Support for dissemination events in the field of Transport Research

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Expected Outcome: Project’s results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: Successful Transport Research Arena conference (TRA) in 2030; Conference papers published in proceedings and in a recognised scientific journal; Higher visibility, political and strategic relevance of the transport sector and of the EU policy in the field; Enhanced dissemination, communication and valorisation of transport R&I objectives, perspectives, strategies and results; More effective links and exchanges between research and innovation stakeholders, industry and policy makers, to support the development and deployment of innovative solutions in Europe and Associated Countries; Increased attractiveness of transport related studies and reinforce the pursuit of excellence in European transport research and innovation, by giving recognition and visibility to the best achievements; Successful organisation of a series of awards in transport research and innovation to recognise excellence of young and senior researchers, covering all transport modes and cross-cutting issues; Increased visibility, interest and number of applications for the two competitions for transport research and innovation awards. Scope: The action will prepare and provide support to the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference to be organised in 2030 gathering transport stakeholders for discussing political, industrial and research issues on a European and global level. In line with previous TRA biennial conferences, the event should address the technological and industrial developments of the transport sector (i.e. road, rail, waterborne, aviation sectors and cross-modal aspects) providing a high level, future-oriented perspective coming from politics, the industry and the research community, in response to Europe’s social and competitiveness needs and expectations. Specific attention should be put on a broad and balanced participation in the conference i.e., students, young researchers, women, under-represented groups, many country representatives, etc. The action will be implemented in close collaboration with the Management and Programme Committees of the TRA, which includes the European Commission services, the different European Technology Platforms (ERTRAC for road, ERRAC for rail, WATERBORNE TP for waterborne, ALICE for logistics and ACARE for aeronautics and ECTP for construction), the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR), the European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA) and the previous TRA conference organiser (TRA 2028) in order to maintain continuity of the event. Proposals should address all the following aspects: Demonstrate the financial and organisational capacity of the national authorities interested to host the event and provide an economic plan covering the potential additional funding needs; Describe the involvement of the Member State holding the Presidency of the European Union in year 2030 to better ensure a high political and strategic…