Opening Ceremony
Monday, February 7 08:00 - 09:00 (Calgary)
GMT :
02/07|
15:00 -
16:00
Paris :
02/07|
16:00 -
17:00
New Delhi :
02/07|
20:30 -
21:30
Tokyo :
02/08|
00:00 -
01:00
Sydney :
02/08|
02:00 -
03:00
Welcome to the XVI World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress, hosted by Canada and the City of Calgary. The overall theme for the Congress is Adapting to a Changing World and we are virtually bringing together decision-makers as well as technical experts, road authorities and administrators, operators, and academia for a week of informative technical sessions and networking on an array of roads services, transportation, and resilience!
Join us and our Master of Ceremonies, Kathy Le, for a spectacular opening ceremony featuring:
Acknowledgement of Indigenous traditional territories
- Blessing by Blackfoot Elder Casey Eaglespeaker
Messages from:
- The Honourable Omar Alghabra, Canada’s Minister of Transport
- Her Worship, Jyoti Gondek, Mayor of Calgary
- PIARC President Nazir Alli
- PIARC Secretary General Patrick Malléjacq
Also:
- Amazing footage from Travel Alberta
- Performance by Canadian country band Nice Horse.
- PIARC Prizes