As the road sector faces the challenges of the new century, it becomes vital for all stakeholders to share visions and find solutions that can reconcile road infrastructure with modern needs, meet growing expectations for a safer and, at the same time, cheaper mobility, and consider new cost-effective and environmental friendly materials and technologies.

By bringing together the world’s foremost experts from the public and private sectors, the 16^th IRF World Road Meeting represents the ideal forum to reach a consensus on new strategies for the road sector which will be able to meet society’s ever evolving expectations in terms of transportation and mobility.

As the first day of the World Road Meetings approaches, the IRF invites you to register through the dedicated website http://www.irf2010.com/ in order to benefit from the early bird rates.

The ERF – IRF BPC is confident that all stakeholders will profit from the Lisbon spring week and, in the words of its Chairman Professor Emanuel Maranha Das Neves, start preparing together “a new voyage of discovery from Lisbon - towards shared roads for the future wellbeing and prosperity of our planet”.