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Road safety conference for 2023

A key road safety conference is planned for 2023.
By MJ Woof December 26, 2022 Read time: 2 mins
An important road safety event, the 2023 iRAP Innovation Workshop, will be held in Prague in 2023, aiming to reduce global road crashes - image courtesy of Mike Woof

An important focus on road safety will be centre stage at the 2023 iRAP Innovation Workshop being held 5th-6th October 2023 at the Prague Congress Centre in the Czech Republic. This is being held in association with the XXVIITH World Road Congress from 2nd-6th October being organised by PIARC (World Road Association) and the Czech Road Society, supported by the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Road Association. The Innovation Workshop is made possible due to the support of the FIA Foundation.

Now in its 10th year, the Innovation Workshop will be a two-day invitation-only event for registered delegates of the World Road Congress. The theme will be “Road Safety Performance for People and Planet”. Presentations and discussions will explore innovations in data, tools, partnerships and finance to deliver safer roads and more sustainable mobility, and which can scale-up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved, including halving global road deaths and injuries by 2030. The event will bring together global innovation, policy, technical and road safety leaders, along with investment experts, with the capacity to implement change and deliver the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030.

In addition to the Innovation Workshop, delegates at the World Road Congress will have access to more than 60 Technical Sessions, Workshops and Foresight Sessions, as well as the Congress Dinner and networking opportunities with 40+ Ministers, 3,500+ delegates and 300 exhibitors from 120 countries.

However, Innovation Workshop places are strictly limited: 
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