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Federal Register: January 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 20)NoticesPage 4560From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA-2006-26249Brain Injury Symposium Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Agenda for the Meeting Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a two day Brain Injury Symposium to be held in Washington, DC (Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 217/ Thursday, November 9, 2006/ Notices). This notice supplements the agenda for the symposium (see the previous announcement for further information, NHTSA-2006-26249:1).

DATES: February 26 and 27, 2007 starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, February 26 and ending at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Erik Takhounts, PhD, Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone number (202) 366-4737; E-mail Erik.Takhounts@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Program

Day 1: Monday, February 26, 2007

Room--Quorum 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Refreshments. 9 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks.

R. Medford. Senior Associate Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ``Welcoming remarks.'' 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Session I.

S. Ridella, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ``Overview of NHTSA activities related to brain injury research.''

E. Takhounts, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ``Brain injury research at NHTSA: modeling efforts.''

T. Gennare III, Medical College of Wisconsin, ``Overview of previous and current research in brain injury biomechanics.'' 10:15 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Break. 10:35 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Session II.

A. King, Wayne State University, ``Overview of WSU current research: modeling, tissue level injuries.''

R. Willinger, University of Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg, ``Overview of ULP head injury criteria research and European perspectives.'' 11:35 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch [on your own] 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Session III.

J. Melvin, Tandelta, ``Brain injuries in race car drivers.''

R. Nightingale, Duke University, ``Neck as a delivery device for head; pediatric brain research.''

S. Margulies, University of Pennsylvania, ``Pediatric brain injury research; tissue level brain injuries.'' 3 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Break. 3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m. Session IV.

S. Duma, Virginia Tech, ``Brain injuries in college football players.''

B. Morrison III, Columbia University, ``Advances in cellular brain injury biomechanics.'' 4:20 p.m.-5 p.m. Discussion and Concluding Remarks.

Ridella/Takhounts: Announcements of the working groups for the next day: Injury Mechanisms and Criteria, Modeling, and Dummy development; discussion of the presentations and working groups, selection of the group members and conformation of leaders.

Day 2: Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Rooms--Montcalm, Lasalle, Lafayette 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Refreshments. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Working in Breakout Groups.

Discussion of the respective topics, research needs for the short-, mid-, and long-terms. 10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Break.

Continuing discussion of the respective topics. 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch [on your own]. 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Working in Breakout Groups.

Preparation of the resolution in each group. 3 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Break. 3:20 p.m.-5 p.m. Discussion and Concluding Remarks.

BALL Rooms C and D.

Ridella/Takhounts: Putting it all together, concluding remarks.

Issued on: January 25, 2007. William T. Hollowell, Director, Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research. [FR Doc. E7-1491 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]

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