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YOUNG RESEARCHERS SEMINAR 2007. 28 th – 30 th May 2007 Brno, Czech Republic. Idea behind the seminar. P reparation 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
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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 (Copenhagen2001, 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 damarea + fireworks competition watching
Challenging opportunityfor the U.S. colleaguesbased on the MoU TRB/ECTRI YRS’07 Brno Welcome to BRNO www.cdv.cz josef.mikulik@cdv.cz