Dublin has been selected as the location for the biennial Transport Research Arena conference next April.
The week-long event, which will take place in the RDS in Dublin from April 15 to 18, takes place every two years, and is the largest European event to address all aspects of transport and mobility.
Attracting about 4,000 delegates, it is estimated that TRA2024 will be worth €7m to the Irish economy.
The upcoming Dublin event will discuss all modes of transport including road, rail, air, water, and cross modality, in urban, inter-urban and rural settings.
Attendees at the event in the RDS will include two European Commissioners and three Director Generals, Government representatives from the EU, UK and US, and officials from leading global businesses including Google, Collins Aerospace, BMW, SNCF and Stena.
In advance of the European event, Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jack Chambers is leading an Irish delegation to Washington to join over 10,000 delegates at the 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting this week.
Minister Jack Chambers said that as host of TRA2024, Ireland is in a unique position to help decide the direction of travel for global transport.
"As an island nation, we have a breadth of experience of what is working well, and what can be improved," Mr Chambers said.
"The world needs to change how it moves goods and people, and as host of TRA2024, we believe that Dublin can become a significant turning point in how these modes of transport are designed for both this, and future generations," he added.
