ECTRI's presence in 2011 conferences

ETC Conference 2011 - Glasgow, UK - October 10-12, 2011

Through the MoU signed between ECTRI and the Association for European Transport, organizer of ETC, ECTRI was official sponsor of the European Transport Conference 2011. The Conference is unique in Europe, attracting around 500 transport practitioners and researchers to a meeting place, where they can find in-depth presentations on policy issues, best practice and research findings across a broad spectrum of transport modes. In total 25 papers were presented by researchers coming from the ECTRI networks and 3 sessions were chaired by ECTRI Members. More info.

Young Researchers Seminar 2011 - Copenhagen, Denmark - June 8-10, 2011

The Young Researchers Seminar 2011 took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 8-10 June. This event is organised by ECTRI, FEHRL and FERSI. ECTRI Member Technical University of Denmark, DTU hosted the event. Judith Princeton, Ifsttar (France) with her paper on 'The impact of traffic management operations on motorway congestion. A level of service based evaluation method', Emil Drápela, CDV (Czech Republic) with his paper on 'Geographical location of depopulation areas in the Czech Republic and its dependence on transport infrastructure' and Liva Abele, DTU-Transport (Denmark) with her paper on 'The Relationship between Road Design and Driving Behavior: a Simulator Study' were the 3 winners of the Seminar. During the Opening Ceremony, Caroline Alméras, ECTRI Secretary General gave a presentation on 'ECTRI - Transport Research Centres working together'. More information is available on the seminar webpage.

APM-ATS Automated People Movers and Transit Systems, 13 International conference Paris, France - May 22-26, 2011

ECTRI supported the APM-ATS 2011 conference, which was the appointment of worldwide professionals who wanted to share their experiences and innovations regarding fully automated transit systems. It gathers every two years, hundreds of specialists: engineers, researchers, manufacturers, consultants, operators, urban planners and project developers.


The Conference also gave a large part to the “Personal Rapid Transit” (PRT) systems as Heathrow Airport in London and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. It will include discussion of the exciting possibilities of PRT, the progress of PRT suppliers' development, and the planning of PRT networks

Road Safety Event - Zappeion Megaron, Athens - February 21-22, 2011

The Road Safety Event, organized by ECTRI Member CERTH/HIT together with FERSI under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport & Networks. took place on February 21st and 22nd, 2011 in Athens, Hellas. Road Safety has been a “front page” issue for over a decade now in Europe, drawing wide policy making and research interest especially after the 2001 EU white paper on Transport Policy.

The main aim was the promotion of road safety by exchanging views and experiences between all relevant stakeholders on success stories and the most promising policies and action plans. Besides its wider European interest and importance, this event was also very important for Greece where the Ministry of Infrastructure Transport and Networks – who is sponsoring this event – is undertaking a series of major initiatives in order to promote road safety and improve the road safety record of the country.

The event comprised a Conference with invited speakers from major European stakeholders, and a parallel exhibition of successful road safety campaigns implemented in European countries.

On February 21, Neil Paulley, ECTRI Vice-President gave a presentation on 'Road Safety in Europe: The research Stakeholders'view'. (534Ko)

TRB 90th Annual Meeting - Washington, DC, USA - January 23-27, 2011

ECTRI actively participated in the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, held on January 23-27, 2011 in Washington DC, USA. The following ECTRI representatives attended the conference: Neil Paulley, ECTRI Vice-President, TRL, United Kingdom - George Giannopoulos, CERTH-HIT, Greece - Cristina Pronello, ECTRI Treasurer, LET, France - Josef Mikulik, CDV, Czech Republic -  Francesc Robusté, CENIT, Spain - Hélène Jacquot-Guimbal, Patrick Malléjacq and Jean-Pierre Médevielle, IFSTTAR, France-  Fred Wegman, SWOV, The Netherlands.

On January 23, 2010, at the ECTRI- TRB meeting, George Giannopoulos, Neil Paulley, Jean-Pierre Médevielle met with Martine Miccozzi & Jorge Prozzi and discussed the ECTRI-TRB MoU 2 year Joint Plan of Activities.

On January 24, 2011, Neil Paulley gave a presentation on ‘Models of Transportation Financing, Operation, and Management in the United Kingdom at the International Research and Technology Transfer subcommittee A0010(2) session. On that same day, N. Paulley also participated on behalf of ECTRI in the FEHRL luncheon and the SHRP2 International meeting.

On January 25, 2011, at the Transport Research without borders session, C. Pronello gave a presentation on ‘Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program' and P. Malléjacq presented ‘ERA-NET Roads: collaborative Research Program in the European Union’. At the Research implementation, Moving from ideas to implementation session, G. Giannopoulos together with O. A. Elrahman gave a presentation on ‘Opportunities and Challenges in advancing Transformative Research: The Case of Transportation Research on Both Sides of the Atlantic’.