novel approach to the topic, and will discard those limited to a simple description of Paper Submissions and/or methods. Moreover, the Committee will value those papers from which a universal or general practical application conclusion may be reached. Aspects that enable the content to go beyond the simple theory statement and that present results validated against practical experiences will be assessed. Likewise, the statement accuracy and precision, the development and conclusions, and the presentation clarity will be analyzed. Mainly, the Committee will assess if the paper proposes immediate application methods, methodology and/or Paper Submission explicitly generating benefits for the community.

As it can be seen below, this initiative of the Asociación Argentina de Carreteras of delivering the traditional prizes has been supported by the Argentine Institute of Portland Cement (Instituto del Cemento Portland Argentino), setting an interesting amount of awards intended to match the passion those professionals put in improving the technical and scientific levels of the different fields related to these Congresses.