Celebrating 100 Years
of the First Pan American
Highway Congress

International Seminar

Celebrating 100 Years
of the First Pan American
Highway Congress

About the
Seminar

In 1925 the First Pan-American Highway Congress was held, supported by the United States, at the headquarters of the Automovil Club Argentino in Buenos Aires.

In a context of major changes associated with new technologies, the Asociación Argentina de Carreteras (AAC) has considered prioritizing the commemoration of that 1925 Congress and paying tribute to its precursors by jointly organizing, with the International Road Federation (IRF) and the Automovil Club Argentino (ACA) -which will once again host the event- an International Seminar on key topics in the current discussion related to roads, regional connectivity, electromobility, and intelligent transportation systems.

This meeting will serve as a venue to commemorate the centennial of that historic event, which fostered the development and growth of the Pan-American highway system. It will also showcase the latest technological developments in the field of roads and transportation, along with presentations related to the development and progress of major regional road connectivity projects.

For all these reasons, we invite you to participate in this International Seminar, which will celebrate the centennial of this historic event by bringing together opinion leaders, professionals, and policymakers to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the Pan-American region.

Program

Meet the
Speakers

Eng. Emma Albrieu

Asociación Argentina de Carreteras President

Lic. César Carman

Automóvil Club Argentino President

Eng. Germán Valverde

Engineer specializing in Transportation and Road Safety. Professor at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Costa Rica, IDB consultant, and former Minister of Public Works and Transportation of Costa Rica.

Lic. Aníbal Gaviria Correa

Former governor of Antioquia and former mayor of Medellín

Mg. Antonella Lanfranconi Bobbio

Master's in International Trade. Senior Project Coordinator at the PROCOMEX Institute.

Eng. Magid Elabyad

International Road Federation Executive VicePresident

Eng. Hernán Otoniel Fernández

CAF consultant and international professor

Eng. Fabio Riveros Peña

Director of Road Planning of the National Road Directorate of Paraguay

Eng. Oscar Fariña

Coordinator of the Technical Commission on Mobility, Transportation and Technology of the Argentine Road Association

Eng. Christian Dunkerley

Transport Principal Specialist - CAF Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina

Dr. Abel López Dodero

Senior Transport Specialist at The World Bank

Eng. Juan Carlos Villa

Program Manager, Economics, Trade, and Logistics, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University

Mg. Gustavo Guerra García

Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Transport of Peru. Currently, he represents the World Bank and serves on the Advisory Committee for the Port of Chancay's area of ??influence.