Call for Research

Contribute to the AAAM 2024 Annual Scientific Conference

The 68th AAAM Annual Scientific Conference will be held November 11 – 14, 2024 at the COEX Center in Seoul, South Korea. The goal of the AAAM Annual Scientific Conference is to present the best new scientific research in all areas of road and traffic safety.

AAAM’s Scientific Program Committee has partnered with Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP). Studies presented at AAAM’s 2024 Annual Scientific Conference will have the opportunity to be published in the 68th Annual AAAM Conference Special Issue of Traffic Injury Prevention.

Please take a moment to review TIP’s Instructions & Guidelines for Authors.

The AAAM’s Scientific Program Committee (SPC) invites abstracts that cover any and all aspects reflected in the Haddon Matrix and the Five Pillars of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action.

Key Changes

*Changes* Short Communications: TIP will no longer publish individual short communications. Instead, there will be one indexed publication with all Short Communications included. The document will be available on the TIP 2024 AAAM Special Issue website.
Although these are no longer publications, this new procedure allows authors to publish their full findings later with less conflict from an existing publication. (Short communication submissions must be completed work).

*Posters*: Abstract publishing is back! These will be combined and indexed with the Short Communications as part of 2024 AAAM Special Issue on the TIP website. (Poster submissions may be a work in progress, but requires pilot or preliminary data).

*New* Late Breaking Oral-Only Presentations: The Scientific Program Committee (SPC) invites abstract submissions from researchers and partners from academia, government and/or industry to our new brief oral-only presentation. The SPC will review these abstracts to ensure topic relevance and scientific merit.
Late breaking Oral-Only presentations can include ongoing research, research updates, and research-based technical updates. Please reach out if you have an idea and are unsure if it fits this category! (Late breaking abstracts may be a work in progress but requires pilot or preliminary data).

2024 Timeline

Date	Action
November 2023	Call for full paper abstracts
Deadline Extended to January 9, 2024, 11:59pm ET	Full paper abstracts due New Early Bird Short Communication abstracts due
January 2024	Full paper invitation or rejection notifications sent
March 2024	Call for Short Communications, Posters, Late Breaking Oral-Only Presentations, and Student Symposium research
March 2024	Full paper submissions due to Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP)
April 12th, 2024 Deadline Extended to April 19, 2024, 11:59pm ET	Short Communications, Posters, Late Breaking Oral-Only Presentations, and Student Symposium research due
June 2024	Short Communications, Posters, Late Breaking Oral-Only Presentations, and Student Symposium research invitation or rejection notifications sent
June 2024	Short communications due to Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP)
November 2024	Accepted research published to TIP; Presentations at AAAM’s 68th Annual Scientific Conference

Some accepted full paper submissions will have the opportunity to be published in Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP). Short communications and posters will also have the opportunity to be published in a combined AAAM Special Issue on the TIP website. Students accepted for a full-paper or Student Symposium presentation are eligible to receive complimentary registration to the conference and a travel stipend of up to $500 USD.

Fields of Interest

Physicians, Engineers, Policymakers, Psychologists, Statisticians, Sociologists, AIS Specialists, and other researchers are invited to submit work studying the prevention of injury in mobility and transportation.

AAAM’s multidisciplinary thinking and approach is reflected in the Five Pillars of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action and the Haddon Matrix. All fields of study addressing AAAM’s mission are encouraged to submit.

Submissions will be judged by the AAAM Scientific Program Committee (SPC) based on scientific merit, novelty of research findings, contribution to AAAM’s mission, and adherence to formatting requirements.

Example Areas of Study:

The Five Pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety¹

Road Safety Management

Safer Roads and Mobility

Safer Vehicles

Safer Road Users

Post-Crash Response

The Haddon Matrix²

	Human	Vehicle	Social Environment	Physical Environment
Pre-Crash	Driver Distraction Fitness to drive Driving and acute/chronic medical conditions	Automated Driving Crash avoidance Human factors in design	Enforcement actions Alcohol/drug policy Risk and Behavior	Roadway Design for safety Infrastructure in developing countries Protection of vulnerable road users
Crash	Pediatric, geriatric, and adult injury biomechanics Biofidelity of anthropomorphic test devices	Crashworthiness Restraints Integrated safety Injury mitigation for vulnerable road users	Seat belt use Child restraint availability and use	Road barriers and medians in crash mitigation
Post-Crash	Treatment outcomes	Automatic Crash Notification	Costs of traffic injury Emergency response	Treatment and response in low- and middle-income countries

Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
Williams, Allan F. (1999) The Haddon Matrix: its contribution to injury prevention and control. In McClure, Roderick (Ed.) Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, 9-12 May 1999, Brisbane, Queensland.