BRWB 2025
in Darmstadt on 7th March
Time (CET) Topic Speaker
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Welcome and Opening Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jia Liu
Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Faust
9:15 am – 9:30 am
Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Thomas Walther
Vice President Innovation and International Affairs (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Part One: New Proving Ground, Test Tracks and releated Activities
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Proving Ground Zalazone, Hungary
  • Challenges for Construction during Operation
Zoltan Hamar (Zalazone, Hungary)
Gabor Csicsely (Zalazone, Hungary)

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Indoor Low-μ Surface Track – A Special Test Facility in Ivalo
  • UTAC Testcenters, Finland
Jörg Hogefeld (UTAC, Finnland)
Sini Honkanen (UTAC, Finnland)
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Coffee Break

11:00 am – 11:30 am


From Design to Construction
  • Learnings from Formula 1 Racetracks for Testtracks and vice versa
Jairo Parra (Tilke GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
Gazanfar Jafarli (Tilke GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Laserscanning
  • Automotive Proving Ground Modelling based on High-Precision Mobile Laserscanning
Prof. Dr.Ing. Andreas Großmann (LEHMANN & PARTNER GmbH, Germany)
Dr. Maximilian Sesselmann (LEHMANN & PARTNER GmbH, Germany)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch Break

Part two: Surface Treatment
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Research at TU Darmstadt
  • Surface Treatment and Preserving Agent
Moritz Middendorf (TU Darmstadt)
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Surface Coating
  • Reason for Treating / Right Timing / Environmental Issues / Results (Grip Test)
Walter Hemmerich (Colas, Europe)
Henrik Staer (Colas Danmark A/S)
Part three: Sustainability
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Research at TU Darmstadt
  • Warm Mixed Asphalt
Jasmin Elzer (TU Darmstadt)

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sustainability: Focus Construction
  • Lessons learned using Warm Mixed Asphalt for Testtrack Pavement
Mario Peiker (Hart Consult, Germany)
Katja Zschommler (Porsche Leipzig GmbH, Germany)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Sustainability: Focus Transport
  • How to save Energy, CO2 and Costs with modern Transport Technology
Martin Fliegl (Fliegl Bau- & Kommunaltechnik GmbH, Germany)
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Final Discussion and Closure

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jia Liu
Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Faust