14 18 March 2004

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14 18 March 2004 South Africa
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Misty Hills Country Hotel Conference Centre,
Gauteng
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Loads, Roads and the Information Highway
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Major Areas of Focus

• Heavy goods vehicles
• Vehicle-road interaction
• Impact of heavy vehicles on roads and bridges

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Areas of Focus

• Vehicle technology CTI, advanced suspensions
  and vehicles for the future
• Vehicle size and weights limits safety effects,
  design, simulation, and performance measures
• Heavy vehicle safety stability,
  crash-worthiness, accident data analysis
• Dynamic wheel loads and ride quality
• Intelligent Vehicle and Transport Systems
• Effects of heavy vehicles on pavements and
  bridges
• Monitoring and enforcement technologies
• Economic and operational issues
• Policy formulation vehicle performance based
  criteria

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Areas of Focus

• Economics of the road transport system using an
  aging infrastructure
• Managing the infrastructure for improving
  transport productivity
• Regulatory developments
• Road geometry, traffic management and policies
  for heavy vehicles
• Cooperative international programs OECD,
  International Organisation for Standardisation,
  etc
• Long-term vision for highway vehicles and support
  infrastructure
• Long-term vision rail and rail freight
  infrastructure

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Organising Committee

• Paul Nordengen (Chairman)
• Geoff Ackermann (SANRAL)
• Jim Campbell (IRTE)
• Barney Curtis (RFA/FESARTA)
• Steve Kekwick (CSIR Transportek)
• William Mashishi (NDoT)
• Mac Steynberg (Gautrans)
• Braam Viviers (NAAMSA/Toyota SA)
• Cilla Taylor (Conference Planner)

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Technical Committee

• 16 members representing
• United States
• Canada
• Australia
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom
• The Netherlands
• Germany
• France
• Sweden
• South Africa

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