ECTRI at the 102nd TRB Annual Meeting

This year, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102nd Annual Meeting will be held in person from January 8 to 12 in Washington, D.C. The focus theme of the 2023 meeting is Rejuvenation Out of Disruption: Envisioning a Transportation System for a Dynamic Future. 

Within the framework of the ECTRI-TRB MoU, ECTRI supports several programme activities. If you are attending TRB Annual Meeting, you are highly welcome to join the following:

• Decarbonizing Transport Now and Everywhere: A Global Research Perspective, Part 1 (Workshop 1001), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, Ballroom. ECTRI speaker: Jonas Jansson, Head of Research Department traffic and road-users (VTI)
• Decarbonizing Transport Now and Everywhere: A Research Perspective in Developing Countries, Part 2 (Workshop 1062), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 146C.
• The Future of Transportation and the Role of International Research Collaboration (Workshop 5001), Thursday, January 12^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 146C. Panelist: Caroline Alméras, ECTRI Secretary General and TRB ICC Co-chair

The annual meeting of the International Coordinating Council (A0020C), will be held on Monday, January 9^th, 2023 at the Marriott Marquis, Independence Salon E (M4) from 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM EST.

Furthermore 11 more events of international relevance are co-sponsored by the ICC as listed below. Check the programme and join!

• Micromobility, Bicycles, and the Future of Cities (Workshop 1002), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 103B. Panelists: Michel Behr (Université Gustave Eiffel) and Evangelos Bekiaris (CERTH-HIT)
• Emerging Technology Research Implementation in the United States and China (Workshop 1014), January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 ET at Convention Center, 151B
• The Future of Supply Chains: What Do Its Pressures Mean for Transportation Users and Providers? (Workshop 1016), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 152A.
• Extreme Event Impacts: Flooded Roadways (Workshop 1021), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 102A. Speaker: Dirk Jansen, BASt
• International Perspectives on Strategies to Reduce Track-Caused Derailments, Part 1 (Workshop 1035), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 147B.
• From Disruption to Opportunity: Helping Agencies Sustain Adaptations to Change (Workshop 1047), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 2 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 152A.
• Resilience, Robustness, Safety, and Security of Bridges and Other Transportation Structures: National and International Perspectives and Collaborations (Workshop 1061), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 2 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 209AB. Speaker: Dr. Ingo Kaundinya, BASt
• Steering the Titanic: Decarbonizing Transportation Within Systems of Incremental Change (Workshop 1064), Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 146A.
• International Perspectives on Strategies to Reduce Track-Caused Derailments, Part 2 (Workshop 1069), Sunday, January 9th, 2022 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 147B.
• Analysis of International Road Safety Data (Lectern Session 2168), Monday, January 9^th, 2023 from 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET at Convention Center, 103B. Speakers: Christos Katrakazas (NTUA); Cecile Coquelet and Michel Behr (Université Gustave Eiffel)
• One Pizza Teams: How to Find Employees and Keep Them (Lectern Session 3067), Tuesday, January 10^th, 2023 from 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET at Convention Center, 151A.

As for social gatherings, ICC members, partners and friends are invited to join and share a drink from 5h00 PM at the Exhibit Hall Opening Reception on Sunday, January 8^th, 2023 (4:00 PM – 7:00 PM) in the PIARC booth area. In addition, there will be an ICC social gathering on Tuesday January 10^th (tentatively 5:30PM-7:30PM). More information will follow.

Programmes for all events are available from TRB Annual Meeting website.

Looking forward to seeing you in Washington DC !