The SIIV Board of Directors, under the chairmanship of Prof. Gaetano Bosurgi, strongly desired a celebratory event to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Society of Road Infrastructure.

SIIV, during these more than 30 years, has actively contributed to the growth of technical and scientific culture in the field of road infrastructure, in the national and international context, by means of teaching, research and other institutional activities.
Never, as now, has the “Roads, Railways and Airports” sector turned out to be essential and decisive for the economic and social development of our country, and the same is happening globally.
Recent events have shown that everyone’s contribution is needed for structural change in society, and the recovery plans envisioned by governments are a unique opportunity to improve our infrastructure.
It is not only a matter of preserving their functionality, but also of making them fit for the new challenges arising from climate change, the evolution of vehicles, the possibilities of using innovative and/or highly sustainable materials, and the digitalization that will affect all strategic systems including, in particular, that of mobility.

Thanks to the high scientific qualifications of its Members and their place in the context of international research, SIIV will have the opportunity to take a leading role in the development of these processes.
The renewed mission of the association will be to put itself at the service of the community, to be able to consciously face these challenges from solid skills and strong cultural foundations, especially to pass on to young people the best scientific and technical practices after a long period in which the contraction of vocations in our field has been observed.
We therefore hope that, this celebratory event, in addition to being a time to meet and reap with satisfaction the fruits of what has already been accomplished, may enable us to promote the revitalization of the discipline toward new and challenging goals to be achieved.

WHERE | University of Naples Federico II, at the Aula Magna “Leopoldo Massimilla” | Polytechnic and Basic Science School, Piazzale Tecchio, Naples.

WHEN | The event took place on October 21 and 22, 2021.

PROGRAM | Program available in pdf format by clicking here.