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The 2017 AAPA Flexible Pavements Conference to be held in Melbourne

The Australian Asphalt Pavement Association is inviting abstracts for its 2017 AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre The conference, whose theme is Roads of the Future: Embracing Disruption, will consider how change offers opportunities and challenges. The future of transport and the role that roads play in moving people and goods is facing unprecedented potential disruption. The 2017 AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference is openly em
April 4, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
The Australian Asphalt Pavement Association is inviting abstracts for its 2017 AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre

The conference, whose theme is Roads of the Future: Embracing Disruption, will consider how change offers opportunities and challenges.

The future of transport and the role that roads play in moving people and goods is facing unprecedented potential disruption. The 2017 AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference is openly embracing this disruption. It will provide a platform to share, consider and plan for the impacts and changes that will make the roads of the future well meshed with the disruption that will come through the digital and physical environments.

Conference Themes:

1.    Smart and intelligent infrastructure
2.    Sustainability, recycling and innovation drivers
3.    Advances in plant, equipment and new techniques for safety and efficiency
4.    Implementing innovative, next generation surfacings – a focus on Spray Sealing
5.    Cold products and energy efficiency
6.    Asset management; stewardship arrangements
7.    Road maintenance, management and financing
8.    Managerial Engagement and Health and Safety Outcomes
9.    Cutting edge developments in products and systems.

Abstracts on the topics above here must be submitted before 31 August, 2016.

For more information, contact: Rachel Black on +61 (03) 9853 3595 or %$Linker: 2 Email <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkEmail [email protected] email [email protected] false mailto:[email protected] true false%>

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