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<title><![CDATA[EUROPA - Research and Innovation: What's New in Transport - Road]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[EUROPA - Research What's New in Transport - Road. This RSS feed includes the most recent updates to the European Commission's Research and Innovation  web site on Europa in the area of Transport - Road. For more RSS news feeds visit http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - LOGINN 1st International Workshop on Innovation in Logistics  - 5 June 2013, Munich, Germany ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The logistics innovation workshop will examine which are the real obstacles for investment and innovation for shippers and other players in the SC and how social media can lower those barriers. In particular, this event will address the role and impact on logistics innovation of social media and open innovation approaches.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics - 23-25 October 2013, Zaragoza, Spain ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The ECITL (European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics) is an established and well-known international conference where experts, practitioners and researchers in the field of Transport Logistics, Supply Chain Management and ICT meet. This years&#8217; conference focus on &#8220;Logistics Research: IT Solutions and Innovations Facilitating Cooperation&#8221;. The conference consists by a scientific day and two industry day where new and innovative topics will be presented and discussed. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - HERMES International Collaboration on Transportation Research Workshop - 25-26 April 2013, Paris, France ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The EU funded HERMES project is organising an international workshop in Paris on April 25th and 26th 2013. The workshop is aimed at identifying the opportunities for closer cross border collaboration in transportation research and explore with the policies and measures that should be in place to enable the creation of a truly international collaborative transportation research network.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Success Stories - Car body parts that store electricity]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-storage&amp;calledby=infocentre&amp;amp;item=Infocentre&amp;amp;artid=29520</link>
<description><![CDATA[<img hspace=5 vspace=5 border=1 align="left" width="100px"  src="http://ec.europa.eu:80/research/star/images/ss/storage.jpg" /> Powering a car with batteries is basically a question of numbers. The more you have, the further you can expect it to go. However, larger batteries do not necessarily bring more mileage. Their sheer weight and size can cancel out power gains and limit performance; a battery in a 1200 kg Tesla Roadster weighs in at a hefty 450 kg.
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Success Stories - Containers get a redesign to pack more in: Tellibox]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-tellibox&amp;calledby=infocentre&amp;amp;item=Infocentre&amp;amp;artid=29516</link>
<description><![CDATA[<img hspace=5 vspace=5 border=1 align="left" width="100px"  src="http://ec.europa.eu:80/research/star/images/ss/tellibox.jpg" />Used all over the world to ship goods stamped with "Made in &#133;", containers are at the very heart of global trade. They have been around since the 1950s and have literally revolutionised the way we manufacture, trade and consume goods. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Success Stories - Network of researchers helps making drivers more aware of road safety ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-safeast&amp;calledby=infocentre&amp;amp;item=Infocentre&amp;amp;artid=29359</link>
<description><![CDATA[<img hspace=5 vspace=5 border=1 align="left" width="100px"  src="http://ec.europa.eu:80/research/star/images/ss/safeast.jpg" />In Europe over 41,000 people die and 1.6 million are injured in traffic accidents every year.  However, there are striking regional differences. In Southern Europe the number of traffic deaths is as much as two to three times higher for the same number of vehicles. The project SAFEAST, Towards Safer Road Traffic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, was set up to examine the reasons behind these differences in October 2004. Universities from Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Greece participated in the four-year project.
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events -  Global challenges in PPP : cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary solutions ? - 6-7 November 2013 ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=493CA34C-B149-F634-E91884BAF0F05432</link>
<description><![CDATA[This conference is organised by the Dpt of Transport and Regional Economics, the Research Unit on Public Administration &amp; Management (Department of Political Science), the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, the Antwerp Management School, COST-Action TU1001 &#8216;PPP in Transport: Trends and Theory'.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - ERANET ROAD 2010 "Effective Asset Management Meeting Future Challenges"  - 22-23 May 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The ERANET ROAD 2010 call "Effective Asset Management Meeting Future Challenges" is organising its final event in Copenhagen, at which the results of the programme will be shared. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Road Infrastructure Innovation Expo - 4-6 June 2013, Brussels ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are you an SME currently developing innovative solutions to improve road infrastructure? If so, then come and exhibit your latest research and innovation results free-of-charge at the first Road Infrastructure Innovation Expo to be held in Brussels on 4-6 June 2013 within the scope of the Infravation programme.
We have just launched this call for exhibitors, which will be open until 15 March 2013. All research fields are welcome addressing the theme of &#8220;Advanced and Innovative Construction and Maintenance&#8221;.
The objective of this Expo is threefold:

&#8226;&#160;To raise awareness of Infravation and infrastructure innovation in general; 
&#8226;&#160;To promote brokerage activities between innovative enterprises and potential Infravation project partners;
&#8226;&#160;To contribute to the development of the final call for Infravation proposals. 

An exhibition space of up to 6 m&sup2; will be provided free of charge for SMEs who submit a successful proposal. Proposals from partner countries of Infravation are particularly encouraged : Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States of America. All you have to do to apply is complete the application form at http://www.fehrl.org/?m=373 and send it to isabelle.lucchini@fehrl.org, FEHRL Events Officer, by Friday 15 March 2013.
The Expo will begin with an opening cocktail on the evening of 4 June and be organised in parallel with the FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting (FIRM13) conference (see http://www.fehrl.org/?m=369), which also features the theme of &#8220;Advanced and Innovative Construction and Maintenance&#8221;.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting 2013 (FIRM13)  - 4-6 June 2013, Brussels ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the theme of "Advanced and Innovative Construction and  Maintenance", FIRM13 will feature sessions on infrastructure innovation,  implementation and maintenance, including adaptation to climate change,  knowledge transfer and asset management. The programme will also  include sessions with innovation funding agencies and others, as well as  a workshop on barriers to market uptake.
This key event, which is free of charge and in English, will gather more than 250 transport infrastructure innovation and research experts, including European and national policy makers, leading industry, standardisation agencies, SME's and the media. 
Contact Isabelle Lucchini, Events Officer, at isabelle.lucchini@fehrl.org with any questions about FIRM13 and we look forward to seeing you there!]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Centre - EU-U.S. Joint Consultative Group Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&amp;year=2013&amp;na=na-130213</link>
<description><![CDATA[European Union and U.S. officials met in Washington, Feb. 12 to discuss ways to enhance science, technology and innovation cooperation. Both sides are committed to the role science, technology and innovation can play in developing the knowledge and technologies that can foster economic growth, create jobs and help solve shared challenges, such as in health, climate change and food security.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - SafeTRIP Final Conference - 25 February 2013, Paris, La Défense (France) ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The conference will be a unique opportunity to :
- learn about the SafeTRIP technology,
- experience a live demo of the working system installed in a car,
- engage in discussions about the potentials with consortium members,
- benefit from the results of extensive and challenging field trials.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - EuroNanoForum 2013 - 18-20 June 2013, Dublin ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=1EE98770-EE61-27EC-121AAB6A7E7193A4</link>
<description><![CDATA[EuroNanoForum 2013 focuses on the commercialisation of nanotechnologies, exploiting its potential for new applications and taking them further from enabling technologies to end products. It will also introduce the industry to new innovations for growth opportunities.
With Horizon2020 beginning in 2014, the conference will also show how nanotechnologies fit into the new structure within Europe&#8217;s key priority areas of excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - QUIetening the Environment for a Sustainable Surface Transport  - 10 December 2012, Brussels, Belgium ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=E47D3273-98CD-422B-83AF05F40D0A7A2A</link>
<description><![CDATA[The QUIESST Final event is organised for stakeholders from all over Europe in order to inform them about the QUIESST project's final results and to share ideas on optimisation and sustainable solutions for noise abatement through the use of Noise Reducing Devices (NRDs): noise barriers, claddings, covers, added devices.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Annual Transport NCPs Meeting - 28 November 2012, Brussels - European Commission premises, CDMA building, room SDR2 ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=FD32ADBF-9C09-38C9-D1FFBDCA3E89350D</link>
<description><![CDATA[This meeting is only open to National Contact Points for transport research!
 
In accordance with the Guiding Principles for National Contact Points and complementary to the support function of the ETNA project, the Annual Transport NCPs Meeting will provide detailed information on the open calls and recent developments in the European Transport Policies, relevant for the NCPs. The agenda will be provided in the following weeks. -]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Transport and ageing research summit - 14 November 2012, Committee of the Regions – Rue Belliard 101 – Brussels ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=FD627847-E0E9-7EBB-026200CA6A547BC9</link>
<description><![CDATA[The conference will bring together members of the European Parliament, representatives of governmental organisations from 20 member states, researchers from European, Australian and Japanese universities, representatives of European institutions and business organisations as well as NGOs.Under the patronage of Dr. Dieter-L. Koch (Member of the European Parliament) and hosted by the Committee of the Regions the conference will provide a forum for constructive exchange on the following topics:- The political challenge and opportunities of an ageing European society- State of the art and analyses in EU27 and international sectors- Preparatory steps for the development of an action plan, including guidelines and recommendations for specific research topics and future transport strategies]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - 5th European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics  - 7-9 November 2012, Gothenburg, Sweden ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=FD712BD9-048B-758F-1785BFE1D9929AAA</link>
<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s conference will focus on &#8220;Smart Freight to enable sustainable logistics solutions&#8221; and will highlight innovations and applications in this area. The conference aims to close the gap between research and innovation and the logistics industry, moving research results into real world innovation and driving the competitiveness of European companies in the transport logistics sector. This year&#8217;s ECITL features an academic session on Wednesday and a two-day industrial session on Thursday and Friday.Research and Industry alike are invited to propose interesting contributions to this year&#8217;s ECITL line-up.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Launch of the European Transport Research Alliance  - 20 September 2012, Brussels ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The DETRA project examined the current status and structure of transport research in Europe, resulting now in the launch of the Surface Transport ERA. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Viajeo Final Workshop: Beijing and Shanghai Demo Site Results - 7-10 September 2012, Beijing and Shanghai, China ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=C8D5FA07-F734-8EA4-2C6F26007B99FFA0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Viajeo project is a three year project, aiming at the development, implementation and demonstration of an open platform for traffic data collection and traveller information services. These workshops (on 7 September in Beijing and on 10 September in Shanghai) are aimed at presenting the technical achievements of the activities of the Viajeo project in Beijing and Shanghai; and discussing the exploitation of the Viajeo results. Furthermore participants will have the opportunity to experience live demonstrations and technical visits. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Re-Road final conference - 13 November 2012, Brussels ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=2EA1CA08-A3F4-CAFC-AECEF196DBEA13DD</link>
<description><![CDATA[The majority (90%) of European paved roads are paved with asphalt material. At the end of the service lifetime of a road, when the damaged road pavement can no longer fulfil its purpose as a comfortable carrier of traffic, it must be renewed. While asphalt is nearly 100% recyclable, the routine use of recycled asphalt in road construction projects can be as little as 10% in some European countries. The EU-funded Re-Road project has focused on innovative technologies and end of life strategies for asphalt road infrastructures.This free-of-charge conference will be held in English and cover the following topics :-Dismantling-Characterisation-Handling strategies-Environmental criteria-Cost-effective recycling]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - European Bus System of the Future FINAL EVENT - 15 October 2012, Brussels, Belgium ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=28C34233-08C5-5A0F-7F245076A2CE98D9</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, a wide consortium of 47 partners in 11 countries has dedicated four intensive years of research and development to the improvement of bus systems (under the coordination of UITP). The innovative solutions developed and tested as part of the project 'European Bus System of the Future' can be considered essential ingredients for an intelligent bus system, with pioneering vehicles and infrastructures that are well-integrated in European urban scenarios. At this final event, we will give lively presentations to show the results of our research, and exhibit some of the greatest EBSF achievements: four bus demonstrators and prototype (Volvo, MAN, Irisbus, Evobus), the EBSF driver cabin, and the IT architecture test bench.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - Research PPPs Infodays 2012 - 9-10 July 2012, Brussels, Belgium ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=0E0FB734-D068-53F8-AC072DCA4A173A97</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the last PPP calls in FP7, Joint Information Days will be organised on 9 and 10 July in Brussels. More than 800 participants coming from the EU and beyond are expected.Commission representatives and industrial partners will present the PPPs progress and success stories, and discuss about future opportunities and challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - TIGER  final event - 27 September 2012, Brussels, Belgium ]]></title>
<link>http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=0A22E270-9648-3316-EF2D69772C259E7C</link>
<description><![CDATA[TIGER researchers studied ways to reduce congestion of EU ports and roads, improving intermodality, increasing rail freight&#8217;s market share and improving the rail network's productivity. Four demonstrators were set up to support the development of intermodality in Europe, looking for the right balance between geographical locations, existing infrastructures, local characteristics, natural barriers, hinterland penetration and environmental protection]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - SARTRE final workshop and platooning demonstration - 11-12 September 2012, Borås, Sweden ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) aims to encourage a step change in personal transport usage through the development of safe environmental road trains, or 'platoons': a convoy of vehicles where a professional driver in a lead vehicle drives a line of other vehicles. All vehicles are totally detached and can leave the convoy at any time. Once in the platoon, drivers can relax and do other things while the platoon proceeds towards its long haul destination. This final workshop will include a demonstration of platooning with five vehicles on a test track, a simulator and other project results, as well as host stakeholder discussions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Events - SAVE ME Project - 2nd International Workshop on Transport Safety and Security - 27 June 2012, Gateshead Quayside, United Kingdom ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SAVE ME aims to develop a system that detects disaster events in public transport terminals/vehicles and critical infrastructures (i.e. tunnels and bridges) and supports quick and optimal mass evacuation guidance, to save lives, giving particular emphasis to the most vulnerable travellers.This workshop is intended to disseminate the key findings from the EU FP7 SAVE ME project and provide an open environment for a wider discussion about the major safety and security issues facing transportation today.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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