The research carried out as part of the LEADER 2030 project has resulted in the submission and acceptance of the following peer-reviewed scientific publications:
- “Forecast of gaps in critical supplies for Rail Innovations. A pan-European approach for resilience“: presented as Oral presentation at the WCRR 2025 – World Congress on Rail Research (17-21 November 2025, Colorado Springs, USA). Authors: Veronica Elena Bocci (Ms), Wolfgang Reimer (Mr), Meng-Chun Lee (Ms), Danijela Doric (Ms), Jemylia Raimbault (Ms), Nihan Aydemir (Ms).
- “Preparing Innovation for a Resilient Railway Transport System: Risk Management of Innovation Components“: to be presented as Poster presentation at the TRA 2026 – Transport Research Arena (18-21 May 2026, Budapest, Hungary). Authors: Danijela Doric (Ms), Veronica Elena Bocci (Ms), Julie Chalon (Ms), Jemylia Raimbault (Ms).
- “Real-Time Corridor Performance Monitoring for Critical Freight: An AI-Enabled Decision-Architecture Framework for Predictive Disruption Management“: to be presented as Oral presentation at the 2026 ICEENG International Conference for Innovations in Intelligent Computing and Cybersecurity (IICC) (11-14 May 2026, Cairo, Egypt). Authors: Franco Maciariello (Mr), Fabrizio Benelli (Mr), Veronica Elena Bocci (Ms), Eddi Lorenzi (Mr) Claudio Salvadori (Mr).
- “Thoughts on EU policy for achieving raw material sovereignty“: to be published on World of Mining (Q2/2026 – ISSN: 1613-2408). Authors:Wolfgang Reimer (Mr), Micha Zauner (Mr).
The EU LEADER 2030 project, coordinated by the ERCI – European Railway Clusters Initiative, aims to strengthen the resilience and strategic autonomy of European supply chains for the rail industry, particularly with regard to raw materials, components, and key technologies neede to produce “Europe’s Rail” targeted innovations. Through analyses of structural dependencies and concrete industry- and policy-oriented recommendations for action, the project seeks to build more robust and innovation-capable European supply chains.
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