In a special event attended by more than 100 high level representatives of all sectors of European transport, the 7515 European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary Brussels, Belgium.
Among the speakers who stressed the importance of ECTRI’s role in European transport research was ECTRI President, Professor George A. Giannopoulos, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport. He discussed ECTRI’s achievements over the past ten years, in particular: the base line scientific work done by the many ECTRI working Groups in several scientific fields and the more than forty position papers and interventions that ECTRI has put forward on key issues facing European transport; the setting up and running of training workshops and courses for young researchers; the creation and continuous support of a major scientific journal in the field of Transport (the European Transport Research Review); and the promotion of international cooperation and European transport know how and research results globally.
Speakers included Fotis Karamitsos, acting deputy director general at the1690 European Commission/5578 DG Move, who spoke of the influence of research and innovation for future transport policy and stressed that the current European Transport Policy that was unveiled in 2011 has as its cornerstone the research and innovation that comes from the various national and international research programmes in Europe as well as the Commission’s own research programme Horizon 2020.
Other speakers included Mrs Manuela Soares, director for transport at the European Commission/DG RDI, who said that as much as US$111 billion of EU funding is anticipated over the next seven years for transport research; Robert Skinner, executive Director of the856 Transportation Research Board of the US National Academies; and Stephen Perkins, Head of Research, 998 International Transport Forum, OECD. ECTRI’s vice-president, Professor Neil Paulley, presented ECTRI’s future vision and stressed the need for closer cooperation and more forward thinking research focused on solving key policy challenges.
Among the speakers who stressed the importance of ECTRI’s role in European transport research was ECTRI President, Professor George A. Giannopoulos, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport. He discussed ECTRI’s achievements over the past ten years, in particular: the base line scientific work done by the many ECTRI working Groups in several scientific fields and the more than forty position papers and interventions that ECTRI has put forward on key issues facing European transport; the setting up and running of training workshops and courses for young researchers; the creation and continuous support of a major scientific journal in the field of Transport (the European Transport Research Review); and the promotion of international cooperation and European transport know how and research results globally.
Speakers included Fotis Karamitsos, acting deputy director general at the
Other speakers included Mrs Manuela Soares, director for transport at the European Commission/DG RDI, who said that as much as US$111 billion of EU funding is anticipated over the next seven years for transport research; Robert Skinner, executive Director of the
