You are what you read

You are what you read - August 2021

Published: Tue, 08/31/21

The EPN Consulting Newsletter No. 132 | Aug 2021

Editorial

Dear Colleague,

In the last 20-25 years there has been a discussion in Europe about the impact of freight transport by lorries and Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs) on the environment because of the different kinds of pollution they generate such as noise, CO2 emissions, road occupancy, vibrations on bridges and viaducts, etc...Many initiatives of the European Commission were put in place to reduce the movements of goods by... Read more

Delivering the European Green Deal

Making Europe the first climate-neutral continent in the world is the goal. These proposals aim to make all sectors of the EU’s economy fit to meet this challenge. They set the EU on a path to reach its climate targets by 2030 in a fair, cost effective and competitive way. Read more

How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated

With motor sports moving hard and fast toward electric drive, a friend recently told me that electric drag-car racing just wouldn't be the same without the deafening roar of combustion engines and the smell of "nitro" fuel. She's 90 years old. And she had a point...Read more

Training self-driving cars for $1 an hour

To master the roads, autonomous vehicles need lots of data. Workers everywhere from Kenya to Venezuela are providing it. Across the world, people (many in the Global South) have become part of a sophisticated new labour force training self-driving cars. Read more

BMW has fallen behind in the Electric Vehicle race. Can it catch up?

Eight years ago, BMW was one of the first major automakers to sell a battery-powered car: The i3 broke ground with its lightweight carbon-fiber body and aluminum chassis. But lately, the German company, known for its sporty luxury cars and “ultimate driving machines,” has fallen behind in the global race to develop the next generation of electric vehicles. Read more

Factors that influence the acceptance of future Shared Automated Vehicles (SAV).
A focus group study with UK drivers

The development of Shared Automated Vehicles (SAVs) is well underway to provide mobility as a service (MaaS) and bring benefits such as reduced traffic congestion, reduced reliance on privately owned vehicles and increased independence to non-drivers. Read more (picture taken from Automotive News Europe)

State of the Union 2021

Every year in September, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address before the European Parliament, taking stock of the past year and presenting priorities for the year ahead. This year Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC, will deliver her address on 15 Sept 2021. Read more

The Website of the Month: Europa Nostra

Europa Nostra was founded on 29 Nov 1963 in Paris. For almost 60 years, they have celebrated, protected and lobbied for cultural heritage. Europa Nostra is today recognised as the most representative heritage organisation in Europe with members from over 40 countries.

Mission: To give shape and voice to an ever-growing citizens’ movement to support cultural and natural heritage across Europe; To be forceful advocates of heritage towards policy-makers at all levels of governance; To campaign to save Europe’s most endangered heritage sites and support actions led by our member organisations and To promote best practices in the heritage field across Europe.

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Upcoming Professional Events

Find more in our Events section

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Erasmus+ Partnership for Excellence – Centres of Vocational Excellence [ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-COVE] call (ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Erasmus+ Partnership for Excellence – Erasmus+ Teacher Academies [ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-TEACH-ACA] call (ERASMUS Project Grants)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Erasmus+ Alliances for Education and Enterprises [ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP] call (ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Erasmus+ Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the ‘Blueprint’) [ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PI-ALL-INNO-BLUEPRINT] call (ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Call for proposals to protect and promote the rights of the child [CERV-2021-CHILD] (CERV Project Grants)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the CREATIVE EUROPE [CREA-CULT-2021-COOP-1] call (Lump Sum – European Cooperation projects Small Scale)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the CREATIVE EUROPE [CREA-CULT-2021-COOP-2] call (Lump Sum – European Cooperation projects Medium Scale)

07 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the CREATIVE EUROPE [CREA-CULT-2021-COOP-3] call (Lump Sum – European Cooperation projects Large Scale)

N.B. We are working on adding Horizon Europe deadlines to our Events section

06-10 Sept 2021 – Salamanca (ES) – STARTUP OLE 2021

07-08 Sept 2021 – Brussels (BE) – ROAD USER CHARGING Conference 2021

07-10 Sept 2021 – Athens (GR) & Online – IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom)

13-15 Sept 2021 – Online – 49th European Transport Conference

16-22 Sept 2021 – Europe – EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2021

20-23 Sept 2021 – Online – EuroGEO workshop 2021

20-23 Sept 2021 – Online – CIRED 2021

22-23 Sept 2021 – Birmingham (UK) – RWM 2021 – The UK’s Largest Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition

28-29 Sept 2021 – Online – Fourth Annual Conference on “Clean Buses in Europe”

28-29 Sept 2021 – Online – Sonderborg Climate Neutrality Conference 2021

28-30 Sept 2021 – Milan (IT) – EXPO Ferroviaria 2021

30 Sept-01 Oct 2021 – Frankfurt (DE) – World Class Corporate Climate-Neutral Strategies 2021 + Energy Management 2021

04-05 Oct 2021 – London (UK) – The UK CAV Infrastructure Symposium

05-06 Oct 2021 – Amsterdam (NL) – World Passenger Festival 2021

11-15 Oct 2021 – Hamburg (DE) – ITS World Congress 2021

Please note that many conferences are being cancelled, postponed or converted in Virtual events due to the Covid-19 emergency.
Visit our Events section for updated information.

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