Registration is now open for a free-of-charge, one-day conference on 16 January 2025, to showcase ‘Old Roads, New Technologies: safe and intelligent road asset management’ solutions from the EU–funded OMICRON and InfraROB projects. Representatives of transport authorities, road operators, construction companies, engineering and material supplier companies, research entities, associations, media organisations, policymakers and anyone who’s interested in finding out more are invited to register.
Come and join us in Madrid from 09:00-18:00 CET on 16 January 2025!
- 16/01/2025
- 09:00-18:00
- Madrid, Spain
- Meet face-to-face
- 0 – Free of charge
- Register by 9 Jan!
- #SmartRoads
The preliminary agenda for the conference is now online for consultation and download from the event page, available on the OMICRON final event and InfraROB final event webpages, which will be updated as details develop.
Why take part?
‘Old Roads, New Technologies’ will be the final event of OMICRON and InfraROB. For three years, these projects have been addressing the challenges of Europe’s ageing road networks and how to manage and maintain them more safely and effectively. Their approach is to industrialise, automate, modularise or integrate a broad portfolio of technologies for road infrastructure construction, inspection and maintenance. These solutions will be presented, demonstrated and discussed within the context of wider issues that affect road owners and concessionaries, construction companies, policymakers and regulators in Europe’s road sector.
The EU-funded HERON project will also feature during the day, along with an exhibition of key technologies from all three projects.
Participation in the day will offer:
- opportunities to network with diverse experts from among the project consortia, invited guests from the road sector, and participating audience;
- the chance for direct information and follow-up about the presented and exhibited solutions;
- the opportunity to contribute to wider discussion that helps set the agenda for future collaboration and developments in the relevant sectors;
- experience the historic Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (College of Engineers for Roads, Canals and Ports) in the heart of Madrid.
Final agenda
The day will explore key developments for Europe’s roads, following five thematic areas:
- digital inspection and monitoring technologies;
- smart construction;
- predictive maintenance;
- smart intervention;
- safe intervention.
Panel discussions will feature guests from the road industry beyond these projects, exploring the immediate and future impacts and implications of the developments presented.
Register!
Participation is free of charge. Only registered participants will have access to the event. The event will be face-to-face only, without the possibility of live online participation, though materials such as presentations and (possibly) session videos will be published afterwards.
- The number of seats is limited and participation requests are subject to approval by the organising team.
- Registration is open and will close on 9 January 2025 at 23:59 CET.
Queries?
If you have any questions or otherwise wish to contact the organisers, please email:
- OMICRON – Laura Durnford: ld@esci.eu.
- InfraROB – Adewole Adesiyun: Adesiyun@fehrl.org
Please help spread the word
Please help OMICRON and InfraROB to reach a wider audience for this event by spreading the word:
- Feel free to download and share our graphic (png) and preliminary agenda / invitation (pdf).
- Share/adapt this registration announcement in your own newsletter / mailing list or contact networks.
- Social media
Follow, like and share our posts with #SmartRoads #Future #Roads #Conference on:- OMICRON — LinkedIn: @OMICRON H2020, X (Twitter): @H2020Omicron
- InfraROB – LinkedIn: @InfraROB, X: @infra_rob
- HERON – LinkedIn: @HeronEUProject, X: @HERON_H2020
