1st ETNA Plus H2020 Transport NCP Forum
Dr. Tofig Babayev, Director of R.I.T.A., represented Idealist, FET and ICT NCP Azerbaijan at the 1st ETNA Plus H2020 Transport NCP Forum held on 14 April 2014 in Paris, France. ETNAplus is a Coordination and support action gathering National Contact Points for Transport. The aim of this event was to provide other NCPs with the latest information relevant to their activities, and allow them to meet important stakeholders.
Dr. Babayev established contact with the Transport NCP Network HORIZON2020.
Dr. Babayev also took part in the work of Transport Research Arena exhibition TRA 2014: Innovate Mobility, Mobilise Innovation that was open at the same time.
TRA showcases European scientific excellence in the field of transport. It encourages interaction between researchers, industry players and public policy makers, who, together, have decided to tackle the mobility challenges of tomorrow.
With the new theme "transport solutions: from research to deployment" and the guiding idea "Innovate Mobility, Mobilise Innovation", the 2014 edition of TRA, the fifth, will be attended by nearly 3,000 participants, including representatives of research laboratories and institutes, industry partners, transport operators, public decision-makers at different levels of governance from European to local, associations and users.