II International Motorcycle Safe Mobility Conference

- Agenda -

21 October – Wednesday

 

8:00  ·  Registration

9:00

Conference opening

Institutional

Welcome from the organizer

José Luis Rodrigo

Director General

Fundación Ibercaja

Welcome from the promoters of the International Motorcycle Safe Mobility Conference

José Correia Luis

President

Spanish Power Two-Wheelers Industry Association (ANESDOR)

Pere Navarro

Director General for Traffic

Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)

9:45

Context

Keynote

Global overview

Etienne KrugVideo message

Director, Department of Health Determinants, Promotion and Prevention

World Health Organization (WHO)

9:55

Mobility and the Safe System

Keynote

Balancing motorcycle mobility, safety and job creation in emerging cities

Said Dahdah

Program Manager, Global Road Safety Facility

World Bank

10:15

International policy perspective

Panel discussion

Moderator   Katalin Dobranszky-Bartus  Secretary General · International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)

Motorcycle road safety in Europe: latest developments

Mircea Ionescu

Policy Officer

European Commission (DG MOVE)

Motorcycle road safety in Latin America: latest developments

Álvaro Gómez

Technical Secretary

Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory (OISEVI)

Motorcycle road safety in Africa: latest developments

David Niyonsenga

Secretariat Head

African Road Safety Observatory (ARSO)

Motorcycle road safety in Asia-Pacific: latest developments

Priti Gautam

Senior Transport Specialist and Road Safety Lead

Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO)

Motorcycle road safety in the Western Balkans: latest developments

Brikena Tare

Transport Expert, Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy of Albania

Western Balkans Road Safety Observatory (WBRSO)

11:30  ·  Coffee break

12:15

Safe and sustainable urban mobility: the role of the motorcycle

Panel discussion

Moderator   José María Riaño  Secretary General · Spanish Power Two-Wheelers Industry Association (ANESDOR)

United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport 2026–2035

Annika Berlin

Project Manager

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Rightsizing: the role of the motorcycle in sustainable mobility

Antonio Perlot

Secretary General

European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM)

The Barcelona Motorcycle Observatory

Carlos López

Mobility Strategy Department

Barcelona City Council

Jaime Alguersuari

President of the Barcelona Motorcycle Observatory

Motoristas por Barcelona

13:20  ·  Lunch

14:35

Presentation of the “PTW Riders’ Guide 2026: International Best Practices for Road Safety”

Launch

Project presentation

Catalina Vanoli

Director of Transport and Logistics

Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)

Pere Navarro

Director General for Traffic

Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)

José María Riaño

Secretary General

Spanish Power Two-Wheelers Industry Association (ANESDOR)

Veronica Raffo

Senior Infrastructure Specialist

World Bank

Presentation of the guide

Anna Ferrer and Jorge Rubino

Authors of the guide

15:00

Rider safety in work-related mobility strategies

Panel discussion

Moderator   Veneta Vassileva  Road Safety Manager · European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM)

Road safety assessment framework for corporate action and reporting

Véronique FeypellRemote

Manager, Road Safety Programme

International Transport Forum (ITF)

Integrating rider safety into work-related mobility strategies

Paolo Sanna

Mobility Projects Coordinator

Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)

Work-related road safety and motorcyclists: the OISS perspective

Gina Magnolia Riaño

Secretary General

Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS)

Safe mobility and fleet management in the workplace

Daniel Villaveces

Co-founder

Ride Pro Mobility

16:30  ·  End of day

22 October – Thursday

 

8:00  ·  Registration

9:00

Introduction

Keynote

Global overview of motorcycle road safety

Valeria Motta Armijo

Public Engagement Advisor

United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF)

Safer Motorcycling: The Global Motorcycle Industry’s Approach to Road Safety

Katalin Dobranszky-Bartus

Secretary General

International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)

9:35

Injury assessment and prevention: data from around the world

Panel discussion

Moderator   Jesús Monclús  Expert Director for Road Safety and Prevention · Fundación Mapfre

From data to decisions: predictive injury modelling in motorcycle safety

Abdulgafoor M. BachaniRemote

Director of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit; member of the WHO expert group on motorcycles

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Face the gap: from real-world motorcycle head impacts to consumer helmet ratings

Mazdak Ghajari

Professor of Brain Biomechanics · Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow

Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London

Airbag biomechanics

Shiyang Meng

Biomechanics Expert

Autoliv

10:40

The future of motorcycle safety in the Decade of Action

Keynote

Jean TodtVideo message

UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety

United Nations

10:50  ·  Coffee break

11:35

Risk perception among motorcyclists and other road users

Presentation

Differences between the mental models of motorcyclists and car drivers in hazard detection

David Crundall

Professor of Psychology

Nottingham Trent University

11:55

Safe road users and training

Panel discussion

Moderator   Ignacio Lijarcio  Director of the University Institute of Traffic and Road Safety · University of Valencia

European Training Quality Label: Learn-Ride-Enjoy-Repeat

Veneta Vassileva

Road Safety Manager

European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM)

Safe and efficient riding courses

Montserrat Pérez

Deputy Director General for Training and Road Safety Education

Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)

Advanced rider training: Formació 3.0

Ramon Lamiel

Director

Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT)

13:00

The future of motorcycle safety and mobility

Panel discussion

Moderator   Antonio Perlot  Secretary General · European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM)

The users’ perspective

Jesper Christensen

Director of the Mobility Commission

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)

Wim Taal

Secretary General

Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA)

13:35  ·  Lunch

14:25

Engineering safer and more connected motorcycles

Panel discussion

Moderator   Cristian Rodríguez  Homologation Senior Manager, Light Vehicles · Applus+ IDIADA

Rider reaction time: key insights for warning system design

Hennes Fischer

Senior Advisor, Yamaha Motor Europe

Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC)

Sebastian Will

Project Manager, Würzburg Institute for Traffic Sciences

Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC)

Two wheels. Four wheels. BMW’s integrated safety strategy. How active safety features make motorcycling safer

Arnd Dippel

Product Manager

BMW Motorrad

Advancing rider safety through innovation and development

Karl-Maria Grugl

Regulatory Affairs

KTM

15:15

Designing safer roads for PTWs: infrastructure, risk and urban integration

Panel discussion

Moderator   Elena de la Peña  Technical Deputy Director General · Spanish Road Association (AEC)

Road infrastructure safety management in Europe

Mircea Ionescu

Policy Officer

European Commission · Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport

Motorcycle filtering in traffic

Kishan Vandael Schreurs

Senior Researcher

Vias Institute

Motorcyclist protection systems and safety aspects of motorcycle traffic management (PIARC Special Project)

Roberto Llamas

Working Group on Vulnerable Road Users

World Road Association (PIARC)

16:20

Conclusions

Institutional

Key takeaways from the II International Motorcycle Safe Mobility Conference

Álvaro Gómez

Director of the National Road Safety Observatory

Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)

Alba Martínez

Head of Road Safety and Mobility

Spanish Power Two-Wheelers Industry Association (ANESDOR)

16:35

Closing

Institutional

José Luis Rodrigo

Director General

Fundación Ibercaja

José María Riaño

Secretary General

Spanish Power Two-Wheelers Industry Association (ANESDOR)

Pere Navarro

Director General for Traffic

Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)

17:15  ·  End of day

Promoters

Organizers

Mobility City

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