Distinguished lecturers
Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of traffic signalling and road safety
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Dario Babić is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, with extensive expertise in road safety, road infrastructure management, and road markings and traffic signs. He obtained his PhD in 2018 with a dissertation entitled Road Markings Service Life Prediction Model. He currently serves as Vice Dean for Science and External Cooperation and Head of the Department of Traffic Signalling at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. In 2019, he completed postdoctoral research at the Transportation Research Institute of Hasselt University, Belgium. He was a member of the team that received the 2018 IRF Global Road Achievement Award in the Quality Management category for the project Implementation of RFID Technology in Traffic Signs Database Inventory. He is also a member of the Croatian Chamber of Transport Engineers and participates in several standardisation working groups, including the Croatian Standards Institute Technical Committee HZN/TO 509, Road Equipment, as well as CEN/TC 226 working groups on road markings, traffic signs, and road interaction with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). His research and professional interests focus on road safety, road equipment, traffic signalling, and the application of advanced technologies in road infrastructure management. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific and professional papers in these fields.
Prof. Darko Babić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of traffic signalling 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. Currently he is the Head of the Laboratory of the Department for Traffic Signalling. 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, MSc. 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.
Prof. Attila Borsos, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of road safety
University of Győr, Hungary
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. Carmelo D’Agostino, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of road safety, geometric design of roads and human behaviour
Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (Sweden)
Carmelo D’Agostino is an Associate Professor at Lund University Faculty of Engineering, specializing in the Department of Transport and Roads. Since 2018, he has been actively involved in the Traffic Safety and Behaviour unit at Lund University. Prior to his position at Lund University, Carmelo D’Agostino served as a Research Associate at the University of Catania in Sicily, Italy, from 2014 to 2018, affiliated with the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR). It was at this institution that Carmelo completed his Ph.D. studies, spanning from 2011 to 2014. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of transportation research, Carmelo D’Agostino was honored with the TRB (Transportation Research Board) Best Paper Award in 2016.
Hélène Dirix, Ph.D.
Expert in human factors, traffic psychology and road safety
Transportation Research Institute (IMOB), Hasselt University (Belgium)
Hélène Dirix is a postdoctoral researcher and research expert at the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, where she has been active since 2019. She has a background in occupational therapy and obtained her PhD in Transportation Sciences from Hasselt University in 2023 with a dissertation on autism and transportation. Her research focuses on human factors, traffic psychology, road safety, driving behaviour, and behavioural interventions in mobility, with specific expertise in driving simulator research, eye-tracking studies, qualitative research, and evaluation methods. Prior to joining IMOB, she worked at Vias Institute as an expert in fitness to drive and vehicle adaptations. She is involved in several national and international research projects, including Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 initiatives such as TRANS-SAFE and i-DREAMS, and contributes to teaching in the Transportation Sciences programme at Hasselt University, including courses on Traffic Psychology, Behavioural Interventions, and Sustainable Transportation Policy.
Marija Ferko, Ph.D.
Expert in road safety and vulnerable road users
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Marija Ferko obtained her PhD in December 2025, graduating summa cum laude through a joint doctoral programme (cotutelle), earning a doctoral degree from the University of Zagreb and a PhD in Technology from Hasselt University. She completed her graduate university degree in Road Transport in 2017 and received the Rector’s Award of the University of Zagreb and the Dean’s Recognition Award of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences in the 2016/2017 academic year. Her scientific and professional work focuses on road safety, with particular emphasis on vulnerable road users. She participates in research and professional projects addressing the quality and impact of traffic signalling, infrastructure-related safety factors, and the analysis of road user behavior. She regularly participates in international scientific conferences and professional events and continuously enhances her knowledge through specialised training programmes. She is an active member of the Association of Graduates and Engineers of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb (AMAC-FSC).
Asst. Prof. Mario Fiolić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of traffic signalling 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.
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.
Tomislav Kučinić, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of road safety and accidents analysis
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Croatia)
Tomislav Kučinić is 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 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.
Assoc. Prof. Dániel Miletics, Ph.D.
Expert in the field of road safety, certified road safety auditor
University of Győr, Hungary
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
Harald Mosböck is the VP of the RMS department for Europe, SWARCO AG. 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.
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
A road traffic engineer with 15 years of experience in road traffic planning and the design of road transport infrastructure. His doctoral research focused on the estimation of origin-destination (OD) matrices in urban areas. He is Head of the Department of Road Transport and Head of the Laboratory for Planning and Modelling in Road and Urban Traffic at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal PROMET – Traffic&Transportation for more than five years, serving as Section Editor for Road Transport. As an Associate Professor, his research interests include road and urban traffic modelling and planning, traffic simulation, and intersection design. He has also participated in numerous scientific and professional projects in the field of road and urban traffic and transport.
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. 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 Baska 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.
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 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.
Assoc. Prof. Marko Šoštarić, Ph.D.
Expert in transport planning, engineering, and road safety
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.
Tim Dennis Tusar
Expert in the field of road safety and product manager for crash cushions, terminals and special solutions
Saferoad Restraint Systems
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 Gutegemeinschaft 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.
Darko Žvan
Expert in the field of intelligent sensors
MICRO-LINK d.o.o., 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, participates in the development of the company’s strategic plan, and supervises and controls 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., company which designs and integrates complex ICT solutions.