YOUNG RESEARCHERS SEMINAR 2007

28th – 30th May 2007

Brno, Czech Republic

Idea behind the seminar

Preparation of a new generationof 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’07towards 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

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