In June, Dr. Mehran travelled to Japan where he attended the 12th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis conference (TRISTAN XII) from June 22-27, 2025, at the Bankoku Shinryokan in Okinawa, Japan.  Following the conference Dr. Mehran travelled to Nagoyo where he had research meetings with Prof. Asano at Nagoya University. From June 26-27, Dr. Mehran was hosted in Tokyo to have research meetings with Prof. Oguchi and his research team at the University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science. While there, he gave a seminar titled “Highway Transportation Safety and Resilience in the Canadian Prairies and Northern Regions: Driver Behaviour Perspectives”