IFRTT and Scientific Committee

The International Forum for Road Transport Technology (IFRTT) was formed after the first Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions symposium run by the Roads and Transport Association of Canada in 1986. The purpose of the IFRTT organization is to:

Advance the agenda on heavy vehicle transport issues through the sharing of knowledge and exchange of views between researchers, policy makers, regulators, road agencies and the transport industry

There have been 10 IFRTT hosted symposia held at various international locations since 1986. Known as the Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology symposia or HVTT, the 11th event is scheduled for 15th to 17th March 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. It will immediately precede the International Truck Trailer and Equipment (ITTE) Show that runs from the 18th to the 20th March also in Melbourne. The HVTT symposium will include tours of the ITTE show for those able to stay in Melbourne for the additional days.

Over the last 20 years there has been a vast amount of international research co-operation generated by the OECD (DIVINE Project), European Commission COST projects and NAFTA activities in North America as well as Performance Based Standards (PBS) development in Australia. The IFRTT has played a role in publicizing and presenting the results from these international activities through its HVTT symposia and provides an on-going opportunity for the international networks developed in these projects to continue and flourish.

The primary goal of the symposia is to bring together the various disciplines of road transport to broaden knowledge and perspective.

The IFRTT Scientific Committee is chaired by Professor David Cebon, Director, Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium and Head of Cambridge University Engineering Department's Transport Research Group.

Members of the committee include:

• Professor Sean Brennan, Penn State University, USA
• Mr Les Bruzsa, Principal Engineer, QT, Australia
• Professor Karim Chatti
• Professor Andrew Collop
• Dr Erik Dahlberg, Head, field Analysis, Scania, Sweden
• Dr John De Pont, Director, TERNZ, New Zealand
• Mr Rob Di Cristoforo, Consultant, Advantia, Australia
• Dr Klaus-Peter Glaeser, Head Vehicle Pavement Interaction, BASt, Germany
• M. Bernard Jacob, LCPC, France
• Mr Dom Kalasih, Fleet Manager, Shell, New Zealand
• Mr Anders Lundstrom, Senior Advisor, Scania, Sweden
• M. Jacques Marmy, Head, Technical Affairs, IRU, Switzerland
• Mr Paul Nordengen, Research Group Leader, CSIR, South Africa
• Dr Laszlo Palkovics, director, Advanced Engineering, Knorr Bremse, Hungary
• Mr Seamus Parker, Senior Researcher, FERIC, Canada
• Mr Christophe Penant, Industry Standards, Michelin, France
• Dr Hans Prem, Senior Consultant, MSD, Australia
• Mr David Rolland, Senior Consultant, GHD, Australia
• Dr Peter Sweatman, Director, UMTRI, USA
• Professor John Widmer, Professor of Transport Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Mr John Woodrooffe, Head of Safety Research, UMTRI, USA

This group will be responsible for evaluating technical papers submitted for HVT11. To find out more on this process go to Call for Papers.pdf