About Transport Research Arena

In 2024, Transport Research Arena (TRA) takes place in Dublin, Ireland from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 April. The theme for TRA2024 is “Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility”.

TRA, the Transport Research Arena, is the foremost European transport event that covers all transport modes and all aspects of mobility. It is the largest European research and technology conference on transport and mobility.

Transport Research Arena (TRA) offers a great venue for researchers, policymakers and industry representatives to get together and contribute to the discussion on how research and innovation can reshape the transport and mobility system. The conference provides a unique opportunity to hear about mobility trends in different parts of Europe, learn from achievements in the industry as well as share best practices of policies and deployments.

The TRA2024 conference will take place from 15-18 April 2024, at the RDS, Dublin, Ireland

More Information about Transport Research Arena

The first Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference was held in Goteburg, Sweden, in 2006 and since then has become a key European transport conference for presenting the latest research and innovation in the transport sector, covering all modes of transport: road, rail, water, aviation as well as cross-modality and passenger/freight transport in urban and inter-urban settings. The conference addresses the main challenges in transport and mobility of people and goods, with respect to energy, environment, safety and security and socio-economic issues. It aims to explore the most advanced research works and innovations, the latest technological and industrial developments and implementations, and innovative policies, in Europe and worldwide. As a wide forum open to all interested parties, it is a unique occasion to promote transport.

 

Transport Research Arena (TRA) provides the arena for:

  • Research, industry, public administrations, transport operators, users and other stakeholders across all transport modes
  • Policy makers framing research and transport policy
  • New ideas, technological solutions and new business models
  • Experiencing the future of transport and mobility
  • Mobilising the best brains and exchanges of information and best practices
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) is co-organised by the European Commission and a number of European transport-related organisations covering all transport modes.

TRA2024 Key People

Minister Eamon Ryan

Minister Eamon Ryan

President of TRA 2024

John McCarthy

John McCarthy

Managing Committee

Ciaran McNally

Ciaran McNally

Programme Committee

Beatriz Martinez Pastor

Beatriz Martinez Pastor

Coordination and Support Action

Caroline Stanners

Caroline Stanners

Organising Committee

TRA2024 Managing Committee

John McCarthy
TRA2024 MC Chair
Department of Transport Ireland

Albert Daly
TRA2024 Director
Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Jennifer Sherry
TRA2024 Coordinator
Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Richella Mulvihill
TRA2024 Associate Director
Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Esther Madden
Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Celine Crawford
TRA2024 Associate Director
ARUP Ireland

Ciaran McNally
Chair of TRA2024 PC
University College Dublin

Beatriz Martinez-Pastor
TRA2024 CSA Leader
University College Dublin

Bob Flynn
European Liaison
Enterprise Ireland

Caroline Stanners
TRA2024 OC Chair
Conference Partners Ireland (CPI)

Steve Philips
CEDR

Jenne van der Velde
CEDR

Uwe Moeller
ACARE

Joris Melkert
ACARE

Andrea Gentili
European Commission DG RTD

Philippe Froissard
European Commission DG RTD

Patrick Mercier-Handisyde
European Commission DG RTD

Torstem Klimke
European Commission DG MOVE

Maria Carbone
European Commission DG MOVE

Fernando Liesa
ALICE

Dirk’t Hooft
ALICE

Roland Moser
ERRAC

Giorgio Travaini
ERRAC

Stephan Neugebauer
ERTRAC

Jean-luc di Paola-Galloni
ERTRAC

Josef Affenzeller
ERTRAC

Xavier Aertsens
ERTRAC

Armando Carrillo
ETRA

Thierry Goger
ETRA

Caroline Alméras
ETRA

Clemente Fuggini
ECTP

Miguel Segarra
ECTP

Jaap Gebraad
WATERBORNE

David Abril
WATERBORNE

Mafalda Dourado
ANI Portugal

Cristiana Leandro
ANI Portugal

Máté Verdes
TRA2024 Observer
Hungarian Roads

Judit Tóbiás
TRA2024 Observer
Hungarian Roads

András Munkáscy
TRA2024 Observer
KTI Hungarian Institute for Transport Sciences and Logistics

Domokos Esztergár-Kiss
TRA2024 Observer
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

The stakeholders are:

  • The European Commission
  • Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)
  • European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)
  • European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC)
  • European Technology Platform Waterborne (Waterborne)
  • European Technology Platform Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE)
  • European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform (ECTP)
  • Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE)
  • European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA)
  • The hosts of the upcoming Transport Research Arena (TRA) – once the selection process has been completed

Ireland has been approved as the host of TRA2024 in April 2024 by Transport Research Arena (TRA) Management Committee.

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