Rent out your meeting room, training room or seminar room.

Half day: € 350 (VAT included)

Full day: € 600 (VAT included)

Maximum capacity: 20

Address: Rue Belliard, 20, 1040, Brussels

Any other costs (i.e. catering) are to be considered separate.

For more information contact info@erf.be

6 February 2018| Brussels, Belgium

The Road Federation Belgium organised in Brussels Kart the technical seminar ‘Your roads tomorrow’ to discuss future trends in road mobility.

This event gathered some 80 participants from the Belgian road industry as well as from the Flemish and Walloon Road Authorities and was highlighted by the opening speech of the Belgian Federal Minister of Mobility, Mr. François Belot.

The Director General of the ERF, Christophe Nicodème, was also invited to deliver a presentation on the investments in road infrastructure and the annual road statistics yearbook of the ERF. His intervention focussed on the need to develop a real cooperation between public authorities and regulators with the entire industry as a vector to put in the market cutting-edge technologies which are being tested presently under different prototypes. He stressed various EU Research & Innovation project with involvement of the ERF as HEALROADS for self-healing pavements, ALTERPAVE to deploy the circular economy framework or DURABROADS for greener, more durable and resilient infrastructure.

7 february 2018| Nice, France

Taking place in Nice, France, the second edition of the Pavement Preservation and Recycling Summit (PPRS) is organised by the ERF and other international institutions.

The summit is sponsored by the French Minister of Transport, Elisabeth BORNE.

PPRS will offer participants an attractive program with 15 sessions devoted to financial, organisational, contractual and technical aspects and the most significant innovations. Three major plenary sessions will discuss key elements for the development of the road infrastructure sector:

• Road maintenance: a political challenge
• Better communication: a collective challenge
• The road: a response to tomorrow’s mobility

The event will host nearly 100 speakers, who will offer the grounds for interesting discussions and more than 50 exhibitors on materials, products and innovative systems.

 29 January 2018| Milan, Italy

The Workshop is organized in Carpiano (near Milan, Italy) on 27 February within the framework of the Infrastructure Innovation Programme INFRAVATION to promote a more environmentally-friendly road sector.

In this context, the ALTERPAVE EU Project aims to promote circular economy  by demonstrating the technical and economic feasibility of replacing virgin aggregates and petroleum-based binders by alternative solutions (recycled materials and by-products).

Concretely, the workshop will discuss the following technical elements:

• Use of RAP, by-products and binder rejuvenating agents for the development of eco-friendly and cost-efficient asphalt mixes
• Promotion of the Circular Economy approach that helps to move towards a more resource-efficient economy
• Technical validation in laboratory, with ALF and through the construction of a real test track
• Assessment of recyclability and use of smart labelling solution
• Environmental and economic validation of the technology through a LCA and LCC
• Globally-oriented Supply Management Plan and GIS-based application

25 January 2018| Brussels, Belgium

The European Commission aims to make comprehensive proposals for future financial programmes for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, the EU’s long–term budget.

In this sense, this consultation is an integral part of the process and its objective is to collect the views of all interested parties on how to make the most of every euro of the EU budget. Other consultations have already taken place in the context of evaluations of existing EU financial programmes covering several policy areas, including on current performance and future challenges.

The views expressed by stakeholders in these consultations will be taken into account as part of the current process for the future Multiannual Financial Framework.

18 December 2017 | Thessaloniki, Greece

On 3rd – 9th November, the School of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki organised the 2nd International Educational Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels. The International Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels (ISRBT) covered practical aspects of construction and management, aiming, especially, at enlightening the applied part of the engineering knowhow.

The ERF was invited to share its experience on European Transport Policies.  More specifically, Konstandinos Diamandouros, Head of Office at ERF, gave a presentation on the series of policies at European level which also have an impact on road infrastructure:

–          The European Road Safety Action Programme

–          The Revision of the ‘Eurovignette Directive’ on charging for the use of infrastructure

–          The Road Infrastructure Safety Management Directive 2008/96

–          The Tunnel Directive 2004/54/EC on minimum safety requirements

–          The impact on road automation on road infrastructure

On the latest topic, he gave an update on the conclusions of the report of the C-ITS on Physical and Digital Infrastructure which seeks to give an outline of how road infrastructure could adapt to court for the needs of autonomous vehicles.

ERF Presentation

More information on C-ITS

15 December 2017 | Dubrovnik, Croatia

South East Europe is at an important crossroads in the development of its connectivity programs, securing a critical role as a gateway for international trade routes between East and West. Due to its privileged geographical position, Croatia has been at the forefront of this process, through regional cooperation initiatives such as the Adriatic-Ionian motorway corridor.

At a time of growing motorisation, the region’s network of roads and highways is currently its largest public asset. However, significant challenges remain to enhance the safety, efficiency, environmental sustainability and resilience of the road network, underscoring the value of regional and programmatic cooperation around highway & sustainable mobility initiatives.

Organised by key representative organizations of the roads & mobility sector, the European Road Conference “Corridors for Shared Prosperity” offers an essential platform to deepen the understanding of these challenges, widen the engagement framework with regional road stakeholders, and achieve consensus on key policy, investment and planning measures. The event will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia at  the Hotel Lacroma Valamar on 22-24 October 2018.

15 December 2017 | Brussels, Belgium

European countries are at an important milestone in the achievement of their road traffic injury reduction targets. Since 2015, the gap between the best and worst-performing EU member states has continued to widen, suggesting that cost-effective measures, enabled by actionable data and technological progress, need to be investigated.

“Road Safety & Innovation – Leveraging new technologies and good practices from Europe and beyond” is an international forum for road safety & technology stakeholders held under the patronage the Ministry of Regional Development & Public Works (MRRB), the Road Infrastructure Agency (API) and the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Forum is an international experience-sharing platform that is also fully aligned with ongoing policy initiatives by the European Commission in the fields of road safety and the digital economy. Moreover, as an emerging technological hub with a unique ecosystem of SMEs, Bulgaria offers an ideal setting for forward-looking discussions between industry and governments on innovative pathways to safer road mobility.

The key objective for the Forum is to shed light on the exponential growth in analytical tools and technological enablers, which when supported by an innovation-friendly regulatory and public procurement environment, can enable the delivery of more effective road safety programs.

The Forum will:

• Highlight the potential of analytical tools (risk diagnosis, asset management, etc.) as a means to prioritize safety investments
• Provide a thorough overview of the opportunities and mechanisms to successfully deploy innovative safer road mobility programs
• Present how tomorrow’s streets, vehicles and users will seamlessly connect with one another to offer a safer road environment
• Commit stakeholders to a shared agenda of road safety innovation through public-private sector cooperation.

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Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Date: 27 March 2017

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14 December 2017 | Rellingen, Germany

On 30 November, some 500 participants gathered in Rellingen near Hamburg for the Hofmann Technology Day and Expo 2017. This important yearly event gathers road marking experts from all over the world to network and exchange technical ideas.

During the morning session, dedicated to lectures and presentations, ERF Director General, Christophe Nicodème, was invited to deliver a presentation on the topic of ‘Financing the Road Infrastructure and the revision of the Eurovignette Directive’.

The ERF and its member are actively working through a dedicated Working Group to promote the proper installation and maintenance of markings on European Roads.

This presentation was an opportunity to underline the position of the ERF regarding the proposed revision of the so-called ‘Eurovignette Directive’, as well as the importance of securing the necessary financing resources for the maintenance and the improvement of our road infrastructure in order to provide road users with the level of service they expect and deserve.

More specifically, the ERF welcomes the proposal which, among others, aims to establish a common framework for road charging across Europe. However, this is not ensuring that the revenues will be reinvested back to roads and roads equipment.

You can find the presentation here: ‘Financing the Road Infrastructure and the revision of the Eurovignette Directive’

12 December 2017 | Brussels, Belgium

Transporting hazardous materials inevitably poses risks, both to human lives and to the environment. By using multiple, enhanced GNSS for tracking and tracing, these risks can be significally reduced.

Within the CORE Project, tankers of liquid Argon are being precisely tracked and monitored by an integrated system of global sat-nav technologies (GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems) while winding their way hundreds of kilometres through Europe by road and rail.

Previous initiatives have employed the European GNSS EGNOS*, in addition to the American GPS, to better monitor road tankers and enhance safety, security, and efficiency. However, the further enhancement with the intermodal CORE demonstrator is that it provides a single, harmonised solution for integrating other GNSS.

You can find further information in the CORE Project Newsletter (page 4).

CORE Project aims to demonstrate how a powerful and innovative Consistently Optimised REsilient ecosystem implementation, integrating interoperability, security, resilience and real-time optimisation can produce cost effective, fast and robust solutions that will guarantee the efficient and secure transit of goods through the worldwide Global Supply Chain system.

*European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

29 November 2017 | Brussels, Belgium

On 14 November, the Belgian Association representing the major Belgian construction companies (ADEB-VBA) organised a seminar at the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) on the topic of “Public Transport Infrastructure Asset Management – Trends and Challenges”.

This event gathered representatives from Belgian road authorities, academics and construction industries and gave the speakers the opportunity to present some examples of recent developments in transport infrastructure asset management. During this seminar, Christophe Nicodème, Director General of the ERF, delivered a presentation on the ‘UK experience on Asset Management of roads’, and in particular some examples of successful PFIs (Private Finance Initiatives).

The presentations were followed by an intense roundtable debate with representatives from the public and private sectors.

07 November 2017 | Marrakesh, Morocco

On 10-12 October, the 6th IRTAD Conference “Better Road Safety Data for Better Safety Outcomes” took place in Marrakesh, Morocco.

The conference, organised by the International Transport Forum is aimed at promoting discussions between road authorities, universities and other stakeholders on how to improve the quality of data systems and analysis. The conference fostered knowledge transfer between conference participants through:

• Discussion of methodological issues to improve road safety data collection and analysis at country and city level.
• Showcasing recent initiatives to improve the quality of safety data collection and analysis.
• Presentation of recent research and analysis undertaken by the IRTAD Group.

The ERF, as a partner responsible for the update of the European Road Safety Observatory, was invited to give a presentation on the main achievements of ERSO and to contemplate future data needs. Amongst others, Konstandinos Diamandouros highlighted the need for more in-depth data on risk exposure, safety performance and economic and health indicators.  In addition, he stressed the need for a more uniform approach to serious injuries through the adoption of MAIS3+ methodology.