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Road Safety Conference

ROAD SAFETY EVENT 2026

09 Mar 2026

ASECAP successfully organized the 18th ASECAP Road Safety Conference on 9 March 2026 in Chambéry, hosted by ASFA, in the framework of the 17th World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation (PIARC).

The conference gathered motorway operators, institutional representatives, researchers and industry experts to exchange on current challenges, emerging trends and innovative solutions aimed at improving road safety on motorway networks.

The event provided a high-level platform to discuss how motorway infrastructure can adapt to increasingly digital, connected and electrified mobility systems, while ensuring the safety of users and road workers.

Conference programme & presentations

📄 Conference programme
Download the full programme:
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👥 List of participants
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📸 View Photo Gallery
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Download the ASECAP Road Safety Leaflet 2026 
ASECAPRoad Safety Leaflet 2026 vfinal
Speaker presentations
Institutional Session:

Resilience of the infrastructure facing catastrophic weather events (heavy snowfall / fires / floods) to enhance road safety

Moderator: Roberto Arditi — Scientific Coordinator, SINA, Italy

SpeakerOrganisationDownload
Bill Halkias CEO, New Attica Tollway Concession Co., Greece PDF
Julien Castres Saint Martin Infrastructure Director, Groupe Sanef, France PDF
Joshua LaRocque PIARC Executive Committee & PIARC First Delegate, Canada PDF
Ana Sofia Côrte-Real de Matos Tomaz Former Vice-President, Portuguese National Road Safety Authority (ANSR) /
John Milton Chair of PIARC Road Safety Committee TC3.1, USA PDF
Yerkezhan Amirkhanova Executive Director, JSC Kazakhstan Road Institute, Kazakhstan PDF


Technical Session 1:

New technologies and innovative approaches to prevent wrong-way drivers and secure road works environments

Moderator: David Kollenhofer — ASFINAG, Austria

SpeakerOrganisationPresentationDownload
Ana Filipa Morais Norscut, Portugal Wrong-way drivers: the solutions and actions developed PDF
Christophe Boutin ASFA, France Wrong way driving: state of the art of measures and actions developed by the French concessionaires PDF
Maurizio Pascucci Autostrade dello Stato SpA, Italy Smart Construction Sites – the Autostrade dello Stato innovative model PDF
Thomas Bergerot EGIS, France Smart Safety Equipment for Road Works PDF
Olivier Quoy Atlandes, France Truck interdistance analysis PDF


Technical Session 2:

Resilient Roads in the Digital Era

Moderator: Bruno de la Fuente — SEOPAN, Spain

Keynote Speaker:

SpeakerOrganisationPresentationDownload
Mathieu Flonneau Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Road Safety and "Longue Durée" of Resilient Roads: Infrastructures Between Uses and Innovation PDF

 

Technical presentations:

SpeakerOrganisationPresentationDownload
João Neves ASCENDI, Portugal Evaluating the impact of road safety measures: Before and After studies in the ASCENDI network PDF
Teresa Zúniga Santo BRISA, Portugal Brisa’s Road Safety Approach: Building Resilient Roads PDF
Edoardo Ciorra Autostrade per l’Italia, Italy Computer Vision for Traffic Management: Real-Time Traffic Event Detection Throughout a Distributed Highway Network PDF


Technical Session 3:

Managing EV Fire Risks in the Age of Electromobility

Moderator: Bernard Jacob — Université Gustave Eiffel, France

SpeakerOrganisationPresentationDownload
Dimitrios Mandalozis Aegean Motorway S.A., Greece Incident involving a fire in a truck carrying electric bikes PDF
Miroslav Majsec EGIS, Croatia Managing EV Fire Risks in the Age of Electromobility PDF
Konstantinos Sideris Nea Odos (Hellastron), Greece From Papers to Practice: A Decision-Gate Playbook for Managing EV Fire Risks on Motorways PDF