{"id":8098,"date":"2024-01-29T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erea.org\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2024-01-29T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:06:32","slug":"erea-annual-event-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erea.org\/events\/erea-annual-event-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"EREA Annual Event 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
EREA Annual Event 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n EREA concluded 2023 with its traditional Annual Event held on the 29th<\/sup> of November, at the Auto World Museum in Brussels. Like every year, the Annual event was an excellent opportunity for the partners and stakeholders to come together and celebrate the achievements of the year almost finished and plan for the year to come.<\/p>\n Nearly 100 guests representing European aviation sector and the European Commission attended the Event.<\/p>\n The event offered also a platform for a roundtable discussion<\/strong>\u00a0 on topic \u201cHorizon Europe and the European Innovation Fund: how to make synergy work\u201d featuring Ms. Jane AMILHAT, Head of Unit, Clean Transport Transitions, RTD C.3, Ms. Polona GREGORIN, Head of Unit, Mobility (II): Air, Rail, Water and Intermodal Policy, CLIMA.B.4 and Mr. Michel PETERS, NLR CEO, EREA Board Member, ACARE Interim Co-Chair. The purpose of the panel session was to discuss the match or mismatch between funds and exploring options to improve the connecting and, with that, their impact.<\/p>\n The 2023 EREA Annual Event concluded with handing-over the awards for the EREA Best Paper<\/strong> to the main authors of the top three papers selected by the jury among 24 submitted papers.<\/p>\n The 3rd<\/sup> place was awarded to the paper \u201cValidation of scaled flight testing\u201d<\/strong> with authors from ONERA, NLR, CIRA, Airbus Operations GmbH, Germany and Airbus S.A.S., France; the paper receiving the 2nd<\/sup> place is \u201cGlobal aero-structural design optimization of composite wings with active manoeuvre load alleviation\u201d<\/strong> submitted by DLR authors.<\/p>\n The 1st place and wining paper is \u201cAeroelastic-tailoring of a wind-tunnel model for passive alleviation of static and dynamic loads.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 – submitted by a team of ONERA and DLR authors.<\/p>\n \u201cAeroelastic-tailoring of a wind-tunnel model for passive alleviation of static and dynamic loads\u201d <\/p>\nThe EREA Chair, Pawe\u0142 St\u0119\u017cycki, opened the event pointing out that the revolution towards\u00a0 sustainable aviation has only just begun. It is only recently that hydrogen or hybrid electric propulsion techniques were put high on our research agenda. These and many other topics require the entire community to step-up and continue to invest in research and innovation, also in the next Framework Programme, Mr. St\u0119\u017cycki stated.<\/p>\n
The keynote speech of the evening<\/strong> was delivered by Ms. Rosalinde van der Vlies, the Director of the Clean Planet Directorate in the European Commission\u2019s, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Ms. Van der Vlies emphasized several EU priorities looking ahead, with competitiveness as a prime priority, as well as the impact on the society, and keeping the objective to become climate neutral as well.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>1st<\/sup> place and winning paper:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNicol\u00f2 Fabbiane, Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Irisarri, Arnaud Lepage – ONERA,
\nJohannes Dillinger – Institute of Aeroelasticity, DLR
\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13272-022-00615-0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/strong>2nd<\/sup> place: <\/strong><\/p>\n