2017 STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards Proceedings
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Programme |
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09:15 – 10:00 |
Keynote Opening Speech: Project Cloud – A new way of coordinating R&I – Ms Maria Cristina Marolda, Policy Officer, DG Mobility and Transport, European Commission |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Roundtable: Review of recently-released STA Technical Reports and Discussion Papers Thematic Session 1 – Roundtable: Review of recently-released STA Technical Reports and Discussion Papers – Prof José Manuel Menéndez, Prof José Manuel Vassallo, and Prof Thierry Vanelslander & Prof Athena Roumboutsos |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Annual Innovation Awards
Person of the Year (ex-aequo):
Best Innovation Project:
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12:00 – 13:45 |
Thematic Session 2 - Case studies: Review of R&D initiatives led by the STA community Sustainability: Environmental Product Declarations for road restraint systems – Mr Patrick Le Pense, Manager, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products & Ms Claudia Cofano, CRM Group – ArcelorMittal R&D New infrastructure for new vehicles – Mr César Bartolomé, Director for Innovation, Spanish Institute for Cement and its Applications Bridge anti-failing load systems: Proposal for a performance qualification procedure – Ms Maira Cortese, Crash & Dynamic Division, GDTech The National Transport University (NTU): A leading educational and scientific institution in the Ukraine – Prof Nikolay Dmitrichenko, Rector, NTU A performance-based sustainability assessment tool for road pavements and railway tracks – Davide Lo Presti, Principal Research Fellow, University of Nottingham |