The 6th Serbian Road Congress was held on June 4–5, 2026, at the Crowne Plaza Belgrade Hotel, spanning two working days, with a welcome cocktail reception held the day before.
The Congress commenced with an Opening Ceremony, during which the first speaker was Mr. Miroslav Alempić, Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure. He was followed by Mr. Dušan Savković, President of the Serbian Road Society “Via-Vita”, Mr. Miodrag Poledica, Assistant Director of the Public Enterprise “Roads of Serbia”, and Lord Ranger of Northwood, President of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
The participants were then addressed by Mr. Zvonko Marković, President of the “Putar” Association, Mr. Goran Mladenović, Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee, and the Deans of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering of the University of Belgrade, Mr. Branislav Bajat and Mr. Milorad Kilibarda, respectively. The gathering was subsequently welcomed by Mr. Zoran Bojović, representing Unipromet, the Congress Platinum Sponsor.
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This year’s Congress also provided an opportunity for participants to remember their colleagues - distinguished road engineering experts who have left an indelible mark on the profession. One of them was Dr. Petar Mitrović, a graduate civil engineer.
Following the legacy of knowledge and expertise established by such engineers, new generations continue to emerge. As at the previous Congress, the Serbian Road Society “Via-Vita”, by decision of its Board of Directors, presented special awards to students for the best graduate and master’s theses completed during the preceding period.
The “Radojica Jauković” Award in the field of road design was presented, upon the recommendation of the Department of Roads, Railways and Airports of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, to Milica Đurđić for her master’s thesis entitled: “Conceptual Design of the Grade-Separated Interchange ‘Raška–South’ on the ‘Kraljevo–Novi Pazar’ Expressway.”
The “Master Jovanka Đuran” Award for the best graduate thesis in the field of pavement engineering, also upon the recommendation of the Department of Roads, Railways and Airports of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, was awarded to Anđelija Pavlović for her thesis entitled: “The Use of Geosynthetics in the Construction of Transport Infrastructure on Weak Subgrade Soils.”
Based on the recommendation of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering in Belgrade, the award “Professor Dr. Ljubiša Kuzović” for the best master’s thesis in the field of traffic engineering was presented to Tijana Filić for her work entitled: “The Impact of Congestion Charging on Changes in Travel Behavior: The Case of the City of Niš.”
Congress
Organizers
The Road
Association of Serbia “Via-Vita”
PE “Roads of Serbia”
Co-organizers
Faculty of Civil Engineering &
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering
University Of Belgrade
Contact: The Road Association of Serbia “Via-Vita”,
Bulevar Peka Dapcevica 45,
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel/fax: +381 11 2493 134, Email: sdp@via-vita.rs
