Congress Organisers
This Congress was organised thanks to the active contribution of the following bodies:
Abu Dhabi Organising Committee (ADOC)
The Ministry of Transport in Abu Dhabi led the local Abu Dhabi Organising Committee (ADOC) on behalf of the United ArabEmirates.
PIARC (World Road Association)
The programme of the World Road Congress was developed by the General Secretariat, with the contribution of the Technical Committees and Task Forces, the Strategic Planning Commission, under the supervision of the PIARC Executive Committee .
Executive Committee (July 2019)
- Chairman: Claude Van Rooten (Belgium)
- Past President: Oscar De Buen Richkarday (Mexico)
- Vice-Presidents: Cheick Oumar Diallo (Mali), Shigeru Kikukawa (Japan), Miguel Angel Salvia (Argentina)
- Members:Ahmed AlHammadi (United Arab Emirates), Richard Charpentier (Canada-Quebec), Sandrine Chinzi (France), Mārtinš Dambergs (Latvia), Lena Erixon (Sweden), Thomas Everett (United States), Nick Koukoulas (Australia), Stefan Krause (Germany), Kang Hoon Lee (Republic of Korea), José Miguel Ortega (Chile), Meor Aziz Bin Osman (Malaysia), Graham Pendlebury (United Kingdom), Ramón Pepín (Dominican Republic), Marie-Claude Petit (Canada), María del Carmen Picón (Spain), Massimo Schintu (Italy), Alex Van Niekerk (South Africa), Dejin Wu (People's Republic of China), Friedrich Zotter (Austria)
- Representative of the National Committees: Saverio Palchetti (Italy)
Strategic Planning Commission(July 2019)
- President: María del Carmen Picón (Spain), Oscar Callejo (Mexico)(2016-2018)
- Vice-Chair: Richard Charpentier (Canada Quebec)
- Ex officio members: Claude Van Rooten, President of PIARC, Patrick Malléjacq, Secretary General of PIARC
- Members: Mohamed Afechkar (Morocco), Roberto Aguerrebere (Mexico), Ahmed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates), Ernesto Barrera (Chile), Claire Bergé (France), Jean-François Corté (France), Thomas Everett (United States), Oscar Gutiérrez (Spain), Shigeru Kikukawa (Japan), Bojan Leben (Slovenia), Hirofumi Ohnishi (Japan), José Miguel Ortega (Chile), Graham Pendlebury (United Kingdom), Miguel Angel Salvia (Argentina), Peter Schmitz (Germany), Ali Traoré (Burkina Faso), Alex Van Niekerk (South Africa), Agneta Wargsjö (Sweden)
- Representative of the National Committees: Saverio Palchetti (Italy)
PIARC (July 2019)
- Secretary General: Patrick Malléjacq (France)
- Deputy Secretary General: Robin Sébille (France)
- Technical Director: Miguel Caso Flórez (Spain)
- Staff: Véronique Anselin, Alain Charles, Marina Domingo Monsonís, Cécile Jeanne, Marie Pastol, Hanitra Rabetaliana, Nathalie Sabbah
- Technical Advisors: Verónica Arias Espejel (Mexico), Aleksandra Cybulska (Poland), Kirsten Graf-Landmann (Germany), Hyunseok Kim (Republic of Korea), Yuya Namiki (Japan), Kajsa Julia Ström (Sweden), Claudine Tremblay (Canada-Quebec)
For more information: www.piarc.org