ECTRI's presence in 2014 conferences

Knowledge4Innovation Forum in cooperation with Technology Partners Foundation, Brussels, Belgium - November 19, 2014

On November 19, ECTRI President G. Giannopoulos presented the ECTRI position at the 6th European Innovation Summit session “Towards a better European Transport System” in the European Parliament. On this occasion, he met with MEP and ITRE Committee Chair, Prof. Jerzy Buzek.

Ageing and Safe Mobility - A European Interdisciplinary Conference, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany - November 27-28, 2014

ECTRI coorganised with other key stakeholders a Conference on 'Ageing and Safe Mobility' on November 27 - 28, 2014 at the BASt premises in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. ECTRI nominated the key speaker Rob Methorst, Senior Advisor Safety from Rijkswaterstaat. Björn Peters, Senior Research Leader at VTI was co-chairing the Human Factors Session.

Mobility Convention Conference

ECTRI Member DLR co-hosted the Mobility Convention Conference on November 6 - 7, 2014 in Cologne, Germany. ECTRI President George Giannopoulos was one of the speakers as well as Barbara Lenz of DLR.

7th ECITL Conference

ECTRI supported the 7th ECITL Conference on November 5-7, 2014 in Dortmund, Germany. The Conference was coorganised by ECTRI Member Fraunhofer.

ETC 2014, European Transport Conference, Frankfurt, Germany - September 29th - October 1st, 2014

ECTRI's Secretary General chaired a session at ETC2014 on October 1st: "Encouraging effective use of research results"

The speakers came from different horizons: research world, policy maker, publisher, practicionner, and more specifically:
- Daniel Spichtinger, Policy Officer Open Access, European Commission, DG RDI. (See his presentation)
- Chris Pringle, Executive Publisher - Geography and Transport, Elsevier. (See his presentation)
- Prof. Anthony D. May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering ITS Leeds & ETRR Editor in Chief
- Birgitta Sandstedt, Director, Library and Information Centre, VTI (See her presentation on behalf of George Kotsikos, HERMES Project Coordinator, Newcastle University)

Workshop H-CPS-I 2014: Human Cyber Physical System Interaction

ECTRI Member IFSTTAR is sponsoring the Workshop H-CPS-I 2014: Human Cyber Physical System Interaction, held in Paris, France on September 22-23, 2014

22nd International Symposium EURO - Zel 2014 ‘Recent Challenges for European Railways’, Zilina, Slovak Republic – June 3-4, 2014

ECTRI Member University of Zilina and CETRA – Centre for Transport Research organized the 22nd International Symposium EURO - Zel 2014 ‘Recent Challenges for European Railways’ on June 3-4, 2014 in Zilina, Slovak Republic.

TRA2014 Transport Research Arena 2014, Paris, France - April 14-17, 2014

ECTRI supported the Transport Research Arena -TRA 2014 “Transport Solutions: from Research to Deployement” organised by the French Ecology and Sustainable Developement Ministry and ECTRI Member Ifsttar. It took place in Paris, France on April 14-16, 2014.

5th WliT Conference "Women's Issue in Transport", Paris, France - April 14-16, 2014

The 5th WliT Conference "Women's Issue in Transport - Bridging the Gap" organised by ECTRI Member Ifsttar was held on April 14-16, 2014 in Paris, France. This event supported by ECTRI aimed at identifying and addressing issues specific to women’s use and involvement in the transportation system and to ensure that transportation systems meet women’s needs.

2014 TRB Annual Meeting

The theme of the 2014 TRB Annual Meeting was 'Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future'. In the frame of the ECTRI-TRB Memorandum of Understanding, ECTRI has actively contributed through the organization of a number of ECTRI supported sessions.