Overview

Our Cape Town Forum is convened to coincide with Safety 2026, the 16th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, hosted in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Providing a platform to help advance vehicle safety in Africa, the Forum will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, development partners and the media.

Programme

1 September 2026, Cape Town

8.30 - 9.00 Registration

9.00 - 9.05 Welcome

9.05 - 9.20 Keynote: Department of Transport, South Africa

9.20 - 10.30 International Panel

10.30 - 10.50 Reveal of latest #SaferCarsForAfrica car

10.50 - 12.00 Africa Panel

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

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Speakers

The Forum for Safer Mobility is Global NCAP's new event platform. It convenes leading international policymakers, regulators, industry experts, academics and civil society leaders to address some of the most important challenges in vehicle and road safety.

Why has it been established

Global NCAP's assessment work has traditionally focused on improving new car safety, especially in Low and Middle Income Countries. This mission remains our core activity. But we are also widening the advocacy conversation to include other modes of transport and to recognise the importance of a connected, systems based approach.

Mobility can’t be sustainable unless it’s safe. New technologies are creating an inflection point in our mobility choices and the implications for improved vehicle safety are enormous. The questions now being asked at city, national and international levels cut across regulator, industry and civil society perspectives.

The Forum exists to bring these multi-disciplinary voices together, helping to advance a shared agenda for action.

When and Where 

Forum events for this year include:

• Scaling Intelligent Speed Assistance, hosted in New York;

• Democratising Vehicle Safety in Africa, hosted in Cape Town.