Dear UTSG list members,
Apologies for any cross-posting.
The EU FP7-funded SAVE ME project (http://www.save-me.eu/) is well into its final year. The project has developed an intelligent sensor-based system which detects both natural and man-made disaster events in public transport terminals, vehicles and critical infrastructures to support quick and optimal mass evacuation. The ultimate aim of SAVE ME is to provide support in emergency situations to help save the lives of the general public and the rescuers, giving particular emphasis to the most vulnerable travellers (i.e. children, older people and the mobility impaired). The final user trials will be taking place in late May - early June at the Colle Capretto road tunnel, San Gemini, Italy, and at Monument Metro Station, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
The project consortium members are pleased to announce the final SAVE ME project workshop will take place from 1000-1630 (registration opens at 0930) on Wednesday June 27th 2012 at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art on Gateshead Quayside, UK (http://www.balticmill.com/). This is free to attend, open to all who are interested and can be registered for by going to http://saveme2ndworkshop.eventbrite.com/. The event is kindly supported by the European Commission and the Safe and Secure theme of the transportNewcastle network (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/transport/), part of the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIReS) at Newcastle University.
This one-day event will disseminate key findings from the SAVE ME project and provide an open environment for a wider discussion about the major safety and security issues facing transportation today. In addition to the SAVE ME presentations, we have invited a number of national and international key speakers working in the safety and security arena and from other EU research projects to create a diverse and exciting agenda for the day.
The final agenda will be circulated in due course. In the meantime, we kindly ask those interested in attending to register for free on our dedicated Eventbrite website to allow us to provide you with further information about the event. We would like to attract as wide an audience as possible from different sectors and backgrounds, so please feel free to disseminate this information to any contacts and through other networks where this may be relevant.
Kind regards,
Prof. Phil Blythe
SAVE ME project co-ordinator on behalf of the project consortium
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