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XXVIIth World Road Congress
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Strategic Direction Session 1 - Road and road transport in a changed world

Wednesday, October 4 14:30 - 18:00
Chair: Christos Xenophontos, Chair of PIARC TC 1.1 on Performance of Transport Administrations, USA
Room: Panorama Hall, 1st floor

This session will address:

  1. Sustainable development of roads and road transport.
  2. Understanding, steering, and adapting to changing user needs.
  3. Disaster management.

The four Strategic Direction Sessions are high-level sessions presenting future-oriented approaches to key issues in the road sector. These sessions will be based on national reports prepared by PIARC Member Countries, which capture national experiences and best practices.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and answers
  4. Presentations
  5. Questions and answers
  6. Wrap up and Conclusions
  7. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Christos Xenophontos, Chair of PIARC TC 1.1 on Performance of Transport Administrations, USA

Presentations

  • Effective Data Strategies in Delivering the U.S. Federal Highway Program
    • Gloria M. SHEPHERD (Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration, United States)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 535KB)
  • Road and Road Transport in A Changed World: The perspective from Australia and New Zealand
    • Kirsten MCKILLOP (Director, Strategy, Governance, Digital Identity, Austroads, Australia and New Zealand, Australia)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 295KB)
  • Road disaster prevention and mitigation efforts in Japan
    • Atsushi OTANI (Chief, Road Risk Management Office, Environment, Safety and Risk Management Division, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 2.0MB)
  • Drafting regulations in the German road sector
    • Sven-Martin NIELSEN (Director Transportation Unit, German Road and Transportation Research Association (FGSV), Germany)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 301KB)
  • Evolution of Maintenance Contracts in Uruguay
    • Luis FERREIRA (Section Chief, Contracts Control Unit, National Directorate of Roads, Ministry of Transportation and Public Works, Uruguay)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 695KB)

Questions and answers

Moderated by the session chair

Break

Presentations

  • How Mexico is building resilience in the road sector
    • Juan Fernando MENDOZA SÁNCHEZ (Head of Infrastructure Laboratories Division, Mexican Institute of Transportation, Mexico)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 2.7MB)
  • Austria’s Mobility Masterplan 2030
    • Robin KRUTAK (Desk Officer, Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 386KB)
    Presentation Presentation (pdf - 1.1MB)
  • Road and road transport in a changed world: Spain’s National Report
    • José Manuel BLANCO SEGARRA (Master Engineer at the National Roads Demarcation in Extremadura. Ministry of Transport (MITMA), Spain) - Spanish-Speaking Secretary of PIARC Committee 1.1
    National reports National reports (pdf - 365KB)
  • How Italy is moving towards sustainable roads that meet user needs
    • Gianluca COSSALE (International Department, ANAS S.p.A. (Italian National Highway Agency), Italy)
    National reports National reports (pdf - 1.3MB)
  • Rising to the Challenge: Responding to COVID and Climate Change in the UK
    • Stephen FIDLER (Director of Local Transport, UK Department for Transport, United Kingdom)

Questions and answers

Moderated by the session chair

Wrap up and Conclusions

• Christos Xenophontos, Chair of PIARC TC 1.1 on Performance of Transport Administrations, USA

Organization

Session secretary: Jorge Monforte, Technical Advisor for Strategic Theme 1, PIARC General Secretariat, Mexico