About AIRSO meetings
AIRSO holds five or six conference style General Meetings each year for its members at various locations throughout the UK. The papers are sent to members about a month before each meeting. Meetings usually start at 11am (with tea and coffee from 10.30am) and finish around 3.30pm-3.45pm.
AIRSO also promotes a number of "Road Safety Seminars" during the year These Seminars are by nature interactive and participative usually covering three or four subjects introduced and led by experienced practitioners.
AIRSO arranges subject based workshops and seminars often based on major road safety consultations or changes to legislation. In this way members can be better informed of what is intended and can contribute as appropriate to any response which is to be made.
Members are encouraged to bring guests to these meetings, seminars and workshops. By prior application to the Secretary they may also be open to those involved in road safety work who have no link with any member.
A standard fee is charged for AIRSO General Meetings, Seminars and Workshops, currently £20 (£15 for AIRSO members). This includes the cost of lunch and refreshments.
AIRSO has recently introduced Breakfast
Networking Meetings on a local or regional basis. These events will
aim to provide an opportunity for AIRSO Members
to meet together in a more informal way and to exchange ideas,
opinions and good practice. The cost, including breakfast, will be £20.00 (£15.00 for AIRSO Members).
For more details on these meetings please contact
the Secretary.
2010 Events
The Council of Management has now confirmed many dates for 2010 General Meetings and Road Safety Seminars. Other details will be confirmed as soon as possible and communicated to members via future mailings and the website.
Wednesday 20th January 2010
- The 2010 AIRSO Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday 20th January 2010 at High Wycombe, followed by the AIRSO Annual Lecture given this year by Professor Oliver Carston, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
- The theme of his Lecture was: "The Deluge of New In-Vehicle Technologies: Implications for Fleets and Driver Training".
Wednesday 17th March 2010
- Moulton Mill, High Street, Moulton, Nr Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 6QD, starting at 10.30am and closing at 3.30pm. There is a restriction of 60 places, so please book early and before 8th March. If you need overnight accommodation there is a Travel Lodge nearby - Springwells Outlet Centre, Camel Gate, Spalding, PE12 6EU, Tel: 0871 984 6383.
- There is a full programme for both sessions with the following guest speakers:
- John Walford, Incident Prevention Team Leader, Highways
Agency: Incident Prevention
- Andrew Howard MBE, Head of Road Safety, The AA: Are medical standards for driving fit for purpose?
- Speaker t.b.c., Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership: Lincolnshire Rural Road Safety Demonstration Project
- Edward Handley, Consultant in Work Related Road Safety: The Third EC Directive on Driving Licences
- Mike Yeomans, Safe Driver Manager, Hull City Council & Training
UK: The importance of DDriver Training, Safe Driving Assessments & Policies
- Andrew Howard Howard MBE: Road Safety Information & Current Affairs
Wednesday 7th July 2010
- AIRSO General Meeting at Chetwynd Barracks, Nottingham.
Wednesday 20th October 2010
Saturday, 30th January 2010:
- The Annual Road Safety Seminar was held at the RoSPA Headquarters, Birmingham. The main speakers were:
- Richard Hampson BA, FCIM, Driving Instructor & Magistrate: Sentencing Road Traffic Offenders.
- Paul Montgomery FAIRSO, PDM First Aid Training: Initial life saving on the road.
- Edward Handley FAIRSO, Consultant MORR: The 3rd EC Driving Licence Directive.
April 2010 Scotland:
- Date and location to be confirmed.
18th May 2010 Wales:
- The Wales Road Safety Seminar is to be held at the Neath Civic Centre, Gnoll Park Road, Neath SA11 3QZ between 10.30am and 3.30pm. The programme and speakers are as follows:
- Richard Hampson, Driving Instructor and Magistrate: Sentencing Road Traffic Offenders
- Robert Jackson, Bob Jackson Associates: Beyond the Surface
- Graham Wynn OBE, Managing Director, The TTC Group: Understanding alcohol in the workplace
- Graham Feest, Secretary AIRSO: Current road safety issues - Where are the real problems and how can we tackle them?
22nd September 2010 England:
- This seminar will be held at the Devon Drivers' Centre, Exeter.
November 2010 England:
- Date and location to be confirmed.
Regional Breakfast Networking Meetings:
No dates planned
- Keep an eye out for the next Regional Breakfast meeitng
