YEAR2010 took place last week in Brussels from 7th - 10th June at the TRA2010 Conference. It was a great success with 48 students presenting their work as posters for the duration of the conference. All the finalists were reviewed by the Pillar Leaders at a final judging session before the conference opened which informed the Judges decisions on the medal winners.
During the opening ceremony of the conference on Monday 7th June we held the YEAR2010 Awards ceremony, during which the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners within each of the six Pillars were announced. The Gold medallists were presented with their award by Dr. Wolfgang Steiger , Chairman of ERTRAC, and the Silver and Bronze medals were presented by the Pillar Leader of each Pillar as follows:
Energy, Environment & Resources
Kenneth Rose – Co-Chair of Environment & Energy Working Group, ERTRAC; Technical Coordinator for Fuels and Emissions, CONCAWE, Belgium
Mobility & Intermodality
Patrick Mercier-Handisyde – Head of Urban Transport Sector, Directorate General for Research, European Commission, Belgium
Design & Production of Vehicles & Infrastructure
Dr. Josef Affenzeller – Chairman, EARPA; Director of Research Coordination, AVL, Austria
Societal Importance of Transport
Joris Al – President-Elect of FEHRL; General Director, Centre for Transport and Navigation, The Netherlands
Future Visions of Road Transport
Jean-Pierre Medevielle – Former Secretary General of ECTRI; Deputy Director General, INRETS, France
