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The Steering Committee and the Local Organising Committee cordially invites you to attend the 3rd European Conference on Pavement and Asset Management, to be held on July 7 - 9, 2008, at University of Coimbra, Portugal.

The first Conference was held at Budapest, Hungary, and the second one at Berlin, Germany. The host of the third Conference is the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, integrated in the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest universities in the world with its 700 years of history.

The increasing traffic volumes expected for the next decade and decades to come, leads to the need of performing sustainable maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation networks assets. This is the key challenge for the majority of european transportation administrations and transport infrastructure engineers and researchers.

Therefore, the main objective of this Conference is to exchange innovation for the maintenance and the rehabilitation of all network assets, as road pavements, bridges, and tunnels, having in mind the user' needs and expectations, and the integration of the required resources, promoting the truly transport infrastructure asset management. The technical program includes keynote lectures on two subjects of relevance for the Conference objectives and sessions on eight different themes covering the main concerns on asset management and pavement engineering.

For more information see http://www.epam3.org/

The theme 'cost effective high performance surfacings' encapsulates the advantages and versatility of sprayed seals. In countries like Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, sprayed seals are the most important component of the national network. In Europe they have been developed to provide enhanced surface properties on major and other routes, while elsewhere seals are used as maintenance treatments or for low volume roads. The conference will cover all aspects of seal design, practice and performance.

For more information see http://www.arrb.com.au/ss08/

Located in the heart of Adelaide at the globally renowned Adelaide Convention Centre, the conference will address a broad range of road and transport issues through invited speaker sessions, technical sessions and workshops. The theme - 'Research - Partnering with Practitioners' - will focus on bridging the gap between theory and practice. The conference will discuss local and international research and case studies which provide innovative and practical solutions to current and emerging issues.

The call for abstracts for this event has now begun and the closing date for abstract submission is the 16th of August.

For more information see http://www.arrb.com.au/23Conf/

Regional Conference on "South Asia Moves Forward"

The Department of Transport and Logistics Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa is planning to hold the Third International conference on "South Asia Moves Forward" from 31st July to 01st August 2008, in Colombo.

The 1st Conference on ICT Applications was successfully held in Kalutara, Sri Lanka in August 2004. The 2nd Conference in this series of bi‐annual conference was held in August 2006. Both of these conferences were well attended by participants from many countries such as Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Singapore, and Taiwan. Selected papers presented at the conference were published in special issues of the Journal of Advanced Transportation.

See below for details

The Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia has almost 2000 members from about 35 countries. In some countries membership forms a local chapter such as in Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Malaysia. Under its strategic plan one of REAAA's objectives is to assist members professional development through technology transfer.

At the 2nd Heads of Road Authorities (HORA) Meeting, held in Cairns, Queensland, in May 2003, there was considerable support for REAAA to develop an active technology transfer program to update skills and keep abreast of changes and improvements in technology. This followed a successful 3 day seminar conducted in Bangkok in May 2001 which explored emerging issues and challenges for managers of the regions' road networks. Subsequently the New Zealand and Australian Chapter have identified training needs of countries in the Asia Pacific region and details of existing training providers, documenting the courses provided. This information has informed the development of the REAAA MINO ROADSHOW in memory of former President and long serving member of the Governing Council Dr Sadamu Mino. This is the first of what is hoped to be a series of annual events held on a regular basis addressing different subjects of high interest to road authorities.

This event will specifically address best practice road asset management, investment planning and road safety in Australasia and south east Asia, using examples from throughout the region.

See document for further details.

For details please click the link below:

http://asrdlf2008.uqar.qc.ca/

The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) is now organizing the technical program for its 2008 annual conference. The overall conference theme, Transportation - A Key to a Sustainable Future, reflects TAC's commitment to exploring critical issues facing the transportation sector.

Transportation can play a significant role in supporting sustainability and ultimately the quality of life of all Canadians. The sector's role in this area clearly deserves to be reviewed and enhanced where possible. As such, TAC's conference program will address many aspects of the theme as well as a very broad range of other challenges and developments.

The conference program includes technical paper sessions, panel discussions and workshops. The purpose of the Call for Papers is to solicit papers for the technical paper sessions. Workshops will be held on Wednesday, September 24. Panel discussions will take place throughout the conference. Panel discussions and workshops will feature invited speakers. They are outlined to illustrate the wide variety of topics that will be covered at TAC's conference. More information on panel discussions and workshops will be provided at a later date.

For the 2008 conference, TAC also plans to organize a limited number of poster sessions as a new program component allowing for greater interaction between authors and delegates.

For more information see http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/callforpapers.cfm

This workshop brings together transit professionals interested in bus maintenance, maintenance training, bus engineering, transit procurement and materials management to discuss and share information on the latest developments in these areas.

For further details see http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/busequip/

During this training programme the participants will get acquainted with ideas, techniques and solutions which will be a surplus value for there career. The participants are taught how to measure and assess road (un)safety and road situations in their own country. Moreover, they will be supplied with possible solutions, specifically adapted to the needs of their country. This group of people will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and competences in their own job straight away.

Getting acquainted with experiences from other Asian countries and good examples from Europe is undoubtedly a benefit of this course. This way, they can determine more efficiently what measures can be effective for their own country.

For more information see http://www.imob.uhasselt.be/index.php?page=115

See www.surf2008.si

More details to follow