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.
Born in London in 1959, Aldo Filippini graduated with honors in Business and Economics from La Sapienza University of Rome in 1982, presenting a thesis on marketing in the automotive sector. After initially working at an advertising agency and gaining significant experience as an auditor at a leading audit firm, he founded Studio Filippini & Associati in 1987, establishing himself as a professional in tax and corporate consulting.
For over forty years, Aldo Filippini has provided advisory services to major Italian and multinational companies, specializing in corporate governance, extraordinary transactions, and corporate reorganizations, with particular attention to generational transitions. Since 2018, he has been working with the Nivi Group as a strategic consultant and a member of the Board of Directors of the holding company, supporting the Group in governance development and strategic operations.
He holds institutional and corporate positions, including membership on the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors of various industrial, financial, and service companies. He has played significant roles in the Order of Chartered Accountants of Rome, as member of the Board, coordinating numerous technical committees and directing the training school for trainees. He is the author of numerous specialized articles and publications on corporate governance, auditing, and corporate transactions.
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).
Beatriz Carvalho is a Project Manager in the road infrastructure sector, currently working at Brisa Auto Estradas, S.A. Her work focuses on the development and implementation of projects aimed at improving operational efficiency, continuous improvement processes, asset management and road safety.
She has experience in coordinating and implementing transversal projects involving multiple operational areas, supporting the optimisation of processes, performance monitoring and organisational change within complex infrastructure environments. Her role contributes to enhancing service quality, reliability and operational performance in motorway management.
Beatriz Carvalho holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Management and Industrial Strategy from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management.
Bernard Jacob started working at SETRA on the safety of bridges and load codes, then joined the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC) where he led projects on the fatigue of metal bridges under traffic. He has led European and international projects on the weighing of heavy goods vehicles, dynamic interactions between infrastructures and vehicles, the safety and behaviour of heavy goods vehicles, their weights and dimensions (expertise for the European Commission) and was technical director of road operation and safety at LCPC and then transport and infrastructures at IFSTTAR before joining the Research vice-presidency of Gustave Eiffel University.
Bernd Datler studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from 1992 to 1998. After completing a trainee programme at Unilever, Datler spent four years at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as a management consultant in neighbouring countries and Austria, the last one and a half years of which were spent setting up the truck toll system. Datler then moved to ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, where he took over as head of the system development department in 2006. On 17 November 2009, Bernd Datler was appointed managing director of ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH and is responsible for technical matters in this role.
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.
Benoît joined AREA in 1993 where he began his career in operations management department as traffic and safety engineer. He joined the engineering department in 2005 as project manager. He has designed and implemented Operating Assistance Systems (dynamic calculation of journey times, dynamic speed regulation, assistance in the operation of dedicated bus lanes on highway, etc). He is now in charge of the C-ITS and CCAM programs for APRR. Through pilot projects such as C-ROADS, InDiD, and now SCALE co-financed by the EU, he builds with his team the APRR C-ITS architecture and contributes to the definition of APRR's strategy for connected mobility.
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).
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.
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 and is currently ASECAP President for 2026. 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.
Daniel Brunelli leads the Product and Program Management team for Tolling Solutions at Continental, where he is currently responsible for the Electronic Tolling and Road User Charging hardware and software products. Daniel brings in a strong International Business experience from both Commercial Vehicles and Auto parts industry with 10+ years of experience in the field with deep knowledge and experience in Product & Project Management methodologies across EMEA and America regions.
He joined Continental Automotive in 2009 and has led various projects and value creation for new solutions in the fields of IoT, Automotive Telematics, Digital Tachographs and Fleet Management - where team product expertise and market-orientation has been crucial attributes to successfully drive Business Development across different regions globally.
Daniel holds an Executive MBA from Hochschule Furtwangen University in Baden-Württemberg and is a certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager and Agilist.
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.
A graduate of the Democritus University of Thrace with a degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for several years as a civil engineer for large technical companies in traffic/transportation management. He also served at the Municipality of Amarousion, first on the design and operation team, then as General Director of the Transport System.A graduate of the Democritus University of Thrace with a degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for several years as a civil engineer for large technical companies in traffic/transportation management. He also served at the Municipality of Amarousion, first on the design and operation team, then as General Director of the Transport System.From 2003 to August 2016, worked for Attikes Diadromes (the Operation Company of Attiki Odos, the Ring Road of Athens), organizing all administrative functions. Later, he moved to the Strategic and Organizational Manager position.Since 2016, he has held the position of Chief Operations Officer (COO) in Aegean Motorway SA, a 230km Tollway in Central Greece, where he heads all tolling, maintenance, and operation activities of the company.He is also a member of the Board of Hellastron (Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network).Mr. Mandalozis served as an IRF board member for several years before being appointed IRF President in 2024.He is an IEMA-certified climate change leader (Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment) and a member of several international working groups in IBTTA (International Bridge Tunnel & Turnpike Association), European Commission - Mobility & Transport - Cooperative, and Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM).
Edoardo Ciorra is an Innovation, Improvement Projects & Operations Performance Manager 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 acting Director with responsibility 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.
Emanuela is currently serving PIARC (World Road Association) as President for the mandate 2025-2028. Emanuela served as well IBTTA (International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association - the worldwide alliance of toll operators and of the businesses that serve tolling) as Board of Directors' member, then International Vice-President and then President in 2017. 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).
Fabio Maria Colasanti is a Road Engineer at Autostrade per l’Italia. He holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a master's degree in Road and Transport Engineering.
His career has been primarily focused on the road sector, particularly within the Operations Unit. His main activities include monitoring the pavement performance characteristics of the network using high-performance vehicles and overseeing maintenance activities.
He has also contributed to the development of the Pavement Management System, for which he serves as the Product Owner.
Currently, he is the technical referent for the laboratories of Autostrade per l’Italia, where he is responsible for managing high-performance surveys on the Italian road network and overseeing laboratory activities related to asphalt conglomerate testing.
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 and regulations 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.
Civil Engineer from the Graduate School of Civil, Environmental and Urban Engineering (E.N.T.P.E) in France.
Technical consultant to airport and highway concessionaires of Vinci Concessions since 2014 and currently Chief Technical Officer (C.T.O) of the Greek highway concession Olympia Odos (Athens-Patras-Pyrgos - 277 kms).
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.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padua and gained two years of academic research experience in Hydrology and Environmental Modeling in an international context.
Since joining Autostrade per l’Italia in 2021, he has been contributing to the Digital Transformation of Operations applications.
In 2023, he completed a second-level Master’s Degree in Engineering and Integrated Highway Management, developed jointly by Autostrade per l’Italia, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, and POLIMI Graduate School of Management.
He is currently responsible for the Traffic App Domain, managing both internal mission-critical systems and external digital services, and overseeing integrations driven by regulatory requirements from the Italian Transport Authority.
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.
Iona Kirkpatrick has a gained extensive experience managing research-based CCAM projects, having spent significant time in the research sector, working for Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH as an EU Project Manager. A graduate of Durham University’s Russian programme, she began her career in commercial translation before completing a master’s degree in EU Project & Public Management. Iona has a strong understanding of cross-border coordination and EU funding mechanisms which is well applied as part of IRF’s international project portfolio.
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.
Advisor to the Board, specializing in business performance, digital and emerging technologies.
He previously served as Head of Business Technology at Brisa, where he oversaw tolling systems, road operations, road asset management systems and business performance.
He is Chairman of the Permanent Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems at APCAP - the Portuguese Association of Toll Road Concessionaires), and leads the Innovation Task Force at ASECAP, the European Association.
Jorge holds a PhD in Transportation Systems from the Technical University of Lisbon, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a degree in Computer Science from NOVA University of Lisbon.
Konstantinos Papandreou is a licensed Civil Engineer, graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, holder also of a Master’s degree in the field of Transportation (D.E.A.-Transport, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris). He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, of the Greek Transportation Engineers’ Association, where he served as a BoD member and General Secretary, as well as a member of the Board of Directors in the Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network (HELLASTRON).
Mr. Papandreou brings over 25 years of considerable experience in toll road infrastructure management. Since 2008 he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Olympia Odos Operation SA, i.e. the company that has undertaken the operation & maintenance services for the Olympia Odos Motorway Concession Scheme. In his professional career he has undertaken numerous key roles and positions in various Transportation Projects in Greece. Indicatively, he served as Traffic Planning Manager in the Motorway Project of Attiki Odos, the pioneer project on a concession basis in Greece, and later on as Traffic & Maintenance Manager in Attikes Diadromes SA, the Operation Company of Attiki Odos. In the past, he ran the Planning Department of Attiko Metro SA, whereas his background also includes consulting services in both Private Companies and State Services.
As his career extends in various major infrastructure projects, his expertise covers areas relevant to Management and Operation of Transportation Projects, Traffic management and toll collection systems, Traffic forecasts, Feasibility Studies, Risk and Contract Management. He has had a determining contribution to the successful implementation of an upgraded toll interoperability service in the entire Greek territory, by undertaking the demanding role of the coordinator among all 8 motorway concession schemes being currently in operation in Greece. These fields of interest are also reflected in a number of presentations he has made in relevant congresses where he has participated, both in Greece and abroad.
Since 2020, Lenka has been working at Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. (the National Motorway Company), where she led a project team responsible for the testing and accreditation of the EETS system. She is currently responsible for the operation of EETS and service desk support and also coordinates communication with contractors and customer care.
After graduating in Civil Engineering at the at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Livia Pardi worked at the EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (Switzerland) before joining Autostrade per l’Italia and its subsidiary Autostrade TECH.
She has mainly worked in the field of Research and Development, participating with different level of involvement and responsibility in more than 20 European and Italian funded projects related to asset management, surveillance and monitoring, risk assessment, ICT and ITS services.
She is actually working in the Direction Studies & Strategies.
She is involved in the ECTP – European Technology Platform on Construction.
She is author of more than 80 papers presented in journals and conferences.
Lorenzo Benedetti is the CEO and Founder of Displaid, where he leads the digital transformation of infrastructure management through scalable, AI-powered monitoring solutions. An engineer with a Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano and research experience at MIT, he has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work in structural health monitoring in Displaid. Lorenzo is dedicated to bridging the gap between advanced diagnostics and the safety of large-scale road networks, replacing traditional methods with standardized, data-driven innovation.
Lubor graduated as a Civil Engineer at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava with expertise in road transport and infrastructure.
In his present position he works as a Solution Consultant at Kapsch TrafficCom headquartered in Vienna, with more than 17 years experience in terrestrial and satellite tolling. Lubor participated in the deployment of several nationwide tolling projects across the EMEA region. He has witnessed the rise of the tolling industry, and is also actively monitoring present and future trends in tolling, including Road User Charging and other solutions addressing the increasing number of battery electric and plug in hybrid vehicles.
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.
Experienced professional with over 20 years in leadership, operational management and transport projects in the mobility sector. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain) and an EMBA from IE. At the beginning of her professional career, she worked as a transport planner and project manager in different companies (INECO, ETT; Deloitte), later moving into technical asset management from a corporate perspective at Globalvia and serving as COO of a highway in the group in Portugal. Currently, she works as Managing Director of the Portuguese subsidiary of OPENVIA, the technology company of the Globalvia Group, and performs COO duties globally for Openvia, committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Mario Ralon was born in 1975 in Guatemala City. After his school education inMario Ralon was born in 1975 in Guatemala City. After his school education inGuatemala, he graduated at the Vienna University of Economics and BusinessAdministration 1999 and continued doctoral studies at University of Flensburg,Germany.He first entered the academic world between 2000 and 2005 at Danube UniversityKrems, and later at Kepler University in Linz responsible for the fields "InternationalBusiness", "Economy in Latin America" & "Strategic Management". He has alsolectured at various universities in Austria and Germany was well as in Chile,Guatemala, Mexico and Paraguay, and has been a visiting scholar for StrategicManagement at EAFIT in Medellín (Colombia).In 2007 he joined Kapsch TrafficCom AG, an Austrian company, world leader in ITS &ETC (Electronic Tolling) in the Strategy and later Business Development. He wasresponsible for the introduction of Kapsch electronic toll collection systems in LatinAmerica as well as consolidation as the technological leader in Portugal and otherEuropean Markets.Based on his expertise in infrastructure technology projects he joined FrequentisGroup 2016 as Regional Sales Manager for Latin America & Caribbean, responsibleamong other for AMHS & Air Surveillance Systems in Latin America.Since 2023 Mario Ralon joined back Kapsch TrafficCom as Area Sales Manager EMENA(Europe, Middle East, Africa).
I have been working in the field of electronic motorway vignettes at the National Motorway Company for over 11 years now, specializing in the management, development, and optimization of systems supporting electronic toll collection and enforcement. I am responsible for the comprehensive technical and procedural operation of the control system used for verifying electronic motorway vignette payments.
My responsibilities also include coordinating supplier activities, overseeing data processing and analytical evaluation, and supporting the implementation of system and procedural innovations.
I focus on continuously improving the efficiency and reliability of electronic motorway vignette systems, ensuring they operate transparently, securely and sustainably.
Matej Murcin works as a Charging Agenda Specialist at Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. (the National Motorway Company). In this role, he was involved in the implementation of the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) in Slovakia. Currently, he is responsible for managing accreditation procedures and for supervising the activities of toll service providers (TSPs). His responsibilities include verifying TSPs' compliance with technical and procedural requirements, as well as controlling the EETS back-office systems.
Michaela works for NDS in Bratislava as a Development Specialist within the Human Resources Department. She focuses on employee education and development, with an emphasis on building professional and managerial competencies. Drawing on her academic background in psychology, she supports talent development and employee growth while strengthening connections between professional expertise and personal networks within the organization, with the objective of enhancing organizational resilience and supporting the future of mobility.
As Director of Connected and Automated Vehicle Projects, Moroine Laoufi leads the integration of connected and automated solutions on highway infrastructure in a portfolio of projects within VINCI Autoroutes. He previously spent 15 years in the automative industry, leading innovation ADAS & AD projects and holds an M.S. in transportation safety from George Washington University. He currently coordinates the MOBAUTO² project, focusing on the deployment of a shared automated shuttle service on A10 highway near Paris.
IT Project Manager at Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A., with experience in IT consulting and a strong focus on digital transformation.
I hold a Master’s Degree in Economics, Finance and Commercial Law from Sapienza University of Rome (110/110 cum laude), complemented by an international study experience at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
After joining Autostrade per l’Italia in 2023, I supported the management of the Salesforce Center of Excellence for the ASPI organization, contributing to the optimization of Service and Field Service processes.
I am currently responsible for managing IT systems related to the Field Service domain, supporting maintenance processes, road quality and service area operations.
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.
Phil Eadon is a highly experienced Technical Director in the civil engineering and construction materials sector, with over three decades of industry experience. He specialises in pavement design, material selection, and construction methodologies, with extensive experience in highway and airfield construction and maintenance. He is currently Head of Technical Services at ASI Solutions Ltd, where he leads technical strategy and product development for low-carbon, sustainable solutions that extend asset life and enhance infrastructure performance.
Philippe started his career as Project Manager including commercial and financial management of complex automation systems for a multinational electrical equipment supplier. In early 90s he joined a venture between the US Amtech startup and Alcatel-Alsthom to monitor and develop various projects in the transport sector including early ETC deployment for toll roads. Philippe has been deeply involved in Road Transport Telematics up to the latest ITS development, he is also an expert with ISO and CEN for standardization of DSRC. As Commercial Director with GEA he relies on more than 30 years of experience with tolling industry.
Philippe is a graduated engineer in automation with degrees in Business Administration and International Commerce.
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.
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.
Sandra Atzmüller is an expert for IT tools, digitalisation and data management within the Technical Operations department of ASFINAG.
She has many years of experience in the field of geoinformatics and has been actively involved in the digital transformation of motorway operations.
Her current areas of focus include the application of artificial intelligence as well as road safety on motorways.
In her role, she is involved in national and international expert projects and contributes her expertise to interdisciplinary working groups.
At the ASECAP Days 2026, she will present together with Dr. Domann on measures to prevent accidents involving employees on motorways.
Thomas BERGEROT is currently a Safety Expert for all road O&M projects at Egis, a position he has held since 2024. He is responsible for defining and coordinating health and safety standards across more than thirty projects worldwide. Prior to this role, Thomas served as Quality, Safety, and Environment Manager at Egis Exploitation Aquitaine, overseeing O&M operations for the A63 motorway in France since 2018. Before joining Egis, he was QHSE Manager at Eurovia (Vinci Group), where he managed quality, health, safety, and environmental aspects for highway construction/extension and nuclear power plant projects.
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.
Wolfgang Gritzner is working for the Austrian motorway operator ASFINAG in the ITS department. In his role as project manager for cooperative, connected and automated mobility he is leading in C-ITS projects to introduce and specify new Use-Cases and digitalization for already productive services.
In addition, Wolfgang is chairing the ASECAP permanent committee on Intelligent Transport Systems and Connected & Autonomous Vehicles – where he coordinates and closely works together with ASECAP experts on relevant EU topics.
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.
I am an International Relations Coordinator with 15 years of experience in managing communication and coordination with foreign organizations. Over the years, I’ve been involved in supporting international partnerships, organizing cross-border initiatives, and helping maintain effective communication channels between institutions. I enjoy working in multicultural environments and contributing to the smooth running of international collaborations.
