FEHRL and FEHRL members were very active recently at TRA2014 (in Paris from 14-17th April) through our participation in key sessions either directly or through our key programmes and projects, our dedicated stand and our cocktail organised for our key stakeholders. Read more about this below and see the photos here.
FEHRL hosted a Forever Open Road (FOR) Invited Session (IS) on Thursday 17th April, attended by 50 stakeholders, to discuss how FOR responds to the challenges faced by the European transport system. It included the participation of Thierry Goger (FEHRL), Bob Collis (TRL), Joris Al (Rijkswaterstaat), Stefan Höller (BASt), Mohammed Hoseini (NPRA), Nicolas Hautière (IFSTTAR) and Stefan Deix (CLEPA). The session attracted much useful input and relevant questions, which will now be developed by the FOR Executive Group (FOREX) in the near future.
FEHRL's activities and plans were displayed at our exhibition booth B1, which was part of the CEDR village at TRA2014 and sponsored by our members AIT, BRRC, TNO and VTI. FEHRL also manned the booth for the new ERA-NET Plus Infravation 2014 Call adjacent to our stand.
On Wednesday lunchtime, FEHRL held a cocktail to give its key stakeholders the chance to meet our new President, Stefan Strick of BASt and new Secretary General, Thierry Goger.
Thierry Goger and Deputy Secretary General Adewole Adesiyun, meanwhile, along with several other key FEHRL members, contributed to several of the different types of sessions.
FEHRL member IFSTTAR was of course behind the organisation of this excellent fifth edition of TRA, and we wish good luck to IBDiM, who will play a key role in the two years time at TRA2016 in Warsaw, Poland. And both IFSTTAR and BASt featured as part of their Ministry stands at the TRA2014 exhibition.
Finally, FEHRL was in partnership with the 5th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation (WIIT) hosted by IFSTTAR in conjunction with TRA2014.
