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 Topic 1 - Winter Service Planning, Management and Implementation 
 | Session T1-1A: Overview of National Strategies and Policies (1st part) Président : Jukka KARJALAINEN - Co-président : Ahdelhamid JANATI 
 | ARRIBAS R. Cornejo ,  Spain , Organisation of the work for winter roads maintenance in the Spanish National Road System | 
 | PÄIVIÖ-LEPPÄNEN Tuovi ,  Finland , Winter maintenance policy in Finland | 
 | SEDIVY Jan ,  Slovak Republic  , Winter Service Planning and Management in Slovakia | 
 
 Session T1-1B: Overview of National Strategies and Policies (2nd part) Président : David PALMITJAVILA - Co-président : Jukka KARJALAINEN 
 | KASTANOVSKIS Janis ,  Latvia , Latvian Experience in Assignment, Implementation and Valuation of Winter Maintenance Works | 
 | MATHIS Albert ,  Switzerland , Sustainable Winter Maintenance on the Swiss National Roads, | 
 | WATANABE Kazushige ,  Japan , Issues of and Measures for Ensuring Winter Road Traffic in Japan | 
 | RIIMAA Jyri ,  Estonia , Estonian Road Management organisation | 
 
 Session T1-2A: Winter Maintenance Management Methods (1st part) Président : Masaru MATSUZAWA - Co-président : Jukka KARJALAINEN  
 | LUCAS HERRANZ Jorge ,  Spain , Managing Winter Serviceability during an Adverse Wheather Condition (AWC) with the Aid of Advanced Technological Systems, Spanish experience in Sporadically Exposed Geographical Areas, | 
 | MUNEHIRO Kazunori ,  Japan , Assessment of Winter Road Traffic Performance Using Taxi Probe Data | 
 | TAKAHASHI Naoto ,  Japan , Performance Measurement of Winter Road Management, | 
 | ALFELOR Roemer ,  USA , Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) Performance Measurement | 
 
 Session T1-2B: Winter Maintenance Management Methods (2nd part) Président : Masaru MATSUZAWA - Co-président : Kuno MÄNNIK  
 | KIRIKOSHI Shin ,  Japan , Cost-Benefit Analysis of Road Snow Removal Projects: Theory and application | 
 | VAA Torgeir ,  Norway , Follow up Study of Winter Standard as a R&D project | 
 | OGAMI Tetsuya ,  Japan , Snowplow Deployment Management Method Considering Attributes of Region and Route | 
 | MÖLLER Staffan ,  Sweden  , The Winter Model – a first test calculation | 
 
 Session T1-3: Interaction Between Road Users and Agencies  Président : David PALMITJAVILA - Co-président : Kuno MÄNNIK 
 | CAMPBELL Mara et WARGSJÖ Agneta ,  USA and Sweden  , Understanding and Incorporating Customer Needs in a Road Administration, | 
 | PATRIKAINEN Pasi ,  Finland , Interaction In Road Maintenance Planning - From Customer Needs To Road Winter Maintenance In Finland | 
 | HOLLDORB Christian ,  Germany  , Winter service strategies for increased European road safety - The Results of COST Action 353 | 
 | HOFFMAN William ,  USA , Winter Operations Coalition for coordinated Operations and Maintenance in the Western States | 
 
 Session T1-4: Challenges of Contracting  Président : Kuno MÄNNIK - Co-président : Ahdelhamid JANATI  
 | BERGER Yves ,  Canada-Québec , Assessing New Winter Maintenance Management Approaches at the Ministère des Transports du Québec | 
 | GORMAN-ASAL Coleen ,  Canada , Sustainable Winter Service in a P3 Contract in New Brunswick | 
 | DAHLEN Jon ,  Norway  , Maintenance Contracts – Exchange of Data between Contractor and Client, | 
 | LARSEN Øystein ,  Norway  , Development of Road Maintenance Expertise | 
 
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 Topic 2 - Safety and Mobility in Winter: Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects 
 | Session T2-1: Accident and Traffic Flow Analysis Président : Horst HANKE - Co-président : Xavier COCU  
 | PÖLLÄNEN Markus ,  Finland , Wintertime road conditions and accident risks in passenger car traffic | 
 | ANDREY Jean ,  Canada , Long-term trends in snowfall-related crash risk | 
 | USMAN Taimur ,  Canada , A multilevel disaggregate Model for quantifying the Safety Effect of Winter Road Maintenance | 
 | VAA Torgeir ,  Norway , Side Friction as a Parameter to optimize Winter Operations | 
 
 Session T2-2: Optimized Driver Information for Better Road Safety Président : Horst HANKE - Co-président : Masaru MATSUZAWA  
 | NOËL Sylvain ,  Canada-Québec , Delivery of a Product for conveying Information concerning Winter Road Conditions to Users, and the Steps taken to ensure Delivery of a Quality Product | 
 | IMAMORI Naoki ,  Japan , Cooperative Initiatives to Protect Winter Road Transportation in Niigata City | 
 | KAWAMATA Kazuhisa ,  Japan , Discussion on the practical Application of DSRC in Measures to counter Visibility Hazards in cold Areas with heavy Snowfall | 
 | HAGIWARA Toru ,  Japan , Determining the most effective Locations of Illuminated Delineators for improving Visibility on Expressways under Snowstorm Conditions using a Driving Simulator | 
 
 Session T2-3: Special Traffic Problems and Solutions in Wintertime Président : Xavier COCU - Co-président : Horst HANKE 
 | HJORT Mattias ,  Sweden , Bus accidents in winter time | 
 | NISKA Anna ,  Sweden , The importance of winter maintenance for cyclists | 
 | BERTHOD Catherine ,  Canada-Québec , Traffic Calming Measures in Winter Conditions | 
 | DUMONT André-Gilles ,  Switzerland , Thermal Behaviour of Porous Asphalt | 
 | ROOS Ralf ,  Germany , Block dispatching for HGVs on problematic road sections during extreme winter weather conditions | 
 
 Session T2-4: Sustainable Winter Maintenance in Road Tunnels Président : Pierre SCHMITZ - Co-président : Vidar ENGMO 
 | SCHMITZ Pierre ,  Belgium  , Technical Committee C4 and Sustainable Winter Maintenance in Road Tunnels | 
 | DEBS Alexandre ,  Canada-Québec , Winter Operation of Road Tunnels in Québec: the Ville-Marie and Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnels | 
 | HILL Duane ,  USA , Winter Operation and maintenance of Tunnel in North eastern Minnesota | 
 | ANDERSSON Per ,  Sweden , Water Infiltration and Ice Problems in Rock Tunnels in Sweden | 
 
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 Topic 3 - Winter Service Information Systems 
 | Session T3-1: Monitoring & Observing Weather & Road Conditions  Président : Martin HOBBS - Co-président : Richard CHARPENTIER 
 | MARCHETTI Mario ,  France , Discrimination of Surface Status of Pavements by Extracting Image Data | 
 | FENG Feng ,  Canada , Classification of Winter Road Surface Conditions Based on Continuous Friction Measurement | 
 | BERTIN BÉNIÉ Goze ,  Canada-Québec , A Centre of Expertise for the Coordination between Vehicle and Infrastructure Applied to Mobile Road Information Systems | 
 | OHIRO Tomonori ,  Japan , Advanced Snow and Ice Control Measures for Hokkaido's Expressways | 
 
 Session T3-2: Forecasting Weather & Road Conditions Président : Paul PISANO - Co-président : Mario MARCHETTI 
 | COUDERT Odile ,  France , Optima : Road Weather Informations dedicated to road sections | 
 | RICHARD Paul ,  Canada , Night Icing Potential Prediction System | 
 | MASON Peter ,  United Kingdom  , Developments in road weather forecasting | 
 | SPREITZHOFER Gerald ,  Austria  , Combining Meteorological and Geographic Information Systems to Increase the Capacity of Road Weather Forecasts | 
 
 Session T3-3A: Decision Support Systems (1st part) Président : Martin HOBBS - Co-président : Richard CHARPENTIER 
 | PISANO Paul ,  USA , The Clarus Regional Demonstrations | 
 | WEBER Christelle ,  France , Multifunction software for Winter Serviceability Management | 
 | JELISEJEVS Boriss ,  Latvia , A Role of ITS in Road Winter Maintenance | 
 | MEWES John ,  USA , An Overview of the Pooled Fund Study Maintenance Decision Support System | 
 
 Session T3-3B: Decision Support Systems (2nd part) Président : Mario MARCHETTI - Co-président : Larry BROWN 
 | YANG Jun ,  Canada , Development and Calibration of Frost Depth and Thaw Duration Predictors Based on the Weather Information | 
 | HAMEL Serge ,  Canada-Québec , Innovative Solutions for Managing Winter Service | 
 | HANKE Horst ,  Germany , Spreading Agent Management System as Part of an all-embracing Winter Maintenance Management System | 
 | MAKINO Masatoshi ,  Japan , Development of a System for the Flexible Shifting of Snow Removal Sections Using Real-time Positioning Information on Snow Removal Machinery | 
 
 Session T3-4A: Vehicle-based Technologies (1st part) Président : Martin HOBBS - Co-président : Miguel TREMBLAY  
 | HARUYAMA Kazuhiko ,  Japan , A Discussion of Advancements in Data Collection and Provision using Next Generation ITS Technology in Regions of Cold and Heavy Snow | 
 | KOIKE Tamotsu ,  Japan , The Introduction of the Snow Vehicle Position Monitoring System and its Effectiveness | 
 | DROBOT Sheldon ,  USA , Improving Road Weather Products with Vehicle Probe Data | 
 | PALSSON Einar ,  Iceland , Winter service management and service vehicle activity reports | 
 
 Session T3-4B: Vehicle-based Technologies (2nd part) Président : Paul PISANO - Co-président : Mario MARCHETTI 
 | LAPOINTE Claude ,  Canada-Québec , Developing a Second-Generation Mobile Road Weather Station | 
 | FERREIRA Paulo ,  Canada-Québec , Info-Neige – For Easy and Effective Management of Snow Loading Operations | 
 | SCHEDLER Karl E. ,  Germany , Methods to Generate Information on Weather and Road Condition in terms of Specific Road Sections Online as well as in the Vehicle for Driver and Travellers | 
 | HESS Rainer ,  Germany  , Potential of Automatic Field Data Capture in Winter Maintenance on Roads | 
 
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 Topic 4 - Snow and Ice Control Techniques and Technologies 
 | Session T4-1A: Innovative Techniques for Snow Removal (1st part) Président : Alan CHAMBERS - Co-président : Mohamed EL MOUNIR 
 | CORBETT Mike ,  Canada , Two Plows – One Operator – The Use of Tow Plows on an Arterial Highway in Northern N.B. | 
 | TAHARA Yuji ,  Japan , Securing the Wintertime Traffic Flow by Means of Multi-Vehicle Snow Removal | 
 | GRUHS Pontus ,  Sweden  , High speed plough / environmental plough | 
 | NITTA Yasushi ,  Japan , Development of Snow Removal Machinery for Optimizing Sidewalk Snow Removal | 
 
 Session T4-1B: Innovative Techniques for Snow Removal (2nd part) Président : Rick NELSON - Co-président : André PANS  
 | GAGNÉ Jimmy ,  Canada-Québec , Winter Airport Maintenance: Developing a Unique Expertise | 
 | TURTSCHY Jean-Claude ,  Switzerland , New Ecological Material for fhe Winter Treatment | 
 | ZAVITTERI Andrea ,  Italia , Tanker for Hot De-Icing of Roads and Highways | 
 | OKOSHI Shuuji ,  Japan , The Application of the Cavitation Cleaning Vehicle in Snow and Ice Operations | 
 
 Session T4-2: The Environment and Snow Control Président : Manfred SKERLAN - Co-président : André PANS 
 | LIVET Jean ,  France , Analysis of a Particular Observed Accidentology on Dry and Salted Pavement | 
 | SMITHSON Leland ,  USA , Implementing Passive Snow and Ice Control Measures | 
 | ITO Yasuhiko ,  Japan , Relationship between Tree Density and Visibility Improvement of Highway Snowbreak Woods | 
 | ABE Koichi ,  Japan , Efforts to improve the visual environment on expressways that pass through areas of snowstorm and drifting snow | 
 
 Session T4-3: Techniques for the Application of Deicing Chemicals Président : Roberto GIANNETTI - Co-président : Mohamed EL MOUNIR 
 | SOMMER Bo ,  Denmark  , GPS Controlled Salt Spreading and Section Based Forecasts | 
 | BOLET Lars ,  Denmark  , Ice Control with Brine Spread with Nozzles on Highways - Implementation of Brine Spreading Technologies in Denmark | 
 | DURIEZ Luc ,  France , Feasibility Study of an Automatic System of Spreading of Sodium Chloride Brine in the North of France | 
 | HAUSMANN Günter ,  Germany , Distribution of spreading agents on the road surface | 
 
 Session T4-4: Measurement of Pavement Surface Condition Président : Rick NELSON - Co-président : André PANS  
 | ARSENAULT Steve ,  Canada-Québec , Assessment of Devices used to measure Road Friction in Winter Conditions | 
 | MARUYAMA Kimio ,  Japan , Skid Resistance of Porous Asphalt Pavement under Winter Conditions | 
 | FUJIMOTO Akihiro ,  Japan , Prediction of Sliding Resistance on Asphalt Pavement Surface due to the Freezing of a Sodium Chloride Solution | 
 | ENGSTRÖM Niclas ,  Sweden , Direct low lateral slip roadgrip measurement compared with surface reflection of three laser beams | 
 
 Session T4-5: Analysis of the Spread Rate of Chemical Deicers Président : Freddy KNUDSEN - Co-président : André PANS 
 | JOUIN Denis ,  France , Optical Recognition of Road De-Icing Product Graind'sel Project | 
 | DAMKJÆR Tine ,  Denmark  , Testing of Spreaders for Snow and Ice control-Methods and Results | 
 | HANKE Horst ,  Germany , Optimized Spreading of Salt and Brine in Winter Service | 
 | MARCHETTI Mario ,  France , Remote determination of residual de-icer with an optical spectroscopic tool, | 
 
 Session T4-6: Prevention or Dealing with Snow/Ice Président : José DEL PINO ALVAREZ - Co-président : Mohamed EL MOUNIR 
 | COCU Xavier ,  Belgium  , The use of phase change materials to delay pavement freezing | 
 | POISSONNIER Stéphanie ,  France , Winter Maintenance and Urban Installations | 
 | RAY David ,  USA , Best Practices in Winter Maintenance from the U.S. Domestic Scan Program | 
 | FRENETTE Michel ,  Canada-Québec , Infrastructure for the Disposal of Snow in Montréal | 
 
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 Topic 5 - Winter Service and Sustainable Transportation 
 | Session T5-1: Salt and the Road Right-of-Way Président : Frank RIZZARDO - Co-président : Didier GILOPPÉ 
 | SATIN Morton ,  USA , Research on Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of De-Icing | 
 | YAMAMOTO Yuichiro ,  Japan , Research on Environmental Impact of Spread De-icing Salts | 
 | BOMMEL Amandine et DUBÉ Jean-Sébastien ,  France and Canada-Québec , Effect of Dissolved Deicing Salts on the Mobility of Metals in Contaminated Urban Soils | 
 | LAUSECKER Pierre-Olivier ,  France , A Methodology for the Spatial Analysis of the Impacts of Road Deicing Salts on Surface Water | 
 
 Session T5-2: Alternatives to Salt & Salt Quality Président : Aldis LACIS - Co-président : Frank RIZZARDO 
 | ALATYPPÖ Ville ,  Finland , Efficiency of Runway De-Icing Chemicals In Practice | 
 | MURAKAMI Hisatoshi ,  Japan , Feasibility Study on the Suitability of Automated Acetic Acid Cryoprotectant Dispersion Systems on Urban Expressways | 
 | BLOMQVIST Göran ,  Sweden , The environmental sub-model of the Swedish winter model – updated algorithms for the description of salt damage to roadside environment | 
 | NAGLIC Olga ,  Slovenia , The Importance of the Quality of Deicing Materials | 
 
 Session T5-3: Salt, Snow – Sustainable Options Président : Fumihiro HARA - Co-président : Didier GILOPPÉ 
 | SPECKLIN Gérard ,  France , Sustainable Development and Winter Viability: the Case of Public Markets for Road Salts in France | 
 | ROCHEFEUILLE Charles-Henri ,  France , Road's De-Icing Agents and Sustainable Development | 
 | MIKKA’ICHI Hironobu ,  Japan , Road Heating System Using Hot Spring Water as the Renewable Heat Source | 
 | WATANABE Hiroshi ,  Japan , Snow Melting System Using Shallow Ground Heat at “Michi-No-Eki”, Hachi-Kita | 
 
 Session T5-4: History of Maintenance in Various Countries  Président : Didier GILOPPÉ - Co-président : Fumihiro HARA 
 | DZIEDATAJA Indra ,  Latvia , History of sustainable winter road maintenance service in Latvia from 1919 to 2009 | 
 | PASQUINI Amleto ,  Italia , Winter maintenance and sustainable development | 
 
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 Topic 6 - Winter Service and Climate Change Impacts 
 | Session T6-1: Winter Service and Climate Change Impacts Président : Jan ÖLANDER - Co-président : Odile COUDERT 
 | REIMCHEN Donna ,  Canada , Reducing Maintenance Requirements on Permafrost-Affected Highways: Permafrost Test Sections along the Alaska Highway | 
 | THORDARSON Skuli ,  Iceland , Real-time frost depth forecast model for thaw-induced axle load limitation management | 
 | CHAUMONT Diane ,  Canada-Québec , Analysis of regional climate model simulations of transport-related climate indices over Southern Québec | 
 | CULP Michael ,  USA , Federal Highway Administration’s Development of a Strategy to Address Adaptation to Climate Change | 
 | NORDLANDER Håkan ,  Sweden , What impact will climate change have on roads in Sweden and how to deal with it | 
 
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