2024 STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards Proceedings.

Programme

Welcome Speech: Dr Elena de la Peña, Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs at the Spanish Road Association (AEC), STA Vice-President & Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Mobility (TC1) and Prof Encarnación Reyes, Head of Department of Construction Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

Keynote Session:

From ‘Bricks’ Infrastructures to ‘Next-Gen’ Infrastructures, Mr Ricardo Lobo, Head of R&D Department at Aleatica

Moderated by: Dr Elena de la Peña, Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs at the Spanish Road Association (AEC), STA Vice-President & Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Mobility

Roundtable 1: The Way Forward

Smart Management of Infrastructure Assets: Predictive Maintenance for Airport Pavements, Mr Carlos Fernández, R&D Engineer & Mr César Bartolomé, Director for Innovation at the Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA), Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Sustainability
Infrastructure Challenges for the Roll-out of CCAM Technologies, Mr Jorge Alfonso, Researcher at the Visual Telecommunications Application Group (VTAG) Research Group of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
The Influence of EV Traffic on the Performance of Safety Barriers, Mr Juan García, Head of R&D at Road Steel by Gonvarri

Moderated by: Friederike L. Kühl, STA Programmes Coordinator

Site Visit 1:

Technical Visit to the Operations Centre of the Madrid West Light Rail Network

Innovation Awards:

Person of the Year, Mrs Emanuela Stocchi, Director of International Affairs at the Italian Association of Motorway and Tunnel Concessionaires (AISCAT), Vice-Chair of the European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures (ASECAP)
Best Innovation Project, Special Civil Protection Plan against Floods of the Madrid Regional Government (Spain)

Roundtable 2: Case Studies

Digitisation of Secondary Roads, Dr Elena de la Peña, Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs at the Spanish Road Association (AEC), STA Vice-President & Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Mobility

Smart Port Operations, Prof Valentin Carlan, Department of Transport and Regional Economics of the University of Antwerp
Methodology for the Socio-Economic Assessment of Electric Road Systems (ERS), Prof José Manuel Vassallo, Researcher at the Transport Research Centre (TRANSyT) of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Financing (TC4)

Moderated by: Mr César Bartolomé, Director for Innovation at the Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA), Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Sustainability

STA’s R&D Projects:

STA’s EU-funded R&D in Progress, Ms Friederike L. Kühl, STA Programmes Coordinator

Site Visit 2 & Closure:

Site Visit to the Torres Quevedo Museum - Collection of machines & devices designed by engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852-1936)