Happening today at the Transport Research Arena (TRA2026), in Budapest, Hungary!
TRA VISIONS Young Researchers Awards Annoucement
📆 11:45-12:00📍TRA2026 Opening Ceremony
Don’t miss the TRA VISIONS Winners! Selected Young Researchers will be celebrated for their outstanding research during the TRA2026 Opening Ceremony. A formal award ceremony will take place in the evening where winners will receive their trophies and prices.
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TRA2026 Press Conference
📆 12:15-13:15📍Room E1 and online
ECTRI President Ingrid Skogsmo will speak as ETRA representative at the TRA2026 Press conference on “Driving Transport Innovation through Research and Skills”.
Meet the ETRR Editor-in Chief Frank Witlox
📆 Lunch break and coffee breaks📍Exhibition Area, Stand C7
The European Transport Research Review Editor-in-Chief, Frank Witlox, will be at the stand of Springer Nature, ETRR journal publisher, to respond to your questions!
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Special Session 29: Research and Technology infrastructures in transport: Boosting Europe’s competitiveness and research excellence in the transport sector
📆 17 :30-19 :00📍Room G9-G10_G11
The Special Session 29 is organised by ECTRI, together with the European Commission, ERTRAC, ERRAC and Waterborne TP.
🎙️Speakers include Maria Guillen-Molina (European Commission, DG RTD), Kay Gade (ECTRI EU Policy Taskforce rapporteur, DLR), Michael Meyer Zu Horste (from ECTRI Member DLR), Zoltan Hamar (ZalaZONE) and Anders Öster (Wartsila).
🎤 Moderated by ECTRI Secretary General Caroline Almeras
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Young Researcher Awards Ceremony & Rooftop Party
🕰️ 19:30-20:00 📍Young Researchers Awards Ceremony
🕰️ 20:00-22:30 📍Young Researchers Rooftop Party
Join the official TRA VISIONS Young Researchers Awards ceremony, where selected young researchers will receive their prizes and present their research. The ceremony will be followed by a Young Researchers Rooftop Party, co-sponsored by ECTRI.
At TRA2026, ECTRI supports, co-organises and sponsors activities promoting the excellence of transport research in the EU.
