The Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) Infrastructure Research Meeting 2017 (FIRM17), will be held April 5, 6, 7, 2017 at the Diamond Conference and Business Center, in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will feature “The future of road business: a public-private enterprise embracing infrastructure and vehicles across all modes”.
Main highlights of FIRM17 will be:
• Presentation of the new Strategy of FEHRL (SERRP)
• Key addresses from the main stakeholders (EC, CEDR, PIARC, ERTRAC, ECTP)
• Outline of the vision for the future cross-modal transport infrastructure and its implementation plan
• Round table of the deployment of automated connected vehicles and a workshop about training and knowledge transfer for transport stakeholders
FIRM17 will feature multiple information sessions and include the final conferences of the two Horizon 2020 projects USE-iT and REFINET, and An Exhibition that will showcase the last findings on:
• Automated inspection of transportation infrastructure
• Others to be confirmed
**EUPAVE will be represented by Karl Downey, EUPAVE Secretary General on Day 2 at 11:00. Karl, alongside Karsten Carcher, EAPA, will give a presentation on EUPAVE-EAPA-FEHRL common position paper, “CO2 savings by maintaining and upgrading roads”. **The ECLIPS project, in which EUPAVE is a partner, will be presented by Edurne Erkizia, Tecnalia on Day 3 at 9:55.
REGISTRATION ENDS March 24, 2017.
April 5 – Day 1
Session 1: The Future of Road Business – a public-private enterprise embracing infrastructure and vehicles
Session 2: Strategy View – the need to go beyond the borders of the transport modes Session 3: Final Event of REFINET & USE-iT
April 6 – Day 2
Session 4: Round table Moderator: Gerald Waldron, FEHRL Vice-President
**Session 5: Resilience**
EUPAVE-EAPA-FEHRL common position paper, “CO2 savings by maintaining and upgrading roads”
Karl Downey, EUPAVE Secretary General & Karsten Carcher, EAPA
Session 6: Safety
Session 7: Skill and knowledge Transfer
April 7 – Day 3:
**Session 8: INFRAVATION**
Enhancing concrete life in infrastructure through phase-change Systems — Edurne Erkizia, Tecnalia
Session 9: Asset Management
Session 10: Inspiration & Maintenance
Session 11: Mobility as a Service
For the PROGRAM, please go to: http://www.fehrl.org/?m=416.
For the EVENT WEBSITE, please go to: http://www.fehrl.org/?m=415.
For the ISCP October article on the program titled, Pavement Industries’ Joint Publication on CO2 Emissions … “A Call to Take Action Now!”, please go to: https://www.concretepavements.org/2016/10/31/pavement-industries-joint-publication-on-co2-emissions-a-call-to-take-action-now.
FEHRL is an international association comprising over 30 national research and technical institutes from across Europe. Associates from non-European countries provide FEHRL with strong links to the considerable research capacity available globally.