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July 10, 2017

Call for expressions of interest for the selection of a new member of the Scientific Committee of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking In accordance with the Decision of the Governing Board of 7 June, the S2R JU launches a call for expressions of interest for the selection of a new member for its scientific committee. The new member will be expected to hold expertise in the fields of telecommunication, information technology, artificial intelligence and/or digital sciences.…

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July 5, 2017

The registration to the S2R Webinar following the “Invitation to S2R JU Associated Members to submit an answer in view of the realignment of their activities and additional commitment to the S2R Programme” is now open! The S2R JU will present the context of the Invitation and how it may create opportunities to third parties to work together with S2R Associated Members, whilst giving due consideration to the limited amount of resources available. Due to…

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June 14, 2017

The S2R JU is delighted to announce that following the publication last November of its 2017 call for proposals, and the finalisation of the evaluation procedure, 17 grants will be awarded for a total value of the actions of 110.9M€, co-financed by S2R up to 60.1M€. Please see the full Press Release here

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June 14, 2017

Shift2Rail JU is currently looking for a Legal Officer (1 post) Status: Open for applications Grade: AD7 REF.: S2R/2017/02 Deadline for applications: 03/07/2017, 17h00 Brussels Time Location: Brussels More information: https://rail-research.europa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/S2R.2017.02-Legal-Officer-AD7.pdf

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May 30, 2017

X2Rail-1 Project dedicated to signalling and automation systems has been declared a driving force to the necessary R&D advancements by the Europa R&I Information centre Please read the full article and don't forget to visit their website.

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May 30, 2017

Near2050 has launched an interactive forum with a particular focus on the experiences of the rail users, operators and specifying organisations - the Railway Gazette has highlighted. Seeking these future rail megatrends aim to predict how the rail mode might evolve over the next 35 years. We are encouraging the rail sector to respond to Near2050's survey here.

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