[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 46 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 10815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4209]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Sixteenth Public Meeting of the Crash Injury 
Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)

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

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Sixteenth Public Meeting of members 
of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is a 
collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at 
eight Level 1 Trauma Centers across the United States linked by a 
computer network. Researchers can review data and share expertise, 
which may lead to a better understanding of crash injury mechanisms and 
the design of safer vehicles. Eight presentations on current research 
based on CIREN cases will be presented. The agenda will be posted to 
the CIREN Web site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html three weeks prior to the meeting.

Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 
Wednesday, March 28, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Department of Transportation, 
400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6200, Washington, DC 20590.
    To Register for This Event: If you do not have a Federal Government 
identification card, it is suggested that you notify us in advance in 
order to put your name on the security list. This will expedite your 
admission to the building. You may still attend the public hearing but 
there could be a delay in granting you access. Please e-mail your name, 
affiliation, phone number and e-mail address to [email protected] by 
March 23, 2007, in order to get on the pre-registration list.
    For General Information: Mark Scarboro (202) 366-5078 or Cathy 
McCullough (202) 366-4734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CIREN cases may be viewed from the NHTSA/
CIREN Web site at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html. NHTSA has held three Annual Conferences where CIREN 
research results were presented. Further information about the three 
previous CIREN conferences is also available through the NHTSA Web 
site. NHTSA has held public meetings on a regular basis since 2000. 
Presentations from these meetings are available through the NHTSA Web 
site. NHTSA plans to continue holding CIREN meetings on a regular basis 
to disseminate CIREN information to interested parties. This is the 
sixteenth such meeting. The CIREN Centers will be presenting papers on 
the side impacts in pediatric cases, injuries involving far side 
occupants, diffuse axonal brain injuries, seat angle and injury, brain 
injury and impact angle, analytic techniques for using CIREN data, and 
elderly data analysis including the use of Digital Imaging and 
Communications in Medicine (DICOMS).
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any other emergencies, a decision to cancel will be made 
as soon as possible and posted immediately on CIREN's Web site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html. If you do 
not have access to the Web site, you may call or e-mail the contacts 
listed in this announcement and leave your telephone number or e-mail 
address. You will be contacted only if the meeting is postponed or 
canceled.

    Issued on: March 5, 2007.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. E7-4209 Filed 3-8-07; 8:45 am]
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