Get ready for a unique experience at next month’s Innovation and Learning Festival. This is your chance to witness ground breaking innovations in highway maintenance and transport technology up close on our unique off road track. This week, we are shining a spotlight on our Demonstration Partners, showcasing transformative products, solutions, and techniques in our most extensive live demonstrations yet.
Meet our Demonstration Partners
HAAS Alert
Step into the future of roadway safety with HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud. A leader in connected vehicle safety, HAAS Alert will demonstrate how their digital alerting and V2X technology can prevent vehicle collisions and saves lives.
Witness their life-saving impact through a live crash simulation, complete with airbag deployment, drones, and emergency service response.
Gareth Evans, Director of Strategy and Business Development, EMEA at HAAS Alert said: “Lights and sirens just aren’t enough. Connected safety is about communicating with the environment that emergency services, roadside workers, and community members experience when driving on the road. HAAS Alert and VESOS are excited to demonstrate the power of digital alerting and V2X technology with a live crash simulation!” Don’t miss this powerful demonstration!
IKO Road
Discover the revolutionary Pacopatch Ironwork Surround System from IKO Road, designed to restore failing road surfaces, particularly around manholes, drainage gullies and other public utilities. See the complete setup typically used for live Pacopatch installations, featuring two component polymer modified mastic asphalt hot applied IKO Pacopatch Grout and cold applied, IKO Pacopatch Bricks.
Alistair Puddick, UK Business Manager at IKO Road said: “We at IKO Road are attending the LCRIG Innovation & Learning Festival as we want to promote products and systems which are proven as some of the most effective, long-term repair solutions on the market and which can ultimately save local authorities thousands in repeat repair costs.” Join us to see these innovative technologies in action!
JCB
Witness the award-winning JCB Pothole Pro in action – a unique 3 in 1 solution for efficient, economical and permanent pothole repairs and large reinstatements. Equipped with 3 attachments for cutting, cropping, and cleaning, the Pothole Pro eliminates the need for additional equipment or extra manpower, saving you both time and money. Repair a pothole in just 8 minutes!
Ben Rawding, General Sales Manager said: “LCRIG has a prominent voice in the industry with a common culture of looking for innovation and collaboration. That’s something that we want to replicate in our relationship with LCRIG. We’re looking for an opportunity to show innovation and a better way of working in highways.” Join us to see how the JCB Pothole Pro is revolutionising road repairs globally.
Meon
Explore Meon’s latest developments in line marking and surface repair with cutting-edge cold-applied solutions and technologies. Meon will demonstrate their flagship RoadLiner ES ECO, an all-electric line marking powerhouse, and the high-output, battery operated LineLazer ES1000.
Discover the revolutionary RoadLiner 570, an industry first cold-applied road marking system that eliminates hot work risks and delivers MMA road markings that set within 2 minutes at 20 degrees.
Russell Smallridge, Head of Decarbonisation at Meon said: “Meon are pleased to be once again supporting LCRIG’s Innovations & Learning Festival this year. We see these events as key for bringing innovation into the industry in a collaborative way. We thank LCRIG for providing this incredible opportunity for Local Authorities to experience our developments & technologies first-hand.”
Coventry City Council and VESOS
Are you drone ready? Discover the future of emergency service responses with drone technology in a pioneering demonstration by Coventry City Council & VESOS.
See how VESOS’ innovative technology alerts emergency services to incidents, enabling drones to assess situations faster than traditional vehicles. Watch live via our Innovation Think Pavilion and learn about the advantages of drone technology in Emergency responses.
Sunil Budhdeo, Transport Innovation Manager at Coventry City Council, said “We are working with Midland’s aerospace alliance and Skyfarer to develop a regulatory framework for Drone Ready Cities. This exercise will demonstrate one of the many ways drones can save lives, costs and emissions in Drone Ready Cities.”
View the Demonstration Timetable here.
Stay tuned as we will be introducing more of our Demonstration Partners next week!
Join Us at the Festival
With over 600 delegates expected across the two days, the festival provides a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange and promises to be an unmissable highlight of the year, filled with opportunities for learning, networking, and innovation.
Don’t miss out on this invaluable opportunity to engage and share ideas with industry peers. Secure your fully funded Public Sector Delegate place today here!
We have a limited number of exhibitor opportunities remaining. Book here or find out more by downloading our Media pack.