PFDM2025

The “International Symposium Pavement Functional Design and Management – PFDM Symposium” serves as a platform to engage the international pavement engineering community towards design and management of functional characteristics of pavements. The first PFDM Symposium took place at the University of Chang’an, Xi’an, China, 24 – 26 October 2019. The second Symposium was held at the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 27th to 29nd April 2023. The third PFDM symposium, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2nd to 4th July 2025, aims to offer an unique platform for researchers, policy makers, and industry experts to come together and engage in discussions on functional requirements of pavements. Such requirements include safe skid resistance, texture, adequate surface and subsurface drainage, riding quality, acceptable levels of tire-pavement noise, low rolling resistance, and also other new functionalities provided by cutting edge technologies which are required by new mobility paradigms. The symposium presents an opportunity to gain insights into pavement technology trends across Europe, celebrate industry achievements, and exchange best practices in pavement design, maintenance, and policy implementation.