The 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference 2017 (11th IHHA Conference 2017) was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa on 02 – 06 September 2017. The IHHA Conference takes place every four years in a different IHHA member country. It is the official conference for the International Heavy Haul Association and is the premium and largest gathering of the international heavy haul railway fraternity. It was hosted by the South African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) and the International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA). SAHHA was the local host and IHHA the international host and owner of the IHHA conference.
11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference 2017
02 – 06 September 2017
Cape Town
Delegate Profile
1028
Delegates attracted
from 30 Countries attended the conference.
313
Over 500 abstracts were submitted, of which 313 were accepted.
211
were accepted as oral presentations
102
were accepted as Poster Presentations
186 papers, from 17 countries, were presented at the conference. The Full Papers were published in a Conference Proceedings book, in hardcopy paperback as well as in an electronic PDF format.
Conference Theme
The theme for the 11th IHHA Conference 2017 was: “Advancing Heavy Haul Technologies and Operations in a Changing World”