George Yannis
Professor, National Technical University of Athens
George D. Yannis holds a Civil Engineering Diploma, Transport Engineering option from the National Technical University of Athens (1987), as well as a Master of Science (DEA – 1988) and a PhD (Doctorat) in Transport, (1993) from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris.
He has a thorough and broad understanding of the transportation sector, through his active involvement for more than 30 years as engineer, academic, advisor and decision maker in all areas of transportation planning and engineering at national and international level. He has contributed extensively in a large number of research and engineering projects and studies and in several scientific committees of the European Commission and other International Organisations (UNECE, OECD, WHO, World Bank, EIB, CEDR, ERF, IRF, UITP, ETSC, ECTRI, WCTR, TRB).