The day’s content will be action-packed, with an array of high-level, respected speakers from a wide range of private and public sector backgrounds. We have built an agenda in collaboration with ICE Hub members and will be announcing speakers as they are confirmed. Here’s how the day will look:

• 10:00-10:05 - Welcome
  

• 10:05-10:35 - Review of research and evidence, Prof. Fiona Fylan
  This session will explore the evidence base around virtual reality, particulaly in relation to education and behaviour change. We'll examine how delivery through VR compares to other forms of media and any research on the types of VR expeirences that are proven to be most effective - for example, skill vs. knowledge transfer. We will look at efficancy of using VR with different age groups and those who are neurodivergent. Critically, we will be looking to answer the question - "Paying particular attention to the risks and opportunities for road and community safety. What is the evidence base for educational delivery in VR? "
  

• 10:35-11:05 - Trauma informed approach, Joanna Feast
  Most community education delivery in VR is done in an attempt to prevent negative consequences. Wheter it's water safety, online safety or road safety, there is the potenital for our delivery to stray into fear based appeals. With evidence showing limited effectiveness and a trauma informed approach known to be best practice, how do practitioners go about ensuring their delivery is making the biggest imact without triggering negative feelings towards the topic - i.e. being a young driver.
  

• 11:05-11:20 - Hardware/software care, maintenance and organisation, Jason Carver
  VR kit is expensive, so what can we do to keep it functioning at it's best for longer? This session will explore the best techniques for maintenance, cleaning, charging, transferring films and updating software. The aim of this session is to help practitioners become more efficient in how they manage VR hardware and keep it running smoothly for longer.
  

• 11:20-11:40 - Coffee break with break out rooms for networking
  

• 11:40-12:05 - Beyond VR - creating effective interventions, Dr Elizabeth Box
  We know that in many cases, educational delivery that uses VR often involves a group session, or one-on-one interaction with a facilitor. Some sessions follow a rigid schedule, whereas others are free-flowing and use VR more flexibly. We'll be considering how best to plan interventions that involve the use of VR, and exploring how behaviour change techniques can be integrated. Thi session aims to answer the question - "How should I plan and structure my VR interventions for maximum effectiveness?"
  

• 12:05-12:30 - Evaluating VR effectiveness on a budget, Dr Victoria Kroll & Prodf. David Crundall
  Many practitioners actively delivering VR interventions are doing so on a budget. And even when the same film is used across multiple organisations, the mechanism of delivery often differs, which makes it hard to colaborate on evaluation. Knowing that we must be able to evidence the effectiveness of VR interventions against pre-defined goals, this session explores how to organise robust local evaluation on a budget.
  

• 12:30-12:45 - Non-immersive VR, Dr Dan Bishop
  There has been a lot of research into the application and effectiveness of non-immersive VR. Not only does it make experiences more accessible, it also makes them easier to share across platforms that support 360 video. This presentation will explore the opportunities and challenges for using VR non-immersively.
  

• 12:45-13:00 - Virtual Reality and autism, Dr Anders Dechsling
  The use of Virtual Reality in autism research has grown in recent years. In this presentation, we will look into important factors that influence the success of using VR for autistic individuals. Additionally, we will explore the possibilities of using VR for driving simulation for autistic drivers, and simulations of law enforcement encounters for autistic drivers and vice versa.
  

• 13:00-13:40 - Lunch break with break out rooms for networking
  

• 13:40-14:25 - State of VR - practitioner SWOT analysis, Steve Fisher, Kate Castle & James Gough
  This session hosts five practitioners who will each list the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of VR as they see them. Core themes will be collected on-screen and discussed as a group at the end.
  

• 14:25 - 15:05 - Breakout 1 - planning an intervention, Dr Elizabeth Box
  This group will work through the key steps and decisions that need to be taken when putting together and intervention that involves VR. Covering topics such as goal setting, accessibility, behaviour change, risk management and quality control, this session will help participants critically review existing and plan new VR interventions with ease.
  

• 14:25 - 15:05 - Breakout 2 - evaluating impact, Dr Victoria Kroll & Prodf. David Crundall
  This group will work through the process of planning and execuitng a low-budget evaluation, as well as exploring how to brief an external organisation to evaluate a VR intervention against it's objectives.
  

• 14:25 - 15:05 - Breakout 3 - producing or commisioning VR film, James Evans
  Whether your planning to produce your own film in VR or commission one, this session will run through a checklist of everything you need to consider to ensure an engaging, high-quality production.
  

• 15:05-15:25 - Where next - what's the future for VR? Tom DeFraine
  Drawing on key themes from the day, we'll consider how participants feel about the value offered by VR. We'll run a series of polls and open up the discussion to learn what the key priorities should be for those working on developing VR for road and community safety practitioners.
  

• 15:25-15:30 - Closing the day