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AfPA issues call for abstracts for its 2023 event

The Australian Felxible Pavement Association International Conference 2023 will explore the challenges involved for attaining carbon zero projects.
By David Arminas December 16, 2022 Read time: 2 mins
One of Australia's long and not so winding roads: carbon zero, sustainability and safety will be key features of the AfPA's International Conference in October 2023 (image © Filedimage/Dreamstime)

The Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) has issued a call for abstracts for its international conference in Brisbane next year.

The AfPA International Conference 2023 will explore the challenges and identify strategies that the paving sector faces as it strives to achieve carbon zero projects in a safe and sustainable way.

The AfPA says that the topics submitted should demonstrate an actual or potential practical contribution to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of transport infrastructure or the use of innovation and technology to improve or replace current products and processes.

Deadline for abstract submissions is 10 February with papers due by 19 May.

AfPA, a membership organisation, represents state road authorities and local councils from across Australia as well as private sector paving specialists and contractors.

The conference will run from 30 October to 1 November at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre – BCEC - in Brisbane.

More information about the AfPA and the conference is available by clicking here.

In May, the AfPA announced the appointment of Dante Cremasco as the association’s new chairman. A longtime member of AfPA’s board, he has held the full-time position of head of road services at Downer since 2014. Downer is an integrated infrastructure services provide in Australia and New Zealand. He also holds board positions at Bitumen Importers Australia as well as RePurposeIT.

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