09:00 Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

John Lee
Highway & Transport Planning Advisor
Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DOT)

Road design and construction that is safe, sustainable, considerate and fit-for-purpose

09:10 Case Study: Abu Dhabi Urban Street Design Manual - A Paradigm Shift For The Gulf

• Showcasing a manual that addresses the whole street
• Creating traffic-calmed and pedestrian-friendly environments
• Addressing shading, public transport access and universal accessibility

Ibrahim Al Hmoudi
Senior Transport Planner
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council

09:50 Case Study: Al Salam Street Project, Abu Dhabi - Re-Engineering Existing Road Infrastructure To Meet Current And Future Load Demands

• The challenges presented by this project and the design factors that must be considered
• Abu Dhabi 2030 planning for road infrastructure and how it affects this project
• How to re-engineer to overcome existing infrastructure challenges

Eng. Ahmed Saleh Al Sayari
Parks & Recreation Facilities Division Manager
Abu Dhabi Municipality

10:30 Upgrading Of Existing Roadinfrastructure To Meet Current And Future Safety Demands Via Re-Engineering

• Evaluating new technologies and performance parameters for vehicle restraint systems (safety barriers) to improve safety performance
• Different approaches to analysis of safety demands and design-driven, installation-driven and test-driven perspectives
• Supporting effective solutions to complex network safety demands

Bernd Wolfgang Wink
Senior Manager International Division
Volkmann & Rossback GmbH & Co.KG

11:30 Panel Discussion: How Can Quality Be Achieved From Design Through To Construction?

There is a need for effective design and build road projects. This format, however, presents a number of key factors that challenge sucessful delivery. How can quality of project delivery be ensured? What are the key factors that migitigate the risk? What experience is required to deliver this type of project?

12.15 Alwahada Road Improvements: Re-Engineering Established Infrastructure Within Challenging Parameters

• Challenges presented by this project during construction and how they are overcome
• Traffic diversion planning to reduce the impact of road reconstruction in urban areas
• Recommendations to enable efficient improvements with reduced impact on the community by this project during construction and how they are overcome
• Traffic diversion planning to reduce the impact of road reconstruction in urban areas
• Recommendations to enable efficient improvements with reduced impact on the community

Eng. Sulaiman Alhajri
Head of Major Roads & Highways, Sharjah Government
Directorate of Public Works

12:45 Case Study: Al Ain Municipality & Town Planning Project - Intelligent Planning For Geographical Challenges

• Addressing the specific challenges presented by mountains and high passes
• Coping strategies for geologically complex terrain
• Planning for cityscapes that limit the impact of new developments

Eng. Nasser Meftah Al Aryani
Road Engineer
Al Ain Municipality & Town Planning

14:15 Development Of A Road Network Into Rural Areas To Enhance Development Opportunities

• Addressing the specific challenges presented by rural areas
• Strategies to cope with sand dunes and mountain passes
• Analysing the social and economic impact of new road infrastructure in rural areas

Eng. Hassa Al Malik
Director of Roads
Dubai Ministry of Public Works

14:45 Learning From New Technological Development Challenges For Highway And Transportation Infrastructure Planning And Design

• Considerate planning for development projects to ensure effective service delivery
• Planning for proposed usage in terms of load, growth and capacity constraints
• Integration of early service planning to eliminate problems with design and implementation

Sadiq Pirani
Road & Infrastructure Consultant
Scott Wilson

15:45 3rd Generation Traffic Management Architecture – Optimising Processes And Controlling Costs Using An Integrated Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Approach

• Using minimum roadside infrastructure to support multiple traffic management and safety applications
• Deploying scalable and interoperable ITS Architecture
• Empowering the public and the traffic managers with realtime applications

Steve George
Chair of the ITS Architecture WG
ITS-Arab

16:15 Case Study: Road Safety Audit Findings For E22 (Abu Dhabi – Al Ain) Road: Enabling A Pass On Your Safety Audit

• The benefits of the safety audit process to road project sucess
• Explanation of the audits procedure and enabling enhanced understanding of risk and safety issues
• Updates to the manual in light of the ever changing nature of the road network and driver behavior

Dr. Abdulilah Zineddin
Highways Safety Specialist
Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DOT)

16:45 Chair’s Closing Remarks

16.50 Close Of Conference Day Two