February 2026 Newsletter
Dear HVTT Forum subscribers, I would like to begin this newsletter by marking a very special milestone in the history of our community. In 2026, we celebrate 40 years since the first Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Symposium (HVWD1), held in Kelowna, Canada, in 1986, which laid the foundations for what would later become the HVTT Forum. The Forum itself was formally established at the third HVWD symposium in Cambridge, UK, in 1992, as the “International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions”. It was later renamed the International Forum for Road Transport Technology (IFRTT), and then in 2019 adopted its current name — the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum) — as part of a broader branding refresh and to better align with the ongoing symposia, which by 2006 had become known as the International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport and Technology. And after that mouthful,... Read More