Bachelor in Economics (University of Ljubljana). More than 20 years’ experience in motorway development, operation and financing. She is responsible for international relations, multilateral cooperation and EU funding at DARS d.d., Slovenian Motorway Company. Currently in charge of strategic planning, motorway development, as well as for preparation and monitoring of projects supported by different EU institutions. She has participated in several European and cross-border projects and platforms. She is actively involved in the operation of different international road associations, like for example in ASECAP as a Chair of the Permanent Committee for Data Gathering and Analysis/Statistics.
After gaining a diploma in legal studies from Oxford University, Alessandra specialised in competition law, obtaining an LLM from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas. At the same time, she completed her legal training with a master’s degree in political science (Sciences-Po Paris) and a master’s degree in Political Economy of Europe (London School of Economics).
Before joining ASFA as Director of Legal and International Affairs in 2021, she worked for several British law firms and for the French Transmission System Operator (Réseau de Trasport d'Electricité - RTE).
Most of my career is about program and project management but I had done some product management and team leadership, too.
I joined Telepass in spring 2019 to help enter new countries, breaking barriers and easing our customers to move freely in Europe. Dealing with large road operators, different mindsets, processes and procedures in various EU countries it’s a challenging task, but we do to allow our customers to focus on their own businesses.
On July 23 I completed Croatian project, now I am managing Telepass accreditation in two Eu countries.
In my previous career I was involved both in EU R&D cofounded projects and industrial ones in market segment different from tolling and roads.
Alexander Paier (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from the Vienna University of Technology (Institute of Telecommunications), Austria, in 2010. His Ph.D. thesis “The Vehicular Radio Channel in the 5 GHz Band” received the ITS Scientific Award at the 19th ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna. He is the author of several book contributions and numerous published articles.
From 2011 to 2023 he was employed at Kapsch TrafficCom AG as C-ITS expert for system/solution design, technical project management, specification, and standardization of C-ITS systems. During this time, he was responsible for C-ITS deployment projects from Canada via Europa to Australia. Since 2023 he is with ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, Vienna, Austria, as expert in the field of C-ITS and radio- and frequency-management. Further he is member of ASECAP since 2023, where he is part of the COPER III team.
Alexandros Kotsas is a Senior Transportation Engineer at SALFO & Associates SA, specializing in transport planning and traffic engineering, with extensive exposure in large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects both in Greece and the Middle East. Throughout his career he has been involved in a wide variety of transport projects for clients from both the public and the private sector. He is a Civil Engineer and holds an MSc in Transport Engineering & Operations from Newcastle University and an MBA from Alba Graduate Business School. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Alexis ZASLAVOGLOU, Graduate Engineer, President of the Board of Directors and Production Manager has more than 39 years of experience in computer science and industrial electrical engineering. Including 33 years in the tolling business and 25 years more particularly assigned to GEA’s Research and Development Projects and Equipment manufacturing.
Transport engineer with 25 years of experience in the field of transport, logistics and road infrastructure.
VP Chief Marketing Communication & Public Affairs at Free To X, an Autostrade per l'Italia company focused on the development of e-mobility services and advanced sustainable mobility services. Chief Operative Office of Free To Mobility, a company of Autostrade per l'Italia for the development of Smart City projects.
Former CEO of Aiscat Servizi, a consulting company in the field of engineering and transport economics, and Director of the Technical Area of AISCAT - Association of Italian Motorway Concessionaires - and Member of the Board of Directors of Consorzio Intermediterraneo - Consortium for the promotion of initiatives for logistics and intermodality in partnership with RAM. Secretary General of FAI - Italian Road Hauliers Federation - the main trade association of Italian transport and logistics companies representing about 9000 companies. Member of the Central Committee of the Register of Road Transport, the control and direction body of Italian road transport and Member of the Board of Directors of IMR, a professional training body in the road transport sector.
Engineer from Ecole Centrale de Paris and with an MBA from Imperial College Business School in London, Mr Benazzouz started his career working in consulting engineering and then moved to Unilever to work in different management positions in Casablanca, London, Singapore, and leading up to Regional Finance Director in Egypt.
He also worked as General Manager of Savola Morocco and as Chief of Cabinet for the Minister of Equipment and Transport of Morocco just before his appointment in 2014 as General Manager of the National Company of Motorways of Morocco (ADM). At the helm of Autouroute du Maroc (ADM) he was given the mandate to ensure the sustainability of the company through debt restructuring, the change of ADM’s mission to a service company, and the modernization and digitisation of operations.
Mr Benazzouz has been serving as Board member of IRF for several years before being appointed IRF Vice-President in 2018.
The IRF General Assembly has elected him IRF President in 2022. His three-year mandate runs till 2025.
Graduate Engineer, President of GSG International, CEO and R&D Director of Euklis, inscribed in the register of Official Technical Consultants of the Court of Milan. His career spans over 35 years of professional activities in the field of Security of critical infrastructures and transportation engineering. After dealing for more than 15 years with automatic license plate recognition (he was a member of the board of Tattile holding and representative in Italy of Adaptive Recognition), the last ten years - with Euklis - were dedicated applying building innovative classification and authentication systems based on AI technics.
He has introduced several innovative technologies to the market and is the inventor of the mobile to mobile image authentication system, known as Predictive QR Code.
Arnaud QUEMARD, who graduated from ESME-Sudria engineering school in 1993, has long worked in the field of IT and information systems, notably at Thalès ATM and then at CS - Communication & Systems, now ITS Technologies, Sanef's technology subsidiary serving intelligent mobility.
Joining the Sanef Group in 2013, he became head of the Northern Network before heading up operations for the entire Group in 2015. In this role, he is responsible for safety, toll collection and infrastructure maintenance (1,807 km of motorway networks, mainly in Ile-de-France, Normandy, the North and the East under two concession contracts with the French government). Arnaud QUEMARD radically restructures the Group's operations and implements an industrial organization based on efficiency.
Arnaud QUEMARD was appointed CEO of the Sanef Group in March 2018. He heads France's 3rd-largest freeway concession group, a 100% subsidiary of the Spanish group Abertis, the world leader in freeway management. Sanef employs 2,300 staff and generated sales of €2 billion in 2023.
Benoît is in charge of developing the business activities of emovis, the toll road mobility arm of the Abertis concession group. Prior to joining Abertis, Benoît spent over 15 years developing Public Private Partnerships in Asia Pacific and in the U.S. working both in the public and private sectors.
Bill M. Halkias PE, F.ASCE, F.ITE, is Advisor to the Management of the Attiki Odos (Attica Tollway) Operation and Maintenance Company (Attikes Diadromes S.A.), having served the company as its Managing Director and CEO since its inception in 1999 and until 2022. Bill serves as the IBTTA 2024 President. His career spans over 40 years of professional activities in the field of transportation engineering, the first 15 of which in the US and the remaining in Europe. He has served as the first President of the Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network, with the distinctive title “HELLASTRON”. He has also served as President of the Association of European Toll Motorways «Association Européenne des Concessionnaires d’Autoroutes et d’ouvrages à Péage» (ASECAP) based in Brussels, Belgium, as well as President of the “International Road Federation” (IRF) based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has also served as a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Freeway Operations Committee of the American Academy of Sciences and President of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation and Engineers (H.ITE). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Greece and in eight US states. Bill Halkias is a graduate of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School of the National Technical University of Athens (1981) and holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in US (1984).
Boštjan Omerzel is an expert in road traffic safety and enforcement, with over 30 years of experience.
He has worked in various management positions in the national police, local police, and inspections enforcement departments since 2003.
Since 2020, he has been working at DARS in Toll Enforcement. His work involves strategic planning, legislation development and implementing new technology to improve the enforcement process and ensure compliance with regulations.
Bruno de la Fuente is Bachelor of Business Science by the UCM and MBA by IE Business School.
In 1999 he joined ASETA (Spanish Association of Concessionaires Companies Highways, Tunnels, Bridges and Toll Road) and in 2011 he was appointed General Manager. In 2014 he joined SEOPAN (Association of Infrastructure Contractors and Concessionaires) where he was had different positions.
Currently he is Director of Concession, Economy and Studies of this association.
Christof Mauerek studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2003, he began working in the toll industry at Europpass LKW-Mautsystem GmbH, where he was jointly responsible for implementing the enforcement system of the Austrian GO toll. When Europpass GmbH was taken over by ASFINAG in 2005, he moved to ASFINAG as Head of the Enforcement Centre, a position he still holds today.
Under his co-responsibility, GO-Maut enforcement was continuously optimised and automatic enforcement was introduced for the Austrian toll vignette and most recently for the free-flow sections of the route toll in Austria.
Christophe Boutin graduated as an engineer from Ecole Polytechnique and l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-chaussées. He started his career as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He joined the highway sector in 2004, first at Société des Autoroutes Paris Normandie (SAPN), as director of construction and sustainable development and then in charge of the concession contracts at Sanef.
In 2011, he joined ASFA, the professional highway association in France, as deputy to the managing director before being appointed managing director in 2017.
He served as President of ASECAP, the European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures, in 2020. He serves as International Vice-President of IBTTA since 2023, Chair of the EETS Facilitation Platform, a contact point to facilitate the development of electronic tolling in Europe, set-up under supervision of the European Commission.
Claudia Eder studied economics in Linz and completed her Master of Business Administration (Global Executive MBA) at the WU Vienna and Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota) in 2019. After a management trainee program at Thalia Buch & Medien, her career in the transportation industry began at Daimler in Singapore in 2007. Afterwards she moved to Vienna and was hired by the Austrian railways ÖBB in 2002. There, she served in several management positions at various organisations and became the Managing Director of the ÖBB-Business Competence Center GmbH in 2014. She also worked as a freelance business consultant in the framework of transformation and digitisation projects in the public and private sectors. In September 2021 Claudia Eder was appointed as Managing Director of ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, where she is responsible in the fields of toll collection, enforcement and commercial matters.
Daniel Briedl, a civil engineering graduate with a master’s degree in business administration, found his niche in the realm of precast concrete. Starting his career at a precast concrete manufacturing company, Daniel quickly excelled, moving from technical sales roles to Head of Sales in 2010. Since 2018, Daniel has been an integral part of REBLOC, assuming the role of Head of Sales. His expertise and leadership have been pivotal in driving sales growth and expanding the company's market presence.
Having graduated from Federal Higher Technical Institute for Electrical Engineering in Wiener Neustadt, David Kollenhofer studied Power Electronics at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna from 2001 to 2004. Since 2004 he works with ASFINAG in different positions while he simultaneously completed his MBA in General Management at the Californian Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks from 2014 to 2015.
ASFINAG is the Austrian highway operator compromising a 2.200 km long highway and expressway network and is responsible for the planning, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and tolling of motorways and expressways in Austria. Since the beginning of his activities, David Kollenhofer works in the field of electronic tolling, focusing on bi- and multilateral interoperability projects. Until the end of 2016, he successfully supported the progress of the European Electronic Toll Service due to his activities in the European funded REETS Project.
From 2017 to 2023 David Kollenhofer assisted the head of the department of operation and maintenance at ASFINAG Service GmbH, responsible for handling the operation of the motorways and expressways with more than 1000 employees. One part of his responsibility was the implementation of organisational change as well as the new management concept of rest areas at ASFINAGs network. Since 2023 David Kollenhofer is responsible for the Technical Operation Management and is leading a team of experts supporting ASFINAG O&M staff in their operational tasks due to digitalisation, procurement and training measures.
Denise Stanica works in the field of Business Development at Nivi S.p.A, a company specializing in the collection of toll offences for major Italian and international concessionaires, both in Free Flow and closed systems. She holds a degree in International Studies from the University of Political Sciences Cesare Alfieri in Florence and resides in the same city where Nivi S.p.A.'s headquarters are located. She has a daughter and speaks three languages.
Since joining Nivi in 2009, she initially gained a robust operational experience in the notification of Highway Code violations before broadening her skills set to encompass other strategic areas of the company, including international collection of toll offences. Her primary focus lies in establishing sustainable connections between the opportunities presented by the highway tolls collection market and the needs of sector stakeholders.
With a comprehensive understanding of European regulations and cross-border relationships between Member States, Denise has actively contributed to several innovative company projects, particularly those related to technological transformation and internationalization.
Since 2022, Denise has represented Nivi S.p.A. at Asecap Days, thereby enhancing the company's international visibility.
Diego Cattoni, born in Trento, is:
AISCAT President and CEO of Autostrada del Brennero.
He also holds the following positions:
President of STR - Brennero Trasporti Rotaia SpA;
CEO of Autostrada Campogalliano Sassuolo SpA;
Vice President of Autostrada Regionale Cispadana;
Member of the Board of SEAC Fin SpA;
CEO of AC Trento 1921
In the past he held the following positions:
General Manager and CEO of the holding Company of the Lunelli family “Ferrari Spumante”;
Vice President of Dolomiti Energia Holding SpA;
CEO of FT Energia SpA, founder and CEO of Oikos Gmbh Berlin;
Member of the Board of Coster Tecnologie Speciali SpA;
CEO of Aquila Basket Trento.
Edoardo Ciorra is an Operations Project Engineer & Business Data Scientist within the Business Unit Operations (BUOP) @ Autostrade per l’Italia with experience in ICT and Data Science projects, Transportation, and Smart/Sustainable Mobility.
His work is focused on managing Business/IT Projects on Data Science and Data Analytics Integrated Systems for Mobility Management, Smart Mobility, and Preventive Safety.
Emanuela Stocchi is an expert in EU legislation and policies and she is the Director of International Affairs for AISCAT (Associazione Italiana Società Concessionarie Autostrade e Trafori), the Italian Association of Toll Highways Concessionaires Companies. In this role she ensures the Association’s contacts with the EU Institutions and other European and International organizations active in the transportation field. She fluently speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish. Emanuela has an outstanding International background: she holds a degree in Political Science with a specialization in EU law and policies and she has worked in Brussels for eight years with ASECAP, the European Association of Toll Highways Concessionaires Companies, gaining a solid and comprehensive knowledge of all the EU Institutional and public affairs and expanding at the same time her EU and International network in the transportation area. Emanuela is still very active within ASECAP, being Deputy Member of the ASECAP Executive Committee and Chair of the ASECAP Permanent Committee of Road Safety, Environment and Sustainability. She is very involved also in PIARC (World Road Association), being member of the PIARC Executive Committee, Chair of the PGIDT (Promotion of Gender Diversity and Inclusion Team) and French-speaking Secretary of the CTERM Terminology Committee. Emanuela served as well IBTTA (International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association - the worldwide alliance of toll operators and of the businesses that serve tolling) and its members through work on several committees before being appointed to the Board of Directors in 2011. Emanuela served a two-year term as International Vice President, before a three-year term as Second and then First Vice President followed President in 2017 and finally, Immediate Past President in 2018. She is currently serving in the Advisory Council of the IBTTA Past Presidents, as member of the IBTTA International Committee and Sustainability Task Force and as lifetime member of the IBTTA WIT (Women in Tolling).
Emil Sylvester Ramos is an award-winning AI entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience building niche ventures in the technology sector. He built two geotechnical engineering companies specializing in excavation systems, ground improvement, slope protection, soil investigation and site development. He’s a thought leader in AI innovation, an active member of Canada’s innovation ecosystem, and mentors upcoming entrepreneurs and academia. He’s also an active volunteer for non-for-profit boards.
Erica Gauto Flesch is a senior analyst in the Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in Madrid. She is responsible for a portfolio of European toll roads and airports, having previously covered a diverse range of transport infrastructure credits as well as regulated and unregulated utilities across different jurisdictions.
Prior to joining the infrastructure team, Erica worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Standards group, monitoring the global projects, infrastructure and utility portfolio. This experience provided her with broad overview of Moody’s global infrastructure and utilities portfolio and the relative positioning of credits across sectors and geographies. Amongst other projects, Erica was a key contributor to Moody’s widely respected infrastructure default studies.
Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2 trillion of corporate and project finance securities, representing more than 90% of all public bonds issued globally in the sector. Our team of 180 analytical staff covers more than 1,700 infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 46 specialists is responsible for rating around 430 issuers. The rating agency covers more than 39,000 issuers and transactions.
Before joining Moody’s in 2011, Erica worked as a risk manager with ERSEL Asset Management in Italy and previously for the Ciudad de Buenos Aires Bank in Argentina. Erica is a CFA charterholder and holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, a MSc in Quantitative Finance from the University of Turin, and a post-graduate degree in Financial Institutions from the Savings Bank Foundation of Spain (FUNCAS). She is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish.
Fabrizio Paoletti is an Electronic Engineer, involved in ITS Standardisation and Regulations and Traffic Control Centres Application development for Autostrade per l’Italia, designing and integrating IT solutions to operate Traffic Management and Traffic Information systems. Since 2003 he joined the DATEX II organisation in EU funded projects and contributes to standardisation activities as expert in CEN and ISO TC groups. He is also active in TM2.0 platform in liaison activities with DATEX II. His experience has been focused in developing Collaborative ITS Services which allows to operate seamless Traffic Management operations.
Fabio Scartoni is the Director of the Business Department of Nivi S.p.A. that specializes in carrying out the collection of the toll offences on behalf of the most important Italian and European Motorway Concession Holders.
He holds a degree in Economics and a Master's in Credit Management which he achieved at the Watson Wyatt Worldwide (currently known as "Towers Watson"). He has two children and lives in Florence, where Nivi S.p.A. has its headquarter.
He joined Nivi S.p.A. back in 2016 after 15 years of experience made in the banking and financials' sector, when he had the chance to be employed in some of the most prominent Italian Credit Institutions. Working for Nivi allowed him to mature a profound knowledge of the operational processes that are linked to the collection of the Toll Offences and he has been in charge of several research and innovation projects throughout the years. He also has been regularly representing Nivi at the annual FENCA (Federation of European National Collection Associations) congresses.
Fabio Scartoni is the head of Nivi's Business Unit named Nivinform® too, which specializes in info Providing services on an international level.
10+ years of management experience in mobility payments and business developments and 4+ years as business consultant
Strong experience in business development new market's products and payment activities
Actually Francesco Maria Cenci hold the role of Head of Tolling for Telepass S.p,A and General Secretary of AETIS (European Association of EETS Provider)
I am Giorgio Oscar Battista, an experienced Operations Manager at UnipolTech SpA, specializing in eToll Services, highway technology and tolling systems. My career has spanned over a decade, focusing on project management and operational leadership, with key projects in Chile and Italy. I excel in managing complex, international projects and leading diverse teams to success.
Giovanni Bonini has a degree in Computer Engineering. He has an extensive experience in the research, development and implementation of initiatives involving both the public and private sectors. He started his career at Accenture, as an IT systems designer. He later joined Autostrade Tech, where he held different roles as project engineer and he is currently responsible for design and management of strategic projects at Movyon, a leading player of Intelligent Transport Systems and centre of excellence for research and innovation of Autostrade per l’Italia Group.
Giuseppe Mastroviti is the Technical and Operations Director of the A35 highway. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Engineering obtained at the Polytechnic University of Turin and a Master Degree in Civil Engineering from the Ecole Nationale des pont et Chaussées in Paris. He obtained a post-graduate Master at the Polytechnic of Turin on “Investigations for a mechanized excavation at great depth".
He’s deeply involved in the Wireless Power Transfer System projects for the recharging of electric vehicles.
He is also a PIARC member as a Vice-Chairman in 2 Committees, 3.4 related to the environmental impact of road infrastructure and 3.5 which is focused on the decarbonization of road transport.
Ilaria De Biasi has been working for Autostrada del Brennero since 2004. She is presently Head of the Department for European Projects, in charge with the deployment of several projects co-funded by the European Commission within different EU programs (Connecting Europe Facilities, Horizon Europe, LIFE). The main areas of implementation of these projects are Connected and Automated Driving, Management Measures to minimize traffic impact on the Environment, ITS systems for Traffic and Freight Management.
Ilaria Napoli has a Master Degree in Construction Engineering obtained at the University of Brescia and has been specializing in environmental impact for over ten years.
In 2010 she joined A35 Brebemi Aleatica Company, in the Technical and Operational department and she is in charge of the sustainability road construction and operational aspects.
She is heavily dedicated to projects related to low-impact traffic and operations environmental issues.
She is also a PIARC member and part of the 3.4 Committee whose focus is mainly on atmospheric and acoustic pollution and biodiversity.
Ioana Statu has been working as a European public servant in the European Commission for the last 15 years, contributing to European policy making from various angles: audits of Structural Funds, program management and law making. As of 2019, Ioana is active in the Directorate General for Transport and Mobility (DG MOVE), as a policy officer in the Unit dealing with Road Transport, and is responsible for the legislative framework related to Electronic Tolling. From Brussels, she is liaising with stakeholders, monitoring the implementation of the European Electronic Toll Systems (EETS) Directive and putting all her efforts into seeing EETS interoperability become a reality inside the EU.
Jaka Gorišek is an independant expert associate within Road Management Sector for slovenian highway and expressway operator DARS. In 2016, he finished studying geodesy and geoinformatics with masters degree at the University of Ljubljana. He started his career in field-surveying for telco compaines. In the last 4 years at DARS, he is active in the field of mobile mapping, road data digitalisation and GIS systems.
Jeremy Orawiec is the Business Development Executive at Versilis, a leading manufacturer of automated gates and motorway warning systems. Jeremy helps road authorities and agencies find solutions to improve safety and operational efficiency. He takes pride in providing unconditional support throughout all project stages to ensure successful deployments in North America and Europe.
John is a Commercial Director with TollPlus Europe specialising in smart digital mobility solutions including road pricing, e-payments, Big Data and CCAM. John has accumulated over 25 years of experience encompassing commercial, contractual, technical, operations and maintenance of all types of intelligent transport systems. John serves on the Board of ITS Ireland and on the Irish CAV Forum steering committee.
John has more than 15 years of experience in the transportation industry, developing municipal solutions and serving as a subject matter expert to local governments on financial and operational matters. Highly regarded for his knowledge of emerging markets and a thorough understanding of governmental purchasing protocols, his client-centered approach is widely recognized in state and regional communities. John’s career includes several former commitments with industry leaders across the public safety and mobility sectors which has contributed to his proven track record of developing solutions to meet or exceed client expectations. John’s excellent strategic planning, relationship building, and business development skills have allowed him to stay at the forefront of innovation, while helping to define the future of the transportation and mobility landscape. John’s unique understanding of complex, turnkey, safety and operational efficiency problems provide customers with an effective conduit to identify, procure, and execute on their goals.
Jose Enrique Mezquita holds a Msc in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) as well as an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa (IE). He has 20 years of experience in managing motorway projects and works for Globalvia Group since 2012. From 2012 to 2020 he has occupied several management positions in three toll roads in Chile and since 2021 he has been the General Manager of Autopista Central Gallega, S.A (a 60-kilometer motorway located in Galicia (northern Spain). As a General Manager he is committed to reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the abovementioned motorway and he is also helping other managers within the Globalvia Group to do the same.
I was born in a city near to countryside and its traditions, and from an early age I was awakened by environmental ecosystems, having taken a degree in Biology, followed by a master's degree in Agronomic Engineering. During my time as a student, I got to know the workings of agriculture better, working on two corn campaigns.
After that, I started working for a multinational company that provides plant maintenance services. Last year, due to the management requirements, I took a postgraduate course in Applied Management at Nova SBE and I´m currently working as a Contract Manager at the Brisa dealership in central Portugal.
Julián Núñez is currently the president of the Association of Infrastructure Contractors and Concessionaires (SEOPAN), over which he has presided since 2013. He was also the president of the European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures (ASECAP) until May 2018 and, nowadays, is also the second vice president of this Association. In addition, he is Vice President and a member of the board of directors at the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE); Vice President of the National Confederation of Construction (CNC); chairman of the Commission of Concessions and Infrastructures at CEOE; council member of the Labor Foundation of Construction (FLC); a member of the Spanish Road Association (AEC) Board of Directors. Previously, he worked for ten years in Vias y Construcciones (ACS Group), five of which were spent as director of the Portuguese region and, additionally, two years within Euroresidencias Gestión. Julián is a civil engineer graduated from Madrid Polytechnic University (Promotion 1992) and an Executive MBA from Instituto Empresa (2000).
CEO EGNATIA ODOS S.A., Greece (Company responsible for the management of design, construction, operation and maintenance of a 657 Km highway)
Since 2019, Mr. Koutsoukos is CEO of EGNATIA ODOS SA. He has served previously at various positions at egnatia odos sa, such as Director of Exploitation and Growth, Director of operation and maintenance. Over the last 25 years Mr. Koutsoukos held various positions in the field of highway Operation & Maintenance as well as Tollway. Mr. Koutsoukos has many years of experience in Tolling issues. Part of his duties at Egnatia Odos S.A. includes the representation as a Greek representative at the European Electronic Toll Committee instituted by Directive 2004/52/EC.
Mr. Koutsoukos has served as president of the Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network (HELLASTRON) from 2021 -2023.
In addition, Mr. Koutsoukos has been involved in issues related to Tunnel safety and he participates since 2007 as an alternative member at the Greek Administrative Tunnel Authority (ATA), instituted by Directive 2004/54/EC. ATA is responsible for the operational permissions for tunnels included in Transeuropean motorways in Greece.
Mr. Koutsoukos has been involved with Tolling and ITS issues since 1989 both in the US market where his career started as a transportation engineer and later in Europe. Mr. Koutsoukos worked (1989-1996) for a governmental transportation authority in Texas, USA. Over these years he was involved with ITS applications, based on American standards for implementation in the Dallas Fort Worth area as well as issues with Electronic Fee Collection, travel demand modelling, forecasting and benefit-cost analyses.
I have always had a strong passion for cross-national dynamics. I hold a Master degree in International Trade and Finance. Ever since my studies, I have immersed myself in the dynamic world of the global retail market, taking on various important roles that have greatly enriched my professional experience. In 2022, I had the privilege of joining ETIKA Consulting Group where I am responsible for driving worldwide business development. My role primarily focuses on strategically promoting international expansion efforts and coordinating interconnected collaborations across our extensive network.
Lucia graduated in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with a master's thesis developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich. Since graduation she has been working as a transport modeller. In 2022, she joined the Tecne macromodelling team, for which she currently works on the National Road Traffic Model.
Luis Azevedo Mafra is Head of Business Development at A-to-Be Mobility Technology, a Brisa Group company, with a special focus on Tolling and Mobility solutions and services for the EMEA markets. He is an experienced Business Development Manager with over 25 years of activity covering the transport, telecommunications, and mission-critical infrastructure markets. Previously, he held positions at Siemens and Thales Group, where he developed his career helping Telecom Operators, Banks, Governments, Railways, Metro, Harbors, Airports, and Highways, to improve their operations, security, and business standards. Luis Azevedo Mafra holds a Master of Science in Electronic Systems and Computers and several sales and business management training programs.
Malika SEDDI is Secretary General and CEO of ASECAP, European Association of Toll motorway Operators. She maintains contacts and relations with the European Institutions, international organizations and stakeholders. Over a toll industry career that has spanned more than 35 years, Malika SEDDI has been working in ASFA (Association of French toll motorway companies) as Director of International and European affairs. She has been active in IBTTA (International organization representing the toll operators) where she serves as Board members and as International Vice- President, ASECAP (the Association for Toll Operators in Europe), serving as chair of ASECAP’s road safety and sustainable development committee, ERTICO-ITS Europe, member of program committee, and PIARC, a member of PIARC’s road safety committee and finance Committee. She was strongly involved projects co-funded by the European Commission: communication team leader for Arc Atlantique, a seven-nation project to deploy harmonized ITS services in the European Union., MedTis project, ITS deployment on the Mediterranean corridor and EU EIP Platform (coordination of ITS Corridors),. She was involved in CESARE projects, which set up the basis of European ETC interoperability.
Manos Vrailas
M.Sc. Civil Engineering National Technical
University of Athens (1978), DIPLOME D’ETUDE
APPROFONDIES (D.E.A.) Ecole National Superieure
d’Electronique, Electrotechnique, Informatique et
Hydraulique de Toulouse “ENSEEIHT”
Since 1982, he has assumed various managerial posts in the construction of major public and private projects in Greece a nd abroad. He has assumed the position of the Construction Manager in a number of Construction projects both in Greece and abroad, the position of Project Manager for GEK SA and TERNA SA with responsibility in significant public and private Construction pr ojects of GEK TERNA Group subsidiaries and he was responsible for the Quality Assurance Certification of GEK SA. Today he holds the position of Chairman of the BoD at Nea Odos S.A. and Odos Kentrikis Elladas S.A. (Motorway Concessions Companies), while he is a Member of the Board of Directors of TERNA and a Board Member of the GEK TERNA Group subsidiaries in the fields of Construction, Motorway Concessions and Car Park Stations. He is an active member of the following Professional Bodies in Greece: Gen. Sec retary of STEAT (Association of Technical Companies of the Highest Classes), and SATE (Association Of Greek Contracting Companies) and President of the Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network (HELLASTRON).
Marco Augenti is a Data Strategy and Analytics Specialist within the Chief Data Officer Department (CDO) at Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) with experience leading and implementing AI/ML, BI, and Data Governance projects. His work is instrumental in helping ASPI accelerate its digital transformation and adopt disruptive technologies
Marco S. Bradi studied law and political science in Italy, graduating in the late 80th. During his studies, Bradi worked in what he considered: “a beautiful family business”. Terminated his University career, he joined the Vacation Real Estate Business, working for nearly 20 years for Europe’s leader in the Industry, the Swiss Company Hapimag. Starting as National Commercial Director, he ended in 2015 as Chief Sales Director Worldwide and Member of the Board. Afterwards, Bradi became Managing Director hired directly by Cesare Romiti in Rome. He developed the Romiti Group’s interests in the following 3 years, before starting in the debt collection industry. Marco S. Bradi is the actual Founder and Managing Director of the ETIKA Consulting Group, with direct offices in 5 countries and affiliate Partner Agencies in over 100 nations, dedicating his full attention to the optimization of collection processes, in order to deliver the highest redemption rate, safeguarding the reputation of the Company represented through a specific Network strategy.
Marco is the CEO of Triveneto Servizi, an ICT Company that he created with his business partners in 2012.
Under his guidance the company grew up from a garage company to a medium company with more of 100 employees in the North of Italy.
In 2018 he created a new start up company that successfully became a local ISP that provides optical fiber B2B connectivity and telecommunication services in the touristic towns of Lignano Sabbiadoro and Bibione (San Michele al Tagliamento).
Marco is now working to give to his company a new identity, focusing on innovative technologies for smart roads and smart cities.
He started a partnership with Joanneum Research in Graz to distribute and integrate acustic sensor, developing the brands AKUT Italia and SENTY.
Marie-Claude is a professional civil engineer and Vice President of Versilis, a leading engineering and manufacturing company specializing in automated traffic control solutions. She has over 20 years of experience in highway safety and traffic management. She is responsible for the company's business development, client relationships, and project delivery, ensuring quality and safety in every aspect of the company’s projects across North America and Europe.
As Strategic Sales Manager Marko Frank is responsible for large scale projects in the EMENA (Europe, Middle East & North Africa) region.
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Strategic Sales Manager, Region EMENA
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Marko Frank joined Kapsch TrafficCom AG in January 2020.Prior to Kapsch and over the last 19 years Marko Frank has gained substantial knowledge in the infrastructure industry in particular in the airport transaction and PPP area. As project manager or senior consultant he was part of a number of successful airport privatisation projects and led numerous airport consulting projects all over the world. As Head of Business Development he was continuously increasing the ACV Group’s footprint on a global scale which includes acquisition of new projects, entering into new partnerships and finding new cooperation synergies.Marko Frank graduated from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in 2008. His diploma thesis deals with Public Private Partnerships in the airport industry.
In the past, I worked for a company that specializes in prestressing and that was building bridges on motorways in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After 8 years of experience, I started working in the NDS (Narodna dialnicna spolocnost) in the Investment Section – the Construction Preparation Dpt., I have worked in this department for 5 years. For the past 3 years, I have been working in the Operations Section – the Operation and Maintenance Dpt. , where I specialize in road safety, traffic signs and marking, and I also played an active role in the legislative process of approving documents. During the past year, I was a member of the professional working group for the implementation and coordination of approved measures of the National Road Safety Strategy of the Slovak Republic.
Martin Binder is Strategy Owner for Mobility management at ASFINAG.
He studied at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering and Water Management. This was followed by business courses at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
He started his career in the energy sector. Martin managed major pipeline construction projects for a large energy supplier. In 2015, Martin Binder switched to the road sector. In ASFINAG's corporate strategy department, he is now responsible for the strategic development of the freeway and expressway network. Ensuring the mobility needs of customers under the current framework conditions are the focus of his work.
In addition to his professional activities, Martin Binder has been involved in international Red Cross disaster relief on a voluntary basis for more than 20 years.
Massimiliano Masi received his M.Sc. in Computer Science, and his Ph.D. from the University of Florence in the field of Formal Methods. He is working in Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructures since 2007. Dr. Masi participated in large EU research projects involving 30+ organisations (public & private), and in the development of the Cybersecurity specifications for the EU Cross-Border delivery of Patient Summaries and ePrescriptions, the Austrian ELGA, and the Electronic Health Record program in South Africa, to name a few. He has been authoring international eHealth standards for IHE.net (by working on the XUA, ATNA, IUA, SeR profiles). He has been working as expert for the ENISA, for the EU commission under the CEF program, and for the Austrian Ministry of Health. Massimiliano's recent interests are in the Cybersecurity aspects of Blockchain, Enterprise Architectures, Smart Grids, and the technology supporting the establishment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). Dr. Masi is a Java developer.
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Ca' Foscari University in Venice.
Over 20 years of experience in network systems development and management. Expert in cybersecurity since 2013 with the implementation of various projects in the industrial sector, the Local Health System, and Italian and foreign Public Administrations. Member of a Technological Crisis Committee in the healthcare sector since 2022.
Responsible for network infrastructure and IT security in the motorway sector at CAV S.p.A. Motorway Concession Holder since 2021. In charge of managing network security personnel, and monitoring informatic workflow efficiency.
Focus on quantum security since spring 2022, dealing with a regional project involving CAV S.p.A. in collaboration with the Veneto Region and the University of Padua.
Highly accomplished Traffic and Transport Engineer with over 30 years of experience in leading roles within both Local and State Government departments in Sydney, Australia. Recognised for his expertise in all facets of traffic and transportation, with a particular focus on pioneering connected vehicle traffic applications. Proven track record in traffic innovative solutions and driving impactful results across diverse areas, including traffic impact studies, traffic modelling, transport policy development, road safety initiatives, local area transport management schemes (LATM), analytics, parking studies, and major event operations. Currently leads the Compass product and transport department pioneering with the team award-winning connected vehicle innovations, revolutionizing traffic and transportation.
Olga is Marketing Director for Valerann. She brings over 20 years of global experience in the technology sector, having held a range of senior roles in marketing and strategy with some of the most innovative and leading technology companies, such as arm, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, SAP, Suse and Canon. In her role, Olga drives Valerann’s global marketing function and execution of the company’s marketing initiatives.
Olga holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics from University of Saint-Petersburg and an MBA degree from Manchester Business School.
Graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, I have worked for the french department of transport on various positions in charge of infrastructure project (in Besançon, Strasbourg and Paris) until 2015 when I joined Atlandes. In Besançon I dealt with urban politics, european funds and infrastructure development (Rhin-Rhone high speed railway line project). I moved to Strasbourg to set up for the french railways (SNCF) the Agency in charge of station renewal and enlargement for the new high speed line Paris-Strasbourg, in 2001-2002. I then came back to the Ministry, in charge of funding and planning of housing and infrastructure projects for the Alsace area. I carried General Interest procedures for the Strasbourg Great Western Bypass, combining consultation needs, environmental and technical issues. I joined the national HGV charging scheme project in 2007. I led local road network and enforcement system definition, economic appraisal studies and competitive dialog. I followed the building on the ground and revised revenue and charge forecasts for the State. I organised and participated to the first ground tests in Alsace in April 2013. In charge of contract termination when project was dropped, I joined Atlandes in 2015 when things were settled.
Atlandes is part of ASECAP and ASFA and is particularly involved in tolling innovation, C-ITS and energy (« Wattway » solar pavement testing).
Following an initial experience in Telecommunication (Military field) at Marconi SpA, she developed an extensive experience in the innovation field working at Centro Ricerche Fiat managing technologies going from Connected Car and Assisted Driving to Cooperative and Autonomous Driving systems.
This experience led Paola to become Worldwide Responsible for Telematic Direction at Magneti Marelli, building up the business both with OEMs and Fleet Management and Insurance as After Market service.
Paola is leading UnipolTech since March, 1st / 2016 in the role of General Director, the company target is to guarantee to Unipol (its parent company) innovative and advanced solutions supporting the Mobility ecosystem evolution.
Unioltech’s is European leader for telematic services operating over 4mln active boxes.
Going beyond the safety and assistance services, UnipolTech added mobility payment service with a highlight on e-toll (marketed with UnipolMove brand), being the first Italian provider certified according EETS standard”
Born in Genoa in 1956, he holds various positions in the ASTM Group, the world's second-largest motorway operator (with 6,200 km of managed network Italy, Brazil and the United Kingdom) and one of the leading industrial players in large infrastructure engineering and construction projects and transport and mobility technology.
He currently is Chairman of SAV SpA (concessionaire of the A5 Quincinetto-Aosta highway) and of SINA SpA (ASTM Group’s engineering company), as well as Vice Chairman of Autostrada dei Fiori SpA (that operates the A10 Savona-Ventimiglia and A6 Turin-Savona highway sections).
At the same time, he is CEO of Tangenziale Esterna SpA (concessionaire of A58 Milan External Eastern Ring Road) and the related holding company Tangenziali Esterne di Milano SpA; Chairman of ACAP (Association of Private Motorway Concessionaires) and Vice Chairman of FISE (Federation of Service Companies).
In addition, Mr. Pierantoni figures on the Boards of Directors of major international companies, including EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA (one of the leading motorway infrastructure companies in Brazil), Autovia Padana SpA (concessionaire of A21 Piacenza-Cremona-Brescia highway) and Sinelec SpA (ASTM Group’s technology and plant engineering company).
From 2009 to 2019, he was CEO and, later, chairman of SIAS SpA, a listed holding company that held the ASTM Group's motorway assets.
Pedro Bento has accumulated 25 years of professional experience, including 18 years in the mobility industry, helping organizations around the world redefine their strategies, adhere to tolling innovations, and address their customers’ concerns while maintaining operational efficiencies in a sustainable economy.Pedro has worked for entities such as the Portuguese Air Force; Portugal's Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications; PWC; Q-Free; A-to-Be (Brisa Group); and Verra Mobility. Currently, he serves Milligan Partners as the Director of Business Development and Tolling Systems.
Pedro Pinto has more than 23 years’ experience in the tolling industry, acting currently as General Manager for Tolls at Ascendi, a Portuguese company (concessionaire, O&M and toll operator).
Pedro has a degree in Business Administration and a post-degree in Information Management, both from Portuguese Católica University.
He is responsible for the Permanent Committee 1 – Tolls from the Portuguese Association of Concessionaires and Toll Operators (APCAP), head of COPER 1 – Tolls and concessions, the expert group for Tolls from the European Association of Concessionaires and Toll Operators (ASECAP).
Is also member of the Board of the European Facilitation Platform, a group of experts supported by the European Union where the Toll Chargers, the Service Providers and the Infrastructures Public Entities discuss and share the experience of the implementation of the interoperability of electronic tolls in Europe.
Pedro also acted several times as an expert for electronic tolls near the European Union and the EU Commission.
Experienced executive with more than 20 years’ experience in technical and business challenges regarding highway technology applications, including Business Process Automation, Electronic Toll Collection, All Electronic Tolling (AET), ITC infrastructures and Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS). Pietro holds a patent for an automatic vehicle identification system based on Machine Learning algorithms and real time video analysis.
Trusty professional capable to defining and implementing technical achievements and goals, with the ability to quickly and clearly identify salient points on which to focus that vision into an actionable plan with quantifiable milestones.
Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer – ASTM Group CIO
Since 2020. In the framework of the renewal of the ICT infrastructures and business organization for IT services in ASTM, I have been appointed as group CIO to manage the digital transformation and setup a comprehensive suite of ICT infrastructures and services to drive the international expansion and consolidation of the Group. This role follows an historical experience in building the main central ICT infrastructures from 2004 to 2010 during the first phase of the ASTM group companies’ aggregation. In addition to that, I am in charge of driving the digital transformation process of the whole Group, to build what we call “the highway of the future”.
IT Manager – Consolidation of tolling data processing system for 10 Italian Highway operators
General project sponsor, IT Infrastructures manager. The project had the focus to create a central cluster, with high degree of redundancy and computational power, to consolidate all the different instances of the Tolling Data Processing Suite in a single environment, whose data security aspects were assured for each customer, with different application schemas sharing the same DBMS central engine, to provide a great benefit in terms of manageability of the system, coherent patching and application management, single point of sensible data storage and proper protection.
T2 Frejus Tunnel (Italy – France border) Tolling Collection System Renewal – Area Manager, project coordinator and primary customer interface. The project was focused on the complete redesign of plaza hardware, central hardware with mutual DR functionalities between the two sides of the Tunnel, lane software design and development, central software design and development, customer management software functional design, overall implementation and maintenance.
Great St. Bernard Tunnel (Switzerland – Italy border) - Tolling Collection System Renewal - Area Manager, project coordinator and primary customer interface. The project was focused on the complete redesign of plaza hardware, central hardware with mutual DR functionalities between the two sides of the Tunnel, lane software design and development, central software design and development, customer management software functional design, overall implementation and maintenance.
Lusoponte TPM Tolling Data Processing and Customer management suite renewal (Portugal) – Area Manager, project coordinator and primary customer interface. Lusoponte awarded Sinelec a complete re-engineering of the whole system (already developed and managed by the Company since 1998) with state-of-art technology. The system manages all toll data collection from lanes, provide day control operations for manual collection, automatic validation and data exchange for ETC, customer and services management for the local payment means, up to the financial reconciliation.
AET, Self Service and Manual Tolling Technology design and development – Area Manager, project coordinator and primary technical solution architect. Sinelec has developed a tolling environment comprising the hardware lanes and plaza components, focusing on industrial-ready, open devices to reduce legacy lock-in caused by previous technology providers, being anyway perfectly compatible with national interoperability requirements. The result has been a very flexible tolling platform capable to adapt to any tolling operations need, which has been deployed very effectively in all the AST/SIAS concessionaries seamlessly in short time. The overall lanes deployment has been the following:
A12: 119 lanes; A15: 39 lanes; A4: 131 lanes; A21: 86 lanes; A5 SAV: 43 lanes; A10: 111 lanes; A5 Ativa: 143 lanes; A6: 89 lanes; A33: 35 lanes; A35: 73 lanes; A58: 53 lanes.
Since 2014 Pietro Torchi has been the Head of Communication and Institutional Relations, then Head of International Business Development since 2016 and Chief Operating Officer since 2018 at Ecogest SpA. In 2019, he was appointed General Manager and became a member of the Board of Directors of Ecogest SpA.
He is also the General Manager of the Romanian subsidiary and Director and General Manager of the recently incorporated Canadian subsidiary based in Toronto – Ecogest North America Inc. In the recent past, he has also gained significant field experience in Poland and Turkey.
Pietro has been registered with the National Register of journalists since May 1990. Prior to joining Ecogest, after a long experience as a reporter in important regional newspapers, he was Head of the Technical Secretariat of the President of the Region of Sicily and then of the Regional Councillor delegated to the Presidency. From 2002 to 2008, he served for two terms as Mayor of Modica, Sicily. He was also President of the Integrated Territorial Plan (PTI) of the Val di Noto, the South-east Cultural District and the Hyblean Social Health District (Sicily, Italy), as well as member of the board of Anci Sicilia Association and the council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities.
Raul Albelda is a MSc in Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (UPV), holding an Executive Master’s in Business Administration (EMBA) from the Instituto de Empresa (IE), in Madrid. His passion for the road has driven his professional experience, holding several positions in the sector of toll highway PPPs in the last two decades.
He joined Globalvia in 2012, and in 2014 he was named COO of the concession Ruta 27 in Costa Rica, being responsible for the O&M of this key asset of Globalvia, leading a group of 92 professionals. Nowadays he works in the Corporate Technical Direction, being responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring GTA, a new corporate asset management platform developed by Globalvia.
René Moser is Managing Director of ASFINAG Commercial Services GmbH and Senior EU and International Affairs Manager at ASFINAG.
René is a member of the General Assembly and Executive Committee of ASECAP, a member of the IBTTA (International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association) Board of Directors, served as IBTTA's International Vice President from 2020 to 2022, and a member of the Executive Board of CEDR (Conference of European Directors of Roads).
René joined the Austrian motorway operator ASFINAG in 2004, headed the corporate strategy, international affairs, and innovation department for several years, and took over the management of ASFINAG Commercial Services GmbH on 1 October 2015. From 2009 to 2011 he was delegated to ASECAP and thereafter established and managed ASFINAG’s Liaison Office in Brussels.
Early in his career, René specialized in telecommunications and transport, and he was responsible for developing and managing EU funded projects in the field of intelligent transport systems. René studied Urban Technologies at University of Applied Sciences “Technikum JOANNEUM“, Kapfenberg (Austria) and completed his Master of Business Administration at Vienna University of Economics and Business and Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota) in 2015.
Since January 2024, René has been Chairman of the Board of the Austrian Traffic Telematics Cluster ATTC.
Richard Lengrand has more than 20 years of experience in the motorway industry. He worked in the Philippines, in France where he was the General Manager of the Operation and Maintenance companies on A28, A88 and A63, and in Vancouver, Canada where he was the CEO of the company in charge of free flow toll collection on the Port Mann Bridge. Since 2022 he is the Head of Innovation & Transformation for Egis Consulting & Operations.
After graduating in Economics and obtaining a master’s degree in marketing and communication, Roberta started her career at Microsoft, where she held various roles in marketing, including Small and Medium Business Marketing Manager and Marketing Manager of the partner ecosystem.
She later joined Vodafone Global Enterprise as Marketing Lead Southern Europe with responsibilities relating to the marketing and communication strategy for the top Multinational Enterprise customers in the Southern European region.
In 2018 she joined Avanade, joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture, as Marketing and Communication Director for Italy.
Since 2021 she has been Marketing and Communication Director at Movyon, leading company in the development and integration of Intelligent Transport Systems, where she is responsible for brand, communication and marketing strategy, leading important initiatives such as the rebranding of the company and the creation of the Movyon Experience Center.
Civil Engineer from Tecnico Lisbon, with a MBA degree from IESE Universidad de Navarra, PPP Program post-graduation from Catolica Lisbon, coursing now a PhD Program on Transport Systems on MIT Portugal/Tecnico Lisbon. 35 years of experience on Road and Rail PPP, beginning at the Public Sector, as Concessions Studies Head of Division between 1996 / 1999, at National Road Administration, Deputy Public Works Secretary of State between 2000 and 2002, and Concessions Diretor at Estradas de Portugal between 2002 and 2015, Road and Rail Concessions Management Director between 2015-2017 at Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. managing PPP Road, Rail and Intermodal Terminals Contracts, including building special projects as Marão Tunnel and Lisboa Regional Circular or the 25 April Bridge maintenance in Lisbon.
Is currently the Secretary-General of the Portuguese Motorway Association APCAP since 2017.
Simone Capeleto is Co-founder and CEO of ThinkQuantum Srl (startup and spin-off of University of Padua) providing quantum solutions for cyber security, such as fiber, free-space, satellite QKD platforms and high-end high-speed QRNG devices.
In the European Quantum Industry Consortium, he is member of the Governing board, lead of the Expert Group in Quantum Communications and responsible for the Italian Chapter.
Telecommunication Engineer with a PhD in Space Science & Technology, he earned experience in R&D (author of 10+ patents), Project Management and Standardization domains, thereafter he developed in Business Transformation, M&A, Strategy and General Management.
Over past 8 years we helped 2,5 mln drivers to pay fines online. We help governments to accelerate budget fulfillment coming from traffic violations. Most importantly we are a system builders in mobility and fintech. Now in Europe we aim to help 200 mln drivers not only to pay fines but also to avoid them.
I'm keen on driving and pascionate about road journeys. With over than 15 years in Marketing, Strategy and IT in FMCG and Logistics I’m now creating products for myself and for community. I see a world where drivers can enjoy adventure rather than bureaucraсy.
eTOLLs EU mobile app helps drivers to pre-pay tolls and to buy all necessary road tickets. So far, we cover 11 countries and constantly looking for expansion and new growth points.
Tawnya Freund possesses more than 21 years of expertise in tolling technology, systems, and operations, with more than 14 years of experience in senior management positions in the tolling market, serving in a variety of commercial and operational roles. Tawnya’s experience is in operations, strategic planning, business development, marketing, manufacturing, tolling technology and systems serving public agencies and private industry with a focus on management of multi-functional teams and streamlining operations.
Thomas Reznicek is responsible for the business activities of Kapsch TrafficCom in Austria and Switzerland. After graduating from a higher technical school, Mr. Reznicek completed his academic studies in business administration at the Vienna University of Economics. He joined Kapsch as a trainee in 1995 and, from 1997, was responsible for key accounts primarily in the aviation and banking sectors. In 2007, he moved to Kapsch TrafficCom, where he still works today. Mr. Reznicek is part of the company's global strategy group for tolling technologies, represents Kapsch at the board of directors of the new Swiss tolling service provider NATRAS AG and is active since many years in various international organizations, such as the Swiss Avenir Mobilité or the Austrian Traffic Telematics Cluster.
Mr. Ulrich Zorin is Head of the development of new technologies at DARS (Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia).
By education he is a master of transport sciences, specialised in international traffic flow management and is completing his doctoral studies in the field of introduction of artificial intelligence for predictiong motorway traffic jams.
He has been very active in ITS related projects/programmes like Tempo, Easyway and Crocodile, now participates in the programs X4ITS, Atlantis, 5GSITACOR, PIARC and CEDR.
He is also lecturer on the faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture at the University of Maribor and President of the Society of Traffic Engineers of Slovenia.
In 1989 he began his career as Foreman for Verdenova SpA, Rome, monitoring road vegetation maintenance works along the A14 Bologna-Bari-Taranto highway.
In 1990 first as Site Manager, then as Technical Director and finally as Managing Director of Stil Verde Srl, Ravenna, he managed works and logistics of construction sites from the company, such as the A4 Brescia-Padova (green maintenance), the Messina-Palermo highway (landscape management), and the Milan-Genoa highway (installation of noise barriers).
In June 1996 Valerio Molinari founded "Ecogest Engineering Srl" in Ravenna, operating in the field of environmental restoration and maintenance of roadside vegetation along transportation infrastructure.
In 2016 Ecogest was turned into a joint stock company, positioning itself as a leader in the sector and working for major Italian highway concessionaires and the state network.
Over the years the company has established its position and then its leadership in the Italian market, working for the main Italian freeway concessionaires, as well as for the railway groups in charge of building the Rome-Naples, Turin-Milan and Milan-Genoa high-speed lines, and for the state network through ANAS.
In July 2018, Ecogest joined AISCAT (Italian Association of Motorway and Toll Tunnel Concessionary Companies) and IRF (International Road Federation) in 2019.
In September 2021, Valerio Molinari became a member of the Board of Directors of AISCAT.
Today Ecogest SpA operates in 9 Italian regions and is present in 3 foreign countries (Romania, France and recently Canada) with previous field experience also in Turkey and Poland.
Ecogest SpA is a key operator of the GAVIO Group, Italy's leading private operator of highway and transportation infrastructure, and the second in the world. The company's main clients include Autostrada del Brennero, Autostrada Milano Serravalle, Autovie Venete, Autovia Padana, Autostrada del Mediterraneo, Autostrada dei Parchi, and the entire Gavio network managed through ASTM SpA and SIAS SpA.
In 2020 Valerio Molinari founded the Center for Climate Change Studies, through the family holding company "Greenway Group," which monitors the consequences of climate change, with particular attention to the refluence on maintenance and the state of conservation of highway infrastructure.
Since 08/03/2023 founding partner and member of the Board of Directors of "Fondazione MAC - Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism" born from an initiative of Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, at the express wish of His Holiness Pope Francis I.
Since 06/28/2023 member of the Board of Directors of IRF - International Road Federation.
Walter Planer is a graduated electrical engineer with strong knowledge in transport technology and has more than 10 years professional experience in the toll industry. Since 1.5 years, he is deployed at VITRONIC, which core competence in the field of traffic technology is the monitoring of vehicles. Its toll solutions help to ensure that modern traffic infrastructures remain affordable in the long term. As Senior Sales Manager, Walter is dedicated to Business Development, building a beneficial network within the European toll market and helping toll operators to design customized solutions.
Xavier Daura is an Industrial Engineer, holding a Master’s Degree in Management and Administration of Industrial Companies from Instituto Químico de Sarrià (IQS) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in Barcelona. His professional experience is in the fields of technology, focused particularly on product engineering and the innovation of new services. I have extensive experience managing large projects with large budgets and coordinating a sizable number of stakeholders. Over the course of the last two decades, his professional career has developed, and he is now the Head of Innovation at Abertis Autopistas, implementing innovation methodology and using agile tools to rapidly adapt to market changes. He is responsible for designing innovative products and services to improve business operations and for creating new business models to transform and prepare the company for future challenges in the mobility.
