Program for NVF Road technology Annual meeting 2023

Monday 21st August

19:00 Registration and Get together in Hanasaari hotel

Tuesday 22nd August

Registration, coffee

08:30 Opening of the seminar
- Anders Östergård / NMT-centralen i Österbotten

08:45 Norway 25min
Maximum water content in Norwegian coarse granular road construction materials
- Head of Road Technology Kjell Arne Skoglund/Statens vegvesen

09:15 Denmark 25min
Asphalt reinforcement. What is it and what are the advantages: longer lifespan, less use of raw materials, less disturbance of traffic. incl. update on development of software for dimensioning.
- Head of Projects Jens Adamsen S&P Reinforcement Nordic
BSM Bitumen Stabiliseret Materiale - Projektchef for asfalt og afdelingschef for BSM Allan Bay - Arkil

09:45 Coffee Break

10:00 Sweden 25min

10:30 Finland 25min
Infrastructure management system as a supporting tool in lowering CO2 emissions - real-time data supported planning of maintenance activities, optimal use of resources and improved logistics in road construction contracts
– R&D Lead Michalina Makowska/Ramboll

11:00 Break

11:15 Iceland 25min
Geothermal activity and roads
- Head of Geology and Road Technology Birkir Hrafn Jóakimsson/ Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration

11:45 Faroe Island 25min
The challenge of maintaining and expanding the road system in a remote and small community
- Dávur Johannesen and Ási Mikkelsen/Landsverk

12:15 Lunch

13:30 Researcher competition, participants from all countries 20min each
- DK: Line Kloster Pedersen/Visibuilt ApS: ”A paradigm shift in biobased asphalt binders
- FI: Fan Zhang/Aalto University: ”Microwave Maintenance of Asphalt Pavement containing Steel Slag for Self-healing”
- NO: Hoa Chen (Ph.D.): “Laboratory-based Modelling of Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Pavements”

- SE: Julian Rodriguez (PhD student at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)): “Digital twin for future maintenance planning: Norvik Port Sweden case study”

15:00 Coffee Break with voting

15:30 Workshop

19:00 Dinner

Wednesday 23rd August

Check out from the Hotel

09:00 Technical Tour with Bus in Espoo-Helsinki Area

12:00 Lunch

13:00 End of seminar

Registration fee 200,00 € includes Conference facilities, coffees, lunches, dinner and Technical Tour.

Participation via Teams (Tuesday 22nd August) will also be available, no registration fee. Please, register you with the ticket "Teams" so we can send the participation link to your email. 

If you need help to book your hotel room, choose the "Registration fee + Hotel room" ticket. By that choise you need also pay your hotel upon this registration. (300€ / 2 nights) 

Deadline for registration is June 28rd, 2023