IRF-Washington to host Third Latin America Regional Congress

IRF will host the Third Latin America Regional Congress at the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia, from 8-11 November 2010 with the support of Colombia's Highway Safety Prevention Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Colombian Ministry of Transport, the National Institute of Concessions, the National Highway Institute, and the Mobility Department of the City of Bogotá. The Congress will feature direct participation by leading local and regional decision-makers, including notably Ger
May 28, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
2462 IRF will host the Third Latin America Regional Congress at the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia, from 8-11 November 2010 with the support of Colombia's Highway Safety Prevention Fund, the 2791 Inter-American Development Bank, the 1317 Colombian Ministry of Transport, the 2505 National Institute of Concessions, the National Highway Institute, and the Mobility Department of the City of Bogotá.

The Congress will feature direct participation by leading local and regional decision-makers, including notably German Cardona, Colombia's Minister of Transport; Victor Mendez, US Federal Highway Administrator; Samuel Moreno, Mayor of Bogotá, and Fernando Álvarez Morales, Secretary of Mobility for Bogotá.

The Congress will consist of four parallel technical tracks: Road Safety, Pavements, Management & Financing and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Each theme will be approached from the point of view of policy, case studies and innovation applicable to Colombia and Latin America.

After decades of neglect, Colombia is currently experiencing a boom in road infrastructure investment, including billions of dollars for new cross-country toll roads and large-scale road safety deployment and awareness campaigns, as well as signal control and ITS projects in the capital and several major cities.

According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a co-sponsor of the Congress, a stable, effective government, a growing economy, and a large number of transport sector projects and associated funding combine to present ideal business conditions for international firms such as road builders and contractors, design consultants, system integrators and equipment vendors.

The event will include an extensive exhibition area, giving road and transport sector companies the opportunity to showcase their solutions and projects. The Congress will also provide an exceptional networking opportunity as well as a unique forum to interact with senior transportation officials from Colombia and Latin America, and learn from experts from all over the world.

Additional information about the event can be accessed through the IRF-Washington web site at http://bit.ly/b8TNdp or by contacting Esteban Salinas at [email protected]
or Tel: +1 703 535 1001.

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