18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition: Full Schedule

1:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committees: Road Asset Management

Speakers

Omar Smadi

Director, Center for Transportation Research and Education

Dr. Omar Smadi is a professor in the Civil Engineering department at Iowa State University in the US. He also serves as the Director for the Center for Transportation Research and Education. Dr. Smadi's research covers the areas of infrastructure asset management including pavements... Read More →

Magid Elabyad

Vice President, International Programs, IRF Global

Elabyad has been employed with the International Road Federation for the past 16 years. As the Vice President of International Programs, he oversees the IRF’s training programs and regional capacity building efforts around the world. He has been a member of IRF’s Asset Management... Read More →

Saturday November 6, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Dubai C

IRF Activities

1:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committees: Road User Charging

Speakers

Steve Morello

Senior Advisor, CDM Smith

Steve has an MSc in Transport Economics from the University of Lyon in France and MA in Journalism and BA in Mathematics from the University of Iowa Steve began his career in Europe in 1991 and he came back to the US in 2011 as a co-founder of Milestone Solutions now part of CDM Smith... Read More →

Nina Elter

Chair, IRF Committee on Road User Charging, Senior Vice President, EROAD

Nina is considered a global expert in transportation funding. Her career spans more than 20 years working in the technology, trucking, tolling and fuel card sectors across Europe, the Americas and Australasia. Her experience includes leading and negotiating agreements at the highest... Read More →

Tom Antonissen

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Tom Antonissen assumed his present role in November 2014, although he has over a decade experience with the IRF and road transport policy, with a particular focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Road Safety and Road User Charging (RUC). He served for several years as a Road... Read More →

Saturday November 6, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Dubai E

IRF Activities

1:00pm GMT+04

Workshop: Sustainable Pavement Practices for the Middle East

The objectives of the workshop are to provide a detailed overview of state-of-the-art development in the bitumen world for highway applications. The workshop will also include case studies and highlights needs for the Middle East region, how we can work together to expedite the transfer of knowledge and implement best practices in the region. The Middle East continue to be a rapidly growing market for highway construction and bitumen needs. This workshop is delivered in partnership with the Middle East Society of Asphalt Technologies.

Moderators

Dr. Kamil Kaloush

Chair, IRF Global Scientific Committee, FORTA Professor in Pavement Engineering, Arizona State University

Dr. Kaloush is a FORTA Professor of Pavement Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has over 35 years of industrial and academic experience in pavement engineering. He... Read More →

Speakers

Dr. Nariman Khalil

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Balamand

Dr. Nariman Khalil is an Associate Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Balamand. She received her Ph.D. degree in reinforced concrete structures from the University of Leeds- England. She has more than two decades experience in teaching structural... Read More →

Ezio Santagata

Professor of “Roads, Railways and Airports”, Politecnico di Torino

Professor Santagata is currently full professor of “Roads, Railways and Airports” in the Politecnico di Torino, Italy; He is also the Director of the “Road Materials Laboratory”. His research is focused on pavement materials and structures, with an emphasis on laboratory testing... Read More →

Marek Lorecki

Regional Technical Director, Colas

After my University specialized in Civil Engineering , I started my career in 1982 at COLAS in France for 15 years before starting my expatriation still within Colas Group : - 15 years in Poland as Managing Director to develop Colas Polska ( road construction's and industries... Read More →

Hamad Ali AL Shehhi

Director of Roads & Facilities Maintenance, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

leader on strategic roads infrastructure agendas, Participating in the accomplishment of major infrastructure mega projectsover 10 years progressive experience in leading and executing strategy, designing, construction and Assets Management, leading teams and high-value projects.Engineering... Read More →

Nabil Mohammad Saleh Ahmad

Director of Roads Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Over more than 20 years experience in most of infrastructures areas such as Roads, Traffic Engineering, Utilities, Metro and Tram.Participation of RTA strategic Plan workshops for Roads, Metro and Tram projects in order to presents to H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoom Vice... Read More →

Dr Mohamed Elbasyouny

Pavement Specialist, Parsons Corporation

Dr Mohamed El-Basyouny is currently working for Parsons in Dubai as a project manager/Pavement Specialist, Dr. Elbasyouny duties includes providing pavement design and asphalt material specifications for Parsons projects in the Middle East. His current task is providing technical... Read More →

Emin Kutay

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University (MSU)

Dr. M. Emin Kutay is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Michigan State University (MSU). Dr. Kutay’s background is in the areas of asphalt mixture material characterization (experimental and modeling), pavement analysis and design, pavement... Read More →

Waleed Zeiada

Associate Professor of Pavement Materials and Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Sharjah

Dr. Zeiada has been teaching in higher education and performing research for more than 20 years. He is currently an associate professor of Pavement Materials and Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Sharjah. He received his PhD in 2012... Read More →

Dr. Michele Lanotte

Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Infrastructure and Environmental, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Dr. Michele Lanotte is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Infrastructure and Environmental at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy... Read More →

IRF Workshop Middle East Pavements pdf

Saturday November 6, 2021 1:00pm - 4:00pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Workshops

2:00pm GMT+04

Meeting of the IRF Fellows & RTA Youth Council

Speakers

Shelley Row

Former Director, ITS Joint Program Office

An Inc. Magazine top 100 leadership speaker and one of eight engineers who is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Shelley Row, PE, CSP, is an engineer and the former Director of the USDOT's ITS Joint Program Office. As founder of Blue Fjord Leaders, Shelley’s work focuses on... Read More →

Michael Dreznes

Former Executive Vice President, International Road Federation

Michael Dreznes retired December 31, 2020 as Executive Vice- President of the International Road Federation (IRF), a position he assumed in February 2012. Dreznes spent 35 years working to make roads safe around the world. He started his career at Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. where... Read More →

Saturday November 6, 2021 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

IRF Activities

3:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committee on ITS

Speakers

Dr. Robert Jaffe

Chair of IRF ITS Committee, Consystec

Dr. Jaffe is an electrical and systems engineer with EE degrees from Cornell (BS) and Stanford (MS, PhD). After 13 years as a Research Staff Manager at IBM’s Research Division, in 1996 he founded Consensus Systems Technologies (“ConSysTec”) where he remains a principal. Dr... Read More →

Tom Antonissen

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Saturday November 6, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Dubai E

IRF Activities

3:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committee on Road Safety

Speakers

Chris Sanders

Chair of IRF Road Safety Committee, Lindsay Transportation

Currently newly retired and helping Lindsay with various international business development activities.Former Senior Vice President Lindsay Transportation Solutions and President of Barrier Systems (acquired by Lindsay)Mr. Sanders has been involved in the Highway Safety Industry for... Read More →

Eric Cook

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Saturday November 6, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Dubai D

IRF Activities

5:00pm GMT+04

73rd General Assembly of the IRF

Moderators

H.E. Abdullah Al-Mogbel

Chairman, IRF Global

Speakers

Dr. William Sowell

Vice President-Cloudastructure, Inc., IRF Senior Vice Chairman

Dr. Bill Sowell currently serves as International Road Federation Senior Vice Chairman. He is a global industry leader of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Connected Vehicles, and the development of new ITS technologies for more than 30 years. He is the only industry veteran... Read More →

Saturday November 6, 2021 5:00pm - 6:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

IRF Activities

6:30pm GMT+04

Welcome Reception

Saturday November 6, 2021 6:30pm - 8:00pm GMT+04
Bubble Lounge

Social - Networking

10:00am GMT+04

Achieving Integrated Transport Planning & Design

Celebrating 16 years of accomplishments, the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has supported Dubai in establishing the most advanced network of roads & public transport systems in the world. Strategic plans are being implemented to upgrade the infrastructure of roads, mass transit systems, pedestrian facilities and traffic safety supported by state of the art digital planning & design processes.

Moderators

Eric Cook

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Speakers

Eng Abdulredha Abu Alhassan

Executive Director, Rail Planning & Projects Development, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Abdulredha Abu Alhassan, the Executive Director of Rail Planning and Projects Development Department of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is a vibrant, enthusiastic person with superior managerial and organizational skills.Possessing unique skills with 35 Years of experience... Read More →

Adel Shakri

Director of Planning and Business Development, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Adel Shakri is the director of planning and business development. He is a graduate from Mohammed ben Rashid center for leadership development. Adel is currently supervising most of the smart mobility projects in the emirates of Dubai, by managing systems that serve more than 300 million... Read More →

Adel Al Marzooqi

Director of Right of Way Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Eng. Adel Mohammed Al Marzooqi is one of Roads & Transport Authority leaders who is leading a subject matter expert in Infrastructure, Utilities and Traffic Services, with more than 18 years of practical experience in the field of infrastructure projects and services, where his department... Read More →

Naji Atallah

Head of Construction & Manufacturing, Autodesk

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

10:00am GMT+04

Forgiving Roads: From Concept to Results

The Safe System approach is predicated on the idea that the risk and consequences of driver error must be minimized. “Forgiving roads” are a concept widely used by road agencies but their operational application diverges significantly between countries. What measures and investments are needed to make today’s roads more forgiving of driver error?

Moderators

Dr. Daniel Albuquerque

Assistant Professor, UAEU College of Engineering

Dr. Albuquerque is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at UAEU. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska, USA. Dr. Albuquerque is an International Road Federation Scholar and brings over 15 years of experience in Transportation... Read More →

Speakers

Ali Osman Atahan

Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Prof. Atahan is an expert of Traffic Safety and development and analysis of roadside safety hardware. He has been working in this area for the past 25 years. He is working at Istanbul Technical University as a professor. He has published more than 50 papers on various traffic safety... Read More →

Michael Dreznes

Former Executive Vice President, International Road Federation

Felipe Almanza

Vice President of New Product Development, TrafFix Devices Inc

Mr. Felipe Almanza is the Vice President, of New Product Development for TrafFix Devices Inc. Engineering Department based out of San Clemente in Southern California, USA.A Cal Poly Pomona graduate with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering, his experience spans more than 18 years in... Read More →

Dr. Arif Mehmood

ITC, Abu Dhabi

Dr. Mehmood has more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning and policies. He specializes in developing strategic planning tools that assist in designing effective and robust strategies to offer sustainable solutions for complex problems. He has played a key role in helping... Read More →

John Griffith

Vice President, ETI USA, Inc.

Dr. John B. Griffith, Jr PhD Is the vice President of ETI USA, the manufacturer of the Rolling Barrier Guardrail System as well as the CEO and founder of Griffith global consulting. Dr. Griffith is an International Road Federation Road Safety Audit Team Leader and is widely recognized... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

Executive Panel

10:00am GMT+04

Smart Parking for Smart Cities

With the accelerated introduction of Electric and Automated Vehicles on our roads, another established sector is facing a paradigm shift of its own: the parking business. While the interplay between on-street and off-street parking, and their commensurate effect on urban mobility, will remain for years to come, new challenges and opportunities will emerge when looking at the needs of both EVs (in terms of charging infrastructure) and AVs (in terms of reduced “down time” while having to manage potentially large fleets of shared and on-demand vehicles). This session aims to shed some light into these issues, both from a public and private sector perspective.

Moderators

Tom Antonissen

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Speakers

Salah Al Marzooqi

Director of Intelligent Traffic Systems Department (ITS), Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Eng. Salah Al Marzooqi, a leading subject matter expert in ITS, with over a 20 years experience in planning, managing and deployment of high profile ITS projects in the UAE. An Electronics Engineering graduate from the Dubai Higher College of Technology in 2001 with a passion of utilizing... Read More →

Ahmed Mahboob

Executive Director, Parking Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Eng. Ahmed has been RTA’s Parking Department’s Executive Director since March 2021, where he is in charge of: Planning and roadmap, Strategy and expansion, Technology and digital transformation, Smart inspection, Monitoring governance services and permits, Revenue and partnership... Read More →

Andy Parker

Metric Group

Metric Group are using our long history of successfully developing and delivering parking solutions to expand into the world where customers can park and charge their EV.Andy heads up this growth and is working very closely with our technical teams and our supply chain to develop... Read More →

Pamela Chikhani

General Manager, Secure Parking UAE

Pamela Chikhani is the General Manager of Secure Parking UAE and Director of Strategic Alliances at the Arcadia Education. She is also a co-founder, board member and mentor at Reach, a non-profit organisation, registered in the DIFC and dedicated to helping young professional women... Read More →

Dr. Sascha Ruja

Business Development Director - Mobility & Urban Services, Egis

As a transportation professional, Dr. Sascha Ruja brings more than 13 years of business development, consulting and M&A experience in Europe, Middle East and Australia, and has gained in-depth knowledge in the field of urban and inter-urban transport and mobility, focusing on policy... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

10:00am GMT+04

TS1.1: Pavement Testing

The Technical and Scientific Committee of the 18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition has invited surface transportation experts across the world to submit papers for evaluation. Papers should reflect original practical cases studies and research or innovation in technical, institutional, economic, business and policy issues that are relevant, recent and significant.

Speakers

Dr. Robert E. Troxler

Director of Advanced Technologies, Troxler Laboratories

Dr. Robert E. Troxler is a native of Raleigh NC. In 1983 he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. In 1986 and 1992 he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and held a fellowship... Read More →

Soughah AlSamahi

Federal Road Asset Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Soughah AlSamahi is currently a civil engineer working in the Federal Road Asset department in the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. She is specializing in the development and implementation of the road asset management system. The ministry’s road asset management has been... Read More →

Timo Saarenpää

Manager, Software and Hardware Division, Roadscanners

Timo Saarenpää holds a M.Eng. in Management of technological competence and Bsc. in Software engineering from the Lapland University of Applied Science. He has worked with Roadscanners Oy since 2004 in various positions like software engineer and quality manager. Since 2015 he has... Read More →

Herman Visser

Civil Engineer (Pavements), ARRB Systems

Herman Visser is a Professional Civil Engineer with 10 years’ experience in the transportation industry. Herman graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Pavements and Materials Engineering... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

10:00am GMT+04

TS1.2: Asphalt Pavement Innovations

Speakers

Dr Roberto Soares

Chief Software Systems Engineer, PSI Technologies

Dr. Soares is the Chief Software Systems Engineer with PSI. His professional experience evolved over nineteen years of practical work experience and academia. At the University of Nebraska, Dr. Soares completed both a master’s and a doctorate degree, extensively researching fracture... Read More →

Alaa Sukkari

Research Assistant, Transportation and Pavement Lab, University of Sharjah

Graduate with Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University of Sharjah. Former volunteer at the student affairs deanship and the American Society of Civil Engineers University of Sharjah Chapter for two years. Currently a Master's degree student at University of Sharjah... Read More →

Ryan Stevens

Civil Engineer, City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department

Ryan is a Civil Engineer for the Pavement Management Team in the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department. The Pavement Management Team develops the 5-year Pavement Maintenance Program to keep Phoenix’s 5,000 street miles in good condition. The team is involved with collecting... Read More →

Prof. Bernhard Hofko

Vienna University of Technology

Bernhard Hofko is an Associate Professor and Head of Lab for Road Materials at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). In his work, he covers road infrastructure materials including material optimization, sustainability, life cycle analysis etc. Prof. Hofko is also consulting... Read More →

Dr. Johannes Mirwald

Material Chemist, TU Vienna

Dr. Johannes Mirwald is a material chemist working in road engineering at the TU Vienna. He received his PhD at the faculty for technical chemistry at the TU Vienna while investigating realistic ageing conditions and chemo-mechanical correlation of various asphalt binders. His current... Read More →

Philip Blankenship

Uberbinder, Inc.

Phil graduated in 1993 with a MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky. During his graduate research at UK, Phil worked at the Asphalt Institute in the Strategic Highway Research Program. He assisted in developing N-Design to simulate field mixture compaction in the... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

10:00am GMT+04

TS1.3: Road Safety Leadership

Speakers

Sumaya Al Neyadi

Head of Safety Section, Integrated Transport Centre Abu Dhabi

Sumaya is Head of Safety Section in the Integrated Transport Center in Abu Dhabi. She has more than 10 years of experience in leading road safety initiatives and currently she is leading the development of Vision Zero Strategy in Abu Dhabi. She worked previously with Municipalities... Read More →

Peter Hartzell

Committee Manager, ISO/JTCG, Joint Technical Coordination Group

Peter Hartzell is the Committee Manager for the secretariat of ISO/TC 241 – Road traffic safety management systems. Peter is a Project Manager at SIS, Swedish Institute for Standards (a member of ISO, International Organization for Standardization) since 2007 and specializes in... Read More →

Umang Champaklal Modi

Assistant Professor, University of Baroda

Currently I am working as Assistant Professor Faculty of Law and Coordinator for One Year Diploma in Political Leadership and Governance Institute of Leadership and Governance The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. I have one year working experience of Government Sector as Legal... Read More →

James Akena

Founder and CEO, Legacy Road Safety Initiative (LRSI)

James is a founder and CEO of Legacy Road Safety Initiative (LRSI), an NGO fully registered by the government and fully operational for the last two years. James has extensive leadership skills, knowledge, and expertise in transport; logistics; supply chain management and road safety... Read More →

Dr. Timothy Oketch

Director and Principal, TIMCON Associates

Dr Eng. Timothy Oketch is a professional Transportation Engineer with over 30 years-experience. He holds a PhD and MSc in Transportation Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and Delft University in the Netherlands respectively, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

10:00am GMT+04

TS1.4: Road Financing Strategies

Speakers

John Ali Ipinge

Chief Executive Officer, Namibian Road Fund Administration

I'm currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Road Fund Administration and a President of the African Road Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA). I manage and lead a USD200 million fund that invest in the road infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation in Namibia. Additionally... Read More →

Ahmad AlSabbah

Investment & PPP Expert, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE

Mr. Ahmad AlSabbah is an Investment/PPP expert at the Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure. His sectoral focuses are Investment, Public Private Partnership and commercial transformation.Mr. AlSabbah has held various positions within the public and private sectors and advised number... Read More →

Majid Ideisan

Project Manager, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE

Majid Ideisan is a specialized engineer in Sustainable and Renewable Energy systems, and a Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers. He is currently acting as a Project Manager at the Financial Sustainability and Investment Department at the Ministry of Energy... Read More →

Evans Ochola

Consultant, The World Bank

Mr. Ochola is a professional civil engineer with a decade of experience in transportation planning, policy formulation, feasibility studies, engineering design, contract administration, monitoring and evaluation, and project management. He holds an MSc (Eng) Transport Planning & Engineering... Read More →

Dr. Jennaro Odoki

Managing Director, IMES Ltd

Dr. Odoki is a Chartered Transport Specialist specializing in highway engineering and transport economics. He has over 30-years of global experience in road asset management, road economics and financing, road sector policies and strategies, road investment programs, project appraisal... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

12:00pm GMT+04

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Addresses

The 18th IRF World Meeting aspires to be a global summit & technology showcase that is both uniquely relevant to a wide cross-section of road mobility stakeholders, and focused on delivering solutions to the world’s pressing mobility questions.

Speakers

H.E. Abdullah Al-Mogbel

Chairman, IRF Global

H.E. Mattar Al-Tayer

Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) & Commissioner General for Infrastructure, Urban Planning and Well-Being holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of... Read More →

Lord Philip Hammond

Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019

Philip Hammond was a UK Cabinet Minister and key member of the British Government for almost a decade. Leading four departments over nine years and rising to the second most powerful job in government, he was one of only three people to serve continuously in the UK cabinet from 2010... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 12:00pm - 12:45pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

1:30pm GMT+04

TS2.1: Case Studies in ITS Deployment

Speakers

Timur Asliamov

Machine Learning Engineer, Road Safety State Company

I was born in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation. I received my bachelor's and translator's degrees from the Kazan National Research University named after A.N. Tupolev. The master's degree was obtained from the German-Russian Institute for Advanced Technologies... Read More →

Ahmed Elawady

Teaching Assistant, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

I am civil engineer who graduated from university of Sharjah in 2019 and now am a Master student in Master of Science in Civil Engineering in University of Sharjah while working as part time Teaching assistant in the university. My area of interest is transportation and machine learning... Read More →

Dr. Mohamad Talas

Director of ITS Management & System Engineering, NY DOT

Mohamad Talas, PE. PTOE. PhD. Mohamad Talas has over 30 years in Traffic Engineering and Operation experience in the New York City Department of Transportation. He currently serves as the Director for the NYC DOT System Engineering Division, where he supervises the planning and development... Read More →

Marshall Cheek

Director of Traffic Engineering & Solutions, Cubic ITS

Marshall joined Trafficware in 2011 and is currently the Director of Traffic Engineering & Solutions for Cubic ITS. Marshall is hands-on and leads a team of dedicated traffic engineers and professionals that deliver ATMS and adaptive signal control projects throughout the world... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

1:30pm GMT+04

TS2.2: Traffic Planning & Forecasting 1

Speakers

Joseph Owino

Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Joseph O. Owino is a Professor of Civil Engineering and the department head for Civil and Chemical Engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Dr. Owino’s research interests are in the areas of structural health monitoring, Non-destructive evaluation of civil... Read More →

Mohamad Yaman Fares

Research and Teaching assistant, Khalifa University

Eng. Mohamad Yaman Fares currently works as a research and teaching assistant at the Civil and Infrastructural Engineering Department, Khalifa University. He researches pavement engineering, traffic engineering, and urban planning. Eng. Mohamad Yaman has a Bachelor's degree from the... Read More →

Dr. Daniel Findley

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Transportation Research and Education

Dr. Daniel Findley, P.E. is a Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education in Raleigh, NC. He specializes in asset management and inventory, horizontal curve safety, economic impact analysis, multi-modal transportation, unique transportation... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

1:30pm GMT+04

TS2.3: Safe Roads by Design

Speakers

Darko Babić

Professor, University of Zagreb

Darko Babić is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) at the Department for Traffic Signalling where he actively participates in the teaching process and works on scientific and professional projects. He is the president... Read More →

Dr. Victoria Gitelman

Senior Research Fellow, Transportation Research Institute, Technion, Israel

Victoria Gitelman, M.Sc., Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at the Transportation Research Institute, Technion, Israel; in the past decade, she served as a head of the road safety research group. Dr Gitelman is engaged in evaluation research in road safety and traffic engineering... Read More →

Joseph Marra

GDTech

Joseph Marra is Civil Engineer from the University of Liège, Belgium. He started his career as structural calculation engineer at the Liege University and pursued at the research center of ArcelorMittal working on structural calculation of steel structures. He managed projects up... Read More →

Deogratias Eustace

Professor, University of Dayton, USA

Professor of transportation engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Dayton, USA. His interest areas include traffic safety, data analytics in transportation engineering, impact of connected vehicles technology... Read More →

John Griffith

Vice President, ETI USA, Inc.

Telma Silva

Specialized Road Safety Technician, Ascendi

Telma Silva attended the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), where she got a Master degree in Civil Engineering, in 2008. In 2010, she started working in Ascendi, a road infrastructure operator in Portugal. Her professional background within Ascendi went through... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

1:30pm GMT+04

TS2.4: Integrated Transport Planning

Speakers

Fatmah Alsaadi

Project Design Engineer, Abu Dhabi Municipality

Project Design Engineer- Storm water/Irrigation- Infrastructure Support SectorEng. Fatmah Alsaadi received her bachelor degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from United Arab Emirates University in June, 2014 and Master degree on Engineering Management with distinction with... Read More →

Mounir El Asmar

Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Mounir El Asmar is an associate professor at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in the Del E. Webb School of Construction. He also is a senior sustainability scientist with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability... Read More →

Dr. Veit Appelt

CEO, A+S Consult

Dr. Appelt has a Doctoral Degree in civil engineering as well as a Double Diploma in Civil Engineering and IT from the Dresden University of Technology. His more than 30 years of professional experience covers work, in Germany and abroad, in the fields of: BIM, road, rail, airports... Read More →

Ali Osman Atahan

Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Malesiba Mabe

Chief Engineer, Mpumalanga Provincial Treasury

Malesiba Mabe, is a Professional Civil Engineer born in Mamelodi (Pretoria, South Africa) with experience in the roads, transportation and infrastructure planning and financing. Malesiba completed her under-graduate studies at the University of Johannesburg where she attained a Baccalaureus... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

2:00pm GMT+04

Roads to Tomorrow: Pathways to Sustainable Mobility

The 18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition opens as world leaders gather for the United Nations COP-26 to agree on a strategic roadmap to decarbonize economic activities. Within this overall target, the transport sector has a key role to play and must identify pragmatic pathways that continue serving the needs of an increasingly mobile world. In July 2021, the European Union adopted an ambitious 55% emissions reduction plan (“Fit for 55”) that will see a complete ban of non-electric vehicles by 2035. This plenary session will set the stage for this important topic addressed through many of the World Meeting sessions.

Moderators

Shelley Row

Former Director, ITS Joint Program Office

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Amani Abou‐Zeid

Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid is the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission (AUC). She is in charge of sectors covering Energy, Transport, Tourism and ICT. Prior to joining the AUC, Dr. Abou-Zeid has served for more than 30 years in leadership roles at top-tier... Read More →

H.E. Mark Boris Andrijanič

Minister for Digital Transformation, Slovenia

Mark Boris Andrijanič graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, and he holds a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree from the University of Oxford. In July 2021, he was appointed Minister for digital transformation after chairing the Strategic Council for Digitalisation... Read More →

Lord Philip Hammond

Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019

Sunday November 7, 2021 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

3:30pm GMT+04

TS3.1: Greening Road Projects

Speakers

Eng. Eiman Alameri

Manager, Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM)

Eiman Alameri has been working in Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) since 2013 in the Municipal Infrastructure and Assets Sector. She worked in Design and Technical audit of the different infrastructure fields. Then she worked in the Standards and Specifications section where efforts... Read More →

Dr. Ahmed Abdelkader

Aggrebind

Holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from Newcastle University, UK, preceded by a BSc in Chemistry from Alexandria University, Egypt, a Diploma in Polymer Technology from Ferrara University, Italy, and an MSc in Materials Science from Alexandria University. Has a solid 25 years... Read More →

Gülay Malkoç

E-MAK Company

Gülay Malkoç is a chemical Engineer.After working in RTD Department & Asphalt Divisions of the Turkish General Directorate of Highways, she moved to ASMUD- Turkish Contractors Association as Technical Director. After, she became Coordinator General of ASMUD for several years.Then... Read More →

Engr. Musa Saidu, FNSE

Deputy Director, Highways Bridges and Design, Federal Ministry of Works, Abuja-Nigeria

Musa is a Civil Engineer by Education, Training and Experience. A fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers and an Alumni of Harvard University, USA. My carrier in the practice of this profession has spanned some Twenty years. During this period, I have acquired substantial experience... Read More →

Meltem Akyuz

Asset Management Reporting Manager and the Sustainability Lead, ICA on the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Operations

A Civil Engineer with over fifteen years track record of construction experience in all phases of Mining and Civil Infrastructure projects in Australia and Turkey. Has experience in planning, estimating and managing the design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, structures... Read More →

Eng. Thomas Baenziger

CEO, EE-Consulting AG Switzerland

Thomas BAENZIGER, a Swiss citizen, holds an engineering degree of Zurich School of Engineering. He is the CEO of EE-Consulting AG Switzerland, Chairman of the CIE (International Commission on Illumination, based in Vienna) Technical Committee TC4-62, developing the new recommendations... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

3:30pm GMT+04

TS3.2 Practical Applications of Big Data Science

Speakers

Dr. James Birdsall

Middle East and Asia Asset Management Practice Lead, Parsons

Dr. Birdsall is Parsons Middle East and Asia Asset Management Practice Lead focusing on advancing the deployment, configuration and deployment of innovative technology solutions to empower Public and Private clients to achieve sustainable asset management and optimize the implementation... Read More →

Howard M. Shotz

Asset Management Technical Director, Connected Communities Products, Parsons

Howard is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a member of the Institute for Asset Management (IAM), and a certified Parsons Project Manager (PMC) with more than 25 years of experience designing and implementing asset management technology solutions. Howard has experience... Read More →

Raitis Steinbergs

Engineer, SJSC Latvijas autocelu uzturetajs

Road engineer with 7 years of experience in road maintenance. For the last years I have been working on development projects related to equipment used for daily road maintenance and information technology to improve overall work quality and raise efficiency. Also, leading the development... Read More →

Álvaro Soares

IT Development Coordinator, Ascendi

Application Management and Development Team Coordinator at Ascendi; Product Owner (SustIMS – Sustainable Infrastructure Management System); Project Manager of Asset Management, ITS, GIS and Tooling implementation projects. Graduation on Computer Engineering in the Superior Institute... Read More →

Jacopo Alaimo

NA Sales and Business Development Manager, XenomatiX

Jacopo joined XenomatiX to lead the expansion of its revolutionary and simple LiDAR technology in the North American region. With the vision to contribute to safer roads and transportations he is convinced of the advantages that the True Solid State could bring to the AV world. In... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

3:30pm GMT+04

TS3.3: Long Term Pavement & Asset Performance 1

Speakers

Ingrid Gabrielle do Nascimento Camargo

PhD Candidate, Vienna University of Technology

Ingrid Gabrielle do Nascimento Camargo studied civil engineering at Sao Paulo State University (Brazil). She graduated from the Transportation Engineering Masters program at the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) in 2018. Currently, she is a PhD Candidate at... Read More →

Dr. Amin Akhnoukh

Associate Professor, East Carolina University

Dr. Amin Akhnoukh works as an Associate Professor in the Construction Management Department at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Dr. Akhnoukh has 17 years of academic experience, and more than 10 years in industry working for major national and international... Read More →

Adriana Santos

Head of Service, ASCENDI, IGI

Adriana Santos is a student of the Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering at University of Minho, and she is studying two parameters in particular, microtexture and macrotexture in the road pavements and their degradation. Her research interests are in the areas of pavements and her... Read More →

Dr. Auckpath Sawangsuriya

Civil Engineer, Bureau of Road Research and Development, Department of Highways, Thailand

A. Sawangsuriya is a civil engineer-expert level at Bureau of Road Research and Development, Department of Highways, Bangkok, Thailand. He received his B.Eng. (with honors) from the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand. He received his M.S... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

3:30pm GMT+04

TS3.4: Road Safety Risk Diagnosis

Speakers

Dr. Armana Huq

ARI, Accident Research Institute (ARI) in Bangladesh

Dr. Armana Sabiha Huq has been working with Accident Research Institute (ARI) in Dhaka, Bangladesh since May 2007. As an Assistant Professor of ARI, she has been committed to her active responsibilities for saving lives since then. She received her Doctoral degree from Florida International... Read More →

Dr. Arif Mehmood

ITC, Abu Dhabi

Deogratias Eustace

Professor, University of Dayton, USA

Andrea Paliotto

University of Florence

Andrea Paliotto graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Florence. He has been worked in the University since 2017. He worked also as consultant engineer. Since June 2018 he is a PhD student at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Florence... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

4:00pm GMT+04

How do Cities (and Citizens) Benefit from ITS

ITS has traditionally offered municipal agencies the promise of increased asset performance at compelling benefit/cost ratio, especially when compared with the investments required to expand network capacity. However, there is frequently less emphasis placed on positive operational outcomes and customer experience, as a result of which anticipated benefits are not always achieved. This session will approach the question of ITS investments from an end user perspective using a rich blend of international case studies.

Moderators

Dr. Robert Jaffe

Chair of IRF ITS Committee, Consystec

Speakers

Salah Al Marzooqi

Director of Intelligent Traffic Systems Department (ITS), Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Dr. Angelos Amditis

Chairman, ERTICO

Dr. Angelos Amditis is Research Director in ICCS, and member of its BoD, as well as the founder and Director of the I-SENSE Research Group. Since June 2018, he has been the ERTICO-ITS Europe Chairman. He also serves as a member of the Executive Board of ETP-ALICE, Deputy Chairman... Read More →

Dr. William Sowell

Vice President-Cloudastructure, Inc., IRF Senior Vice Chairman

Shailen Bhatt

Senior Vice President - Global Transportation Innovation, AECOM

Shailen Bhatt is Senior Vice President, Global Transportation Innovation and Alternative Delivery at AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services across the project lifecycle.Mr. Bhatt heads the Innovation and Alternative... Read More →

Al Kazickas

Senior Project Manager, Parsons Corporation

Experienced transportation professional having over 35 years experience working in North America and Middle East on the planning, design, and construction of over $5 Billion USD of Smart Mobility solutions, traffic engineering, transportation planning, Intelligent Transportation Systems... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

4:00pm GMT+04

Partnerships for Road Safety

The end of the first United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 marks the start of new forms of national and international collaboration to avert the continuing and growing epidemic of road traffic injuries, responsible for 1,350,000 fatalities per year. As we pursue this essential path, it is critically important that governments combine their efforts with those of other actors engaged in the road safety movement to achieve the shared target of reducing road deaths and serious injuries by half by 2030.

Moderators

Michael Dreznes

Former Executive Vice President, International Road Federation

Speakers

Gary D. West

Managing Director, Future Mobility, General Motors Africa and Middle East

Gary D. West is responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of GM’s Future Mobility technologies in the Middle East, in line with the company’s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.West brings extensive fleet management experience, working in... Read More →

Catalina Garcia

Global Director of Corporate Affairs, AB InBev

Catalina (Cata) Garcia is the Global Director of Corporate Affairs at Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) and Board Director of the AB InBev Foundation. Cata currently leads the AB InBev Global Corporate Affairs team, with her work centered on expanding and improving AB InBev’s reputation... Read More →

Estrella Merlos

Global Lead, Road Safety Training Initiative, UNITAR

United Nations Official with experience including 10+ years in international affairs, public policy and sustainable development with the United Nations, including executive experience leading a non-profit organization. Specialties include: International affairs, public policy and... Read More →

Philip Wijers

Director of Governmental Affairs, Sensys Gatso Group

Philip J. Wijers holds a cum laude master’s degree in economic geography from the University of Amsterdam, with a minor in transport economics. After business development & strategy related positions in the transport industry in the Netherlands and in Japan, he joined the Netherlands... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

Executive Panel

4:00pm GMT+04

RoadTech: Game-Changing Trends in Road Construction

Advances in technology will affect not only the use of tomorrow's roads but how they are designed and built. Agencies able to leverage Building Information Modeling, construction automation, and decision-support tools on the job site will see their bottom line dramatically impacted. This panel will review some of the most promising trends, and their implications for the way agencies and contractors work together.

Moderators

Mounir El Asmar

Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Speakers

Nabil Mohammad Saleh Ahmad

Director of Roads Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Dr. Veit Appelt

CEO, A+S Consult

Stefano Maio

Business Development Manager, Bechtel Corp

Stefano Maio is the Business Development Manager for the Infrastructure business unit based out of Belgrade focusing on new opportunities in heavy civils specifically: motorways, railways and power including renewable energy.Stefano moved to Serbia in 2019 to help secure the Morava... Read More →

Gabriel Valtueña-Ramos

Vice President, McKinsey & Company

Gabriel brings more than 20 years of experience across all phases of the road and highways life cycle, including project development, tendering, commercial and financial close, delivery, and operations and maintenance (O&M).Currently VP at McKinsey & Company he mainly advises clients... Read More →

Jonathan Davis

Chief Commercial Officer, Uberbinder

Jonathan Davis is a Co-Founder and the Chief Commercial Officer for Uberbinder™, a low carbon replacement binder for concrete and asphalt; the company's mission is to change transportation infrastructure through the use of sustainable building material. A strategist, brand builder... Read More →

Dr. Thierry Goger

Secretary-General, Forum of European Highway Research Laboratories

Dr. Thierry Goger is a senior executive in Transport Research and European Affairs. As FEHRL Secretary-General, the association of the European National Road Research Centres, Thierry is a strategist for cooperative research and innovation, in the field of road and transport infrastructure... Read More →

Sunday November 7, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

8:30am GMT+04

PS1: Korea’s Road Safety Policy and Technology

In 2016, the Korean Government implemented the “Safety Speed 5030” policy, limit the maximum speed to 50km/hr on main roads in the city and 30km/hr on other roads, to reduce traffic accidents deaths and create safe road environment for pedestrians. This session is aims to introduce Korea’s road safety policy and road safety technology implemented by Safety Speed 5030 Committee(Private, Public, Academy).

This session is live-streamed with simultaneous interpreation in Korean & English. Please use the following link to to connect to the session:

Link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84563341125?pwd=ZytiTVZtdWJJVTFqSDY4aW0wOHRpQT09

Meeting ID : 845 6334 1125
Meeting PW : 034356

Speakers

Yoon Jae-yong

Director of Road & Transportation Research, Korea Road Association

Dr. Yoon Jae-yong is the director of the Road & Transportation Research Division of the Korea Road Association. He was in charge of research on establishing traffic calm installation and management guidelines, and is currently conducting R&D research on road design standards and government... Read More →

Sangjin HAN

Associate Professor, Transport Studies Group, Seoul National University

HAN Sangjin is an associate professor at Transport Studies Group in Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Seoul National University.Recently he has studied on setting the national road safety target and actively working on reducing road fatalities and severe injuries. He is... Read More →

Saerona Cho

Chief Researcher, Korea Transportation Safety Authority

Saerona Choi., Ph.D., Chief Researcher, Korea Transportation Safety AuthorityDr. Choi is a researcher who develops strategies to improve the traffic safety and supports Korean government's policies to save lives, prevent injuries from traffic accidents.

Monday November 8, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Dubai E

Partner Session

8:30am GMT+04

TS4.1: Maintenance Strategies 1

These special interest sessions are developed by IRF partners and member organizations from all over the world. Partner sessions showcase the top global experts in their respective regions and areas of specialization

Speakers

Rielle Haichert

Chief Materials Engineer, PSI Technologies

Ms. Haichert is the Chief Materials Engineer of PSI. Ms. Haichert manages PSI’s central laboratory and oversees all materials testing, mix designs, quality control, quality assurance and R&D testing programs. As well, she has managed the CCIL certification of PSI lab.Ms. Haichert... Read More →

Soughah AlSamahi

Federal Road Asset Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Ryan Stevens

Civil Engineer, City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department

Dr. Auckpath Sawangsuriya

Civil Engineer, Bureau of Road Research and Development, Department of Highways, Thailand

Monday November 8, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

8:30am GMT+04

TS4.2: Decarbonizing Road Transport

Speakers

Cristian Gonzalez

Director of Intelligence, Global Road Links

Cristian Gonzalez is an Economist, Statistician and Econometrician, with over 15 years of experience, specialising in the quantitative and qualitative valuation of roads and infrastructure programmes and projects. Cristian was Director of Statistics and Data at the International Road... Read More →

Keith Wilson

President, Titan Freight

Mr. Wilson has been president & CEO of TITAN Freight Systems, a regional transportation company with operations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia since 2004. His company is a leader in the implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing to meet... Read More →

Bojan Banfi

Director for projects Digitalization and Decarbonization, Motorways of Slovenia (DARS)

Bojan Banfi, BSc in Economics, has 35 years of working experience in different strategic areas. Having worked in the office of the Vice President of the Government of Slovenia for ten years, he had been involved in preparation of certain fundamental documents from economy. Between... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

8:30am GMT+04

TS4.3 Long Term Pavement & Asset Performance 2

Speakers

Prof. Mbakisya Onyango

Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)

Mbakisya Onyango is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. She received her PhD from Kansas State University (USA) in Transportation area, Masters from the University of Birmingham (in the United... Read More →

Kaouther Machta

Professor, High Institute of Technological Studies of Rades

I am civil engineer since 1989 and then I get my master degree and then aggregation diploma in the same filed. Actually, I am a professor of Civil Engineering at Civil department in the High Institute of Technological Studies for 20 years.Before I worked as Engineer at road authority... Read More →

Dr. Carlos Obando

Ph.D. Candidate in Civil, Environmental and Sustainability Engineering, Arizona State University

Civil Engineer, Specialist in Administration of Construction Companies, with a master’s degree in civil engineering. Currently Ph.D. Candidate in Civil, Environmental and Sustainability Engineering at Arizona State University - USA. More than 6 years of university teaching experience... Read More →

Khalil Almbaidheen

Technical & Sales Manager, MAPEI Construction Chemicals

Khalil Almbaidheen is working as Technical & Sales Manager in the Admixture Department for GCC region at MAPEI Construction Chemicals, Certified as Concrete Professional (Middle East) CCpf and ACI Special Inspector. Holding two master’s degrees in civil engineering and construction... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

9:00am GMT+04

Future of Mobility Pricing & Road User Charging

Charging road users for access to transportation infrastructure is an age-old concept that is currently experiencing a renaissance thanks to pressing funding concerns (arising from fuel tax revenue loss) and the concurrent emergence of a wider range of technology options. The societal pressures we know today – increased population and economic activity around geographic hubs – will all worsen over the next decade, placing additional stress on transportation infrastructure and increasing commuting times, absent demand management policies. The need to charge according to a growing number of parameters (such as location, destination and number of occupants) will thus become even more appealing to policy-makers.

Moderators

Steve Morello

Senior Advisor, CDM Smith

Speakers

Dr. Sascha Ruja

Business Development Director - Mobility & Urban Services, Egis

Benoît Rossi

Business Development Director, emovis

Benoît holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is a passionate practitioner of shaping alliances between Business and Government in the transportation sector. Benoît is currently in charge of developing toll-based mobility projects for... Read More →

Nina Elter

Chair, IRF Committee on Road User Charging, Senior Vice President, EROAD

Joseph Averkamp

Vice President, Systems & Solutions, Parsons

Joseph (Joe) Averkamp, Parsons VP, Systems and Solutions, has nearly 25 years of experience in technology assessment and development, market analysis, business development and strategy, and project management and delivery. Joe has extensive experience designing and launching business... Read More →

Josef Czako

President & CEO, Moving Forward Consulting

Josef A. Czako is President & CEO of MOVING FORWARD CONSULTING, an independent Strategic Consultancy, founded 2015 and being based in Bonn, Germany.Please visit www.moving-forward-consulting.com.Mr. Czako has global knowledge with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Policies, Technologies and Innovations applied to the Transport and Mobility sectors.MOVING FORWARD CONSULTING serves both, public and private clients.Josef Czako experience includes Policy Development... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

9:00am GMT+04

Roads & Climate - Part 1: From Assessment to Adaptation

The impacts of climate change are likely to affect Low and Middle Incomes in Africa and Asia to a disproportionate extent. Road networks will have to be made resilient to shoulder the burden of the increasing number of extreme weather events and changing climate conditions (increased drought or increased precipitation respectively, depending on geographic location). What methodologies are available to assess the impacts of climate change on existing road networks and to identify particularly weak spots, and how do they compare? How can decision makers navigate the options for improving the climate resilience of transport systems? This panel will review approaches to assess the vulnerability of critical links in a road network as part of road network risk planning and proactive investment strategies.

Moderators

Gordon Keller

Private Engineering Consultant

Mr. Keller is a licensed Civil and Geotechnical Engineer in California. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA and MS in Geotechnical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1972. He has worked with the U.S. Forest Service for over 40 years and is currently... Read More →

Speakers

H.E. Ian Gooding-Edghill

Government of Barbados, Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources,

Eric Cook

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Terry Bills

Global Transportation Director, ESRI

Terry Bills is the Global Transportation Industry Director at ESRI, responsible for all transportation segments worldwide. He has over 30 years experience in transportation planning and policy, information technology and GIS.Terry has been with Esri for 15 years, where he provides... Read More →

Frederico Pedroso

Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

Fred Pedroso is a civil engineer specialized in providing technical advisory and operational support for DRM activities ranging from disaster risk identification and mitigation, disaster preparedness, resilient infrastructure and urban resilience. Prior to joining the World Bank in... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

9:00am GMT+04

Safe Micro & Soft Mobility : Leveraging the Power of AI

The Middle East and North Africa has long been characterized by a lack of safe, suitable infrastructure for pedestrians, bikes or any other forms of soft- and micro-mobility. This status quo has been altered in recent years through a combination of pedestrian-friendly facilities, as well as the surge in online ordering and delivery services triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. These trends present road planners and traffic engineers with new challenges in their mission to offer a shared road space for all. AI algorithms will probably never replace the keen human eye in evaluating these new risks, but they can supplement human-led analysis and provide valuable support to the work of traffic engineers in the field.

This panel will explore opportunities to combine emerging AI applications that assist road agencies datamine their asset and traffic information in order to produce effective “heat maps” of road risk for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.

Moderators

Jonathan Spear

Transport Policy Advisor, Atkins Acuity

Jonathan Spear is a Transport Policy Advisor with 26 years of experience and currently working with Atkins Acuity in Dubai. He has extensive experience in national, regional and local transport planning studies in the international sphere and has worked in UK, Asia-Pacific, Africa... Read More →

Speakers

Hussain Al Banna

Executive Director, Traffic Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Eng. Hussain Al Banna is an Executive Director of Traffic Department in the Traffic & Roads agency at Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). He has over 17 years of professional experience ranging from project management to directing strategic city-development plans aiming at... Read More →

Dr. Georges Aoude

Co-Founder & CEO, DERQ

Dr. Georges Aoude is the CEO and co-founder of Derq, an MIT spin-off with a mission to eliminate road accidents for both conventional and autonomous vehicles using patented artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology. Dr. Aoude holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Aerospace... Read More →

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor and Dept. Chair, University of Central Florida

Dr. Aty is a Trustee Endowed Chair at University of Central Florida (UCF). He is a Pegasus Distinguished Professor and the Chair of the Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Department. He is leading the Future City initiative at UCF. He is well recognized in work and... Read More →

Leila Muchanga-Hvelplund

Technical Advisor, Founder, ASI.gov

Technical advisor with over 10 years in projects at an international level.Leila Muchanga-Hvelplund has over 10 years of combined experience including engineering, strategy and mentoring, and as part of executive management teams. Leila works with advanced technology and disruptive... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

Executive Panel

10:00am GMT+04

Day 2 Keynote Opening Address

Speakers

H.E. Mattar Al-Tayer

Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Monday November 8, 2021 10:00am - 10:45am GMT+04

Main Stage

10:30am GMT+04

PS2: Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete Asphalt

The use of fibers to fortify building materials may seem like a new idea, but its roots can be traced back thousands of years to ancient Egypt when crude straw “fibers” were added to clay and mud building blocks and bricks. Although primitive in design, these fibers provided a structure and toughness that the Egyptian builders found very beneficial.

Centuries later, this basic concept has been transformed and revolutionized . By combining space-age synthetic materials with unique designs and shapes, fiber products minimize cracking, improve material performance and add long-term durability in a wide variety of concrete, asphalt and other applications.

Speakers

Dr. Kamil Kaloush

Chair, IRF Global Scientific Committee, FORTA Professor in Pavement Engineering, Arizona State University

Joe Abi-Saleh

President, Heavy Equipment Solutions

Joe Abi-Saleh is the president of Heavy Equipment Solutions, a Canadian company that operates both in the Underground Mining and Road Construction industries. Mr. Abi-Saleh holds a Bachelors and Masters Degrees in mechanical engineering from The École Polytechnique de Montréal... Read More →

Eng. Ramy Samir Bahig

Civil Engineer, Ministry of Transportation in Egypt

I am a civil engineer at Ministry of Transportation in Egypt. I worked as Site Engineer for Road Construction Project Suhag – Red sea (second section length 50 Km) from 2014 to 2015, Site Engineer for Road Maintenance Project Taba – Nuweiba length 60 km from 2015 to 2017, Site... Read More →

Dr. Shane Underwood

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Dr. Shane Underwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. Prior to this appointment he was an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. He received his doctorate... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Partner Session

10:30am GMT+04

TS5.1 Street & Highway Design for CAVs - 1

Speakers

Daniel Lukasik

Vice President, Parsons

Dan Lukasik is Vice President and Intelligent Transportation System sector leader for Parsons. Dan has 30+ years of experience in the design and implementation of ITS systems used for managing freeways, toll roads, arterial roadway networks as well as transit systems. He is considered... Read More →

Ali Osman Atahan

Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Dr. Anton Pashkevich

Department of Transportation Systems, Politechnika Krakowska

ANTON PASHKEVICH holds a doctorate in transport and geomatics engineering from the University of Bologna. Now he is an employee of the Department of Transportation Systems, Politechnika Krakowska. His main fields of research cover urban transport and road safety including eye-tracking... Read More →

Brian Hoeft

Solutions and Systems Engineer, Cubic

Brian Hoeft is a Solutions and Systems Engineer with Cubic. Prior to joining Cubic, Mr. Hoeft was the Director for the Traffic Management Center in Las Vegas, where he lead the day-to-day operations for freeways and signalized corridors and the successful deployment of automated... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

10:30am GMT+04

TS5.2 Maintenance Strategies 2

Speakers

Seng Hkawn N-Sang

Civil Engineer II, City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department

Seng has been serving as a Civil Engineer II for the Pavement Management Team in the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department since 2018. She has been involved in analyzing pavement condition data and developing the 5-year Pavement Maintenance Program for the 5,000 miles of... Read More →

Syed Taha

Industrial Ph.D. Fellow, APPLY AS

Syed Mohammad Taha has a Master’s degree in Engineering Design and is working as Industrial Ph.D. Fellow at APPLY AS, a Norwegian Oil & Gas service provider. His Ph.D. project is a collaboration between APPLY AS and the University of Stavanger and is partly funded by the Norwegian... Read More →

Oleg Pekerman V

CEO, Fortis Consulting Services Corp

Mr. Oleg V Pekerman has over 25 years of experience working as in IT/ITS industry as a system architect. He has built a global reputation across the ITS industry as a visionary in TMC operations, ITS maintenance approaches and variety of ATMS programs. During his career, Mr. Pekerman... Read More →

Joseph Owino

Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Monday November 8, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

10:30am GMT+04

TS5.3 Vulnerable Road Users

Speakers

Tim Cox

Plastic Safety Systems

I started in the traffic safety industry in 1979 working with pavement markings till 2003 when I transitioned to work zone safety devices. I have been honored to serve as secretary of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and on the boards of industry associations... Read More →

Basil Jonsson

Operations Director, South African Road Federation

Basil Ivan Jonsson. Born 21 April 1956 in Ermelo ,South Africa. Obtained a Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering at Natal University of Technology Resident Engineer on Contract CY93 Module 2- building the biggest shunting yard in the Southern Hemisphere. Joined Tosas (owned... Read More →

Karlen Mirakyan

The Siberian State Automobile and Highway University

My name is Karlen Mirakyan, I am 25 years old and I reside in Omsk, Russia. I have my Bachelors in Ecomonics and Masters in International Business. I have studied abroad in both China and the United States at the University of Texas in Arlington. My focus in my career is working with... Read More →

Gernot Sauter

Technical Manager, 3M

Technical Manager at 3M with 20 years experience in the Transportation Safety Division with development and manufacturing of high performance retroreflective sheeting and pavement markings. 1988 – 1992 Student Internship Institute for Polymer Science RWTH 1992 – 1998 Imperial... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

11:00am GMT+04

Global Road Strategies Supporting Development

Sustainable transport is key to fostering inclusive growth and expanding access to essential services around the world. A well designed and maintained road network is an essential component of this process. This session will address key challenges in defining and delivering on road strategies that are supportive of socio-economic development objectives.

Moderators

Caroline Visser

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Caroline Visser has 20 years of experience in the road infrastructure sector and is a Senior Advisor to the International Road Federation. In 2014, she founded Global Road Links, through which she worked, among others, as knowledge manager for the Research for Community Access Partnership... Read More →

Speakers

Zhandos Amanbayev

Director, Kazakhstan National Association of Professional Engineers and Consultants

Mr. Zhandos Amanbayev has bachelor degree in civil engineering. Also he is Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration. In addition at present he is doing his PhD in Public and Municipal Administration at KIMEP University, leading one in Central Asia. In... Read More →

Robert Hardy

Transport Consultant

Having spent the majority of his 40-year career in mainstream planning and engineering consultancy, Robert now works as an independent transport consultant primarily providing strategic advice to the international development sector, but also still providing services to the developed... Read More →

John Ali Ipinge

Chief Executive Officer, Namibian Road Fund Administration

Stephen Muzira

Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank

Stephen Muzira is a Senior Transport Specialist currently working with the World Bank based in the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia country office. He has over two decades of wide-ranging experience in the transport sector in Africa, Europe, and Latin America – fourteen years of which have... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

11:00am GMT+04

Roads & Climate - Part 2: Deploying ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation

Faced with a climate emergency where transport is one of the largest contributors, policies and programs that support the deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have a major role to play in the fight against global warming. Potential ITS and business measures comprise a wide range of tools such as electromobility, connected & automated vehicles, traffic management, public transport, city logistics and Mobility as a Service. How might these be optimized and deployed for maximum impact on CO2 emission reduction?

Moderators

Paul Kompfner

Adviser, IRF Task Force on ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation

After a distinguished career in transport systems research at the UK government Transport Research Laboratory, Paul Kompfner joined the expert team at newly founded ERTICO - ITS Europe in 1992. He led a wide range of European R&D projects including ITS City Pioneers, ITS Observatory... Read More →

Speakers

Dr. Mohamad Talas

Director of ITS Management & System Engineering, NY DOT

Krishna Desai

Global Marketing Manager, Cubic Transportation Systems

An enthusiastic marketing communications professional, with nine years’ experience within the transport and technology industries. Having worked for Cubic Transportation Systems throughout that time, Krishna has gained invaluable skills with managing public relations, partnership... Read More →

Nina Elter

Chair, IRF Committee on Road User Charging, Senior Vice President, EROAD

Vincent Blervaque

Co-chair, IRF Task Force ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation

Vincent Blervaque has an extensive 20 years’ experience in ITS. He worked at ERTICO ITS Europe from 2001 to 2014 as Director of Development and Deployment where he was responsible for European research and innovation projects and ITS deployment initiatives. He was the Chairman of... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

11:30am GMT+04

Delivering the Next Generation of Road Mobility

The mobility landscape for urban agglomerations is being reshaped by disruptive trends impacting the mobility of individuals and goods, and challenging cities to establish a clear vision of what their mobility systems should look like in the future and coherent strategies for getting there. Thought leaders will discuss how to fully enable their urban mobility potential in a digital age.

Moderators

Shelley Row

Former Director, ITS Joint Program Office

Speakers

Randell Iwasaki

Leader, State and Local Transportation, Amazon Web Services

Randy Iwasaki is the Leader of State and Local Transportation for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In that position he leads Amazon’s data support and analysis services for state and local transportation agencies, including; artificial intelligence support; use of AWS services in development... Read More →

Shailen Bhatt

Senior Vice President - Global Transportation Innovation, AECOM

Daniel Avdagič

City of Ljubljana, CEO of AV Living Lab

Daniel Avdagic is the CEO of AV Living Lab, Elected Member of City Council, The City of Ljubljana, and Member of Slovenian National Digitalization Council.As the founder and CEO of AV Living Lab, Daniel Avdagic is focused on Autonomous Mobility, Artificial Inteligence, Digital Twins... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 11:30am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

1:00pm GMT+04

TS6.1 ITS Design & Implementation Strategies

Speakers

Gary Lin

International Business Developer, Monotch

Gary joined Monotch in 2020 in the newly created role of International Business developer and is responsible for the selection, recruitment, and management of partners. Monotch works with these partner to create new business opportunities and innovative solutions based on a data sharing... Read More →

Maria Dagaeva

Head of the Center of Intelligent Transport Systems, Road Safety State Company

Maria Dagaeva – Head of the Center of Intelligent Transport Systems at the Road Safety State Company, graduate of the KNRTU-KAI Department for Computer Technologies and Information Protection. Maria sets the policy for the organization in the field of intelligent transport systems... Read More →

Brian Hoeft

Solutions and Systems Engineer, Cubic

Habiba Aflatoon

Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Habiba Aflatoon is a Civil Engineer working in the Federal Roads Assets Department in the Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure. Ms. Aflatoon is United Arab Emirates University, College of Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni. Ms. Aflatoon has been working in the ministry since... Read More →

Dr. Robert Jaffe

Chair of IRF ITS Committee, Consystec

Monday November 8, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

1:00pm GMT+04

TS6.2 Road Pricing & Tolling

Speakers

Ioannis Nasoulis

IBI Group

Ioannis Nasoulis holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Erlangen – Nuernberg (Germany) and has over 20 years of experience working for the infrastructure construction and transportation industry. In 1999, he succesfully managed the deployment of the first... Read More →

Joseph Averkamp

Vice President, Systems & Solutions, Parsons

Mahmoud Khalil

Traffic Engineer, UOS

Mr. Mahmoud Khalil is traffic engineer, based in Dubai. Mr. Khalil is a graduate civil engineer. While he is at the onset of his career, Mr. Khalil has already been involved in numerous transportation projects exposing him to various challenges. In addition to his experience in the... Read More →

Pedro Pinto

Toll General Manager, Ascendi

Pedro Pinto is currently Toll General Manager at Ascendi, a Portuguese company that operates in the road infrastructure sector as a concessionaire, O&M and toll collection services. Pedro Pinto has the responsibility for all Ascendi’s Road Concessions (6) and for the organization... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

1:00pm GMT+04

TS6.3 Driver Behavior Strategies

Speakers

Andelko Scukanec

Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb

Gernot Sauter

Technical Manager, 3M

Deogratias Eustace

Professor, University of Dayton, USA

Dr. Daniel Albuquerque

Assistant Professor, UAEU College of Engineering

Tim Cox

Plastic Safety Systems

Monday November 8, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

1:00pm GMT+04

TS6.4 Transport Responses to the Pandemic

Speakers

Denise Capasso da Silva

Arizona State University

Ali Osman Atahan

Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Jonathan Spear

Transport Policy Advisor, Atkins Acuity

Monday November 8, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

1:30pm GMT+04

Asset Management Applications for Decision-making

Some countries excel at long term infrastructure asset management & financial planning, while others have fallen behind. Fast-motorizing economies have an excellent opportunity to begin planning for long term maintenance during the investment stage of their infrastructure. This panel will address commonly shared challenges, and discuss opportunities to build a framework for knowledge sharing and decision-making around best practices for infrastructure asset management.

Moderators

Omar Smadi

Director, Center for Transportation Research and Education

Speakers

Saeed Alramsi

Director of Asset Management, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Eng. Saeed is one of the top development directors with over 17 years of versatile experience in assets life cycle of major organizations. He currently holds the position of Asset Management Director in RTA governing more than 120 billion AED worth of assets. Eng. Saeed led the strategic... Read More →

Hamad Ali AL Shehhi

Director of Roads & Facilities Maintenance, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Mr. D.J. Swan

International Implementation Leader, AgileAssets

Mr. Swan has 20 years of experience in the transportation asset management field with a specific background in pavement and roadside assets. With experience helping agencies to implement transportation asset management in North America, Europe, and the GCC he has seen a range of approaches... Read More →

Paolo Franchetti

CEO, Franchetti Spa

Paolo Franchetti graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Padova (Italy) in 1999 and got the PhD in Design, Preservation and Structural Control in 2004. He is owner, starting from 2003, of Franchetti Spa, an engineering company that operates in the field of infrastructure... Read More →

Jürgen Diatel

Key-Account and Community Manager, StrucInspect

STRUCINSPECT - Key-Account and Community Manager, ( Jan/2021); SKIDATA - Manager Business Process Management Sales (Mar/2015); Regional Sales Manager and Engineering HILTI (Jun/2006); Regional Manager Projects and Construction Post-tensioning Systems for bridges (Nov/2006), Technical... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

1:30pm GMT+04

Infrastructure Pathways to Electric & Autonomous Mobility - Part 1

Multiple initiatives are taking off around the world to electrify and automate vehicle fleets. If fully implemented, this trend carries with it the promise of safer roads, lower Greenhouse Gas emissions, and more efficient mobility options. However, the growth in electric and autonomous mobility needs to be accompanied by commensurate efforts to adapt the road system, including its traffic management and charging infrastructure. This panel will take stock of projects, studies and pilots carried out to ready roads for this paradigm change.

Moderators

Tom Antonissen

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Speakers

Sr. Stéphane Dreher

Senior Manager, ERTICO

Dr. Stephane Dreher is Senior Manager Innovation & Deployment in the fields of Connectivity, Automation and Blockchain at ERTICO – ITS Europe. He is coordinating the EC-funded ARCADE Support Action aimed at accelerating the harmonized deployment of automated road transport in Europe... Read More →

Gary D. West

Managing Director, Future Mobility, General Motors Africa and Middle East

Andy Palanisamy

Head of Practice - Smart Cities, Parsons Corporation

Andy Palanisamy is a seasoned technologist & management professional with nearly two decades of public/private sector experience, tackling complex projects in transportation, infrastructure, and mobility technologies. Andy currently serves as the Head of Practice for Smart Cities... Read More →

Paul Carlson

Automated Roads

Paul Carlson works in the transportation research/consulting area with a focus on automated vehicles their interaction with the highway infrastructure assets. Paul worked at the Texas A&M University for almost 25 years and now runs his own consulting company called Automated Roads... Read More →

Darko Babić

Professor, University of Zagreb

Matthew Daus

Transportation Technology Chair, The City College of New York

Matthew W. Daus, Esq. currently serves as Transportation Technology Chair at the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Transportation Research Center of The City College of New York, where he conducts research, and continues to be extensively published as an expert on ground transportation... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

1:30pm GMT+04

Transport Beyond COVID-19: Resilient Policies for the 21st Century (Ministers & Leaders Session)

As the world continues to deal with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRF has invited Ministers to address the long term outlook for transport planning, including measures designed to future-proof road investments.

Moderators

Dr. William Sowell

Vice President-Cloudastructure, Inc., IRF Senior Vice Chairman

Speakers

Prof. Claude Van Rooten

President, PIARC

Civil engineer, Claude Van Rooten spent the first part of his career in Belgian construction companies, before heading the Belgian Road Research Centre for 20 years. Chair or Board member of many European and international technical bodies (in France, Germany, USA), he devoted 20... Read More →

Dr Sung Hwan Kim

President, Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA)

Current Position- President, Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA)- Vice Chairperson, SOILTECH EngineeringCareer History-Vice President, SOILTECH Engineering / 2021 ~ present-Vice President, Kunhwa Engineering & Consulting Co. / 2015 ~ 2020-Technical Advisor... Read More →

H.E. Sheikh Nasser Al Qassimi

Assistant Undersecretary for Infrastructure & Transport, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE

H.E Sheikh Nasser Majid Al Qassimi is currently holding the position of Assistant Undersecretary for the Infrastructure and Transport Regulatory Sector at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in UAE, which is an entity whose one of its main objectives is to regulate the land... Read More →

H.E. James Macharia

Cabinet Secretary,, Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure, Nigeria

Paul Ajegba

Director, Michigan Department of Transportation

Paul C. Ajegba has more than 31 years of experience with the Michigan Department of Transportation, and after 28 years with the department, he was appointed by Gov. Whitmer as director on Jan. 1, 2019. He previously served MDOT for three months as Metro Region engineer and before... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

3:00pm GMT+04

TS7.1 New Approaches to Performance Delivery

Speakers

Ms. Eman Alkubaisi

Head of Design & Technical Review Section/ Team Leader of Design Studio, Infrastructure and Municipal Assets Sector, Abu Dhabi Municipality

Eman Mohammed Al Kubaisi Born in Al Ain, living in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates graduated Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from American University of Sharjah, Master Degree in Engineering Management from Abu Dhabi University. Working in Abu Dhabi Municipality since 2011, Head... Read More →

Dr. Timo Saarenketo

CEO, Roadscanners Oy

Dr. Timo Saarenketo is the CEO of Roadscanners Oy. He also works as an Adjunct Professor of traffic infrastructure diagnostics at the Tampere University in Finland. He is internationally known “Road Doctor” specialized in Non-Destructive Testing based road and bridge and other... Read More →

Prof. Fernando Varela Soto

PhD Civil Engineer, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD Civil Engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Full Professor Department of Civil Engineering: construction, infrastructure and transport (Civil Engineering Faculty -UPM-). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 1995-Present. Director of Two... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

3:00pm GMT+04

TS7.2 Traffic Planning & Forecasting 2

Speakers

Dr. Amin Akhnoukh

Associate Professor, East Carolina University

Abdallah Elshabani

Senior Modeller, Integrated Transport Centre Abu Dhabi

Abdallah Abdelgader El-Shabani is a Senior Modeller at the Integrated Transport Centre Abu Dhabi. He has more than nine years of experience in transport modelling, simulation, automation and analytics in the UAE, Jordan and Canada. Recently, he has led the development of the Emirate-wide... Read More →

Professor Abolfazl Mohammadian

Professor of Transportation Systems and Head of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Mohammadian is a Professor of Transportation Systems and Head of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. His research has covered various areas of transportation planning including travel behavior analysis, modeling of activity and... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

3:00pm GMT+04

TS7.3 Multi-Stakeholder Transportation Strategies

Speakers

Yana Tumakova

Consultant, Eastern Alliance for Safe & Sustainable Transport

A project manager specialising in sustainable mobility, road safety infrastructure, policy, advocacy, education and campaigning with a long-term working experience in Africa and Europe collaborating with international institutions and development banks.Currently, Yana Tumakova is... Read More →

Dirk Lauwers

Visiting Professor, Ghent University

Dirk Lauwers is a civil engineer and MSc in spatial planning and urban design with a working experience of more than 35 years. He is visiting professor at Ghent University and University of Antwerp, where he teaches and acts as research promoter in the fields of Mobility Planning... Read More →

Jonathan Spear

Transport Policy Advisor, Atkins Acuity

Eric Gabriel Jenn

Lead Transport Infrastructure Specialist for the Emergency Community Development Program, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Eric Gabriel Jenn is a transport and geotechnical engineer and an infrastructure policy practitioner. His works cover efficient transport system design and management, transport institutional reform, traffic optimization, transport economics, and broader infrastructure strategies... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Scientific Sessions

3:00pm GMT+04

TS7.4 Street & Highway Design for CAVs - 2

Speakers

Gernot Sauter

Technical Manager, 3M

Dr. Audrey Demicoli

Architect and Civil Engineer

Dr. Audrey Demicoli is a warranted Architect and Civil Engineer with a Bachelor Degree from the University of Malta. She obtained her Masters Degree in Traffic and Transportation Systems from the Nottingham Trent University. She obtained her Doctoral Degree from the University... Read More →

Suyi Mao

Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineering

Suyi Mao earned her Bachelor degree in transportation planning and management from Central South University, China, in 2017. She is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in traffic engineering at Central South University, Changsha, 410075, China. She has been working on research studies related... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Scientific Sessions

4:00pm GMT+04

Infrastructure Pathways to Electric & Autonomous Mobility - Part 2

Moderators

Dr. Robert Jaffe

Chair of IRF ITS Committee, Consystec

Speakers

Mr. Eric Mark Huitema

Director General, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)

Eric-Mark Huitema is the Director General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), a position he has held since October 2019.Prior to his ACEA appointment, Mr Huitema acted as Global Smarter Transportation Leader at IBM, where he focussed on optimised transport... Read More →

Majid Ali Hilal Al Hazami

Director of Smart Grid PMO, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority

Majid Ali Al Hazami is the Director of the Smart Grid PMO for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). He received his BSc degree in Engineering Management from the Higher Colleges of Technology in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and has over 15 years of experience within the Electricity... Read More →

Paul Ajegba

Director, Michigan Department of Transportation

Bojan Banfi

Director for projects Digitalization and Decarbonization, Motorways of Slovenia (DARS)

Cristian Gonzalez

Director of Intelligence, Global Road Links

Ricardo Tiago

Senior Advisor, Institute for Mobility and Transport (Portugal)

Ricardo Tiago is a Civil Engineer in the area of transport and road safety, by Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa.From 2008 to 2012, he worked in Road Safety and Quality Department of the former InIR – Institute for Road Infrastructures, in the area of road safety, management... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - C

Executive Panel

4:00pm GMT+04

Introducing Mobility as a Service – is your City Ready?

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has emerged as one of the most promising ways to enable a shift away from personally-owned modes of transportation. By integrating various forms of transport into a single mobility service that is accessible on demand, MaaS offers a game-changing customer-centric service that can also contribute to improvements in the living conditions and accessibilities of cities and rural areas. This panel will guide participants through the main principles, concepts, elements, technologies and full range of benefits arising from the successful deployment of MaaS.

Moderators

Frederic Bruneteau

Founder & Managing Director, Ptolemus

Frederic Bruneteau is the founder and Managing Director of PTOLEMUS Consulting Group.He has gained more than 20 years of experience in the domain of mobility and road user charging.He has become one of the world’s foremost experts of connected mobility services and is interviewed... Read More →

Speakers

Meera Al Shaikh

Director of Smart Services department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Meera AlShaikh is the Director of Smart Services at RTA, where she is in charge of delivering smart pioneering solutions to all of Dubai’s drivers and commuters, as well as other stakeholders across all digital channels by adopting the latest technologies to achieve RTA’s vision... Read More →

Kaan Yıldızgöz

Senior Director of Membership, Marketing and Services, UITP

Kaan Yıldızgöz is based in Brussels and has the global responsbility of UITP membership, events, exhibitions, marketing, training and other business services. He worked as Training Director of UITP in Brussels, Senior Manager of UITP Middle East and North Africa Centre for Transport... Read More →

Laurent Glorieux

VP Global Sales, Cityway

Laurent Glorieux is VP Global Sales at Cityway, one of the leaders in MaaS for Local Governments and Transport Operators. Laurent is passionate about using digitalization to transform positively the way we live. Cityway helps local authorities and transport organizations around the... Read More →

Brian Hoeft

Solutions and Systems Engineer, Cubic

Saad Pall

General Manager, Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan Region, Uber

Saad N. Pall is a business leader with an M.B.A. (Strategy and Marketing) from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and B.Eng. (Electrical) from the National University of Singapore. He has more than 15 years of experience building winning teams at companies like Uber, Coca-Cola... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

Executive Panel

4:00pm GMT+04

Road Procurement & Financing in the New Era

Many developing countries are depending on financing of road development through International Financial Institutions in the form of grants or loans. The financial arrangements are often accompanied with stringent conditions regarding structural adjustment and counter-financing by the beneficiary country, limiting the budgetary discretion to a substantial degree. Private finance participation in road development projects through long term Public Private Partnerships could be a way to decrease the dependency on IFI financing. This panel will explore the associated pre-requisites, including:

Enabling legal, financial and institutional frameworks, such as legal dispositions allowing for toll collection supported by robust traffic projections.
Affordable, predictable and reliable revenue generating mechanisms for the financiers in order to achieve an acceptable return on investment, such as through toll collection or annuity schemes.
The availability of capacity and expertise in the host country’s institutions to conceive, procure, negotiate and manage the often-complex contractual arrangements.

Moderators

Eric Cook

Senior Advisor, International Road Federation

Speakers

Pascal Lemonnier

Senior Vice President of Business Development, EGIS

After 20 years experience working for tolling and electronic tolling system integration companies, I have joined EGIS in 2012. I have worked in different projects internationally managing complex projects for electronic tolling system and operation, in Canada and Ireland, but also... Read More →

Asif Faiz

Senior Advisor - Transportation Sector Management,

Dr. Asif Faiz is a former World Bank Highways Adviser and Infrastructure Sector Manager His professional experience of some 50 years ( from 1975-2008 at the World Bank) in the areas of international development, transportation, and environment, covers policy and operational work in... Read More →

Nazir Alli

Council Member, PIARC

Nazir Alli is a World Bank Consultant with 40 years’ experience as a distinguished civil engineer in both public and private sectors. He was the founding CEO of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) in post-apartheid South Africa and is a globally recognized leader... Read More →

Majid Ideisan

Project Manager, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE

Monday November 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

4:00pm GMT+04

Towards Zero Road Deaths in 2030

In February 2020, Ministers from over 100 countries reaffirmed the objective to cut road fatalities by at least 50% from 2020 to 2030, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Up to 17 million deaths and 500 million injuries are at stake between now and 2030: what lessons have been learned from the first UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and where do the biggest opportunities lie?

Moderators

Chris Sanders

Chair of IRF Road Safety Committee, Lindsay Transportation

Speakers

Dan Chen, Ph.D, P.E.

President, 3M Transportation Safety

Dan Chen is president of 3M’s Transportation Safety Division. As a senior leader, Dan drives global growth for 3M in the road safety and infrastructure industry. Dan is passionate about road safety and Vision Zero initiatives to reduce the 1.35 million roadway fatalities every... Read More →

H.E. Abdulla Al Marzooqi

General Manager, Integrated Transport Center, Abu Dhabi

H.E. Eng. Abdulla Al Marzouqi is the Director General of the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), the responsible entity for the integrated planning of the land transport, Operating public transport, Managing parking spaces, Traffic monitoring centres, Axle weights stations, Logistical... Read More →

Hon. Mavis Nkansah-Boadu

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Roads & Highways

Mavis Nkansah Boadu is a 31-year-old Ghanaian politician who went to parliament in 2016 at a young age of 26, she was the 2nd youngest parliamentarian to join the 7th parliament.She is currently the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Roads & Highways as well as the Member of Parliament... Read More →

Song Hye Yeon

Deputy Director of Road Facility Safety Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport, Korea

Ms. Hye Yeon Song is a deputy director of road facility safety division in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport(MOLIT) of Republic of Korea. In that position, Ms. Song manages road facilities and traffic safety policies such as maintaining road facilities(bridge, tunnel... Read More →

Dr. Benjamin Colucci

Transportation Engineering Professor, University of Puerto Rico

Dr. Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, PE, PTOE, F.ITE, F.ASCE, JD 2019 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award, ITE 2021 Wilbur S. Smith Award, Outstanding Civil Engineer Professional Contributions in Highway Engineering, ASCE T&DI UPRM Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor... Read More →

Monday November 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:30pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

7:30pm GMT+04

Gala Dinner & IRF Awards

Experience the warm hospitality of the host country and taste the best cuisine and cultural traditions of the host city of Dubai at this lavish gala & awards dinner held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai on November 8. This event requires the purchase of a separate ticket.

Monday November 8, 2021 7:30pm - 10:00pm GMT+04

Social - Networking

8:30am GMT+04

TS 8.1 Innovations in Road Materials

Speakers

Tewodros Nigatu Abdi

Lecturer, Addis Ababa University

I am Tewodros living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I graduated BSc in civil Engineering in 2009. And have been working in the university, Addis Ababa University, till now with lecturer position. I completed my MSC on road and transport in 2014. I am engaged on advising undergraduate and... Read More →

Herman Visser

Civil Engineer (Pavements), ARRB Systems

Mohammed Ismail

Research Assistant, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Mohammed Ismail is a research assistant in the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is a Civil and Environmental engineer that is specialized is pavement engineering. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the same university... Read More →

Jolina Karam

Ph.D. student, Arizona State University (ASU) in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Jolina Karam is currently a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University (ASU) in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering. More specifically, majoring in Transportation, focusing on Pavement and Materials. Recently, she has earned her master’s degree at ASU. She is originally... Read More →

Tuesday November 9, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Dubai B

Scientific Sessions

8:30am GMT+04

TS 8.2 Climate Resilient Road Design 1

Speakers

Ali Osman Atahan

Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Kristina Hofer

PhD candidate, Institute of Transportation at TU Wien

1996 Born in Austria 2014 - 2017 Bachelor studies in "Chemistry" at the University of Vienna2017 - 2020 Master studies in "Technical Chemistry" at TU Wien with emphasis on High-performance materials since 2020 PhD candidate at the Institute of Transportation at TU Wien; Research... Read More →

Reem Hassan

Master's Student, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Masters student at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah. Research interests include, investigation of historical and future air temperature changes and the impact on roads construction in the United Arab Emirates. And, propose required mitigation... Read More →

Dr. Rim Ouachani

Assistant Professor, Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics of Sousse – University of Sousse

Dr. Rim Ouachani is a Research Hydrologist with the Hydraulics and Environmental Modeling Laboratory of the National Engineering School of Tunis for more than 17 years. His research work is in statistical hydrology, hydrological forecasting, climate variability, rainfall-runoff modeling... Read More →

Tuesday November 9, 2021 8:30am - 10:00am GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

9:00am GMT+04

Managing Traffic in Large Cities

Some of the most notorious traffic jams globally happen daily across the developed and developing world. There are few cities that have truly achieved integrated policies and systems to manage their traffic and inform road users in real time. When combined with multimodal transportation planning and smart land use policies, new technologies such as crowd-based data collection can help achieve integrated traffic management strategies for fast-growing cities.

Speakers

Dr. William Sowell

Vice President-Cloudastructure, Inc., IRF Senior Vice Chairman

Chris Sanders

Chair of IRF Road Safety Committee, Lindsay Transportation

Dr. Mohamad Talas

Director of ITS Management & System Engineering, NY DOT

Abiyu Berlie

ITS Expert/Consultant-Africa

Mr. Berlie has over 30 years experience in ITS. He worked for 25 years in the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority; the largest Transportation Agency in N. America. He served as board member for ITS New York; and is inducted to the ITS New York Hall of Fame. He developed the... Read More →

Andrea Petti

Managing Director, MEA, PTV

Andrea Petti leads the Middle East, India and Africa Region of PTV Group focusing on core SW business within the mobility and logistics space in the region. Under his responsibility PTV intends to become the leading company in providing software solutions to mobility service providers... Read More →

Hamid Iravani

Transportation Planning Director and Member of Fellows Board of Director, Parsons

Mr. Iravani is Parsons Transportation Planning Director and Fellows Board Member. He has more than 30 years of experience designing, managing, and executing a wide variety of transportation projects. As atransportation planner, he specializes in strategic multimodal travel demand... Read More →

Tuesday November 9, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - A

Executive Panel

9:00am GMT+04

New Approaches to Traffic Safety Education & Enforcement - Part 1

Traditional methods of driver education and road policing have changed over recent years. No longer are most police forces fortunate enough to have the capacity to deploy patrol cars on every major route or highway. To supplement and enhance the efforts of educators and policing units, new approaches supplemented by technological advances are being piloted all over the world.

Moderators

Thomas Edelmann

Founder and Managing Director, RoadSafetyUAE

Thomas Edelmann is a graduate of the University of Commerce, Vienna – Austria (major: Transportation Sciences), a UAE resident since the year 2000. At the beginning of 2014 he made his passion his career by starting the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) & Engagement platform... Read More →

Speakers

Yana Tumakova

Consultant, Eastern Alliance for Safe & Sustainable Transport

Georges El Zakhem

Business Development & Partnership Manager, Emirates Driving Company

George is currently the Business development & Partnership Manager at Emirates Driving Company.He worked as a GM for Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE enabling the club growth in Abu Dhabi mainly at the digital transformation of the club services allowing automated, smart and seven... Read More →

Aliaksandr "Alex" Smirnou

Vice President, Middle East, AV Living Lab

Experienced executive with 5 years of proven senior commercial management and leadership in cross-cultural environments and credible business development experience. Over 10 years of client-facing experience for delivering briefings and managing commercial relationships in technological... Read More →

Keith Wilson

President, Titan Freight

Tuesday November 9, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

9:00am GMT+04

Workshop: Delivering Safer Road Work Zones

Work zones present an increased risk for workers who build, repair, and maintain roads, bridges, and tunnels, as well as for a variety of road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists, who are confronted with less than ideal safety conditions in these work zones. Global statistics on work zone-related injuries are not available, however the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reported 25,485 of work zone crashes involving at least one injured party in 2015, of which 642 resulted in at least one fatality. These figures suggest that, taken at global level, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and thousands of fatalities occur every year in work zones.

Work zones thus represent a very serious safety concern for the road community, particularly across the developing world where an abundance of road rehabilitation projects have not been accompanied by commensurate efforts and investments to foster a culture of safe road construction.

Speakers

Hussain Al Banna

Executive Director, Traffic Department, Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Franklin "Chip" Darius

Instructor, US Occupational Safety & Health Administration Training Institute Region 1 Education Center

Franklin "Chip" Darius Jr. is an expert in occupational safety & health with 30 years of experience. He has provided consulting, training, risk management, and legal expert witness services throughout the United States and internationally. Clients include government, construction... Read More →

IRF Workshop Delivering Safer Road Work Zones pdf

Tuesday November 9, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai C

Workshops

9:00am GMT+04

Workshop: Road User Charging: Prospects and Challenges for the GCC

The deployment of Road User Charging (RUC) in economies across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has picked up speed in recent years, driven by the twin needs to mitigate road congestion and identify sustainable infrastructure funding mechanisms.

The drivers behind this trend are not fundamentally different from those found in other heavily motorized cities and countries around the world, however the region is characterized by a distinct economic environment, minimal reliance on fuel taxes and limited availability of alternative modes of transport.

Cities in the GCC considering Road User Charging must therefore develop an original model that builds on experience gained in OECD economies and adjusts these to the region’s economic realities.

This industry seminar hosted by the IRF is designed to take stock of the current RUC environment in the region and co-create high level strategies to ensure RUC benefits are maximized.

Moderators

Nina Elter

Chair, IRF Committee on Road User Charging, Senior Vice President, EROAD

Speakers

Salah Al Marzooqi

Director of Intelligent Traffic Systems Department (ITS), Dubai Roads & Transport Authority

Mahmoud Khalil

Traffic Engineer, UOS

Steve Morello

Senior Advisor, CDM Smith

Ameera Almanaseer

Transportation and Human Mobility, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

I'm a specialist and projects manager in the sectors of infrastructure, roads and transportation, I work in the ministry of energy and infrastructure since 2019, I worked as a project manger for the federal roads control center and currently handling the implementation of tolling... Read More →

IRF Workshop RUC in GCC pdf

Tuesday November 9, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Sharjah - D

Workshops

10:30am GMT+04

TS 9.1 Impacts of Transport Investments

Speakers

Dr. Daniel Findley

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Transportation Research and Education

Vesa Männistö

Senior Advisor, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA)

Mr Vesa Mannisto is a senior advisor in asset management at the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA), Finland. FTIA is a government agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and Communication, and is responsible for public roads, railways and waterways in... Read More →

Andrew Clarke

Senior Transport Planner, Integrated Transport Centre

Andrew is a senior transport planner and economist with the Integrated Transport Centre in Abu Dhabi. He has over thirty years of experience gained in thirty countries. He managed Mott MacDonald’s appraisal and economics business unit in London before moving to Abu Dhabi in 2006... Read More →

Tuesday November 9, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai D

Scientific Sessions

10:30am GMT+04

TS 9.2 Climate Resilient Road Design 2

Speakers

Adewole Adesiyun

Deputy Secretary General, Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories

Adewole Adesiyun is a Civil Engineer with over 20 years’ experience. He is the Deputy Secretary General of FEHRL. He was an Assistant Professor at the Road and Bridge Research Institute, Poland where he specialized in waterproofing materials on bridges, repair materials on concrete... Read More →

Kigozi Joseph

Projects Engineer, PROME Consultants Limited

Mr. Kigozi Joseph is a Projects Engineer Working with PROME Consultants Limited and holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Makerere University with honors. He seats on the Uganda Association of Consulting Engineers, FIDIC Future Leaders committee and he serves as a... Read More →

Gordon Keller

Private Engineering Consultant

Tuesday November 9, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT+04
Dubai E

Scientific Sessions

11:00am GMT+04

New Approaches to Traffic Safety Education & Enforcement - Part 2

Speakers

Brendan Halleman

Vice President, Europe & Central Asia, International Road Federation

Brendan is a French & Irish national with a background in transportation policy evaluation, stakeholder engagement and program management gained through work experiences with the OECD's International Transport Forum, the International Road Federation and the World Bank. Since 2015... Read More →

Dr. Atef Garib

Founder Chief Executive Officer, Tatweer Middle East and Africa L.L.C

Dr. Atef Garib is an internationally recognized Ph.D. awarded Transportation Engineering professional, with over 30 years of extensive industrial and academic experience in investigation and improvement of transportation, road asset management, traffic and road safety in the Middle... Read More →

Philip Wijers

Director of Governmental Affairs, Sensys Gatso Group

Youssef El Hansali

CEO, Vitronic Middle East

Youssef El Hansali, is CEO of the biggest VITRONIC subsidiary based in UAE and Managing Director of VITRONIC Saudi Arabia . He joint VITRONIC in 2003 as a working student until he got his Master Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He started his professional career as... Read More →

Sumaya Al Neyadi

Head of Safety Section, Integrated Transport Centre Abu Dhabi

Tuesday November 9, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Sheikh Maktoum - B

Executive Panel

11:00am GMT+04

Speeding up Knowledge Sharing & Talent Development

For more than 70 years, an essential part of IRF’s mission has been the organization and delivery of continuing education services that help build the skills of road professionals and contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and expertise worldwide. This panel of thought leaders will discuss lessons learned and explore the opportunities to leverage a new generation of elearning tools to promote the talent and the public image of the road sector workforce.

Moderators

Shelley Row

Former Director, ITS Joint Program Office

Speakers

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor and Dept. Chair, University of Central Florida

Dr. Benjamin Colucci

Transportation Engineering Professor, University of Puerto Rico

Tuesday November 9, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

1:30pm GMT+04

Decarbonizing Roads by 2050

Transitioning to zero-carbon transport globally is essential to keep climate change in check. Yet five years after the Paris Climate Agreement, transport emissions are still rising. Ahead of COP26, and building on the core themes of the 18th IRF World Meeting, this panel will present key contributions made by the road sector.

Speakers

Frederico Pedroso

Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

Dr. Kamil Kaloush

Chair, IRF Global Scientific Committee, FORTA Professor in Pavement Engineering, Arizona State University

Chris Sanders

Chair of IRF Road Safety Committee, Lindsay Transportation

Dr. Robert Jaffe

Chair of IRF ITS Committee, Consystec

Nina Elter

Chair, IRF Committee on Road User Charging, Senior Vice President, EROAD

Tuesday November 9, 2021 1:30pm - 3:00pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

3:00pm GMT+04

Inspiring a Generation of Transportation Engineers

The closing keynote is an opportunity to think beyond our current framework to envisage a future where mankind cooperates to achieve what is seemingly impossible and exhibit to the world UAE’s achievements of going to Mars.

Speakers

Omran Sharaf

Project Director, Emirates Mission to Mars

Omran is Project Director of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). He and his team are responsible for developing, launching, and operating the Hope Probe, the spacecraft of the mission. Omran has worked on the project from its initial conception... Read More →

Tuesday November 9, 2021 3:00pm - 3:15pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

3:15pm GMT+04

Roads to Tomorrow: a Vision to 2030

Speakers

Dr. William Sowell

Vice President-Cloudastructure, Inc., IRF Senior Vice Chairman

Tuesday November 9, 2021 3:15pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
Main Stage

Main Stage

10:00am GMT+04

Site Visits - Technical Tours

Wednesday November 10, 2021 10:00am - 3:00pm GMT+04

Social - Networking