FP7 Sustainable Surface Transport

FP7 Sustainable Surface Transport Agenda 19 July 2011

Paul Stewart
FIAT Electric Truck

FP7 Information Days for Transport (Incl. Aeronautics) 19 July 2011

Sustainable Surface Transport Draft Agenda Brussels (Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170)

Morning: Plenary sessions (Plenary room GASP – second floor) Chairman: Liam Breslin, Head of Unit (RTD-H2)

Registration Welcome addresses

  • Welcome by Liam Breslin, Head of Surface Transport Unit, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (RTD-H2)
  • Welcome by Paul Verhoef, Head of Research and Innovative Transport Systems Unit,

Directorate-General Mobility and Transport (MOVE-C2)

Presentations of 5th calls for proposals for Sustainable Surface Transport and Cross-cutting Activities

  • “Overview of SST work programme and SST-RTD call”

Liam Breslin, Head of Unit (RTD-H2)

  • Topic Group No 1: “Increasing railway capacity”

Michal Klima (RTD-H2)

  • Topic Group No 2: “Ensuring safe, green and competitive waterborne transport” Dominique Ramaekers-Jorgensen (RTD-H2)
  • Topic Group No 3: “Implementing research for the ‘European Green Car Initiative” Maurizio Maggiore (RTD-H2)

European Green Car Initiative – Demonstration Activities

  • Hugues Van Honacker (MOVE-B4)

Coffee break

  • Topic Group No 4: “Activities and research areas of cross-cutting character (sustainable urban mobility, improving surface transport through ITS and safety and security)”

Patrick Mercier-Handisyde (RTD-H2)

  • “Transport horizontal call (TPT)”

Frank Smit (RTD-H1)

  • Overview of DG MOVE transport call

Paul Verhoef, Head of Unit (MOVE–C2)

  • “How to apply: call, rules, eligibility, e-submission, evaluation overview, typical mistakes” Joost de Bock (RTD-H2)

Questions and answers

  • Presentation of CORDIS service Magdolna Zsivnovszki, Simon Robinson
  • “National Contact Points and introduction of the brokerage activities”

David Doerr, ETNA coordinator, TÜV Rheinland PT

Lunch and networking Brokerage activities

14h00-18h00 Brokerage activities: further details on http://www.transport-ncps.net

EU FP7 Transport Meetings 2011: Brussels

Paul Stewart
7 Transport Information Days 2011 - 18-19 July 2011

Chris Bingham and Paul Stewart from the UoL School of Engineering will be heading to Brussels on Sunday for a Framework 7 briefing event.

The next round of calls for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) will be published at the end of July 2011.

In order to support the preparation of proposals, the European Commission’s Research Directorate General will hold two ‘Information Days’ on 18 and 19 July 2011 in the Charlemagne building, rue de la Loi 170, in Brussels.

The aim of the two-day event is to inform potential researchers about FP7 and the new Transport Calls for Proposals under the ‘Co-operation’ Programme. Details will also be given on the main legal and procedural conditions and we will respond to your questions. Participants will also have the chance to network with potential project partners by posting information on the main networking boards, and will also be given the opportunity to give a brief Powerpoint presentation at each full day event.