THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING PAVEMENTS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MAY 22-26, 1994. WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

Conference participants are welcomed on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and it is noted that the guiding principles for the two previous conferences continue to be important in setting the agenda for this third conference. These guiding principles, established by Dr. Ramesh Kher, who coordinated and chaired the 1985 and 1987 conferences which took place in Ontario, are: (1) Improving the broad understanding of pavements, pavement management issues, and problems by all practitioners at all organization levels within all transportation jurisdictions; (2) Developing pavement management solutions based on objective evaluations, along with comprehensive integration of all pavement maintenance and rehabilitation activities; (3) Developing new technologies, methodologies, and materials where existing ones have demonstrated their failure to perform in a cost-effective manner; and (4) Incorporating the idea of continuous improvement in all aspects of pavement management by bringing together broad segments of the industry in one major event.