Virtual International Seminar 13 – 15 December 2021
WINTER SERVICE ON ROADS
AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
The Virtual International Seminar “Winter service on roads and other public places” will run from 13 to 15 December. It will be jointly organised by the World Road Association (PIARC), the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Infrastructure Association. It will be held in virtual (online) format and organised from Ukraine (Kyiv).
Jointly organised by PIARC Technical Committees and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the seminar will be attended by representatives of governments and affiliated agencies, as well as experts and researchers from numerous countries. They will share their knowledge and expertise, discuss ideas and experiences, transfer information and technologies and examine a wide selection of questions to improve winter service on roads and public spaces.
For this event, PIARC Technical Committees and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine will jointly contribute to the seminar’s programme. The seminar will showcase global and local policy, strategy, innovation, and success that can be shared and used around the world by the global PIARC community.
ONLINE, ORGANISED FROM KYIV (UKRAINE)
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Presentations
Speakers and topics for PIARC International Seminar in Ukraine
December 13th from 14.00 until 17.00
14:00 – 14:40
OPENING CEREMONY
WELCOME SPEECH
Moderator – Ihor Samokhodsky
Oleksandr Kubrakov
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Andrij Ivko
Deputy The State Road Agency of Ukraine
Patrick Malléjacq
PIARC Secretary General
Peter Nutz
Chair of PIARC Winter Service Technical Committee
14:40 – 15:45
Session 1 – NEW TECHNOLOGY IN WINTER SERVICE
Moderator – Peter Nutz
Josef Neuhold
Austrian Standards
Anna Arvidsson
How can new technology be used in winter road maintenance
Yevhen Kubarskyi
Use of new salt technologies in winter road maintenance
Questions — Answers
15:45 – 15:55
COFFEE BREAK
15:55 – 17:00
Session 2 – DIGITALIZATION OF ROADS AND WINTER MAINTENANCE PROCESSES
Moderator – Peter Nutz
Alexandra Azarhina
Best practices and quality management for the winter maintenance in Ukraine
Roman Komendant
The path of digitalization of Ukrainian roads
PIARC Speaker
Questions — Answers
December 14th – from 14.00 until 17.20
14:00 – 15:20
Session 3 – DE-ICER AND PLOUGHING TECHNOLOGY
Moderator – Marko Bachmaha
Peter Nutz
Liquid alternative to sodium chloride and potassium
Julius Janeba
Spreaders
Aleksandr Rashchupkyn
Practice of winter maintenance and operation of asphalt roads in Ukraine
Vladyslav Demydenko
Best practices in winter maintenance: advance preparation, QA and innovations
Questions — Answers
15:20 – 15:25
COFFEE BREAK
15:25 – 17:10
Session 4 –IMPLEMENTATION OF OPRC CONTRACTS IN UKRAINE
Moderator – Marko Bachmaha
Anna Harchenko
Implementation of OPRC contracts in Ukraine
Stas Gvozdikov
Optimization of costs for winter maintenance of road assets
Oleg Bereza
Experience of pilot project in Lviv region
Tolga Таrimer
Regulatory and technical advantages and disadvantages
Oleh Zaviiskyi
Compliance monitoring
PIARC speaker
Questions — Answers
December 15th from 14.00 until 17.20
14:00 – 15:20
Session 5 – WINTER SERVICE UNDER EXTREME WINTER EVENTS (Part 1)
Moderator – Artem Bezuhlyi
Masaru Matsuzawa
Snowdrift control
Oleg Fedorenko
Features of winter maintenance of roads in climatic conditions of Ukraine
Dr. Horst Hanke
German winter service standards
Ruslan Nichik
Kyiv region winter events - big challenges and crucial importance
Questions — Answers
15:20 – 15:25
COFFEE BREAK
15:25 – 16:55
Session 6 – WINTER SERVICE UNDER EXTREME WINTER EVENTS (Part 2)
Moderator – Artem Bezuhlyi
Dmytro Rybalka
Problem issues in the southern region of Ukraine
José Carlos Valdecantos Alvarez
Extreme winter events in Spain in Winter 2020/2021
Andrii Aleksieiev
Region local peculiarities in winter service
Oleksii Basan
Features of winter maintenance of the Poltava region
Questions — Answers
16:55 – 17:00
CLOSING REMARKS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM ORGANIZATORS
Peter Nutz
Chair of PIARC Technical Committee on Winter Service
Ihor Samokhodsky
Ukrainian Infrastructure Association UNITE Executive Director
seminar organizers
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