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ERIC 2016 - European Road Infrastructure Congress - coming to Leeds

The European Union Road Federation is seeking abstracts for the largest European Roads Infrastructure event in 2016 to be held 18-20 October. Leeds, a city at the heart of the UK’s Northern Powerhouse Corridor, has been chosen to host the first European Roads Infrastructure Congress, between the 18th and 20th of October, 2016. The European Roads Infrastructure Congress – ERIC 2016 – will provide the opportunity for industry experts and political leaders to discuss current issues affecting the industry
February 26, 2016 Read time: 3 mins
The European Union Road Federation is seeking abstracts for the largest European Roads Infrastructure event in 2016 to be held 18-20 October.

Leeds, a city at the heart of the UK’s Northern Powerhouse Corridor, has been chosen to host the first European Roads Infrastructure Congress, between the 18th and 20th of October, 2016.

The European Roads Infrastructure Congress – ERIC 2016 – will provide the opportunity for industry experts and political leaders to discuss current issues affecting the industry. Meetings will take place both formally in over 60 Congress across the three days, Oct 18-20, and more informally during the Congress’s extensive social programme, including a reception at the iconic Leeds Civic Hall.

The event will showcase the best of the UK specialist Road Marking sector as well as seek to position the UK at the centre of defining policy across Europe.

The event is taking place at a time when the UK government is taking the lead in adopting innovative management and financing models for the delivery of road infrastructure. The recent establishment of 8100 Highways England as an independent body with a ring-fenced multi-annual budget is such an example.

The 2016 event will bring together policy makers, academics, research institutes, road authorities and industry representatives from across the continent to explore the following three major themes:

•    Delivery of Road Infrastructure: how can both the UK and Europe improve its delivery model in a way that enables road authorities to ask for better solutions, provides industry with more incentives for innovation and road users with an optimal use of public resources

•    Road Safety: in view of the recent slowdown in fatality reduction figures across the UK and the wider EU, how can the main players involved in the road infrastructure sector work better together in order to identify practical solutions that enable Europe to achieve its target of a 50% cut in road fatalities

•    Adaptation of road infrastructure in view of technological changes: innovations in vehicle technologies and the road infrastructure itself will mean that the road of the future will differ significantly to what it is today. Among others, the theme will examine the challenges posed by road automation for the road infrastructure sector and the role of roads in Europe's future socio-economic model in view of innovations such as energy harvesting infrastructure.

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