IRF Global R2T Conference: Safer by Design: Part 1: Mainstreaming S...

Safer by Design: Part 1: Mainstreaming Safety in Road Design & Operations

Road traffic fatalities and injuries are among the most pressing issues faced by the transport sector, and have led government agencies across the region to make road safety a key priority. Designing new roads with ambitious built-in safety features offers a cost-effective way of saving lives. During this panel, senior safety specialists will present best practices to ensure safety is mainstreamed into new and existing roads.

Moderator

Mike Dreznes

Executive Vice President, IRF Global

Michael G. Dreznes assumed his current position of Executive Vice-President of the International Road Federation (IRF) in February of 2012. Dreznes has spent the last thirty years working to make the roads safer around the world. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading specialists... Read More →

Speakers

Peter Hartzell

Project Manager, SIS, Swedish Standards Institute

Peter Hartzell is the Project manager and Secretary for the secretariat of ISO/TC 241 – Road traffic safety management systems. He is a Project manager at SIS, Swedish Standards Institute (a member of ISO, International Organization for Standardization) and specializes in the development... Read More →

Michael Mamlouk

Professor, Arizona State University

Dr. Mike Mamlouk is a Professor and ex-Chairman of the Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering program at Arizona State University. Professor Mamlouk graduated from Purdue University and has many years of research and teaching experience in the field of pavement design and... Read More →

Alejandra Medina-Flintsch

Director/ Senior Research Associate, FM Consultans / Virginia Tech Transportation Institue

Craig Milligan

CEO, Fireseeds North

Expert road safety engineer applying a proactive and safe systems approach to vision zero. Current chair of TAC Road Safety Standing Committee.Completed road safety audits for more than $6B of urban and rural road projects at all stages (conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed... Read More →

Thomas Richter

Head of Chair, Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems

Thomas Richter is head of the chair road planning and road operation at the institute of land and sea transport at Technische Universitaet Berlin since 2003. He is also managing director of SHP Ingenieure, a consulting company in transportation planning and road design in Hanover... Read More →

Wednesday November 7, 2018 11:30am - 12:45pm
Cohiba 3-5 Tropicana Las Vegas

Safer Roads by Design, Safer by Design

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