DATE: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 7, 2010.

EVENT: The University of Michigan will hold its annual Transportation Research and Education Conference on young driver and older adult safety and mobility issues.

Keynote speakers include: Joseph Grengs, U-M assistant professor of urban planning, who will address transportation access and disparities at 8:45 a.m.; and Sandra Rosenbloom, professor of planning and adjunct professor of civil engineering at the University of Arizona, who will discuss gender differences in transportation at 2:45 p.m.

In addition, two dozen experts from academia and industry will participate on panels throughout the day. Topics include: Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Transportation; Mobility Management and Transitions from Driving to Non-Driving; Commercial Driver Issues; Law Enforcement and Transportation; Medical Conditions and Transportation; and Technology and Transportation.

PLACE: Michigan League Ballroom, University of Michigan, 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor.

SPONSOR: Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.

INFORMATION: http://m-castl.org/node/70