Community and Expertise

The TRA 2026 committees bring together experts from across Europe, reflecting the full spectrum of the transport research and innovation community. Members represent every mode of transport — road, rail, waterborne, and air — as well as leading institutions from both the public and private sectors. Their combined knowledge ensures that the conference captures the latest insights, trends, and perspectives shaping the future of mobility.

The Management Committee consists of high-level representatives from relevant technology platforms and the European Commission. Mainly it is responsible for making final decisions concerning various organizational matters, such as the budget, the venue or the final list of plenary speakers. Moreover, due to the members’ long-standing experience in previous TRA conferences they provide essential professional support during the organization. Through their network of contacts, the Committee provides outstanding support in reaching out to speakers, visitors, and potential sponsors.

The Program Committee consists of distinguished academics, industry leaders, and technological platform representatives, who create the scientific content of the conference. They define the conference topics, design the call for papers, oversee the review process, define the content of the strategic and special sessions, and plan the technical program across all fields of transport.

Máté Verdes – Management Committee Chair, Hungarian Public Roads
András Munkácsy – Local Organizing Committee Chair, Institute for Transport Sciences (KTI)
Domokos Esztergár-Kiss – Programme Committee Chair, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Stephan Neugebauer – ERTRAC
Jean-Luc di Paola-Galloni – ERTRAC
Horst Pfluegl – ERTRAC
Amditis Angelos J. – ALICE
Joost Vantomme – ERTICO
Andrea Gentili – European Commission DG RTD
Lucie Landon – European Commission DG MOVE
Patrick Mercier-Handisyde – European Commission DG RTD
Isabelle Vandoorne – European Commission DG MOVE
Giorgio Travaini – Europe's Rail JU
Jaap Gebraad – Waterborne Technology Platform
Sebastien Dubois – Clean Aviation JU
Armando Carrillo Zanuy – ETRA
Fernando Liesa – ALICE
Joris Melkert – ACARE
Xavier Aertsens – ERTRAC
Ralf Kaminsky – ERRAC
Christophe Cheron – ERRAC
Marion Berbineau – ERRAC
Artur Fojud – ERRAC
Caroline Almeras – ETRA
Steve Phillips – CEDR
Thierry Goger – ETRA
Paola Cossu – ALICE
Miguel Segarra – ECTP
Clemente Fuggini – ECTP
Uwe Moeller – ACARE
David Batchelor – SESAR JU
Gianpiero Mastinu – Politecnico di Milano
Bernard Gyergyay – CEDR
Axel Volkery – European Commission DG MOVE
Domokos Esztergár-Kiss (PC chair) – TRA 2026 Host / Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Patrick Mercier-Handisyde – EC DG RTD
Guido Sacchetto – EC DG RTD
Maria Guillen-Molina – EC DG RTD
Helena Rodrigues – EC DG RTD
Niclas Dzikus – EC DG RTD
Lucie Landon – EC DG MOVE
Georgios Tzamalis – EC DG MOVE
Monica Grosso – EC JRC
Biagio Ciuffo – EC JRC
Andrea Arcelli – CINEA
Ovidiu Dumitrache – ACARE / EUROCONTROL
Alexandra Gurau – ACARE / Clean Aviation JU
Christine Stewart – ACARE / SESAR JU
David Batchelor – ACARE / SESAR JU
Fernando Liesa – ALICE
Yanying Li – ALICE
Giuseppe Luppino – ALICE
Joost Vantomme – ALICE / ERTICO
Rita Bhandari – ALICE / ERTICO
Naida Muirhead – CEDR
Johan Jonsson – CEDR
Jerome Defrance – ECTP
Anastasiya Yurchyshyna – ECTP
Nerea Gomez – ECTP
Artur Fojud – ERRAC / UIC
Christine Hassoun – ERRAC / UIC
Umberto Guida – ERRAC / UITP
Judit Sándor – ERRAC / Europe's Rail JU
Nicholas Shrimpton – ERRAC / UNIFE
Eduardo Prieto – ERRAC / FFE
Gilles Peterhans – ERRAC / UIP
Karen Vancluysen – ERTRAC / POLIS Network
Peter Urban – ERTRAC / RWTH Aachen University
Federico Millo – ERTRAC / Politecnico di Torino
Armando Carrillo Zanuy – ETRA / EURNEX
Caroline Almeras – ETRA / ECTRI
Tatiana Kováčiková – ETRA / ECTRI / UNIZA
Adewole Adesiyun – ETRA / FEHRL
Bernard Jacob – ETRA / FEHRL
Jaap Gebraad – WTP
Ciaran McNally – TRA 2024 Host / University College Dublin
Beatriz Martinez-Pastor – TRA 2024 Host / University College Dublin
Gianpiero Mastinu – TRA 2028 Host / Politecnico di Milano
Pierluigi Coppola – TRA 2028 Host / Politecnico di Milano
András Munkácsy – TRA 2026 Host / KTI Institute of Transport Sciences
Lilla Luksik – TRA 2026 Host / KTI Institute of Transport Sciences
Szabolcs Ress – TRA 2026 Host / Hungarian Public Roads
Máté Verdes – TRA 2026 Host / Hungarian Public Roads
Judit Tóbiás – TRA 2026 Host / Hungarian Public Roads

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