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During the 2025 International Technical Conference, NTRO spoke to several keynote speakers to gather their insights into the industry and to dive deeper into their thoughts and experiences surrounding Australia transport challenges.
Jo Evans
Jeroen Weimar
Gonzalo Alcaraz
Gemma Tognini
Hon Gabrielle Williams MP
Wayne Johnson
Sally Stannard
Our valued partners are industry leaders committed to driving innovation and shaping the future of transport. By supporting this premier event, they demonstrate their dedication to sustainability, safety, and cutting-edge advancements across road, rail, ports, and airports. Their involvement enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the adoption of new technologies that will transform the transport sector for years to come.
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will focus on maximising the longevity and reliability of transport infrastructure. These sessions will highlight adopting various innovative tools, materials, and maintenance practices to deliver sustainable outcomes for communities.
Key Sustainable Asset Performance sessions will include; Infrastructure Measurement and Assessment, Innovative Tools for Better Infrastructure Outcomes, New Asset Modelling and Material Outcomes, Flood Impacted Pavements, Simplified Approach to Estimating Asphalt Layer Strain, Sustainably Extending the Performance Service Life of Open Grade Asphalts, Balanced Performance Analysis of Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures, Fatigue Management in the Heavy Vehicle Industry, Leveraging TSD Deflection Data, Delivering Insight with Bridge-Weigh-In-Motion Technology, plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will focus on maximising the longevity and reliability of transport infrastructure. These sessions will highlight adopting various innovative tools, materials, and maintenance practices to deliver sustainable outcomes for communities.
Key Sustainable Asset Performance sessions will include; Infrastructure Measurement and Assessment, Innovative Tools for Better Infrastructure Outcomes, New Asset Modelling and Material Outcomes, Flood Impacted Pavements, Simplified Approach to Estimating Asphalt Layer Strain, Sustainably Extending the Performance Service Life of Open Grade Asphalts, Balanced Performance Analysis of Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures, Fatigue Management in the Heavy Vehicle Industry, Leveraging TSD Deflection Data, Delivering Insight with Bridge-Weigh-In-Motion Technology, plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will explore strategies to foster safer behaviours and systems, aiming to significantly reduce accidents and fatalities by embedding safety-first principles nationally and internationally.
Key National Transport Safety Culture sessions will include; Assessing Data Needs in Road Crash Valuation in Low-Income Countries, Changing User Behaviours, Delivering the Step Change to Save Lives, Innovative Framework for Proactive Traffic Safety Management Using AI, Integrated Traffic Signal Priority Solution for Emergency Vehicles, plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will investigate the future of transport, emphasising clean energy, autonomous vehicles, and adapting to changing user preferences, ensuring mobility solutions are efficient and forward-thinking.
Key Smart Mobility sessions will include; What is The Transport Energy Future? The Democratisation of Autonomous Vehicles using Open-Source Software, Community Desires in an Autonomous Future, Data Reform – Solving Universal challenges with network scale data collection, Radical Mobility; Change Drivers, Transport User Choices, plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will cover advancements in the design and performance of roadways and materials. It considers challenges such as increased traffic volumes, economic pressures, and climate resilience.
Key Structural Pavements and Material Innovation sessions will include; Next-generation materials changing the future, Microwave Heating for the Sustainable Self-Healing of Asphalt Pavements, Creating A 'Warmer' Warm Mix, Pavement Performance for Innovative Loading, Critical Impacts of Asphalt Mixture Production Temperatures on Kraft Lignin's Antioxidant Properties, Project Specific Reliability Factors for Structural Pavements, Embedded Inductive Charging Systems on the Performance of Asphalt Pavements, Simulation of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Wave Propagation in gprMax, Permeable and Pervious Pavements - Understanding the Potential Applications, plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will discuss approaches to cutting carbon emissions across infrastructure projects. This includes integrating renewable energy, adopting circular economy practices, and promoting sustainable construction techniques.
Key Decarbonising Transport Infrastructure sessions will include; Smarter Greener Pavements that Deliver, Reducing our Transport Carbon Footprint, Economic models that measure, 2050 Net Zero framework Case study of Public works at the city government level, The crossover of Energy, Transport and Technology, Effect of Virgin Bitumen Content on Engineering Properties of Recycled Asphalt Mixtures, Biomaterial Development and Applications in Road Pavements, Sustainable Alternative to Foamed Bitumen And Bituminous Emulsion Stabilisation Techniques, Low carbon recycled sustainable asphalt – myth or reality? Plus many more!
NTRO's 2025 International Conference will address how transport agencies can evolve to meet shifting societal demands. This involves planning for future challenges, aligning governance with public expectations, and developing the skills needed for modern transport systems.
Key Transport Governance for the Future sessions will include; 2050 Net Zero Framework Case study of Public works at city government level, Road Authority Preparedness for Natural Disasters, Anticipating Transportation Challenges Over the Next 30 Years, Meeting Community Expectations, Locally Available Marginal Materials in Road Pavement Construction, CycleRAP Methodology for Planning Cycling Networks, Earned-Value of Local Government Transport and Roads Research and Innovation Program, Skills needed for the Agencies of the future, plus many more!
