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| Monday, June 11th |
| 08:00 - 16:00 |
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Registration |
| 09:00 |
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Opening of exhibition |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Opening ceremony (Eldborg)
Hreinn Haraldsson, the chairman of the Nordic Road Association, will open the congress. Speeches from PIARC and BRA representatives. |
| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Plenary session 1, Where in the world is common sense? - Politics and road authorities.(Eldborg)
Gunnar Wetterberg - Páll Skúlason - Discussions. How are decisions made, who makes them and why. The Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg will be going over the golden ages of the Nordic countries and how the development of roads annd transport can lead to a new golden age. Páll Skúlason will talk about the best methods for improving decision making. The session will conclude with a discussion between Gunnar and Páll and former heads of road administrations and ministers of transport. |
| 12:15 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
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Eldborg |
Norðurljós |
Silfurberg A |
Silfurberg B |
| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Session 1-1 |
Session 1-2 |
Session 1-3 |
Session 1-4 |
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Road pavements
R&D prize comptetition
(contributors' results)
Projects that are competing for the 2012 Road pavements price will be introduced. The winner will be announced at the end of the congress. |
Bridges
Building with total awareness - New competence
Case studies on major bridge projects involving increased awareness. Follow-up of adoption of new European standards. Research results of life-cycle aware design. |
Information systems - ICT
On the way to smart e-services - From road- and traffic data through standardisation to smart services.
What is required to make smart e-services work most effectively? The importance of information as a basis for decision making when serious events occur. What framework is required for services? Politics and norms. The importance of the most up-to-date information and its quality. Presentation of a new shortfilm focusing on this question. |
Strategic planning
Planning of cross border transport
Collaboration in the field of cross-border transport between Nordic countries with an emphasis on infrastructures and their role. Two projects will be examined, the Öresund bridge and the Haparanda-Tornio project, ten years before and ten years after their construction. The impact of these infrastructures on the community will be examined, as well as the pros and cons of collaboration between countries. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Plenary session 2, Road traffic goes greener. (Eldborg)
Jacques Marmy - Lars Stenqvist - Thorsteinn R. Hermannsson - Ásgeir Ívarsson. Experts from road transprot industry will diskuss the future framework in road transport. Jacques Marmy, head of technical affairs in the International Road Transport Union (IRU) will talk about the reduction of CO2 emissions from heavy vechicles. Senior vice president Lars Stenqvist, Scania, will talk about in what context the future of vehicle development should continue. Þorsteinn R. Hermannsson transportation engineer and Ásgeir Ívarsson chemical engineer from Mannvit Engineering, will talk about efficient measures to decrease private vehicle emissions in a local context. |
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| Tuesday, June 12th |
| 08:00 - 16:00 |
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Registration |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
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Plenary session 3, Vision zero goes global (Eldborg)
Claes Tingvall - Diensh Sethi - Anders Eugensson. Claes Tingvall, the father of vision zero, discusses the new challenges of public investment and the need for collaboration between NGO's and market entities. Anders Eugensson from Volvo will discuss Volvo's objective of ensuring that no-one is killed in a new Volvo car by the year 2020. |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Session 2-1 |
Session 2-2 |
Session 2-3 |
Session 2-4 |
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Road construction
Ground investigations, pavement design, materialmodels, life cycle costs and asset management
Ground Investigation for road projects as well as challenges and future solutions in pavement design and road engineering will be discussed. Material models for stabilizing soil, life cycle cost analysis and asset management will also be examined in this context. |
ITS
ITS – booster of efficiency and sustainability in the transport sector. What are the benefits of European cooperation?
The session discusses European cooperation in the field of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems). Major European projects eSafety and Easyway are discussed in view of how they impact both larger corporations and SMEs and how they influence authorities and policy making. |
Environment
Water and the natural environment – environmental diversity – why and how?
How are we handling water and rural areas in road projects. There will be discussion on handeling of road water in Denmark and what are the consequences of the EU Water Frame Directive to road owners. Also how Norway is working with contractors to minimize the negative effects on the landscape and biodiversity. |
Access
Accessibility for all/Universal design
The importance of taking all road users into account when it comes to access for all. Universal design takes this into account. The emphasis of the seminar will be on transport infrastructure and the whole journey. Solutions that are to be found in Nordic countries. Examples will be taken of routes in Reykjavík and access will be discussed, as well as shared spaces and audits on accessibility for all. |
| 12:15 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Plenary session 4, Mobility management - Network operation (Eldborg)
Elizabeth Deakin - Charlotte Vithen. Elizabeth Deakin, a professor at the Univeristy of California, Berkeley, will discuss mobility management and attitudes to it on both sides of the Atlantic. Charlotte Vithen, Director Roads and Trafic in the Danish Road Directorate, will talk about how they have integrated what is known as Network operations. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Session 3-1 |
Session 3-2 |
Session 3-3 |
Session 3-4 |
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Traffic safety
Success factors for road safety in the Nordic countries
Road safety success in the Nordic countries. Vision zero must have goals. Overview of successful work in the field of traffic safety. |
NordFoU
Nordic research and development of traffic and road systems
What is NordFoU and how does it work? There will also be information on actual projects carried out within this framework like Pavement Performance Models, Nordic system for classification of traffic e.t.c. |
Organisation of the market
Contracting procedures and practices
Organisation of the market. Is there a Nordic model? Impact of changes in institutional organisation in Finland and Sweden. Renewed contract strategy for Operations and Maintenance, Denmark. |
Road pavements et.al
Environmental focus on roads and pavements
How can environmental impact be part of the tender? How can roads save energy? Significant environmental benefits from recycling asphalt. Status on Warm Mix Asphalt. |
| 19:00 - 24:00 |
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Banquet |
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| Wednesday, June 13th |
| 08:00 - 12:00 |
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Session 4-1 |
Session 4-2 |
Session 4-3 |
Session 4-4 |
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Tunnels
Risk assessment, Life Cycle Costs, Efficient tunnel construction
Efficient tunnel construction with optimal quality. Development of best practice methodology with a special focus on the risks of tunnel construction. Planning maintenance of rock by applying life cycle cost analysis. |
Vehicles and transport
More efficient traffic management, road safety and inspections
Introduction to best working procedures with regard to heavy traffic. Inspection of transport vehicles. Interaction between transport vehicles and roads. |
Urban transport
Urban transport packages - Strategies for synergy
"Urban transport packages" are strategic tools used in a larger context of urban development. These packages often address conflicting political views. Transport systems and land use development are planned in relation to each other in order to achieve maximum synergy . |
Competence
Skills development and recruitment.
Presentation of the theme group's work during the period. Continuing education incentives in Norway and Sweden. Changes that have occurred in Finland. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Session 5-1 |
Session 5-2 |
Session 5-3 |
Session 5-4 |
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Design of roads and streets
Flexibility in the city
Conclusions of the committee's work during the period. Model used to calculate capacity of urban traffic infrastructure. What is the ideal transition point with regard to travellers. "Shared space". |
Road construction et.al
Climate change – Effects and road owner's adaptation
Climate change in the Nordic countries until the turn of the century; The Climate and transport project in Norway and effect on road construction; Adapting to climate change in the Nordic and the CEDR countries as well as effect on maintenance and operation will be discussed. |
Operations and Maintenance
Winter maintenance in the Nordic countries
Presentation of the committee's work in the 2008-2012 period. An introduction to the status report and the literature overview, with information on specific projects. Presentation of a Nordic project regarding the development of methods to test the quality of salt distribution. Presentation on the situation in Iceland concerning maintenance and operation in case of diminished funding. |
OpenOrganisation and market et.al
Key figures, benchmarking
Key figures in road construction and how they apply to market entities. |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary session 5, The future beyond the crossroads (Eldborg)
Raul Rojas - Eeva Linkama - Ari Trausti Gudmundsson. The future. Eeva Linkama will speak about the Finns' vision for the future and the new generation approach in urban and transport policy. Prof. Raul Rojas from the University of Berlin conducts experiments with autonomous cars and looks upon today's vehicles as yesterday's horses. Ari Trausti Gudmundsson looks to the future and believes that man alone cannot determine how it will be, since the mighty forces of nature also have to be taken into account. |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:45 |
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NVF Prizes: the bridge prize, the road pavement r&d prize and the skill development prize. (Eldborg) |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
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Closing of the conference, Norway assumes the chairmanship of NVF |
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