SPARC - Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity

9.45: Arrival, Registration, Coffee

10.15: Welcome and Introduction, Dr Greg Marsden, Chair for the Workshop, ITS University of Leeds

10.20: Introduction to SPARC, Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC

10.30: Evaluation measures for mobility and accessibility for older people, Professor Nick Tyler, University College London

10.55: Planning transport to support the independence of older people - mind the gap! Dr Greg Marsden & Dr Anne Jopson, ITS, University of Leeds and Dr Mima Cattan & Jenny Woodward, Leeds Metropolitan University

11.20: Questions and Discission

11.40: Coffee

12.00: A user-led approach to exploring perceptions of personal safety in public spaces, Professor Richard Neale, Dr Jo Waters & Kevin Mears, University of Glamorgan

12.25: Bus services and concessionary fares - user views, Alan Burnett, Help the Aged

12.50: Questions and discussion

13:10: Buffet Lunch

14:10: Afternoon Session: Introductory Remarks, Session Chair, Professor Oliver Carsten, Director, ITS, University of Leeds

14.20: HADRIAN - getting out and about, Dr Russell Marshall, Loughborough University

14.45: Inclusive design for in-vehicle technologies: meeting the needs of the older driver, Dr Natasha Merat & Dr Samantha Jamson, ITS, University of Leeds

15.10: Tea

15.30: An appropriate interface for speeds limit advice for older drivers, Catherine Wicks, Suzette Keith & Mike Bradley, Middlesex University

15.55: Prolonging safer driving through technology: user views, Dr Charles Musselwhite & Hebba Haddad, University of the West of England

16.20: Review and Response from the Chair

16.40: Coordinator"s Comments, Ms Verity Smith, Coordinator SPARC Research Network

16.45: Close of day (but beware there may be some slippage)