Distinguished lecturers
Assoc. prof. Marko Ševrović, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of road safety and road safety inspection
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Marko Ševrović works as an Associate Professor on the position of Head of the Department of Transport Planning at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia), where, besides teaching in the field of traffic flow theory, public transport planning, transport infrastructure design and CAD, he continued to do research on GNSS related applications in transport. In September 2018 he became part-time employee of the European Institute of Road Assessment (EIRA) based in Slovenia, on the position of a road safety expert. In 2011 he became associate of the Royal Institute of Navigation. He is a member of Organizational committee of the Baška GNSS Conference International. From 2012 he is a member of the Croatian chamber of Engineers of Transport and Traffic Technology, Chartered engineer (Road Transport).
He is expert member of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) and Certified Road Safety Auditor. In the last fifteen years he conducted and participated in more than 120 national and international professional and scientific projects in the field of road safety (EuroRAP/iRAP projects, road safety audit), traffic planning and sustainable urban mobility planning.
Prof. Attila Borsos
Expert in tHE FIELD OF ROAD SAFETY
Attila Borsos received his master’s degree in Economics from the University of Győr, Hungary, and in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He gained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Győr, where he is full professor in the Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering. He was a Visiting Scholar at Florida Atlantic University in 2013 and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Connecticut in 2010. He is a member of the TRB Standing Committee on Access Management (ACP60) and the PIARC World Road Association Technical Committee 3.1 Road Safety. His main research interests are road safety, more specifically accident prediction models, traffic safety trends, surrogate measures of safety, and the effect of Autonomous Vehicles on safe road design.
Assoc. Prof. Dániel Miletics
Expert in the field of road safety, certified road safety auditor
Dániel Miletics obtained his degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Győr, where he also earned his PhD in Civil Engineering in 2016. He currently holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering at the University of Győr. His teaching responsibilities primarily encompass road design, traffic engineering, and traffic safety. His principal research focus is on road safety. As a certified road safety auditor, he plays a key role in the organization and teaching of Road Safety Audit training programs. In addition to his academic duties, he is actively engaged in consultancy work, with the majority of his professional activities centered on road safety audits.
Harald Mosböck
Expert in tHE FIELD OF ROAD MARKINGS
VP of the RMS department for Europe, SWARCO AG and president of the European Union Road Federation – ERF
Harald Mosböck is the VP of the RMS department for Europe, SWARCO AG and is currently president of the European Union for Roads (ERF). He holds a Master of Science degree in Traffic Telematics from Austrian Donau-Universität Krems and graduated in export trade at Vienna’s University of Economics. He has more than 25 years of experience in the road painting and marking system industry with employees in Rembrandtin, Herberts in Austria and Dupont Performance Coatings Austria. In 2000, Harald joined Manfred Swarovski‘s SWARCO Group and later became Managing Director of SWARCO road marking contracting companies in Austria and Germany. In November 2016, Harald Mosböck became SWARCO’s Head of the Road Marking Systems Division for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of traffic signalling and road safety
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Dario Babic is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) with extensive experience in the field of road safety, road infrastructure management as well as road markings and signs. In 2018 he obtained his Ph.D. with the thesis entitled: “Road markings service life prediction model”. Currently he is Vice Dean for Science and External Cooperation at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. In 2019, he completed postdoctoral research at the Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University (Belgium). He was a member of the team that won the IRF GRAA 2018 (International Road Federation) award in the category “Quality Management” for the project: “Implementation of RFID Technology in Traffic Signs Database Inventory”. He is a member of Croatian Chamber of Transport Engineers and several EU standardization working groups: Croatian Committee for Standardization – Technical Committee DZNM/TO 509: Road equipment and CEN/TC226 WG2 (Road Markings), CEN/TC226 WG3 (Traffic Signs), CEN/T226 WG12 (Road Interaction – ADAS). He is the author of several scientific and professional papers.
Prof. Darko Babić, Ph.D
Expert in the field of traffic signaling and road safety
Darko Babić is full professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) where he actively participates in the teaching process and work on scientific and professional projects. From 2012 to 2015, he was postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic), where he participated in a scientific project called “Enhancement of R&D Pools of Excellence at the University of Pardubice”. As a member of the team from Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, he won the IRF GRAA 2018 (International Road Federation) annual award in the category “Quality Management” for the project: “Implementation of RFID Technology in Traffic Signs Database Inventory”. He is the president of the Croatian Committee for Standardization – Technical Committee DZNM / TO 509: Road Equipment. Also, he is a member of several EU standardization working groups: Road equipment and CEN/TC226 WG2 (Road Markings), CEN/TC226 WG3 (Traffic Signs), CEN/T226 WG12 (Road Interaction – ADAS) and the leader of the EC Sub-Group Road Markings and Road Signs. Also, he is a member of the Croatian Chamber of Engineers of Transport and Transportation Technology and president of the Croatian Association of Engineers (Alumni) from the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb. He has worked on a number of projects related to quality control of traffic signalling, road safety. He is the author of several scientific and professional papers.
Slaviša Babić, eng.
Expert in the field of road safety
Head of Traffic Department at Croatian Roads Ltd.
Slaviša Babić graduated from the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences in Zagreb in 2004. In 2016 he graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb with the thesis entitled “Perspectives of the application of the toll collection system through vignettes in the Republic of Croatia” and acquired the professional title of Professional Applicant for Economics. From 2005 to 2012 he was an employee of company Peek Traffic, where he worked on the design, programming and implementation of ITS systems in the Republic of Croatia and Europe. He was also a “key account manager” for the cities of Zagreb and Split. From 2012 to 2016 he worked in the company Autocesta Rijeka – Zagreb d.d. where he was engaged in the maintenance of ITS systems (regular and extraordinary), preparation of traffic studies and implementation of projects co-financed through EU funds. Out of many working groups where he is a member, he is engaged the most in the one related on traffic safety. Since 2016, he has been an employee of the company Hrvatske ceste d.o.o. where he is the head of the Department of Transportation. He is a member of the Assembly of the Croatian Chamber of Transport and Transport Technology Engineers, and he has been a certified road traffic engineer
since 2011. Also, in 2017, he successfully completed the training for a road infrastructure auditor and passed the exam for a certified auditor. He is the author of several professional papers and studies and has participated in numerous conferences, expert meetings, and round tables on the topic of traffic safety and intelligent transport systems.
Assoc. prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D
Expert in the field of road design and safety
Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt (Belgium)
Ali Pirdavani is an Associate Professor at Hasselt University, specializing in road safety,
transportation infrastructure, and automated vehicles. He holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Sciences
(2012) and a Master’s in Civil Engineering: Road & Transportation Engineering (2007). After his Ph.D.,
he received an FWO postdoctoral fellowship (2013) focusing on crash modeling and road safety.
Since 2016, he has been a professor at Hasselt University, leading research in AI-based road safety
and digitalization in road design, including projects like AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety (IVORY) and
Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for Safer Urban and Secondary Roads (CAMBER). He has
published over 60 journal articles and 40+ conference papers, with 1,600+ citations (h-index: 24). He
is an editorial board member for several journals like Advances in Transportation Sciences, KSCE
Journal of Civil Engineering, Promet – Traffic & Transportation, and Sustainability.
Assoc. Prof. Luka Novačko, Ph.D
Expert in the field of road design and road safety
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb
Traffic Engineer with 15 years of experience in the field of road traffic planning and design of road traffic infrastructure. He was involved in more than 15 projects and some of them were financed by EU funds. His Ph.D. thesis was focused on the estimation of OD matrices in cities. He is the Head of the Department for Road Transport and Head of the Laboratory for planning and modeling in road and urban traffic at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Darko Žvan
Expert in the field of intelligent sensors
MICRO-LINK ltd., Croatia
Darko Žvan graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, in the field of radiocommunications. Since February 2010, he has been working as a sales director where he is managing all company sales activities, participating in the development of the company’s strategic plan, and supervising and controlling the professional staff and complete costs of the sales sector. Some of the most prominent projects in which he participated: Hot Spot Croatia 2014, a project to implement Wi-Fi coverage of select cities in Croatia for the Ministry of Tourism, Wireless Implementation Project for Croatian Parliament, the project of building a UHF radio communication network based on digital radio modems designed to monitor NAV devices in the Pula region, Upgrade of transmission and VHF network, VHF radio planning and prediction. Currently, he is a Sales Director at MICRO-LINK Ltd., a company that designs and integrates complex ICT solutions.
Assoc. prof. Željko Šarić, Ph.D
Expert in the field of road safety and accidents analysis
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Željko Šarić is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) at the Department of Traffic Accident Expertise where he actively participates in the teaching process and work on scientific and professional projects. He defended his doctoral dissertation on in 2014 at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, entitled: “Model of identification of dangerous places in the road traffic network”. Since 2012, he has been the Head of the Laboratory for Traffic Technical Expertise at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. He has published several scientific and professional papers and is one of the organizers of the PC Crash workshop at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, which conducts scientific research and simulations of all types of traffic accidents (Crash tests). He is a permanent forensic expert for traffic and vehicles and an active member of the international association of forensic experts European Association for Accident Research and Analysis.
Tomislav Kučinić, MSc traff. eng
Expert in the field of road safety and accidents analysis
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Tomislav Kučinić is an Assistant at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) and the Department of Traffic Accident Expertise where he is in the preparation and performance of laboratory exercises in the Laboratory for Traffic Accidents Expertise and the preparation of traffic expertise. He has participated in several projects relative to road safety and he is one of the PC Crash workshops at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, which conducts scientific research and simulations of all types of traffic accidents (Crash tests). He is a permanent forensic expert for traffic and vehicles and an active member of the international association of forensic experts European Association for Accident Research and Analysis.
Assoc. Prof. Marko Šoštarić, Ph.D
Expert in the field of road safety and road safety inspection
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Šoštarić is charted road transport engineer and certified road safety auditor with PhD in traffic and transport technology and 17 years of experience in transport planning and engineering. As a transport expert or project team leader, he has participated in more than 100 traffic studies, transport plans, transport related projects, and models. During the last ten years, he was team leader of many Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans for Croatian cities, co-financed by EU funds. He also worked on cost-benefit analyses, feasibility studies, and strategic environmental assessment projects for transport system and road safety projects. He participated in the implementation of Directive 2008/96/EC and road safety audit in the transport system of the Republic of Croatia. Currently he is at the position of Dean of Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
Asst. Prof. Marijan Jakovljević, Ph.D
Expert in the field of road safety and road safety inspection
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Marijan Jakovljević was born in 1988 in Požega. He graduated from Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences of University of Zagreb in 2013 where he also successfully defended his doctoral thesis in 2020. From 2014 to 2015, he worked as a researcher on project on Faculty and was engaged in scientific research and expert work in the field of transport planning and design and road safety. Since 2015, he works as an assistant at Department of Transport Planning of Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences where he is involved in undergraduate and graduate programmes. Results of his scientific and research work were published in 16 scientific and professional papers and he participated in numerous national and international conferences. As a team leader, researcher, author or associate, he partook in over 120 scientific, development and expert projects.
Mario Fiolić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of traffic signaling and road safety
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Mario Fiolić is Assistant at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) and the Department for Traffic Signalling. He is expert in the quality control of road markings and signs, road asset management and overall road safety. He actively participates in the teaching process and work on scientific and professional projects with emphasis on road safety, road markings and signs, driving simulator research, eye tracking, etc. He defended his doctoral thesis in 2021 titled: “Determining the correlation between the driver’s psychophysical load and the quality of the traffic signalling during night-time conditions”. He was the member of the team that won the IRF GRAA 2018 (International Road Federation) award in the category “Quality Management” for the project: “Implementation of RFID Technology in Traffic Signs Database Inventory”. His research interests include influence of road markings and signs on driver’s behavior, driving simulator research, eye tracking, road safety etc. Also, he is the author of several scientific and professional papers as well as member of Croatian Chamber of Transport Engineers.
Tim Dennis Tusar
EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF ROAD SAFETY AND PRODUCT MANAGER FOR CRASH CUSHION, TERMINALS
AND SPECIAL SOLUTIONS
Saferoad Restraint Systems trainer
Tim Tusar is an experienced professional in the field of Vehicle Restraint Systems and Passive Road Safety, with more than 15 years of national and international expertise in product management, technical consulting, and market development. He started his career at Volkmann & Rossbach in 2007 as a Key Account Manager and Consultant for Road Safety, advising road authorities, road and traffic planners, as well as construction and installation companies. In 2008, he successfully completed his qualification as a guardrail installation specialist with the Gütegemeinschaft Stahlschutzplanken e. V., maintaining this certification through regular advanced training. From 2011 to 2022, he worked in the company’s International Division as Product Manager for median openings, terminals, noise absorbing solutions, and crash cushions, with responsibility for markets including Spain, North and South Africa, China, Brazil, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. During this time, he also served as a speaker at various international seminars and conferences, focusing on road safety through the application of national guidelines and EN 1317. Since June 2022, he has been with Saferoad Restraint Systems as the lead Product Manager for Crash Cushions, Terminals and Special Solutions. In addition, he continues to act as a consultant for road authorities both nationally and internationally and delivers basic seminars and product training within Saferoad.
