Transcript COST 352 – WP V Instrumented car experiment

YOUNG RESEARCHERS SEMINAR 2007
28th – 30th May 2007
Brno, Czech Republic
Idea behind the seminar
Preparation of a new generation
of transport scientists and science based professionals
in the area of traffic and transportation
Continuing of the tradition of the YRS
(Copenhagen 2001, Lyon 2003, The Hague 2005)
Aims
• Promoting multicultural European tutorials and
supporting the training in an international forum
through written and oral presentation
• Facilitating personal and interdisciplinary contacts
among ECTRI, FEHRL, FERSI
• Encouraging networking between junior researchers
from different environments
Seminar domains
• Transport economics and transport behaviour
• Sustainable transport and environment
• Transport safety
• ITS
• Transport engineering
Participants
 young researchers
• less than 5 years after PhD/graduation
 tutors
• senior researchers
- evaluation of the papers
- scientific and formal feedback (guidance)
- discussions, comments and advices given
during the seminar
Scope of the YRS’07
• 64 young researchers
• 16 tutors
• 28 European research institutes
Promotion of YRS’07
towards the scientific community
• Mr. Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Science and
Research, promised to assist the opening/closing of
the seminar
• Mr. Jacques Barrot, Commissioner for Transport, was
invited to attend
• Presence of representatives of scientific community
in the Czech Republic (Academy of Science,
universities…)
Social programme during the conference
27. 5.
Informal welcome at the hotel INTERNATIONAL,
Brno (the venue)
28. 5.
Dinner at the Brno recreation dam area
+ fireworks competition watching
Challenging opportunity
for the U.S. colleagues
based on the MoU TRB/ECTRI
YRS’07 Brno
Welcome to BRNO
www.cdv.cz
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