September 2014 From the Secretary-General Hello! Welcome to the 2014 RCAR Annual Conference in beautiful Cartagena Colombia! Of Special Interest: Our host, Cesvi Colombia, has been working very hard to ensure that this year’s event is a complete success. From the Secretary-General 1 As usual, part of that effort has involved putting together Dates for your Diary 20 this special edition of the Newsletter, containing all sorts of The RCAR Network 20 useful information to make your visit as special as possible. Important Notice to 20 In addition, our specially-prepared Social and Partner Members Programs have been carefully designed to be both interesting and fun, whether your main interests happen to be in history, culture, or even shopping! The Technical Program is shown on pages 16 to 19 of the Newsletter. As always, particular attention has been shown to make sure the Program adequately reflects our primary interests in vehicle design, material damage, personal injury prevention, and vehicle safety. In addition, the Program includes several Working Group reports on progress in their respective areas since our last Annual Conference. Inside this issue: From what I have seen to date, I am confident that we will once again be treated to an interesting and informative event. This is our opportunity to network with fellow delegates whom we may not have had the privilege of meeting with for some time, as well as to meet Welcome! 2 with new delegates attending their very first RCAR Conference. Regardless of which Meet Your Conference Team 2 category you may fall into, welcome! How to Get Here 3 General Information 4 If you need to contact me for any reason, please use one of the following e-mail addresses:
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