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Some Keynote Speakers Joseph L. Burton, MD Forensic Pathologist and Doctor of Medicine Alpharetta, Georgia U.S.A. Dr. Burton served as the Chief Medical Examiner for Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia for twenty-two years. He served as the Director of the Forensic Pathology Training Program at Emory University School of Medicine. He is an expert in crime scene reconstruction, injury pattern analysis, Biomechanics and Occupant Kinematics. Dr. Burton is a Regional Pathologist for the Federal Aviation Administration and is active as a consultant on cases with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. He has lectured extensively and published research in areas pertaining to Biomechanics and Occupant Kinematics. Ben Kelley Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A. Ben Kelley is a former Department of Transportation offical and former senior vice president of Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). From 1988-1995 Ben served as president of Institute for Injury Reduction, a non-profit research and educational group founded by plaintiff’s attorneys to address issues involving product-related injuries and president of A. B. Kelley Consulting. He is currently a visiting faculty member of Tufts University School of Medicine, a board member of both Center for Auto Safety and Public Health Advocacy Institute, director of PHAI Motor Vehicle Hazards Archives project. Ben is also an expert witness and consultant on product hazard policy, regulatory, historical and causation issues. John M. Stilson Engineer - Safety and Automotive Consultant Wildwood, Illinois U.S.A. Former Design Engineer for both Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation Expertise: Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Product Safety Engineering, Product Test & Development, Product Quality Assurance, Product Problem Analysis, Manufacturing Processing, Prototype Design & Development, Accident Reconstruction & Cause Analysis, Vehicle Evaluation, Product Failure Mode Analysis and Product Reliability. Professor Mariusz Ziejewski, PhD Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of North Dakota - U.S.A. Expertise: Dr. Ziejewski is the director of the Impact Biomechanics Laboratory and the director of the Automotive Systems Laboratory. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. In Stockholm, Sweden at the 5th World Congress on Brain Injury in May of 2003, Dr. Ziejewski was elected to serve on the International Brain Injury Association’s Board of Governors. E. Todd Tracy Trial Lawyer - The TRACY Firm, Dallas, Texas U.S.A. E. Todd Tracy is an automobile crashworthiness attorney. He has tried 58 vehicle crashworthiness cases against General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ferrari, TRW, Allied Signal, Honeywell and Cosco child seats. He has handled over 1,950 cases against every vehicle manufacturer in the world as well as cases against component part manufacturers and child seat manufacturers. Todd is a Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Advocates and has obtained numerous multimillion dollar verdicts. Todd is a frequent author and lecturer on issues involving crashworthiness issues. He is the co-author of Deadly By Design. Shane Richardson Mechanical Engineering with 18 years experience in applying systems engineering methods to the procurement, specifications development, and design of automotive, military and mechanical systems for the Australian Army. Melbourne, Australia Shane is currently a director of DVExperts International, who currently designs, builds and installs rollover protective systems on vehicles world wide. Shane is also completing his PhD at Monash University. The focus of his research thesis is rollover protection for light vehicles.
Some Keynote Speakers Nicholas Perrone, PhD Mechanical Engineer Newtown Square, Pennsylvania U.S.A. - PhD in Applied Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering) - Director of Government Research Program in Structural Mechanics, 11 years - Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University, 11 years - Elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Academy of Mechanics and American Association for the Advancement of Science - Member, Society of Automotive Engineers and Society of Manufacturing Engineers David Garcia Complete Quadriplegic Roof Crush Survivor Endicott, New York U.S.A. David Garcia was only 29 years old and had recently completed his course work requirements for his PhD when he was traveling on I-29 in Tallulah, Louisiana on May 25, 1996. He was driving a Ford Escort 2 door hatchback and had his fiance, Kristen Brown, as a right front passenger. The weather was clear, the roads were dry and the future looked bright. However, David’s life was soon to be turned upside down. In an effort to avert a vehicle he perceived as coming into his lane, he took an evasive action and veered into a median grass strip between the interstate roadways; he rolled over at a speed of only 35 miles per hour. During the rollover, there was massive roof crush causing paralyzing injury to his lower neck vertebrae. David is a C4-C5 complete quadriplegic. Despite his life altering experience with its devastating consequences, David Garcia has completed his PhD and turned in one of the most marvelous thesis products that his professors at Vanderbilt had ever seen. David Garcia wants the government to pay attention to the automobile rollover statistics. This is why he is making the trip to Washington, DC with his family -- to share his own personal experience and to advocate for a major upgrade in the proposed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 216 - Roof Crush Resistance before it is finalized. Byron Bloch Independent Consultant in Auto Safety Design Potomoc, Maryland U.S.A. For 20+ years, Byron Bloch has inspected and evaluated the safety and crashworthiness of motor vehicles, and has consulted and testified in Product Liability cases across the nation. Bryon also believes in bringing auto safety hazard information to the public, and has consulted to and appeared on ABC’s “20/20” and “Primetime Live” in reports on unsafe fuel tanks, weak seats, bad seatbelts, the Kentucky school bus fire, truck underride, and rollover roof crush hazards. Minh Tran Uninjured Belted Driver in the Rollover of a BMW X5 Centreville, Virginia U.S.A. The strong roof of the X5 protected Minh from injury in the rollover event. On May 22, 2007 Minh Tran was the belted driver of a BMW X5 when the vehicle rolled over - passenger side leading roll. The vehicle rolled over one and a half times landing on the roof. When it came to a rest Minh was dangling in his seat belt. He unbuckled his belt, fell to the roof, rolled the window down (rather up) and then crawled out onto the pavement.
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