ECTRI News


		ERA Conference 2012 ECTRI Secretariat participated in the ERA Conference 2012 on January 30, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. ECTRI sent its reply to the ERA Framework Public Consultation: Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area (ERA) questionnaire in November 2011.
		White Paper on Transport On December 5, 2011 the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Commission (EC) holds a joint conference entitled "The White Paper on Transport – The Viewpoint of European Civil Society" in which ECTRI secretariat participated. ECTRI released its position paper on the EC White Paper “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area– Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system” in July 2011.
		Innovation Convention The First Innovation Convention organised by the European Commission on December 5-6, 2011 takes place in Brussels, Belgium. The ECTRI secretariat participated.
		DETRA Workshops In context of DETRA project, three workshops have been planned which are: - DETRA Workshop to cover WPs 2, 4 and 5 “World class transport research infrastructures, Sharing knowledge and Optimising research programmes and identifying priorities”- Brussels, Belgium - September 2, 2011. - DETRA WP3 workshop “Strengthening Research & Innovation to foster European Research Area completion”- Prague, Czech Republic - September 26, 2011. - DETRA workshop on International Cooperation in Transport Research at FERRM11 - Brussels, Belgium- October 18, 2011.
		Winners of the Young Researchers Seminar 2011 We are pleased to announce that the winners of the ECTRI-FEHRL-FERSI Young Researchers Seminar held on June 8 to 10, 2011 at DTU in Copenhagen, Denmark are: - Best paper and presentation: Judith Princeton, Ifsttar (France) - 'The impact of traffic management operations on motorway congestion. A level of service based evaluation method'. - First runner-up: Emil Drápela, CDV (Czech Republic) - 'Geographical location of depopulation areas in the Czech Republic and its dependence on transport infrastructure'. - Second runner-up:Liva Abele, DTU-Transport (Denmark) - 'The Relationship between Road Design and Driving Behavior: a Simulator Study'.
		EC Green Paper 'Common Strategic Framework ECTRI has released its answer to the EC Green Paper Consultation: “From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding”.
		Strategic Transport Technology Plan: ECTRI's contribution ECTRI has released its contribution to “Strategic Transport Technology Plan” in response to the current emerging discussion on the future of STTP.
		ERTRAC 2011 Conference ECTRI Secretary General, Caroline Alméras participated in this event which took place on March 2, 2011 in Brussels. Srategic Transport Technology Plan Hearing ECTRI Secretary General, Caroline Alméras, participated in the STTP hearings dedicated to "Research Coordination Structures" taking place on February 17, 2011. Young Researchers Seminar 2011 The Steering Committee of the Young Researchers Seminar 2011 met on January 12, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark to select the abstracts and tutors. ECTRI at TRB 2011 Several ECTRI Members participated in the 90th TRB Annual Conference held on January 23-27, 2011 in Washington, USA. More info. Joint Programming Initiative 'Urban Europe' ECTRI Secretary General, Caroline Alméras participated in the first Urban Europe Forum in the frame of the Urban Europe Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) to take place on February 3, 2011 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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