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Virtuocity Present and Exhibit at National Road Safety Conference

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Virtuocity Present and Exhibit at National Road Safety Conference
(L-R) Prof Samantha Jamson, Assoc Prof Dr Ruth Madigan, Dr Ibrahim Ozturk, Pete Woodthorpe and Hsuan Chao infront of the Virtuocity stand. Nov 2025

📍National Road Safety Conference, Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire UK | 4-5 November 2025

Virtuocity, represented by Programme Manager Pete Woodthorpe, Simulator Developer Hsuan Chao, Prof Samantha Jamson, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruth Madigan and Senior Research Fellow Dr Ibrahim Ozturk exhibited and presented at the Road Safety GB organised National Road Safety Conference in Bedfordshire earlier in November. Delegates visiting the conference had the opportunity to visit our stand, speak with the team and experience some of our project work in action including a demonstration of our newly developed software on a portable simulator. Delegates also had the opportunity to sample examples of our VR experiments including FTM Nexus and Inclusive Public Spaces.

A Participant wearing a VR headset at an exhibition stand

Delegates were able to experience some of our VR experiments

In addition to the exhibition Ruth and Ibrahim also presented their work

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruth Madigan presented findings (titled: How to expect the unexpected: A driving simulator evaluation of hazard anticipation training for novice drivers) from the Road Safety Trust-funded project Enhancing Novice Drivers' Safety: Innovative Training to Improve Hazard Anticipation Skills.
Associate Professor Dr Ruth Madigan presents at a podium infront of a projected slide of the ENDS project

Assoc. Prof. Dr Ruth Madigan presenting an update from the ENDS project

Dr. İbrahim Öztürk talked about work on in-vehicle technologies, "An investigation of how drivers’ knowledge and use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) varies between countries", from the Hi-Drive project.
Dr Ibrahim Ozturk presenting

Dr Ibrahim Ozturk presenting

For those of you who couldn't make the conference, please feel free to get in touch with us, or details of the presentations can be found here: https://nationalroadsafetyconference.org.uk/2025-agenda/
Our thanks go to the Road Safety GB team for the warm welcome and organisation of the conference and we look forward to being involved in the conference in the future.