01 July 2019

Over 200 exhibitors from international private and public groups are expected to showcase the latest transport, road and planning innovations at the 26th PIARC World Road Congress which kicks off in Abu Dhabi on October 6 and runs until October 10.

Organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DoT) and the World Road Association (PIARC), the five-day event will see around 5,000 road transport professionals besides a record number of Congress national pavilions and more than 40 transport ministers taking part.

Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the World Road Congress offers an opportunity to explore the challenges, solutions and innovations, such as the introduction of driverless cars and future technology which will enable energy generation via cars driving on the road.

Recently, Dr Abdullah Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Infrastructure Development and chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Transport Authority, invited the transport and infrastructure ministers of 195 countries around the world to take part in the Ministers Sessions, a prominent feature of every World Road Congress.

 Dr Al Nuaimi called on transport ministries around the world to come together at the 26th PIARC World Road Congress with public and private partners to share ideas and experiences and develop new partnerships to progress together.

The Congress, which will be discussing the over-arching theme of ‘Connecting Cultures, Enabling Economies,’ boasts over 50 sessions and workshops at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The event, he stated, also provides a platform to develop safety measures to address environmental and sustainability challenges as well as strengthening public-private sectors partnerships to support and develop the roads and transport infrastructure.

The packed programme will address innovative transport service models, future transport policy agendas, use of new technologies to enhance safety of the road networks, transport infrastructure investments, surface transport sustainability and resilience, road, bridge and tunnel operations and smart mobility solutions, among other topics, he added.  

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