OFFICIAL ORGANISERS Technical Conference and Exhibition CURRENT ADVANCES IN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT Acropolis Museum, Athens - Greece 12-13 February 2015 Under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (tbc) GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS STANDARD SPONSORS PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME Thursday, February 12th, 2015 9:30 – 10:30 REGISTRATION 9:30 – 10:30 OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT 10:30 – 11:00 WELCOME, INTRODUCTION AND GREETINGS     Mr Christos Spirtzis, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (tbc) Prof. John Golias, Rector of National Technical University of Athens Prof. Constantinos Antoniou, Chairman of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers Mr. Christophe Nicodème, Director General of the European Union Road Federation Opening Speech 11:00 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15 – 13:15 ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY – EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL POLICIES      EU Policy for Road Infrastructure Safety – Szabolcs Schmidt, European Commission ERF activities in the field of Road Infrastructure Safety – Christophe Nicodème, Director General of ERF Road Infrastructure Safety Management Procedures in Europe – George Yannis, NTUA Managing workzone safety and safety equipment in major road projects – Gerasimos Koklas, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Road Safety Assessment in the Greek National Road Network – Stelios Efstathiadis 13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH 13:15 – 14:30 VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION ON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT 14:30 – 16:00 ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND EN 1317 (Part 1)     EN 1317 and the CE mark – Jean Bloch (LIER) “EN 1317 and its implementation in Greece” – Despina Drymalitou, CEN National Representative (Topic to be confirmed)– Ioannis Georgiou, SafeRoad Innovation in Concrete Barriers – Wolgang Ganster, DELTABLOC 16:00 – 16:15 COFFEE BREAK 16:15 – 17:30 ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND EN 1317 (Part 2)    Innovation in Steel Barriers – Patrick Le Pense, Arcelor Mittal Use of simulations for road barriers – Joseph Marra, GDTECH Managing road safety equipment in concession projects ‘Ionia Odos’ in Greece – Evangelos Kareklas, Nea Odos SA Friday, February 13th, 2015 9:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION 9:30 – 10:00 VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION ON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT 10:00 – 10:15 INTRODUCTORY SPEECH  The Construction Products Regulation and its implication for road equipment – George Katsarakis, European Commission 10:15 – 11:45 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SIGNAGE (Part 1)     EN 12899 for Traffic Signs – Tony McCaugherty , Avery Dennison European Best Practice for Vertical Signage – Rik Nuyttens, ERF Chairman Horizontal Signage Standards – Mike Wilson, Ennis Flint Innovative Road Markings for Vulnerable Road Users – Harald Mosboeck, SWARCO 11:45 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK 12:00 – 13:30 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SIGNAGE (Part 2)    Managing road safety equipment in Egnatia Odos – Kostas Koutsoukos, Egnatia Odos Managing Road Safety Equipment in an urban motorway in Greece – Aristofanis Papadimitriou, Attikes Diadromes Dynamic Monitoring of Traffic Signs – Michele Antonioli, AISICO 13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH 13:30 – 14:30 VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION ON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT 14:30 – 16:30 WORK ZONE SAFETY, PASSIVE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE       Towards a constructive vision of workzones in Europe – Konstandinos Diamandouros, ERF Managing safety in road workzones in concession projects in Greece – Chris Karadimas, Olympia Odos Work Zones Safety in Germany – Tim Tusar, Volkmann & Rossbach Work Zone Safety in France – Myriamme Haioun, Aximum Passive Safety according to 12767 – Tony Everitt, Varley and Gulliver New technologies for traffic segments – Eleftherios Kokkinakis, Kokkinakis Services 16:30 – 17:00 CONCLUSIONS   17:00 Closing Remarks – Prof. George Yannis, NTUA Conference Wrap-up and Conclusions – Mr. Christophe Nicodème, ERF END OF THE CONFERENCE