IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition

IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition

10:00am GMT+04

Opening Ceremonies & KeynotesGiorgi Mamadashvili • Magid Elabyad • Revaz Sokhadze

11:00am GMT+04

ES1: High-Level Roundtable: Roads, Trade and Regional Connectivity: What the Region Needs NextAleksandra Suladze

12:00pm GMT+04

Networking Lunch (1-hour break)

1:30pm GMT+04

ES2: Infrastructure Financing and Delivery in a Changing RegionLesley Bearman Lahm • Salome Tsurtsumia ES3: Road Safety: From Commitments to Safer RoadsMerab Kadjaia • Irina Kvanchakhadze • Gela Kvashilava • Arystan Massanov • Paval Flavius-Florin TS1: AI Platforms for Intelligent Road InfrastructureLuqman Ali • Mikael Kedbaeck • Anil Gundemir • Radhakrishnan Mahalingam • Miroslav Petrović

3:00pm GMT+04

Networking Break

3:30pm GMT+04

TS2: Investment, PPPs, Tolling & Regional ConnectivityBerna Çalışkan • Asif Faiz • Sofia Sazonova • George Harizanov • Ozger Inal

6:00pm GMT+04

Welcome Reception & Innovation Mixer

9:00am GMT+04

ES4: Resilient Roads: Climate Risk, Emissions and Long-Term Performance (design + build) TS3: Safe Speed Policy in Urban and School ZonesRoman Kamenov • Muamer Abuzwidah • Victoria Gitelman • Manjriker Gunaratne • Kevin Prescott TS4: Road Safety: Speed, Signs & Human FactorsRony Abdel Massih • Muamer Abuzwidah • Tim Klimavicz • Elhadi Mohamed • Kevin Prescott • Borislav Hristov

10:30am GMT+04

Networking Break

11:00am GMT+04

ES5: Maintaining the Network: Asset Management, Preventive Maintenance and Smarter OperationsJuraj Rypak • Annele Matintupa • Davit Getsadze Practical Design of Forgiving Roadsides and Barrier Systems (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan examples) TS8: Decarbonization & Sustainable Mobility PathwaysAdewole Adesiyun • Nader Badreddine • Martin Fliegl • Radhakrishnan Mahalingam • Tim Popov

12:30pm GMT+04

Networking Lunch (1-hour break)

1:30pm GMT+04

ES6: Quality Control, Construction Supervision and Materials PerformanceAsif Faiz • Irakli Khergiani • Jemal Zabakidze • Irakli Giorgobiani

3:00pm GMT+04

Networking / Coffee Break

3:30pm GMT+04

ES7: AI and Digital Tools for Road AgenciesBorislav Hristov • Anil Gundemir • Mikayel Avagyan TS11: Sustainable Materials, Quality Control & Pavement PerformanceRoss Kravtsov • Kevin Prescott • Annele Matintupa • Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri • Assel Nugmanova TS12: Smart Transport Operations & Future MobilityMuamer Abuzwidah • Yuma Maeda • Moath Mohammed • Jaehong Park

7:30pm GMT+04

Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony

10:00am GMT+04

ES8: People, Skills and Institutions for the Next Generation of Roads

10:30am GMT+04

TS5: AI, Digital Twins & Pavement Deterioration AnalyticsDukgeun Yun • Jaehong Park • Giada Possemato • Mikael Kedbaeck • Katsuki Maeda • Waleed Zeiada

12:00pm GMT+04

Closing Ceremony

1:00pm GMT+04

5:00pm GMT+04

Wine Making Tour