Chairman of the Organising Committee

Prof. Anastasios Mouratidis

Anastasios Mouratidis is a Professor of Highway Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He graduated the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1975 (Diploma of Civil Engineering) and he obtained his Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.Ing.) from the University Paris VI (1981). He has more than 80 papers (in Greek, English and French) in Congress Proceedings and scientific magazines. During his academic career, he has conducted and managed more than 40 research projects in Highway Engineering: construction, assessment and maintenance of road assets. He has been geotechnical consultant (1996-2004) and chief supervising engineer (2005-2006) in the Egnatia Motorway Project, technical consultant of the Thessaloniki Metro Project (2008-2010), Chairman and CEO of “Egnatia Odos S.A.” (2010- 2012), consultant of Ind. Engineer in the Ionia Motorway construction project. National Delegate of the SPRINT research project (Commission of the E.U. DG XIII, 1990-1997), Member of Expert Groups IR2, IR5, IR7 of OECD/Transport Research (1992-1997), National Delegate of PIARC technical committees 4.5 and D-4 (2004-2010) and Member of the ESF/COST research Action 356 (2007-2009). Chairman of National Scientific Committees and national and international congresses of Highway Engineering. Author of two Highway Engineering Handbooks: Highway Construction (Univ. Studio Press, 2005), Road Asset Management (Univ. Studio Press, 2008).