[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65878-65879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18919]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA-2006-26249]


Brain Injury Symposium

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

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
announces a two day Brain Injury Symposium to be held in Washington, 
DC. This notice announces the date, time and location of the Symposium, 
which will be open to the public with advanced registration on a space-
available basis.

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

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Takhounts, Ph.D., 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 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With head and brain injury still a major 
factor in frontal crashes, NHTSA has identified a need to determine 
specific injury mechanisms and create more predictive injury criteria. 
The chief purpose of this Symposium is to hear the opinions, on an 
individual basis, of experts on short-, mid-, and long-term research 
efforts that may be relevant to the establishment of advanced brain/
head injury criteria. Distinguished researchers engaged in the area of 
brain injury biomechanics will make presentations on their latest 
research efforts during the first day of the Symposium. The second day 
will be devoted to roundtable discussions of specific subjects such as 
injury mechanisms, crash dummy development, and future research 
including computer modeling. NHTSA will post a summary of the 
information presented during the Symposium on its website and place all 
relevant materials in the docket. It is anticipated that 
representatives of industry, academia, and the government from North 
America, Europe, and Asia will participate in the Symposium.
    The meeting will be open to the public with advanced registration 
on a space-available basis. Individuals wishing to register must 
provide their name, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address to 
Erik Takhounts (contact information identified above) no later than 
December 1st, 2006. To the extent time permits, the public may make 
statements during the meeting, and file written statements with NHTSA 
for its consideration. The meeting will be held at a site accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require accommodations 
such as sign language interpreters should contact Erik Takhounts by 
February 1, 2007.
    An agenda will be posted on NHTSA's Web site at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov and placed in the meeting docket at a later date. 
Meeting minutes and other information received by NHTSA at the 
Symposium also will be available on NHTSA's Web site and in the meeting 
docket.

    Issued on: November 2, 2006.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
 [FR Doc. E6-18919 Filed 11-8-06; 8:45 am]
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