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The February 2011 edition of the ERTRAC newsletter has been published.  This announces the ERTRAC conference, the roadmap developments and TRA2012.

The Final European workshop of the DIRECT-MAT project will be held in Brussels on 18-19 October 2011. More information will be given on this site.

The  FEHRL's successful presence at the 90th Annual Transportation Research Board meeting included several sessions and meetings supplemented by an exhibition stand.

The fourth Transport Research Arena, TRA 2012 will take place in Athens, Greece, from 23 – 26 April 2012. This edition of TRA will for the first time, deal extensively with all surface transport modes - road, rail and waterborne, and underline the interlinks between these transport modes. The Programme Committee is now inviting submissions of abstracts for oral or poster presentations at the TRA conference. Abstracts should relate to one of the conference topics, which are grouped into 6 pillars that cover all areas of surface transport. Please consult the TRA website for detailed instructions on the submission procedure. Deadline for submission is midnight on 15 April 2011. First Announcement (.pdf).

Mathias Ruethe Director-General of the EC's Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has published his challenges for 2011.  In DG MOVE's weekly newsletter he focused on the presentation of the White Paper on the Future of Transport.