Decade of Action for Road Safety: an Opportunity for Action.
The top people responsible for Road Safety in different countries will lecture on the challenge for Latin America to achieve the goals set in the Unite Nations Plan.
Lic. Felipe Rodríguez Laguens – Executive Director, Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial [National Road Safety Agency] - Argentina
Dr. Arturo Cervantes Trejo – Technical Secretary, Centro Nacional para la Prevención de Accidentes [National Center for Accident Prevention] – Mexico
Alexandra Rojas Lopera – Director, Fondo de Prevención Vial [Road Prevention Fund] - Colombia

Infrastructure Strategic Improvement Geared to Road Safety.
Analysis of strategic interventions in road infrastructure from the Road Safety view, with a special emphasis on the cost-benefit ratio of the action.
Eng. Mario Leiderman - Asociación Argentina de Carreteras
Eng. Jacobo Díaz Pineda – Chairman of the Instituto Vial Iberoamericano [Ibero-American Road Institute]
Lecturer to be confirmed - Dirección Nacional de Vialidad
Eng. Maria Graciela Berardo - ISIT - Córdoba

Road Safety Audits and Inspections. .
Their Implementation and Application to the Argentine Current Situation. Analysis of these important tools which help improve infrastructure performance in terms of Road Safety. The topic will be addressed from different technical, regulatory, and educational aspects.
Eng. Jacobo Díaz Pineda – Chairman of the Instituto Vial Iberoamericano
Eng. Juan Rodríguez Perrotat - Director of Road Safety and Traffic of the Centro Tecnológico de Transporte, Tránsito y Seguridad Vial [Technology Center for Transport, Traffic, and Road Safety] of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Lic. Pedro Centeno – Infrastructure Director of the Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial
Lecturer to be confirmed - Dirección Nacional de Vialidad

The Importance of Night Visibility in Horizontal Signaling.
David Calavia Redondo - Director of Spanish Association for Equipment Study (AETEC)

Creation of the Observatorio Iberoamericano de Seguridad Vial .
Account of the advances in its creation and the process to certificate and validate the data collected.
Corina Puppo - Technical Secretary of the Observatorio Iberoamericano de Seguridad Vial (OISEVI). National Director of the Road Observatory at the National Road Safety Agency

Driving Models in Senior Drivers.
Paolo Fadda - Professor of Transport System Design at the University of Cagliari (Italy)

Autopista Madden - Colón.
Project for the trans-oceanic road connection near the Panama Canal
Eng. Guillermo Castagnino and responsible people from Halcrow Group Limited

Rodoanel Mario Covas. Construction of the Beltway Ring East section in the City of Sao Paulo - Brazil.
This 40 km-long highway with sections that include tunnels, viaducts, and embankments helps avoid the entry of regional traffic into the City of Sao Paulo, and offers access to the port of Santos and the airport of Cumbica, the largest in the country. Lecturer to be confirmed by SPMAR, works licensee and construction firm.

New Capacity Manual.
The recent issue of the Highway Capacity Manual has aroused great expectations in professionals as to the proposed methodologies. The lecturer has been actively involved in the above publication and will share his experience during such task.
Richard Dowling - Civil and Traffic Engineer in the State of California, current chairman of the Committee on Highway Capacity and Quality Service

The Use of Road Safety Devices during the Road Construction Process.
Mike Dreznes - Executive Vice President of the International Road Federation (IRF)

The Machinery and Heavy Equipment Market in Latin America.
Eurimilson João Daniel - Vice President of Associação Brasileira de Tecnología para Equipamentos e Manutenção (SOBRATEMA)

Challenges in Mechanized Boring of Tunnels and Shafts.
Jonny Altstadt - General Manager of Herrenknecht

Main Road Works in the Province of Entre Ríos.
Eng. Jorge A. Rodríguez - Head of the Road Administration Directorate of the Province of Entre Ríos

Current Road Situation in the Province of Córdoba.
Eng. Raúl Bértola - Chairman of the Provincial Road Administration Directorate of the Province of Córdoba

New Developments in Asphaltic Mix Design..
In the USA, asphaltic pavement recycling has become a priority to the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) and the asphalt industry. The search for reduced pavement costs and environmental benefits has encouraged the use of RAP both in hot and warm mixes in the USA and a large part of the world.
Gerry Huber - Heritage Foundation

Recent Developments in Warm Mix Asphalt.
Hot mix asphalt prepared and used a lower temperatures –called Warm Mix Asphalt- is the new current trend in eco-efficient paving in Europe and the USA. It allows for a significant reduction of asphalt mix production and coloring, thus reducing energy costs and emissions to the atmosphere. The possibility of working at lower temperatures results in important supplementary benefits.
Matthew Corrigan - Federal Highway Administration

MEPDG, Challenges to Guide Implementation and View of its Use.
The MEPDG stands as a major progress in terms of empirical pavement design methods. Moreover, it provides for the integration of information about traffic load characteristics, properties of the materials of the different layers, and the environment through the automatic generation of all the suitable combinations during the design period –which would have been impractical with the traditional empirical-mechanistic methods available for decades.
Adrián Ricardo Archilla - Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii, Manoa

Asphaltic Pavement Durability as per Road Note 42.
Road infrastructure in good condition means that roads have proper serviceability, for which their durability has a direct impact on their ability to transport people and vehicles both safely and comfortably. Therefore, maximizing pavement durability is a priority in order to effectively reduce delays and costs, as well as to improve road sustainability.
Cliff Nicholls - Transport Research Laboratory, UK.

Innovations in Asphaltic Pavement Conservation.
For many years, pavement conservation has been an important strategy to extend road service life in the USA. With a relatively small investment in pavement conservation made in due time and course, infrastructure service life can be significantly extended.
James S. Moulthrop - Senior Consultant. Fugro Consultants, Inc.

Trial Procedures Associated with Asphaltic Mix Behavior. Both the new Mechanistic.
Empirical Pavement Design Guide developed in the USA and the methods designed in Europe and other parts of the globe are based on mechanical trials which help identify mix properties in stress and strain conditions similar to those faced by roads. Cooper will give an overview of the global standardization of such trials, which are already part of the major international design methods.
Andrew Cooper - Cooper Technologies Inc, UK

Nanotechnology Applied to Pavements.
Ing. Juan José Potti Cuervo - Manager of the Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Mezclas Asfálticas (ASEFMA) [Spanish Association of Asphalt Mix Manufacturers]

Breakthroughs in Concrete Pavement Materials, Design, and Construction Technologies.
Mark Snyder - President of the International Society for Concrete Pavements and Vice President of the Pennsylvania State Delegation of the American Concrete Pavement Association. He is an internationally renowned expert in a wide variety of concrete pavement-related topics.

Concrete Pavement Design for a Long and Reliable Life.
Michael Darter - Consultant and Researcher at Applied Research Associates and Executive Director of the Minnesota Pavement Research Institute. With a track record of over 40 years, he is considered an authority on this subject.

Concrete Roads’ Contribution to Sustainability.
Luis Fernández Luco -Specialist in Advanced Concrete Technology, member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (United Kingdom) and RILEM. He practices his profession at the Department of Stability of the School of Engineering and at the Instituto de Tecnología y Ciencias de la Ingeniería (INTECIN) [Institute of Technology and Engineering Sciences]

Concrete Pavements in Germany – Construction, Surface Texture, Interlayers, Bases, and Drainage.
 Stefan Höller - Project Leader at the Federal Highway Research Institute, in Germany, Department of “Concrete Pavements, Low-Noise Surfaces, and Climate Change.” Civil Engineer with a major in Constructions from the University of Applied Sciences Zittau – Görlitz, and a major in Road Engineering from the University of Dresden.

Ultra-Thin Whitetopping and Addition of Fibers for Thin Concrete Pavements.
José Tadeu Balbo - Vice President of the International Society for Concrete Pavements, and Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Pavement Mechanics Laboratory at the Escuela Politécnica de la Universidad de San Pablo [Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo]

The State-of-the-Art in the Concrete Pavement Design and Construction in Latin America.
Diego Jaramillo Porto - Engineering Director of Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Concreto (ASOCRETO) [Colombian Association of Concrete Producers] For over 20 years, he has participated in different concrete paving projects. Pavement Director of the Federación Iberoamericana del Hormigón Premezclado (FIHP) [Ibero-American Federation Ready Mixed Concrete]

Pavement Conservation Integrating Engineering, the Economy, and the Environment.
John Roberts - Executive Director of the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA) and Vice President of the Pavement Restoration Division of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA.)

Concrete Joints: to Seal or not to Seal them; Partial Repairs in Concrete Pavements.
Charles Grady - Director of the International Group, CRAFCO. He has lectured in different countries on behalf of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Instituto Panamericano de Carreteras [Pan-American Road Institute], and the Programa de Mantenimiento Vial PROVIAL [PROVIAL Road Maintenance Program], among others. He is an expert in pavement maintenance.

The Argentine Experiences with the Local Adjustment of the MEPDG Empirical-Mechanistic Design Methodology Applied to Concrete Pavements.
Marcelo Bustos - Civil Engineer graduated from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina, and holder of a Ph. D. in Engineering Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. At present, he is an Assistant Professor at the Escuela de Ingeniería de Caminos de Montaña [School of Mountain Road Engineering], where he is also the Head of the Research Division.

Comparison between the Different Standards related to Protection Barriers (NCHRP 350, EN 1317 and MASH.)
EN 1317 and MASH.) Analysis of the different behavioral standards related to rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible barriers, crash cushions, end terminals, and TMA, among others.
Mike Dreznes - Executive Vice President of the International Road Federation (IRF.)

Best Practices for Concrete Pavement Construction in the USA.
Dr. Mark Snyder

New AASHTO Empirical–Mechanistic Concrete Pavement Design Guide.
Dr. Michael Darter

The State-of-the-Art in Concrete Pavement Design and Construction in Germany.
Ing. Stefan Höller

Global Trends in Load Demand Forecast: the Argentine Case.
Account of how the new models of goods transport future demand forecast can be geared to making right investment decisions within a suitable transport policy framework. Laying the foundations in order to improve load demand forecast methods in South American countries, especially in Argentina.
Prof. Ian Williams - Freelance Consultant from the University of Cambridge.
Lic. Haydee Lordy - Secretary of Technology Transfer and Research - Instituto Tecnológico Ferroviario [Institute of Railway Technology] at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín.

The Challenge of Rural Roads in Argentina.
Eng. Julio Gago - Director of Gago Tonin SA. Lecturer to be confirmed – FADEEAC.
Eng. Gustavo Nuñez - Cámara de la Piedra de la Provincia de Buenos Aires [Chamber of Stone of the Province of Buenos Aires]
Lic. Miguel Salvia - President of Asociación Argentina de Carreteras.

The Introduction of Road Trains in Australia..
Bob Pearson - Director of Pearsons Transport Resource. He is one of the most important international experts in road vehicle policies and regulations. He has vast experience in vehicle productivity, infrastructure/vehicle interaction, technical regulations, road safety, regulatory impact analysis, and quality systems. He leads the Pearsons Transport Resource Centre, with important projects and requests from the governments of both Australia and New Zealand.

Long-Distance, High-Capacity Cargo Transport.
Eng. Héctor Gigante.
Lecturer to be confirmed – FADEEAC.

Port Logistics and Access: from the Italian Case to the Argentine Problem.
Paolo Fadda - Professor of Transport System Design at the University of Cagliari (Italy)

Trends in Modern Cargo Transport Logistics; the UK Experience and its Application in Latin America.
Account of the global trends in cargo logistics, the experience in both Great Britain and Latin America.
Mr. Julian Worth - Director, Transworth Rail

The Logistics Experience at the Dakar Rally 2012 - 3 Countries, 500 Competitors, 1,500 Vehicles.
Mg. Sandra Fernández Sirerol - Responsible for Logistics Coordination at the Dakar Rally 2012.
Carlos Borrione

Improvement of ITS Project Quality through Skill and Knowledge Transfer.
One of the success factors to achieve continuous quality improvement in intelligent transport system implementation projects is the transfer of knowledge and skills, the management, the leadership, and the professionalization of its Project Managers.
Dpl. Ing Klaus Banse - President of ITS Colombia

ITS Project Assessment.
Intelligent transport system projects are an effective tool to improve transport, road safety and the environment. They result in indirect benefits in the optimized use of energy, logistics, the economy, and the operation of other social sectors. However, not only should we refer to technology, but also to how it is implemented and how to assess its performance using key indicators.
Eng. Daniel Russomanno – President of ITS Argentina.

Route Conditions and ITS Technology in Brazil.
The problem of Brazilian roads and their ITS application not long before the Soccer World Cup. Benefits and issues for analysis.
Eng. Jabour Chequer - President of ITS Brasil – Project Manager from the DNIT (Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes) [National Department of Transport Infrastructure], Ministério de Transportes – Coordinator of the Instituto de Pesquisas Rodoviárias (IPR)

The ITS and the BRT Systems. The Chilean Experience.
The necessary use of integrated fleet management and user information ITS in the BRT (BUS RAPID TRANSIT) – generic term for a highly efficient transport system that uses bigger and more articulated buses driven along exclusive lanes which are physically separated from the private city transport.
Ing. Jorge Minteguiaga - President of ITS Chile; Director at the Ministry of Public Works.

ITS Applications in Binational Tunnels.
While tunnels are an extraordinary solution to improve transport, it is impossible to think of their construction without implementing ITS. They are the best example of the benefits offered by an integrated ITS.
Eng. José Miguel Ortega Julio - Director of International Relations, ITS Chile; Director at the Ministry of Public Works.

ITS Applications in the City of Mexico..
México DF, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, needs an effective application of ITS intelligent transport systems. Experiences, SWOT, and projects in this country.
Eng. José Lobaco - Director of ITS Mexico – Deputy Director of Project Planning and Analysis at the Secretariat of Communications and Transport.

Experiences during ITS Standardization.
As agreed during the last Congress, for the first time IRAM and ITS Argentina were part of the ITS committee at the very heart of this Instituto Nacional de Normalización y Certificación [Argentine Standardization and Certification Institute.] A new experience in the preparation of these standards, with the participation of both public and private organizations.
Eng. Rita Mansour - Electric and Electronic Management – IRAM Standardization Department.

Presentation of a DSS (Decision Support System) Prototype and its Applicability to the Transport and Road Company Scenario.
Geared to offering information conducive to minimize the risks faced by a given business.
 Phd. Daniela López de Luise - ALGroup Laboratory – School of Engineering - Universidad de Palermo (Argentina.)

ITS Applications in Telecommunications.
Chile created an ITS unit at the heart of the Secretary of Telecommunications. A different approach to ITS from the communications perspective.
Eng. Pedro Matamala - Coordinator of ITS Unit – Under-Secretariat of Transport, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile.

Management of Madrid Traffic Control Center.
Traffic control center of the City of Madrid. Interrelation with Calle 30 [30th Street] road network and its public transport policies. Urban monitoring and control, and ITS application interoperability.
Eng. Carlos Rubio Arévalo - Head of the Centro de Control de Movilidad [Transport Control Center.]

Rosario Traffic Control Center / Transport Plan.
The transport plan for the City of Rosario became a success. All the actions taken to improve both transport and the operation of its modern traffic control center and other ITS applications.
Eng. Santiago Tazzioli - General Manager of Traffic Engineering at the Municipality of Rosario.

ITS Applications in Spain.
Transport along Spanish roads and its improvement through the implementation of intelligent transport systems. European and Spanish technical directives. System standardization and authorization.
Enrique Belda Esplugues - Assistant Deputy Director of Transport, DGT, Spain.

Approach to Wireless Sensors Networks and SOA to be Applied to ITS.
Ph. D. Luis Felipe Herrera – Ph. D. in Computer Science from the Universidad de Alicante, Spain - Magister in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Director of the Systems Engineering and Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering Programs at the Universidad Católica de Colombia.

Results of a Mean Speed Control System in a 19.5 km Section of a High-Traffic International Road, 20 % of Heavy Vehicles with High Accident Rates. Outcome Analysis and Cost-Benefit Ratio.
Iñaki Eguiara Garay - Industrial Engineer. Responsible for the Traffic Research Division at the Dirección de Tráfico [Traffic Directorate] of the Basque Government.

Post Earthquake Actions in Chile.
The latest earthquake in Chile evidenced the road-related strengths, decision-making, and measures taken in due time and course to restore the road system.
Eng. José Miguel Ortega Julio - Director of International Relations, ITS Chile; Director at the Ministry of Public Works, Chile.

ITS ROUND TABLES
Public managers, highway licensees, private companies, experts, and people responsible for ITS associations from Latin America will give their opinions and interact with the audience.
Round Table 1: Transport Control Centers. Effective transport management results in multiple benefits: reduced lack of road safety, lower environmental pollution, optimized use of energy, reduced travel costs and times, improved passenger and cargo transport system, and improved logistics. Control centers with integrated ITS applications are an essential tool for a successful performance.

Round Table 2: ITS Applications Interoperability. ITS applications, which are effective tools for transport management, will be constantly evolving. The speed at which this technology is developed requires system interoperability. The effective information exchange between the different transport players and systems accounts for the proposed debate.

The Environment and the Climate Change: Impacts on Road Transport.
Dr. Ram M. Pendyala - Professor at Arizona State University.

Road Pavement Sustainability. Analysis of the Road Pavement Sustainability Issue.
Dra. Leni Mathias Leite - Centro de Desarrollo e Investigaciones de Petrobras (Cenpes) [Petrobras Research and Development Center.]

Implementation of the Transport Strategy in the City of Leeds and its Implications for Latin American Cities; proposed BRT Case in Argentina.
Presentation of the methodology to develop the multimodal plan in the United Kingdom as a good practice in 2000 within the United Kingdom Government Transport Strategy and the National Air Quality Strategy. Presentation of a case for Argentina.
Prof. Ph. D. Derek Quinn- CEng, MRTPI from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Lic. Haydee Lordy – Secretary of Technology Transfer and Research - Instituto Tecnológico Ferroviario at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín.

New Trends in Sustainable Cargo Transport.
Presentation of a setting strategy for sustainable goods transport and transport logistics in Europe based on scenarios run for 2020, 2035, and 2050.
Prof. David Bonilla - Director of the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Bioasphalt as an Bitumen Alternative to Asphalt.
Dra. Leni Mathias Leite - Centro de Desarrollo e Investigaciones de Petrobras (Cenpes) [Petrobras Research and Development Center.]

Challenges for the Argentine Road Administration in line with the Country’s Development.
The highest authority of the National Road Administration identifies the challenges faced by the Argentine road administration to sustain growth rates.
Eng. Nelson Periotti - General Manager of the Dirección Nacional de Vialidad.

Urban Transport Projects and Challenges.
Different people responsible for implementing transport policies in various metropolitan areas will analyze the challenges posed, and the policies and plans to meet them.
Eng. Mónica Alvarado - General Manager of the Ente de Transporte de la Ciudad de Rosario [Transport Regulatory Agency of the City of Rosario.]
Architect Graciela Español – Coordinator of the Committee on the Urban Transport Plan of the Municipality of the City of Córdoba.
Lic. Guillermo Dietrich – Under-Secretary of Transport of the City of Buenos Aires.
Miguel Rodríguez – General Manager of Munimadrid.
Iñaki Eguiara Garay – Traffic Directorate of the Basque Government.

Myth and Truth in the Search for Widespread Transport Benefits.
Recent research studies on the widespread economic impact of investment in transport infrastructures can improve the transport project assessment practice. Analysis of the arguments in favor of considering the widespread impacts and their treatment. Recommendations which might improve the quality of public policy decision-making.
Prof. Roger Vickerman - AcSS, School of Economics, Keynes College, University of Kent, United Kingdom. Dean of the University of Kent in Brussels, Belgium.

Achievements in Transport Infrastructure Management in Ecuador.
Eng. Milton Torres – Under-Secretary of Ground Transport Infrastructure.

Infrastructure and Provincial Development.
The Minister will offer an account of the main completed and ongoing infrastructure works, and their connection with the provincial development framework.
Eng. Hugo Testa – Minister of Public Works and Services of the Province of Córdoba.

Outlook for Road Development in the Argentine Provinces.
The top people responsible for different Argentine provincial road administrations will analyze the sector’s plans and perspectives for the next years.
Eng. Jorge A. Rodríguez – President of the Consejo Vial Federal [Federal Road Board.]
Eng. Raúl Bértola – President of the Dirección Provincial de Vialidad de la Prov. de Córdoba.
Eng. Edgardo H. Guerci - General Manager of the Dirección Provincial de Vialidad de la Prov. de San Juan [Provincial Road Administration Directorate of the Province of San Juan.]