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To be held on Wednesday 25th April from 18h05 – 19h20 in conference room MC 3.5

Invitation to DETRA Final Conference  at TRA2012 SPS18 (special session)

Wednesday 25th April
18h05 – 19h20
Conference room MC 3.5

In 2008, the Lyon Declaration signatories (ECTRI, FERSI, FEHRL, EURNEX, HUMANIST, ISN and NEARCTIS) committed themselves to work together on deepening the European Research Area (ERA) objectives in transport. From this commitment grew the objective to create a European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA) that would strengthen the transport domain.

Four years later, the development of the Surface Transport ERA is gaining momentum. Within the FP7-funded DETRA project (see http://detra.fehrl.org), the Alliance has examined the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in the domain and developed common understanding and approaches to reducing fragmentation and overcoming barriers.

This session, which is free of charge to all TRA2012 delegates who have an interest in DETRA, will provide feedback on the status of the ETRA and the steps that need to be taken for it to achieve its objectives. The session will feature the following speakers from the DETRA project partnership:

1) Joris Al, President, FEHRL (RWS)
2) Evangelos Bekiaris past-President of FERSI (CERTH/HIT)
3) Jean-Pierre Medevielle, President, HUMANIST (IFSTTAR)
4) Neil Paulley, Vice-President, ECTRI (TRL)
5) Wolfgang Steinicke, Secretary-General, EURNEX

For more information, contact adewole.adesiyun@fehrl.org.