On behalf of the International Road Federation, I am delighted to extend a personal invitation to road industry professionals to join us in Portugal for the 16th IRF World Road Meeting.
Lisboa 2010 - 16th World Road Meeting
On behalf of the 713 International Road Federation, I am delighted to extend a personal invitation to road industry professionals to join us in Portugal for the 16th IRF World Road Meeting. This landmark international gathering will be convened in Lisbon from 25th to 28th May, 2010 around the theme 'Sharing the Road'. Lisbon - the starting point of so many of the great voyages of discovery that have opened up our modern world - provides an apt venue to address challenges that will shape the communications and transport networks of the 21st century.
Just as roads have marked the great advances of our civilisation in the past, so they must continue to drive economic, social and environmental progress as we work together to confront the new imperatives of a rapidly changing world. The 16th World Road Meeting will bring together the world's foremost experts and industry representatives to develop and define dynamic strategies that respond equitably and sustainably to the evolving needs of all stakeholders. Sharing our roads means reconciling the needs and aspirations of the industrial world with those of developing nations. It means planning infrastructure that balances rapid and efficient commerce with the fundamental need to ensure safe, viable and nuisance-free surroundings for urban and rural dwellers alike. It involves responding to modern demands for freer and cheaper mobility with new cost and energy efficient materials and technologies. Above all, it calls for us to develop our industry in harmony with growing environmental awareness and the finite resources of our increasingly fragile planet.
In all these respects, the 16th World Road Meeting will provide a unique forum for sharing cutting edge ideas and innovative solutions. It will be the starting point of a new voyage of discovery from Lisbon - towards shared roads for the future wellbeing and prosperity of our planet. I look forward to the pleasure of welcoming you all to Portugal in May 2010 for this exceptional occasion.
The call for abstracts is now open for the 16th International Road Federation World Road Meeting. You are invited to share your expertise by proposing a paper on one of the five
Congress topics:
• Mobility, transport, infrastructure
• Road safety & security
• Sustainable roads
• Road finances & management
• Techniques & innovation
Concessions. Tolling for urban areas. Long term performance contracts. Stimulating public support for tolling & road pricing. Intermodal transport: aligning costs. Land acquisition and expropriation. Internalisation of external costs/Euro vignette. Internalisation of costs of transport. 14th Seminar on Contract Maintenance
Announcing key seminar as part of IRF's commitment to providing technology transfer and training to the highway community worldwide
The International Road Federation (IRF) is to hold the 14th Annual Contract Maintenance and Asset Management Seminar from 25 October to 3 November, 2009 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Over 400 delegates from 75 countries have participated in this unique programme.
International experts in the fields of maintenance contract management, financing and programme development will present the latest information on existing and future programme initiatives. This year's seminar will focus on strategies for organising a contract maintenance programme as well as lessons learned from programmes already underway throughout the world.
Tomonobu Tanino, from the Central Nippon Expressway Company of Japan, was among those attending last year's seminar. He was full of praise for the programme and the information he received.
"I expect that a variety of lessons learned through this seminar will help us adopt a brand new contract based on performance," said Tanino. "Also, I realise that our contract should be sophisticated enough to keep up with the other countries."
The seminar will include a five-day programme of presentations and discussions about contract maintenance and innovative financing techniques. Participants will take part in working groups with experts who are actively engaged in contracting road asset maintenance in different parts of the world to discuss application of best practices under different country conditions.
This will be followed by three days of field trips that include visits to facilities under contract maintenance, local government agencies, a toll authority, contractor operations and other points of interest. Engineers and managers who are involved in highway maintenance will benefit from this experience. More importantly, agencies that are developing contract maintenance programmes should send staff to learn first hand the ins and outs of effective and lasting projects.
31 May, 2009
• Pre-programme & notifications of selected abstracts:
30 September, 2009
• Registration with preferential conditions:
31 December, 2009
• Final programme:
26 February, 2010
• Opening of the Congress:
25 May, 2010
Just as roads have marked the great advances of our civilisation in the past, so they must continue to drive economic, social and environmental progress as we work together to confront the new imperatives of a rapidly changing world. The 16th World Road Meeting will bring together the world's foremost experts and industry representatives to develop and define dynamic strategies that respond equitably and sustainably to the evolving needs of all stakeholders. Sharing our roads means reconciling the needs and aspirations of the industrial world with those of developing nations. It means planning infrastructure that balances rapid and efficient commerce with the fundamental need to ensure safe, viable and nuisance-free surroundings for urban and rural dwellers alike. It involves responding to modern demands for freer and cheaper mobility with new cost and energy efficient materials and technologies. Above all, it calls for us to develop our industry in harmony with growing environmental awareness and the finite resources of our increasingly fragile planet.
In all these respects, the 16th World Road Meeting will provide a unique forum for sharing cutting edge ideas and innovative solutions. It will be the starting point of a new voyage of discovery from Lisbon - towards shared roads for the future wellbeing and prosperity of our planet. I look forward to the pleasure of welcoming you all to Portugal in May 2010 for this exceptional occasion.
Mobility, transport, infrastructure
Benefits and costs of roads
Roads as drivers of the economy. Social benefits from roads. Contribution of roads to urban upgrading. Social trends & behaviour. Road assets & values. Pavement preservation. Government road policies. Transnational roads. Submit your abstract now!The call for abstracts is now open for the 16th International Road Federation World Road Meeting. You are invited to share your expertise by proposing a paper on one of the five
Congress topics:
• Mobility, transport, infrastructure
• Road safety & security
• Sustainable roads
• Road finances & management
• Techniques & innovation
Mobility and vehicle concepts
Mobility management & information provisions. Urban mobility & freight transport. Long distance freight transport. Euro modular concept. Mega trucks: impacts on infrastructure and mobility. Intermodality.Road safety & security
Road engineering & network operations
Engineering safer roads. Road safety rating. Road safety audits, assessments and safety inspections. The EU Infrastructure Safety Directive. Status of European Road Safety Programme. Bridge safety in an ageing infrastructure.Accidentology & impact assessments
Preventive & protective vehicles. Systems & measures for vulnerable road users. Cooperative systems. Post accident & emergency management. Human factors. Target setting for accident reduction.Road security
'Forgiving road' today & tomorrow, Traffic calming measures. Education, enforcement, engineering. Funding safety measures. Education & training. Tunnel safety. Mega trucks: impacts on safety.Sustainable roads
Environment
Mobility management, road infrastructure design & advanced traffic management. Sound environmental and sustainable road engineering & design. The IRF Emissions Calculator: the 'Green Path to Climate Neutral Roads'. Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA). Green rating of roads. Innovative ecological materials with positive environmental impact. Water footprint of road construction and maintenance. Run-off water: design to fight flooding. Control of water quality. Efficient low emissions. Non exhaust emissions. Low noise transport systems. Education & training.Energy
Energy consumption & material waste generation from roads. Tyre/road surface interaction for safety and emissions reduction. Internal combustion engine. Advanced fuel for vehicles. Hybrid technology & improved components. Advanced fuels from biomass and waste. Fuel cells & hydrogen fuels.Resources
Life-cycle analysis. Strategic analysis. Sustainable road engineering & design. Eco-materials. Environmental impacts of de-icing. Noise abatement. Tyre/surface interaction. The ethical challenge. Quality cost standards & control. Design data & logistics.Road Finances & management
Design
Road preservation plus operation & maintenance of road assets and network. Rural roads - cost efficient building and maintenance. Construction materials for rural roads. Project management of major road infrastructure. National specifications & standards.Production systems
Materials production processes & modularisation. Global competitiveness. Road user charging, electronic tolling. Urban road user charging. Road infrastructure concessions and financing schemes: BOT, PPP, PFI. Performance specifications. PFI.Concessions. Tolling for urban areas. Long term performance contracts. Stimulating public support for tolling & road pricing. Intermodal transport: aligning costs. Land acquisition and expropriation. Internalisation of external costs/Euro vignette. Internalisation of costs of transport. 14th Seminar on Contract Maintenance
Announcing key seminar as part of IRF's commitment to providing technology transfer and training to the highway community worldwide
The International Road Federation (IRF) is to hold the 14th Annual Contract Maintenance and Asset Management Seminar from 25 October to 3 November, 2009 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Over 400 delegates from 75 countries have participated in this unique programme.
International experts in the fields of maintenance contract management, financing and programme development will present the latest information on existing and future programme initiatives. This year's seminar will focus on strategies for organising a contract maintenance programme as well as lessons learned from programmes already underway throughout the world.
Tomonobu Tanino, from the Central Nippon Expressway Company of Japan, was among those attending last year's seminar. He was full of praise for the programme and the information he received.
"I expect that a variety of lessons learned through this seminar will help us adopt a brand new contract based on performance," said Tanino. "Also, I realise that our contract should be sophisticated enough to keep up with the other countries."
The seminar will include a five-day programme of presentations and discussions about contract maintenance and innovative financing techniques. Participants will take part in working groups with experts who are actively engaged in contracting road asset maintenance in different parts of the world to discuss application of best practices under different country conditions.
This will be followed by three days of field trips that include visits to facilities under contract maintenance, local government agencies, a toll authority, contractor operations and other points of interest. Engineers and managers who are involved in highway maintenance will benefit from this experience. More importantly, agencies that are developing contract maintenance programmes should send staff to learn first hand the ins and outs of effective and lasting projects.
Techniques & innovations
Innovation in road construction & preservation
Pre-cast bridges: materials for construction & maintenance. High performance surfaces. Transportation system operations & planning. Latest improvements on road wearing course. Noise reduction pavement. High modulus road base course to prevent rutting. Adhesion and durability of adhesion. State of the art low temperature asphalt course. Low temperature asphalt and energy savings. PSV friction impact on traffic safety. Systematic skid resistance measurements. State of the art cold mixes. Functional contract & best practices. Asphalt layers in tunnels. Prefissuration on semi rigid base cement gravel base course. Innovation in bridge construction & maintenance. Innovation in aggregates production. Innovation in laying & compacting machinery. Innovation in equipment production.Innovation in road safety
Vehicle infrastructure integration. Latest technology in vertical & horizontal signing & ITS. EGNOS/Galileo developments. New ITS developments. Benefits of ITS for the industry and for road users. ITS policy for integration into road policies. ITS: impacts on environment and safety. ITS and tunnel safety. Statistics as a basis for target setting. Statistical capacity building for developing and transition countries. Road restraint systems. Road marking materials and application. Variable message signs Usage.Deadlines
• Submission of Abstracts:31 May, 2009
• Pre-programme & notifications of selected abstracts:
30 September, 2009
• Registration with preferential conditions:
31 December, 2009
• Final programme:
26 February, 2010
• Opening of the Congress:
25 May, 2010
