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18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition

1:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committees: Road Asset Management Dubai COmar Smadi • Magid Elabyad IRF Committees: Road User Charging Dubai ESteve Morello • Nina Elter • Tom Antonissen Workshop: Sustainable Pavement Practices for the Middle East Sharjah - DDr. Kamil Kaloush • Dr. Nariman Khalil • Ezio Santagata • Marek Lorecki • Hamad Ali AL Shehhi • Nabil Mohammad Saleh Ahmad • Dr Mohamed Elbasyouny • Emin Kutay • Waleed Zeiada • Dr. Michele Lanotte

2:00pm GMT+04

Meeting of the IRF Fellows & RTA Youth Council Sheikh Maktoum - AShelley Row • Michael Dreznes

3:00pm GMT+04

IRF Committee on ITS Dubai EDr. Robert Jaffe • Tom Antonissen IRF Committee on Road Safety Dubai DChris Sanders • Eric Cook

5:00pm GMT+04

73rd General Assembly of the IRF Sheikh Maktoum - AH.E. Abdullah Al-Mogbel • Dr. William Sowell

6:30pm GMT+04

Welcome Reception Bubble Lounge

10:00am GMT+04

Achieving Integrated Transport Planning & Design Sheikh Maktoum - CEric Cook • Eng Abdulredha Abu Alhassan • Adel Shakri • Adel Al Marzooqi • Naji Atallah Forgiving Roads: From Concept to Results Sheikh Maktoum - ADr. Daniel Albuquerque • Ali Osman Atahan • Michael Dreznes • Felipe Almanza • Dr. Arif Mehmood • John Griffith Smart Parking for Smart Cities Sheikh Maktoum - BTom Antonissen • Salah Al Marzooqi • Ahmed Mahboob • Andy Parker • Pamela Chikhani • Dr. Sascha Ruja TS1.1: Pavement Testing Dubai EDr. Robert E. Troxler • Soughah AlSamahi • Timo Saarenpää • Herman Visser TS1.2: Asphalt Pavement Innovations Dubai DDr Roberto Soares • Alaa Sukkari • Ryan Stevens • Prof. Bernhard Hofko • Dr. Johannes Mirwald • Philip Blankenship TS1.3: Road Safety Leadership Sharjah - DSumaya Al Neyadi • Peter Hartzell • Umang Champaklal Modi • James Akena • Dr. Timothy Oketch TS1.4: Road Financing Strategies Dubai CJohn Ali Ipinge • Ahmad AlSabbah • Majid Ideisan • Evans Ochola • Dr. Jennaro Odoki

12:00pm GMT+04

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Addresses Main StageH.E. Abdullah Al-Mogbel • H.E. Mattar Al-Tayer • Lord Philip Hammond

1:30pm GMT+04

TS2.1: Case Studies in ITS Deployment Dubai CTimur Asliamov • Ahmed Elawady • Dr. Mohamad Talas • Marshall Cheek TS2.2: Traffic Planning & Forecasting 1 Dubai DJoseph Owino • Mohamad Yaman Fares • Dr. Daniel Findley TS2.3: Safe Roads by Design Dubai EDarko Babić • Dr. Victoria Gitelman • Joseph Marra • Deogratias Eustace • John Griffith • Telma Silva TS2.4: Integrated Transport Planning Sharjah - DFatmah Alsaadi • Mounir El Asmar • Dr. Veit Appelt • Ali Osman Atahan • Malesiba Mabe

2:00pm GMT+04

Roads to Tomorrow: Pathways to Sustainable Mobility Main StageShelley Row • H.E. Dr. Amani Abou‐Zeid • H.E. Mark Boris Andrijanič • Lord Philip Hammond

3:30pm GMT+04

TS3.1: Greening Road Projects Sharjah - DEng. Eiman Alameri • Dr. Ahmed Abdelkader • Gülay Malkoç • Engr. Musa Saidu, FNSE • Meltem Akyuz • Eng. Thomas Baenziger TS3.2 Practical Applications of Big Data Science Dubai DDr. James Birdsall • Howard M. Shotz • Raitis Steinbergs • Álvaro Soares • Jacopo Alaimo TS3.3: Long Term Pavement & Asset Performance 1 Dubai EIngrid Gabrielle do Nascimento Camargo • Dr. Amin Akhnoukh • Adriana Santos • Dr. Auckpath Sawangsuriya TS3.4: Road Safety Risk Diagnosis Dubai CDr. Armana Huq • Dr. Arif Mehmood • Deogratias Eustace • Andrea Paliotto

4:00pm GMT+04

How do Cities (and Citizens) Benefit from ITS Sheikh Maktoum - BDr. Robert Jaffe • Salah Al Marzooqi • Dr. Angelos Amditis • Dr. William Sowell • Shailen Bhatt • Al Kazickas Partnerships for Road Safety Sheikh Maktoum - AMichael Dreznes • Gary D. West • Catalina Garcia • Estrella Merlos • Philip Wijers RoadTech: Game-Changing Trends in Road Construction Sheikh Maktoum - CMounir El Asmar • Nabil Mohammad Saleh Ahmad • Dr. Veit Appelt • Stefano Maio • Gabriel Valtueña-Ramos • Jonathan Davis • Dr. Thierry Goger

8:30am GMT+04

PS1: Korea’s Road Safety Policy and Technology Dubai EYoon Jae-yong • Sangjin HAN • Saerona Cho TS4.1: Maintenance Strategies 1 Dubai CRielle Haichert • Soughah AlSamahi • Ryan Stevens • Dr. Auckpath Sawangsuriya TS4.2: Decarbonizing Road Transport Dubai DCristian Gonzalez • Keith Wilson • Bojan Banfi TS4.3 Long Term Pavement & Asset Performance 2 Sharjah - DProf. Mbakisya Onyango • Kaouther Machta • Dr. Carlos Obando • Khalil Almbaidheen

9:00am GMT+04

Future of Mobility Pricing & Road User Charging Sheikh Maktoum - BSteve Morello • Dr. Sascha Ruja • Benoît Rossi • Nina Elter • Joseph Averkamp • Josef Czako Roads & Climate - Part 1: From Assessment to Adaptation Sheikh Maktoum - CGordon Keller • H.E. Ian Gooding-Edghill • Eric Cook • Terry Bills • Frederico Pedroso Safe Micro & Soft Mobility : Leveraging the Power of AI Sheikh Maktoum - AJonathan Spear • Hussain Al Banna • Dr. Georges Aoude • Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty • Leila Muchanga-Hvelplund

10:00am GMT+04

Day 2 Keynote Opening AddressH.E. Mattar Al-Tayer

10:30am GMT+04

PS2: Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete Asphalt Dubai EDr. Kamil Kaloush • Joe Abi-Saleh • Eng. Ramy Samir Bahig • Dr. Shane Underwood TS5.1 Street & Highway Design for CAVs - 1 Sharjah - DDaniel Lukasik • Ali Osman Atahan • Dr. Anton Pashkevich • Brian Hoeft TS5.2 Maintenance Strategies 2 Dubai CSeng Hkawn N-Sang • Syed Taha • Oleg Pekerman V • Joseph Owino TS5.3 Vulnerable Road Users Dubai DTim Cox • Basil Jonsson • Karlen Mirakyan • Gernot Sauter

11:00am GMT+04

Global Road Strategies Supporting Development Sheikh Maktoum - BCaroline Visser • Zhandos Amanbayev • Robert Hardy • John Ali Ipinge • Stephen Muzira Roads & Climate - Part 2: Deploying ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation Sheikh Maktoum - CPaul Kompfner • Dr. Mohamad Talas • Krishna Desai • Nina Elter • Vincent Blervaque

11:30am GMT+04

Delivering the Next Generation of Road Mobility Main StageShelley Row • Randell Iwasaki • Shailen Bhatt • Daniel Avdagič

1:00pm GMT+04

TS6.1 ITS Design & Implementation Strategies Dubai CGary Lin • Maria Dagaeva • Brian Hoeft • Habiba Aflatoon • Dr. Robert Jaffe TS6.2 Road Pricing & Tolling Sharjah - DIoannis Nasoulis • Joseph Averkamp • Mahmoud Khalil • Pedro Pinto TS6.3 Driver Behavior Strategies Dubai EAndelko Scukanec • Gernot Sauter • Deogratias Eustace • Dr. Daniel Albuquerque • Tim Cox TS6.4 Transport Responses to the Pandemic Dubai DDenise Capasso da Silva • Ali Osman Atahan • Jonathan Spear

1:30pm GMT+04

Asset Management Applications for Decision-making Sheikh Maktoum - BOmar Smadi • Saeed Alramsi • Hamad Ali AL Shehhi • Mr. D.J. Swan • Paolo Franchetti • Jürgen Diatel Infrastructure Pathways to Electric & Autonomous Mobility - Part 1 Sheikh Maktoum - CTom Antonissen • Sr. Stéphane Dreher • Gary D. West • Andy Palanisamy • Paul Carlson • Darko Babić • Matthew Daus Transport Beyond COVID-19: Resilient Policies for the 21st Century (Ministers & Leaders Session) Main StageDr. William Sowell • Prof. Claude Van Rooten • Dr Sung Hwan Kim • H.E. Sheikh Nasser Al Qassimi • H.E. James Macharia • Paul Ajegba

3:00pm GMT+04

TS7.1 New Approaches to Performance Delivery Dubai DMs. Eman Alkubaisi • Dr. Timo Saarenketo • Prof. Fernando Varela Soto TS7.2 Traffic Planning & Forecasting 2 Dubai EDr. Amin Akhnoukh • Abdallah Elshabani • Professor Abolfazl Mohammadian TS7.3 Multi-Stakeholder Transportation Strategies Sharjah - DYana Tumakova • Dirk Lauwers • Jonathan Spear • Eric Gabriel Jenn TS7.4 Street & Highway Design for CAVs - 2 Dubai CGernot Sauter • Dr. Audrey Demicoli • Suyi Mao

4:00pm GMT+04

Infrastructure Pathways to Electric & Autonomous Mobility - Part 2 Sheikh Maktoum - CDr. Robert Jaffe • Mr. Eric Mark Huitema • Majid Ali Hilal Al Hazami • Paul Ajegba • Bojan Banfi • Cristian Gonzalez • Ricardo Tiago Introducing Mobility as a Service – is your City Ready? Sheikh Maktoum - AFrederic Bruneteau • Meera Al Shaikh • Kaan Yıldızgöz • Laurent Glorieux • Brian Hoeft • Saad Pall Road Procurement & Financing in the New Era Sheikh Maktoum - BEric Cook • Pascal Lemonnier • Asif Faiz • Nazir Alli • Majid Ideisan Towards Zero Road Deaths in 2030 Main StageChris Sanders • Dan Chen, Ph.D, P.E. • H.E. Abdulla Al Marzooqi • Hon. Mavis Nkansah-Boadu • Song Hye Yeon • Dr. Benjamin Colucci

7:30pm GMT+04

Gala Dinner & IRF Awards

8:30am GMT+04

TS 8.1 Innovations in Road Materials Dubai BTewodros Nigatu Abdi • Herman Visser • Mohammed Ismail • Jolina Karam TS 8.2 Climate Resilient Road Design 1 Dubai DAli Osman Atahan • Kristina Hofer • Reem Hassan • Dr. Rim Ouachani

9:00am GMT+04

Managing Traffic in Large Cities Sheikh Maktoum - ADr. William Sowell • Chris Sanders • Dr. Mohamad Talas • Abiyu Berlie • Andrea Petti • Hamid Iravani New Approaches to Traffic Safety Education & Enforcement - Part 1 Sheikh Maktoum - BThomas Edelmann • Yana Tumakova • Georges El Zakhem • Aliaksandr "Alex" Smirnou • Keith Wilson Workshop: Delivering Safer Road Work Zones Dubai CHussain Al Banna • Franklin "Chip" Darius Workshop: Road User Charging: Prospects and Challenges for the GCC Sharjah - DNina Elter • Salah Al Marzooqi • Mahmoud Khalil • Steve Morello • Ameera Almanaseer

10:30am GMT+04

TS 9.1 Impacts of Transport Investments Dubai DDr. Daniel Findley • Vesa Männistö • Andrew Clarke TS 9.2 Climate Resilient Road Design 2 Dubai EAdewole Adesiyun • Kigozi Joseph • Gordon Keller

11:00am GMT+04

New Approaches to Traffic Safety Education & Enforcement - Part 2 Sheikh Maktoum - BBrendan Halleman • Dr. Atef Garib • Philip Wijers • Youssef El Hansali • Sumaya Al Neyadi Speeding up Knowledge Sharing & Talent Development Main StageShelley Row • Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty • Dr. Benjamin Colucci

1:30pm GMT+04

Decarbonizing Roads by 2050 Main StageFrederico Pedroso • Dr. Kamil Kaloush • Chris Sanders • Dr. Robert Jaffe • Nina Elter

3:00pm GMT+04

Inspiring a Generation of Transportation Engineers Main StageOmran Sharaf

3:15pm GMT+04

Roads to Tomorrow: a Vision to 2030 Main StageDr. William Sowell

10:00am GMT+04

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