Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is the scientific body of the Seminar, established to provide scientific guidance and support, by:
- Reviewing and selecting the abstracts proposed by the Young Researchers,
- Elaborating the programme and distributing the abstracts by session,
- Reviewing the tutors’ CVs and distributing the sessions among the selected tutors,
- Ensuring that the exchanges between tutors and young researchers are running smoothly and effectively, and advise otherwise,
- Developing the cross-cutting sessions and leading on their organization at the event,
- Participating in the scientific sessions and providing feedbacks to presentations, and organizing the final feedbacks session,
- Ensuring the proper running of the Seminar activities,
- Nominating the three best oral and written presentations for the awards, in cooperation with the tutors.
The Steering Committee is composed by one representative of each supporting associations (i.e. ECTRI, FERSI, FEHRL, EURNEX and HUMANIST), one representative from the previous host and the YRS 2023 host.
From ECTRI: Jindřich Frič, Director of Transport Research Centre (CDV, Czech Republic)
From FEHRL: Fabienne Anfosso Lédée, Senior Researcher (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
From FERSI: Evangelia (Lila) Gaitanidou, Head of Road Safety & Security Lab (CERTH-HIT, Greece)
From EURNEX: Evangelos Bekiaris, Director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH-HIT, Greece)
From HUMANIST: Sonja Forward, Research Leader (VTI, Sweden)
From the YRS 2021 host: Marina Zanne, Assistant Professor (UL-FPP, Slovenia)
From the YRS 2023 host:
- Sandra Vieira, Researcher and Steering Committee Chair (LNEC, Portugal)
- André Paixão, Researcher (LNEC, Portugal)
- Carlos Roque, Researcher(LNEC, Portugal)
Organising Committee
The Organising Committee is the Seminar event planner and executor. It is composed by representatives of the host Institute and representatives from the ECTRI team:
Sandra Vieira Gomes, Researcher and Steering Committee Chair (LNEC, Portugal)
André Paixão, Researcher (LNEC, Portugal)
Carlos Roque, Researcher(LNEC, Portugal)
Caroline Alméras, Secretary General (ECTRI)
Ana Pereira, Project and Communication Manager (ECTRI)