Forever Open Road: Redefining Highway Transport for the 21st Century
Dr. Joris Al, the general director of the Centre for Transport and Navigation in the Netherlands, spoke at Volpe about an innovative European initiative on July 15, 2011.
About the Speaker
Dr. Joris Al is the general director of the Centre for Transport and Navigation (DVS), part of the Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands.
Dr. Al is a graduate of several international schools in Europe. He received a masters degree in liberal arts (language and literature) at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
He held several senior management positions at the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment until 1998. From 1998 to 2005, Dr. Al was a consultant and interim manager in a number of organizations, ranging from research institutes to public water boards.
In July 2005, Dr. Al was appointed managing director of the AVV Transport Research Institute of Rijkswaterstaat. After a restructuring of the Rijkswaterstaat research institutes, he became the general director of the Centre for Transport and Navigation.
Since 2010, Dr. Al has also served as president of FEHRL, the organization of European National Road Research Centres.
Volpe has a long-running agreement for collaboration with DVS focusing on topics of mutual interest, including ITS, integrated transportation planning, safety and health, and climate change.
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