Third Latin America Regional Congress **(New Dates)**
November 8- 11, 2010: Congress & Exhibition (8/9) and Certified Training (10/11)
Bogota, Colombia (Hotel Crowne Plaza Tequendama)
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The IRF Third Latin American Regional Congress will be held November 8-11, 2010 in Bogota, Colombia. The congress will consist of five parallel technical tracks: road safety, pavement performance, tunnels, financing and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
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Each one of the themes will be approached from the point of view of politics, financing, investment, innovation and the integration of systems.
Finally, the congress will include technical training workshops in various themes of regional and local interest.
We hope to welcome you to the congress as a speaker, exhibitor or attendee. Mark the date of the congress in your calendars. For more information, please contact Gabriel Sanchez or call +1 703 535 1001.
Objectives
The objectives of the congress include:
- to share best-practices and innovative solutions from around the world with Colombian government agencies, universities and companies
- to make available formal, certified training to Colombian Government agencies in the areas of road safety, intelligent transport systems/traffic technologies, standards, etc.
- to eventually reduce the number of fatalities and accidents in Colombia’s roads through greater awareness of safety and better infrastructure deployments
Target Audience
During the IRF Congress in Lima, about 800 attendees participated, including speakers from the United States and Latin American countries. For IRF’s 2010 congress, the attendance is expected to be in the range of 750-1000. The target audience for the congress involves a number of individuals in the road and transportation industry. The target audience should include government officials (including decision-makers and technical staff), and civil and transportation engineers and technical staff from the following sectors and industries:
- ministries and government agencies such as public works or transportation
- multilateral and regional development banks
- consulting and engineering services firms
- road safety, tolling, signal control and other transport technology equipment vendors and distributor
- pavement and asphalt, and road construction companies
- toll-road operators
- universities, research and technical institutes with an interest on transportation
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