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International Seminar

Celebrating 100 Years
of the First Pan American
Highway Congress

October 6th and 7th, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Seminar

Celebrating 100 Years
of the First Pan American
Highway Congress

October 6th and 7th, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the
Seminar

In 1925 the First Pan-American Highway Congress was held, supported by the United States, at the headquarters of the Automovil Club Argentino in Buenos Aires.

In a context of major changes associated with new technologies, the Asociación Argentina de Carreteras (AAC) has considered prioritizing the commemoration of that 1925 Congress and paying tribute to its precursors by jointly organizing, with the International Road Federation (IRF) and the Automovil Club Argentino (ACA) -which will once again host the event- an International Seminar on key topics in the current discussion related to roads, regional connectivity, electromobility, and intelligent transportation systems.

This meeting will serve as a venue to commemorate the centennial of that historic event, which fostered the development and growth of the Pan-American highway system. It will also showcase the latest technological developments in the field of roads and transportation, along with presentations related to the development and progress of major regional road connectivity projects.

For all these reasons, we invite you to participate in this International Seminar, which will celebrate the centennial of this historic event by bringing together opinion leaders, professionals, and policymakers to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the Pan-American region.

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Program

PROGRAM
HOUR MONDAY 6 OCTOBER
8:00 a 9:00 REGISTRATIONS
9:00 a 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY
10:00 a 11:15

Special Session: 100 Years of the First Pan-American Road Congresso

 
Eng. Emma Albrieu - Presidenta AAC
Eng. Hernán Otoniel Fernández – A Brief history of the Panamerican Highway network
Eng. Oscar Fariña - Proposal for a new Southamerican Highway Network 
11:15 a 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 a 13:00

Session 2: Multilateral Credit Organizations

Eng. Christian Dunkerley & Eng. Hernán Otoniel Fernández - Infrastructure Gap in Latin America, a CAF report
Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank
Representative of the World Bank
13:00 a 14:00 Lunch
14:00 a 16:00

Session 3: Panamerican Region Connectivity Projects

Eng. Germán Valverde - Central American Pacific Corridor, from road sections to logistics corridor
Msc. Aníbal Gaviria Correa & Eng. Hernán Otoniel Fernández - The Darien Gap: An unfinished task.
Eng. Juan Carlos Villa - Development and implementation of new technologies to improve truck crossings along the Mexico-U.S. border
16:00 a 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 a 18:00

Session 4: Panamerican Region Connectivity Projects - Part 2

Mg. Antonella Lafranconi - Cross-border Processes and Trade Facilitation in the Capricorn Bioceanic Corridor
Dra. Gabriela Beatriz Lara Ruiz - Port of Chancay and its impact on future transportation infrastructure in South America      

 

HOUR TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER
9:00 a 11:00

Session 5: AI for Safer Roads — Vision Zero and the Data Revolution

Mg. Mariana Espinoza - Application of the iRAP methodology for assessing road safety on a section of the road network in San Juan, Argentina.
Eng. Gonzalo Russo - Road Safety Management of the National Roads Network of Uruguay
Eng. Sofokli Cakalli - MASH Evaluation of Pedestrian Traffic Signals
Eng. Weiping Guo - Rethinking Intergreen Time: A New Safety-Driven Approach to Signal Timing at Intersections
Mr. Hugo Canziani – Free flow
Eng. Timothy Popov -Adaptation/evolution of barrier systems to the specific characteristics of electric vehicles - Road safety aspects
Eng. Jairo Alexander Riobo Patino - ViaSegura, an open-source artificial intelligence tool developed by the Inter-American Development Bank
11:00 a 11:35 Coffee Break
11:30 a 13:00

Session 6:Electromobilty - Pros and Cons

Moderator: Carlos Hirz
Participants:
Eng. Claudio Damiano - Current status of on-the-go energy recharging, with road infrastructure
Eng. Sebastián Canziani - Electric Mobility Vector
Mr. Alejandro Bustamante - Sero Electric Representative
Eng. Juan Manuel Baretto - President of CORADIR S.A.
13:00 a 14:00 Lunch
14:00 a 16:00

Session 7: Advanced Materials for Sustainable Road Construction

Eng. Jose Aderaldo Neto - Sustainability and Circularity with Green Construction Materials
Eng. Roger Cortez Chavez - Furnace steel slag for tomorrow's road construction with Rigid pavement
Eng. Marcelo Bustos - Application of recycled tire rubber in asphalt mixtures in the province of San Juan
Eng. Gonzalo Contreras - The Ecological and Road Gallinazo, an alternative for Development, Protection and Well-being, for future generations
Eng. Ángel Conde - Mechanical Stabilization, evolution and application in sustainable road infrastructure
16:00 a 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 a 18:00

Session 8: Intelligent Maintenance, AI & Lifecycle Cost Savings

Eng. Eric Pitts - Optimizing Transportation Asset Management: From Field Data to Actionable Insights
Eng. Zarina García - Road hierarchy model based on neural networks
Eng. Jairo Alexander Riobo Patino - Pavimentados, an artificial intelligence tool to transform the way governments assess and maintain road infrastructure
Eng. Martin Scavone - Structural Survey at Traffic Speed for Pavement Management
18:00 a 18:30 CONCLUSIONS PANEL

 

Meet the
Speakers

Ing. Emma Albrieu

Presidenta de la Asociación Argentina de Carreteras

Lic. César Carman

Presidente del Automóvil Club Argentino

Ing. Germán Valverde

Ingeniero especialista en Transportes y Seguridad Vial. Consultor BID y ex ministro de Obras Públicas y Transportes de Costa Rica

Lic. Aníbal Gaviria Correa

Ex gobernador de Antioquía y ex alcalde de Medellín

Mg. Antonella Lafranconi Bobbio

Magíster en Comercio Internacional. Coordinadora Senior de Proyectos en Instituto PROCOMEX

Inscríbase Hoy

 

Venue
Auditorio de Automóvil Club Argentino

Av. Del Libertador 1850
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

HOW TO GET THERE

Organizers

Sponsors

To be part of the sponsors of this Seminar, contact Hernán Ramírez hramirez@aacarreteras.org.ar