Technical sessions
38 technical sessions were organised in the framework of the Congress. Each of these technical sessions addressed key topics related to winter service.
- Tuesday, February 20th 2018
- Wednesday, February 21st 2018
- Thursday, February 22nd 2018
- Friday, February 23rd 2018
Speakers included experts from PIARC Committeees as well as authors of articles selected from the international call.
The topics of the 2018 Gdańsk Congress were:
- T1: Extreme situations, disasters
- T2: Climate change and the environment
- T3: Road weather information
- T4: Road users and road safety
- T5: Winter maintenance management and planning
- T6: Equipment and products
- T7: Winter service in urban areas
- T8: Tunnels and bridges
In most cases, individual communications are available in English only.
Tuesday, February 20th 2018
16:30 – 18:00
Wednesday, February 21st 2018
8:30 – 10:00
11:00 – 12:30
| T3-3 | T3-3: Forecasting |
| T7-3 | T7-3: Improvement of winter service |
| T4-3 | T4-3: Safety measures and effects on winter traffic |
| T5-3 | T5-3: Winter resilience and sustainability |
14:00 – 15:30
| T6-4 | T6-4: Pavements |
| T8-1 | T8-1: Management of tunnels and bridges in winter |
| T3-4 | T3-4: Maintenance management |
| T5-5 | T5-5: Contracts |
| T5-4 | T5-4: Winter service organisation |
16:30 – 18:00
Thursday, February 22nd 2018
8:30 – 10:00
| T6-6 | T6-6: Chemical use |
| T1-1 | T1-1: Avalanches |
| T2-1 | T2-1: De-icers |
| T5-9 | T5-9: New tools, models and methods |
| T5-8 | T5-8: Winter service organisation |
11:00 – 12:30
| T5-10 | T5-10: New tools, models and methods |
| T1-2 | T1-2: Extreme weather conditions |
| T5-11 | T5-11: Winter service organisation |
| T6-7 | T6-7: Pavements |
Friday, February 23rd 2018
8:30 – 10:00
| T5-12 | T5-12: New tools, models and methods |
| T2-2 | T2-2: Climate impact |
| T6-9 | T6-9: Miscellaneous |
| T6-8 | T6-8: Stationary testing |
More pictures
https://www.flickr.com/photos/piarc/albums/72157688842215610