy makers, the private sector and key opinion leaders of how to develop a systemic approach to reduce alcohol misuse in road transport.

Measures to tackle drink driving such as the use of alcohol interlocks, enforcement, the BAC limit and how to target novice drivers, will all be on the agenda.

Participation is free but seats are limited. To register, please send an email before Friday 18th March 2016 to: [email protected]

Interpretation Greek/English will be provided. www.etsc.eu/safe-and-sober

Safe & Sober – March 21st 2016

Agenda

Moderator: George Yannis, Professor, National Technical University of Athens

09:00 Registration

09:30 Alcohol Interlock Truck Demonstration (Volvo Demonstration + media interviews)

10:00 Welcome address

- Ellen Townsend, Policy Director at ETSC - Vassiliki Danelli-Mylona, President of the Board of Directors of Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas”

Welcome speeches

- Christos Spirtzis, Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks - Miltiadis Kyrkos, Transport Committee of the - Stelios Kouloglou, Transport Committee of the European Parliament (tbc)

10:30 Keynote Speeches from: - George Oursouzidis, Chairman, Permanent Special Committee on Road Safety of the Greek Parliament - Giannis Alexakis, Head of Road Safety and Traffic Regulations, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks

11:00 The contribution of alcohol interlocks in the fight against drink driving

- Drink-Driving in the EU and report on NAWAL (National Authorities Working Group on Alcohol Interlocks) Ilyas Daoud, Project Manager, European Transport Safety Council

- Feedback, analysis and future developments of the Belgian rehabilitation programme for offenders and recidivists Anneliese Heeren, Attaché Jurist, Belgian Federal Ministry of Transport

- Best Practices in tackling Drink-Driving in Austria - from pilot projects to regulations Armin Kaltenegger, Head of Legal and Standards Department, Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV)

- Alcohol Interlocks legislation for school transportation in France and technical guidance and requirements from CENELEC standards Stéphane Vialettes, Director General, Alcolock France

12h00 Coffee break and alcohol interlock demonstration (for all participants)

12h30 Hellenic Interdisciplinary Roundtable Debate: “Tackling drink-driving in Greece”

- George Eleftherakis, Police Director, Directorate of Traffic Police, Hellenic Police - Dimitra Dagla, Director of Road Traffic & Safety, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport & Networks - Dr. George Almpouras, Counsellor to the Minister of Justice - Dr. Nikolaos G. Karakoukis, Forensic Surgeon – Coroner, Chief of Forensic Medical Service of Athens - Miltiadis Kyrkos, Member of the European Parliament – Member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism - Stelios Kouloglou, Member of the European Parliament – Member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism - PENDING - Ioannis Tyrinopoulos, General Secretary, Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers - Vassiliki Danelli – Mylona, President of R.S.I. “Panos Mylonas”

13h30 Concluding remarks

13h45 Networking Lunch