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IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition
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Thursday, October 1
 

9:00am GMT+04

TS4: Road Safety: Speed, Signs & Human Factors
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Ana Larocca: Assessing the Effectiveness of Road Signage for Speed Reduction Using Driving Simulator and Eye-Tracking Data

Borislav Hristov: GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES IN DRIVERS' GAZE BEHAVIOR AT CROSSWALKS

Gela Kvashilava: Safe Speed Policy in Urban and School Zones

Patience Gachira: Strengthening Road Safety Through Legislative Reform and Integrated Enforcement: Practical Lessons from Zimbabwe
Speakers
PG

Patience Gachira

Director Legal & Corporate Affairs, Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe
BH

Borislav Hristov

Professor, University of Applied Sciences Berlin
GK

Gela Kvashilava

Chairman of the Board, Partnership for Road Safety Foundation
AL

Ana Larocca

Associate Professor, University of Sao Paulo
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
  Technical Session

9:00am GMT+04

TS5: AI, Digital Twins & Pavement Deterioration Analytics
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
Miroslav Petrović: Data-driven infrastructure management using road digital twins

Waleed Zeiada: Integrated Ranking of Critical Factors Affecting Flexible Pavement Distresses Using Machine Learning Techniques

Katsuki Maeda: Data-Driven Identification of Regions with Similar Pavement Deterioration Processes in Nepal

Lars Forslöf: Simple and effective Road Condition data
Speakers
LF

Lars Forslof

CEO/Founder, Roadroid AB
KM

Katsuki Maeda

Master's Student, The University of Osaka
MP

Miroslav Petrović

CEO, Devellop d.o.o.
WZ

Waleed Zeiada

Professor, University of Sharjah, UAE
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am GMT+04
  Technical Session

11:00am GMT+04

TS6: Capacity Building, Workforce Skills & Institutional Practice
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Sofia Sazonova: Toward a Mobility Transition in Uzbekistan: Civil Society, Academic Cooperation, and Participatory Urbanism

Berna Çalışkan: Capacity Building in Local Authorities for Sustainable Transport Planning

Adewole Adesiyun: Research initiative for enhancing and adapting workforce skills for implementing transport automation with employment growth

Mark Thriscutt: Sustaining Better Road Management Practices
Speakers
AA

Adewole Adesiyun

Deputy Secretary General, FEHRL

BC

Berna Çalışkan

Civil Engineer, Istanbul Technical University
SS

Sofia Sazonova

Scientific Co-Worker, Technical University Berlin (Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft)
MT

Mark Thriscutt

Transport Management Consultant, MTconsulting (UK)
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

11:00am GMT+04

TS7: Road Safety: Risk Assessment & Constrained Operations
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Muamer Abuzwidah: Integrated Traffic Impact Assessment and Signal Optimization for Safer and More Efficient Urban Intersections

Victoria Gitelman: Consideration of safety-related impacts of a constrained motorway layout

Sharaf AlKheder: Safety Risks Evaluation at Desertic Airports based on Pilots’ Perception of Meteorological and Psychological Conditions
Speakers
MA

Muamer Abuzwidah

Associate Professor, University of Sharjah

SA

Sharaf AlKheder

Full Professor of Environemntal Engineering and Sustainability, Abdullah Al Salem University
VG

Victoria Gitelman

Senior Research Fellow, Transportation Research Institute
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

11:00am GMT+04

TS8: Digital Innovation for Maintenance Prioritization
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Nazmi Saliji: Data Verification Improvement with Digital Innovations on Hauling Operations

Kevin Prescott: SAHEL: Vehicle-Based Road Condition Monitoring to Support Asset Management Across Diverse Road Networks

Giada Possemato: Satellite Monitoring for Road Maintenance Prioritization: A Case Study

Ross Kravtsov: Impoving Infrastructure through the Automated Pavement Analysis ( Case Study of City of San Diego)
Speakers
RK

Ross Kravtsov

Business Development Manager, Fugro
GP

Giada Possemato

Phd Student, Sapienza - Università di Roma
KP

Kevin Prescott

Managing Director, Hodos Media Ltd
NS

Nazmi Saliji

Earthworks Site Supervisor, Bechtel ENKA UK 2 Limited
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

11:00am GMT+04

TS9: Decarbonization & Sustainable Mobility Pathways
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
Lahiru Rathuge: Evidence Based Pathways for Decarbonizing Road Freight through Electric Vehicle Integration

Josef Fliegl: Increasing Sustainability with modern transport systems

Radhakrishnan Mahalingam: Blockchain-Enabled Pathways for the Decarbonization of Road Transport
Speakers
JF

Josef Fliegl

International Sales, Fliegl Bau- und Kommunaltechnik GmbH
RM

Radhakrishnan Mahalingam

Chief Strategy Officer, Blockchain Legal Institute
LR

Lahiru Rathuge

Research Assistant, University of Maratuwa
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

2:00pm GMT+04

TS10: Fleet, Work Zone & Enforcement Safety Technologies
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
Kevin Prescott: TyreGates: Infrastructure Based Tyre Monitoring for Fleet Safety, Compliance, and Operational Reliability

Kevin Prescott: TaaSchen: A Managed Driver Competency System for Fleet Safety, Governance, and Measurable Performance

Tim Klimavicz: Omnisight FusionBLADE Work Zone Safety Solution

Elhadi Mohamed: Developing a Safe System Thinking Framework for Strategic Decision-Making and Risk Management: A Mixed-Methods Study among Road Safety Professionals in GCC Countries
Speakers
TK

Tim Klimavicz

Director of Business Operations, Omnisight, Inc
EM

Elhadi Mohamed

Road Safety Specialist, Road Safety School
KP

Kevin Prescott

Managing Director, Hodos Media Ltd
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

2:00pm GMT+04

TS11: Sustainable Materials, Quality Control & Pavement Performance
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
Yitagesu Desalegn: SUSTAINABLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES USING WARM MIX ASPHALT (WMA) TECHNOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF ETHIOPIA

Assel Nugmanova: Sulphurous Stone as a Novel Road Construction Material: Leveraging Industrial By-Products to Upgrade Substandard Aggregates in Central Asia

Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri: DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD-BASED QUALITY CONTROL PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS BY CONTEMPLATING THE INFLUENCE OF AGING IN HOT MIX ASPHALT CONCRETE

Nader Badreddine: Enhancing Pavement Sustainability Through Three-Dimensional Fiber Reinforcement
Speakers
NB

Nader Badreddine

Sr. Business Development Manager - EMEA, FORTA LLC
KP

Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri

Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
YD

Yitagesu Desalegn

Research and Technology Transfer Coordinator, Ethiopian Roads Administration Roads Research Center
AN

Assel Nugmanova

Advisor, Kazakhstan National Association of Professional Engineers and Consultants
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT+04
  Technical Session

3:30pm GMT+04

TS12: Smart Transport Operations & Future Mobility
Thursday October 1, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
Muamer Abuzwidah: Improving Traffic Operations at Closely Spaced Urban Intersections through Coordinated Signal Control: A Dubai Silicon Oasis Case Study

Yuma Maeda: Increasing Sustainability with modern transport systems

Moath Mohammed: Road Safety & AI Applications in Road Infrastructure

Jaehong Park: A Framework for Operational Scenario Design for Autonomous Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Condition


Speakers
MA

Muamer Abuzwidah

Associate Professor, University of Sharjah

YM

Yuma Maeda

Sales Marketing, Fliegl Bau- und Kommunaltechnik GmbH
MM

Moath Mohammed

Highway Civil Engineer
JP

Jaehong Park

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
Thursday October 1, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm GMT+04
  Technical Session
 

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