Upcoming Events
Ethics and Financial Integrity in Highway Project Management
June 5-7, 2012
Orlando, Fl USA
In this IRF Executive Seminar you will learn the extent of fraud and corruption, how to identify it and effective tools to minimize it in your own organization. You will also develop “Fraud and Corruption Profiles” of your organization and major transportation projects. You will gain practical experience in using preventative and forensic tools and techniques and how to apply those tools and techniques in your own organization.
IRF Workshop on Performance-Based Contracts & Evaluating Asset Condition
August 14-16, 2012
Washington DC, USA
This workshop is designed to help road operators and agencies understand how to use and apply performance-based maintenance contracts in order to lower operating costs. The workshop will have a focus on North American experiences.
Andean Highway Congress - Innovation, Solutions and Sustainability
August 20-22, 2012
Lima, Peru
The Andes mountain range is characterized by high altitude crossings and jungle-type vegetation, posing complex engineering challenges for road builders. This workshop will look at international practices as well as successful programs in an effort to define appropriate guidelines for regional actors.
Saudi & Gulf Highway Professionals Workshop (Part 2: Road Safety Audits)
September 9-12, 2012
Riyadh, Saudi Aabia
Performing an effective road safety audit (RSA) improves safety and demonstrates to the public an agency’s dedication to crash reduction. This training provides practical information on how to conduct a RSA, location selection, building independent, multidisciplinary teams and the steps to conduct successful RSAs.
Preserving Our Highway Infrastructure Assets
September 11-13, 2012
Miami, FL USA
This annual event takes an in-depth look at key issues affecting the role of new materials and technologies for pavement preservation, and evaluates the benefits of new funding strategies and contracting models to sustain pavement preservation and the latest tools to manage pavement networks.
Abu Dhabi Road Safety Conference
September 16-18, 2012
Abu Dhabi, UAE
This event will reunite global thought leaders and regional and local decisionmakers in diverse areas of sustainable transport, including environmentally sustainable planning, and financial, operational and economic sustainability.
Objectives include raising awareness, promoting sustainable management and design, sharing best-practices and innovation, promoting initiatives and opportunities for regional and international cooperation
Road Safety Courses
October, 2012
Muscat, Oman
Road safety sessions and training will focus on best practices & technologies from around the world, and their applicability in Oman and the Gulf Region.
Environment and Climate Change and Impacts on Road Transport
October 22-26, 2012
Cordoba, Argentina
Held in conjunction with the XVI Congress on highway and traffic in Argentina, IRF will be hosting an expert workshop looking at mitigation and adaption strategies in the road sector.
IRF Executive Seminar on Performance-Based Road Maintenance Contracting
October 28 - November 6, 2012
Orlando, USA
This workshop is designed to help highway operators and agencies around the world understand and learn how to use and apply performance-based maintenance contracts in order to address life-cycle maintenance challenges and lower operating costs at a time of constrained budgets.
Saudi & Gulf Highway Professionals Workshop (Part 3: Performance-Based Contracting)
November 10-14, 2012
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The 3rd workshop for Kingdom and Gulf highway and road professionals will focus on showing how to use and apply performance-based maintenance contracts in order to address life-cycle maintenance challenges and lower operating costs.
Safer Roads by Design, Executive Seminar Series
December 2-12, 2012
Miami, USA
The workshop will focus on all the key elements necessary to implement a successful Road Infrastructure Safety Management System with the goal of integrating safety into all aspects of design, planning, and construction while ensuring the best use of the road agencies’ limited resources.
ITS Gulf Region Summit & Conference
2013
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
This event will be both a summit meeting for ITS stakeholders and decision makers in the Gulf Region, and an ITS conference featuring the largest and most comprehensive ITS program in the history of the Middle East. Sessions and training will focus on best practices and technologies from around the world in all areas of ITS, and their applicability and adaptability to the Gulf region.
