Celebrating 20 Years of Achievements in Sustainable and Multimodal Mobility Research
The year 2023 marks the 20th Anniversary of ECTRI, the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes.
To commemorate this important milestone, a special event was organised on November 15th, 2023 at the prestigious venue of Palais des Académies in Brussels.
On this occasion, distinguished personalities were brought together in a panel to discuss “Transforming mobility – Making research count in transport policy”. This panel discussion was preceded by enlivening scientific speeches from prominent ECTRI experts on “How research can drive green and inclusive mobility”. The event was followed by a reception at the same venue.
From 16:30 Opening doors and registration
- Welcome drinks and networking
17:30 – 17:50 Opening Speeches
- Welcome speech: Highlights on 20 years’ of achievements | Ingrid Skogsmo, President, ECTRI
- Video message | Magda Kopczyńska, Director General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
17:50 – 18:15 Scientific Speeches | “How research can drive green and inclusive mobility”
- Municipalities need Transformative Capacity to boost shifts towards active transport | Anu Tuominen, Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Rise of the machines? Innovation and policy design for future mobility | Roberto Palacin, Professor, Chair of Transport Futures, Director of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology at Newcastle University, United Kingdom
- Enough is enough – Sufficiency as guiding principle for mobility behaviour change | Alexandra Millonig, Senior Scientist, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
18:15 – 18:55 Panel discussion | “Transforming mobility – Making research count in transport policy“
- Jane Amilhat, Head of Unit Low Emission Future Industries DG RTD, European Commission
- Angel Aparicio, Professor of Transport Planning and Economics, Technical University Madrid (UPM)
- Magnus Blinge, Research Manager, SCANIA
- Jaqueline Grassl, Head of the Department for Mobility and Transport Technologies, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action
- Stephen Perkins, Senior Counsellor, International Transport Forum at OECD
18:55 – 19:00 Closing remarks
Caroline Alméras, Secretary General, ECTRI
19:00 – 22:30 Cocktail and Reception
- Walking dinner and networking
The event was moderated by Jacki Davis (Meade Davis Communications)
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