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July 22, 2019

The #PoliticoMobility Summit on 8 October will gather policymakers, regulators, disruptors and experts to Amsterdam, Netherlands to discuss the challenges the sector is facing during a dynamic and interactive day. Our Executive Director Carlo Borghini will bring railways to the discussion showing how the work of Shift2Rail contributes to the evolvement of the whole mobility sector in Europe.   As a strategic partner of this year’s #POLITICOMobility event, our Executive Director Carlo Borghini will be…

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July 22, 2019

Shift2Rail has sponsored PhD students by offering them the possibility to participate to the 6th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC) in London. The successful students took part in a doctoral colloquium where they had the opportunity to present and discuss their research ideas with other students and established researchers. As a sponsor of IPIC 2019, Shift2Rail helped PhD students cover their travel and accommodation costs to participate to the doctoral colloquium aiming to reflect on,…

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July 22, 2019

Shift2Rail’s Regional Cooperation Workshop will take place on 9 October in Brussels. As a side event of the European Week of Regions and Cities, the workshop will focus on building synergies between Shift2Rail and European Structural Investment Funds.   Following a report published on 20 May by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre inviting Joint Undertakings to explore different possibilities for collaboration with European Structural and Investment Funds, Shift2Rail decided to organize a workshop bringing…

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July 22, 2019

The World Congress on Rail Research in Tokyo from 28 October – 1 November, will bring together more than 1000 visitors and stakeholders on rail Research & Innovation from all over the world, including manufacturers, network managers, operators, as well as research institutions and universities. Shift2Rail will use this platform to present its latest research results to a global audience, and concretely illustrate how it is contributing to delivering the railway system of the future.…

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June 27, 2019

Against the backdrop of European Commission’s Digital Transport Days 2019, the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking is pleased to be hosting an event dedicated to rail research and innovation beyond 2020.   The dialogue will take place in the morning of 7 October 2019 at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, before the start of the Digital Transport Days main event. The event will focus on questions dedicated to digitalisation and new technologies in the railway industry, as…

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June 24, 2019

Europe’s railway Research and Innovation performers prove strong interest in deepening their collaboration as 2019 Shift2Rail Call for Proposals prompts requests for R&I funding worth €76.8 million. Following its 2019 Call, the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking received 50 proposals for a total value of €193.9 million and a funding request of €117.9 million (50% more compared to the available funding). 42 proposals were submitted as Open Calls, with a request for funding nearly three times the…

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