Media Advisory - Sept. 18 Montreal event hosts leading experts on Distracted Driving

WHAT:     

Distracted Driving: Changing the Culture
According to the RCMP, driver distraction is a factor in about 4 million motor vehicle crashes in North America each year. But, so far, efforts to curb distracted driving have fallen short of the mark. How can Vision Zero principles to end serious injuries and traffic fatalities be best applied to distracted driving? You are invited to attend this discussion among Quebec's leading experts on Vision Zero road safety and distracted driving.

The panel discussion, in French, will be livestreamed and a simultaneously translated version of the livestream will be available with English audio.

Panelists and our facilitator, Professor Marie-Soleil Cloutier, are also available for interviews in advance of the event.

WHEN:    

Sept. 18, 2018
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT 

WHERE:   

Espace Desjardins, next to the Tour Sud reception at Complexe Desjardins
175 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Montreal.

WHO:        

Opening Remarks

• Steve Podborski, Parachute President and CEO

Panelists

• Denis Dubois, President and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins General Insurance Group
• Etienne Grandmont, Executive Director, Accès Transports Viables, Quebec
• Nadia Maranda, Road Safety Advisor, SAAQ
• Martin Lavallière, Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
• Officer Sophia Provost, Police Department, City of Montreal

Facilitator

• Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Associate Professor, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Centre Urbanisation Culture Société)