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SXSW Eco Startup
2015-10-05 - 2015-10-07 | Austin Convention Centre, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, , Austin, TX, TX 78701, United States
The SXSW Eco Startup Showcase presented by Austin Technology Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energyis a fast-paced pitch competition featuring top impact companies from around the world. Moving into its fourth year, the event has become a launching pad for the latest innovations set to positively impact society and the environment, and serves as a place of discovery for corporate, VC, angel and foundational investors across the country.
For more information, visit sxsweco.com

22nd ITS World Congress
2015-10-05 - 2015-10-09 | Palais de Congres de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
The ITS Congress and Exhibition is the world’s largest event in intelligent transport systems and services. Through the main theme “Towards Intelligent Mobility – Better Use of Space”, the Bordeaux Congress will focus not only on how achieving intelligent mobility will change our lives but also on the benefits space can bring to ITS applications.
REGISTER
For more information, visit itsworldcongress.com

8th European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics (ECITL)
2015-10-05 08:00 - 2015-10-07 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
We are delighted to announce the 8th European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics (ECITL) which will be held in Bordeaux (France).
This year’s conference focus is on Intelligent logistics solutions – a catalyst for digital economy. The 8th ECITL will highlight the challenges, chances and emerging trends in this particular field. Furthermore, the 8th ECITL will focus on sub-themes as:
· (Co-operative) Intelligent Transport System for Logistics
· eFreight
· Intelligent Cargo
· Logistics in Smart Cities / Urban Logistics
· Sustainable Cooperation between Stakeholders in Logistic Value Chains
· Safety and Security in Logistics and Supply Chains
As every year, we are hosting a Scientific Day where scientists, PhD candidates and graduate students are invited to submit scientific papers. All papers get double blind reviewed. The best papers have the possibility of getting published in the International Journal of Advanced Logistics.
For more details, also check the ECITL homepage.

FOT-Net Data International Workshop on ITS and Connected Vehicle Data
2015-10-05 09:00 - 15:30
From Field Operational Tests to Deployment
This workshop, organised in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), aims to facilitate exchange of information on FOTs and data sharing between the three regions, and will focus on challenges and opportunities with data collection, sharing, and management, as connected vehicle programs across the three regions transition from research to deployment.
Registration is free of charge, but required. To sign up, click here
For more information, visit fot-net.eu/event
Palais de Congress, room F1,
Bordeaux, France

BigDataEurope Workshop at Bordeaux ITS World Congress
2015-10-07 08:30 - 13:00 | Palais de Congres de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
The workshop focuses on Big Data in the H2020 Societal Challenge Smart, green and integrated transport. Participants to this workshop will have the opportunity to influence the design, and ultimate benefit from the Big Data platform that the BigDataEurope project will deliver. This platform aims to facilitate Big Data usage in real world examples, and will consist of an architecture, components, guidelines and best practices to make the best of Big Data in this case in the setting of transport.
The workshop will focus on the elicitation of requirements for Big Data management within the intelligent transport domain.
The interactive workshop will consist of three sessions with keynote presentations on the topics of:

BigDataEurope and existing Data-centric initiatives in Transport
Existing and potential Big Data use-cases and applications in Transport
Tools and technologies Technical requirements for a Big Data Platform in Transport

The presentations will be followed by a one hour break-out session, where participants can join one of the three groups on Policy, Data and Technology, or Business. The chairmen of the three break-out groups will report to the Plenary Session and the workshop will be rounded off with a final Q&A session.
To register for the workshop please click through to the ITS World Congress website.

In case you have already registered for the Congress, you can modify your registration and add the workshop to your list of associated events.
In case you are not an ITS Congress participant, you will need to follow the Congress registration process and select the BigDataEurope workshop you will attend. Under the tab ‘Registration Category‘ please select ‘Exhibition Visitor‘ in the drop-down menu. You will receive your ITS Congress registration badge at the entrance of the Congress that will give you access to the BigDataEurope workshop.

Registration to this workshop is for free for both Congress and non-Congress participants.
The workshop targets European stakeholders to participate in the definition of the Big Data needs and requirements for the European intelligent transport domain.
The workshop is the first in a series of three workshops, the following two foreseen to take place in 2016 and 2017. The future workshops will focus on the alignment and improvement of the specifications, and on the evaluation of project technologies on selected use cases.

Preliminary Agenda
9:00 Official Welcome (Maxime Flament, ERTICO – ITS Europe)
9:15 Opening Session

9:15-9:30: Big Data for Transport – Why Does it Matter? (Paul Timmers, European Commission)
9:30-9:40: What can big data do for transport? (Sören Auer, University of Bonn)

9:40 Session 1: Data-centric Initiatives in Transport

9:40-9:50: What are the existing large data source in road transport,
CERTH literature review (Evangelos Mitsakis, CERTH)
9:50 – 10:00: The use of big data for public transport performance measurement (Roberto Baldessari, NEC)
10:00 – 10:15: The role of social media in transport (Dave Marples, Technolution)

10:15-10:25: Coffee break
10:25: Session 2: Big Data Use-cases in Transport

10:25-10:35 Real-time Traffic information and traffic management (Nick Cohn, TomTom)
10:35-10:45: Open Logistics (German Herrero, ATOS)
10:45-10:55 How to deal with all the data that is generated by the vehicle sensors? (Sean Gaines, Vicomtech)

10:55: Session 3: Technologies and Tools used and envisaged

10:55 – 11:05: Existing tools and technologies used across other sectors (Simon Scerri, University of Bonn)
11:05-11:15: Data Analyses in Transport

11:20-12:20 Breakout sessions (Business, Policy, Data & Technology)

Leader of the Business group: Dave Marples, Technolution
Leader of the Policy group: Maxime Flament, ERTICO
Leader of the Data & Technology group: Sean Gaines, Vicomtech

12:30 Breakout session reprots12:20 Coffee break
12:55 Closing note

We further invite you to:

Join the discussion on the BDE-Smart, Green and Integrated Transport Community Group https://www.w3.org/community/bde-transport/
Subscribe to the BigDataEurope Newsletter
Follow us on the Social Media (Twitter, LinkedIn, SlideShare, Flickr)

2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference, Qld
2015-10-13 - 2015-10-16
Be part of the inaugural 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2015).
14 – 16 October 2015
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland
Conference Website
The inaugural ARSC conference is the result of a successful merger of Australasia’s two premier road safety conferences: the Australasian College of Road Safety Conference, and the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference.

Busworld Academy & IRU Seminars at Busworld Kortrijk 2015
2015-10-19 13:00 - 2015-10-21 17:00
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Find the more extensive preliminary programme here.
Monday 19.10.2015 – Start 13:00
Opening of the Busworld Academy by :
Mr. Ben Weyts, Flemish Minister for Mobility
Mrs. Jacqueline Galant, Belgian Minister for Mobility
Keynote Speeches by:
Mrs. Magda Kopzcynska, Head of Unit Innovative and Sustainable Mobility, DG Move, representing the European Commission.
Mr. Ananth Srinivasan, Consultant Automotive, Frost & Sullivan: Market Analysis on New Energy Vehicles
High Level Debate for Operators
Chaired by IRU
With confirmed speakers from:
• De Lijn (Flanders), Mr. Roger Kesteloot, CEO
• Global Passenger Network, Mr. Paul Cremers, Board Member
• Keolis, speaker tbc
• United Motorcoach Association, Mr. Victor S. Parra, President & CEO
• American Bus Association, Mr. Peter Pantuso, President & CEO
• PURPLE (India), Mr. Prasanna Patwardhan, Chairman & Managing Director
• Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (India), Mr. Anand Rao, Executive Director
• …
Special Interest Sessions
WINTEX, the use of smart textiles in buses & coaches.
chaired by Ghent University & Ghent University College
AUTOMATION in Passenger Transport, first results of European demonstrations.
chaired by POLIS
Tuesday 20.10.2015 – Start: 09:00
Introductions by:
Mr. Carl Decaluwé, Governor of West-Flanders
Mr. Vincent Van Quickenborne, Mayor of the city of Kortrijk
Keynote Speeches by:
Mr. Umberto Guida, Director European Projects, UITP : Presentation of the European Projects: 3iBS, ZeEUS, EBSF2
Mr. Carlo Mol, Belgian Representative in the International Energy Agency, on behalf of VITO, The Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Mr. Alex Stewart, Associate Director, Element Energy: Market analysis on new energy vehicles
Mr. Carlos Navas, Project Manager, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking : The future role for fuel cells & hydrogen in passenger transport
High Level Debate for Manufacturers
Chaired by Busworld Academy
with confirmed speakers from:
• Volvo, Mrs. Jessica Sandström, Senior Vice President City Mobility
• Solaris, Dr. Andreas Strecker, CEO
• Van Hool, Mr. Sven Somers, Manager Engineering, CAD, Homologation & Documentation Department.
• VDL, Mr. Peter Wouters, General Director
• IVECO BUS, Mr. Philippe Grand, Institutional Relations Director
• BYD, Ingbrand Ho, General Manager
• …
High Level Debate for Authorities
Chaired by POLIS
with confirmed speakers from:
• BIVV, Mrs. Karin Genoe, Managing Director
• Transport for London, Mr. Mike Weston, Director of Buses
• Metropolitan Transit System San Diego USA, Mr. Julio Ortiz, Director of Fleet and Facility Maintenance
• EMT MAdrid, Mr. Sergio Fernández Balaguer, Head of the European and Mobility Projects
• Transport for Greater Manchester, Mr. Howard Hartley, Head of Bus
• Tisseo Toulouse, speaker tbc
• BKK Budapest, speaker tbc
• Flanders Region, speaker tbc
• DG Mobility & Transport, European Commission, Mr. José Fernandez-Garcia, Policy Officer
• …
Special Interest Sessions
Intelligent Transport Systems, technology solutions for mobility challenges in our smart cities of the future.
chaired by ERTICO
Fire Safety in New Energy Vehicles.
chaired by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
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ACCOMODATION TIP:
Regarding the accommodation we have made an agreement with the Holiday Inn Express in Ghent, they have a special discounted offer for Busworld Academy Participants. Here, you can find a reservation form for the hotel. A shuttle service will bring you back and forth to the exhibition centre.
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For more information, click here.

iMobility Forum Plenary meeting
2015-10-21 | Diamant, Boulevard A. Reyerslaan 80 , Brussels, 1030, Belgium
The 6th iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21 October at the Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels under the theme ‘Automation: Impact for Vehicles, Infrastructure and Users‘.
About the Topic
The iMobility Forum is working towards safe, smart and clean road mobility via the large-scale deployment of intelligent vehicle and infrastructure systems in Europe in the context of the Digital Agenda for Europe, EU ITS Action Plan and ITS Directive. The biannual iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting is the opportunity for all stakeholders involved in intelligent mobility to get together, and learn about and discuss the progress and achievements of the iMobility Forum.
Emerging vehicle solutions have the potential to transform travel experiences for end-users on the one hand and freight transportation on the other hand. The role of transport data and the trend towards automation will be discussed from diverse perspectives (i.e. users, suppliers, OEMs, transport/freight operators, authorities). Connectivity and automation, is one of the core topics in order to maximise benefits for the transport system. The road to fully-automated cars, however, is likely to be long and beset with concerns about legislation, data sharing, HMI, safety, and liability. The outcome of the panel discussions will feed into the on-going work of the Automation WG of the iMobility Forum which is expected to deliver final recommendations for the deployment of Automation in the EU but also provide new research opportunities and priorities for Automation.
Registration
To register for the event, please click through!
Agenda
To view the latest version of the agenda please click through!
For more information on iMobility please check http://www.imobilitysupport.eu/

25th Road World Congress
2015-11-02 | Unnamed Venue, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
The 25th edition of the World Road Congress will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2-5 November 2015. Under the theme of ‘Roads and Mobility – Creating New Value from Transport’, this five-day event will bring together thousands of road and road transport stakeholders from around the world, including about 50 ministers or vice ministers and top leaders from public and private organizations. Dozens of sessions will allow participants to get a broad and global picture of the current situation of the road sector and its main challenges for the future. This Congress is therefore the 2015 road event, offering a unique opportunity to strengthen one’s knowledge and expand one’s network, while enjoying the discovery of Korea’s state-of-the-art technologies in road transport, as well as its exceptional blend of tradition and modernity, thanks to special events leaving participants with unforgettable memories of Korea.
For more information, visit piarcseoul2015.org

tank.tech 2015
2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06
The automotive, supplier, and petroleum industries gather at the tank.tech conference every two years to discuss current technologies and innovations in the area of fuel and SCR systems.
This year’s speakers will again exoplore the full range of current challenges from the viewpoint of the OEMs, the supplier industry, regulators, and associations. Participants can see new products firsthand during the accopanying industrial exhibit.
If you are interested in presenting a paper, submission of abstracts is open until 27 March 2015. Topics:

Requirements for fuel and SCR systems: legislation andgeneral conditions
Trends for fuel and SCR systems at the OEMs, includingthe effects of powertrain developments on fuel systems
Current and future manufacturing methods for storage systems, processing and application examples and production methods
Component architecture and functionalities: sensors andactuators, fuel pumps, lines, valves, filters, etc.
Development methodology from simulation to testing, prototype manufacturing
Development of fuels and refueling capabilities, SCRinfrastructure, refuelling equipment and fuel pump nozzles
Tank systems for alternative drives (hybrid, liquid nitrogen and CNG vehicles)

For more information, click here

European Data Forum 2015
2015-11-15 23:00 - 2015-11-17 22:59
The European Data Forum (EDF) is an annual meeting place for industry, research, policy makers, and community initiatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of data in Europe, especially in the light of recent developments such as Open Data, Linked Data and Big Data. The forum balances technical (the technology and infrastructure needed to master the volume, heterogeneity and dynamicity of today’s data), application (new products and services that are now possible due to Open Data, Linked Data and Big Data), and socio-economic issues (social impact, legal issues, government policies and regulations, business models, commercialization and innovation in this new era).
For more information, visit 2015.data-forum.eu

iMobility Forum Steering Group Chairs meeting
2015-11-16 15:00 - 18:00
More information on http://www.imobilitysupport.eu/

iMobility Forum Steering Group
2015-11-19 14:00 - 18:30

Smart Ticketing & Payments conference, London
2015-11-24 09:00 - 17:00 | etc.venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
Eurotransport’s brand new Smart Ticketing & Payments conference will bring together ticketing leaders from all over Europe to present their visions, share best practice in delivering world-class ticketing systems and to meet new partners for their ticketing and payment projects .
The conference and exhibition will be co-located with the Real Time Passenger Information conference, which already attracts 200+ delegates from transport and local authorities, as well as rail and public transport operators. This will enable the ticketing and information communities to network with one another throughout the refreshment breaks and joint conference drinks reception.
You can view information regarding the programme, speakers and current sponsors on the event website http://www.smartticketingconference.com/ and the attached brochure.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Chris Yates, Sponsorship Manager at cyates@russellpublishing.com.

TISA Committee meetings
2015-12-09 - 2015-12-11

I_HeERO Workshop "eCall Up on Air"
2015-12-17 | Ministry of Internal Affairs, Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon, Portugal
First Portuguese I_HeERO Workshop entitled “eCall Up on Air” will be held in Lisbon, in the premises of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the 17th December 2015.
eCall Up on Air Workshop
Venue – Ministry of Internal Affairs, Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon
Agenda:
09:30 – Registry
10:00 – Welcome Note | Dr. Carlos Palma – Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Administration
10:15 – SGMAI – The eCall and the I_HeERO project – Coronel Vitor Judícibus – Portuguese Project Coordinator
10:35 – Partners Presentations:
10:35 – IMT I.P | Dr. Paulo de Andrade – IMT-I.P President
10:45 – MEO | Dr.ª Ana Sofia Marques – Diretora Comercial PT Empresas
10:55 – GMV | Engº. Paulo Gomes – GMV Portugal Administrator
11:05 – Intergraph/Hexagon | Dr. Domingos Lourenço – Country Manager
11:15 – IEP | Eng. Jorge Serra – IEP Deputy General Director
11:25 – 12:00 – Coffee Break (Possibility to visit an eCall equipped test vehicle)
12:00 – 112 eCall Live Test Presentation
12:15 – Final Questions
12:30 – Closing Note | Dr. Jorge Gomes – Secretary of State of Internal Administration

All I_HeERO partners are welcome to attend this event.

International Symposium and Exhibition on Transportation Technologies
2015-12-17 - 2015-12-19 | Unnamed Venue, Istanbul, Turkey
The Transist 2015 – 8th International Symposium and Exhibition on Transportation Technologies will take place by the cooperation of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipalityand IETT with the theme of “4P of Public Transport: Planning, Productivity, Parking, Paratransit” on 17 – 19 December 2015 at Istanbul Congress Center.
Objectives:
* Providing information sharing on transportation sector,
* Following the technologies and innovations closely,
* Promoting the culture of public transport,
* Creating and developing the standards of urban public transport,
* Improving the attractiveness of the public transport,
* Determining the needs for legal arrangements about urban public transport,
* Directing private car users to public transport

For more information, click here

North American International Auto Show
2016-01-11 - 2016-01-24 | Unnamed Venue, Detroit, MI, United States
http://naias.com/

Fitting Safety as Standard
2016-01-12 | Unnamed Venue, Brussels, Belgium
Lunch debate
Inés Ayala Sender MEP and the European Transport Safety Council have the pleasure of inviting you to a lunch debate on improving the night time visibility of lorries.
In 2011 around 4200 people died on EU roads in collisions involving Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and 75% of these road deaths were occupants of other vehicles. Road collisions involving HGVs tend to be more serious than other collisions because of the great size and mass of these vehicles. Part of these collisions are due to lateral and rear-end collisions at dusk or in the dark.
Directive 2007/35/EC required, from July 2008, that HGVs with a minimum weight of 7.5 tonnes and trailers from a maximum mass of 3.5 tonnes, must be fitted with retroflecting contour marking. This is a reflective sticky tape which marks the boundary of the rear and side of the goods transport vehicles. Thus, conspicuity is improved in conditions of poor visibility, at night or in adverse weather. These markings are mandatory for vehicles which have been registered after July 2011.
Building on recent research carried out by SWOV, this debate will discuss the social and safety benefits of retrofitting contour markings, gathering representatives of road safety organisations, academic experts, police forces, vehicle manufacturers and vehicle technology manufacturers.
http://etsc.eu/fitting-safety-as-standard-night-time-visibility-for-lorries/?utm_source=ETSC&utm_campaign=0b9724c2bf-2016_1_12_contour_marking_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a7b55edbf-0b9724c2bf-103277945

Webinar: Research & Partner Opportunities offered by Enterprise Europe & Enterprise Canada Networks
2016-01-13
The Canadian partners of ERA-Can+ invite European and Canadian entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Enterprises to learn about our project and Horizon 2020—Europe’s current Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
This webinar will also features the services as well as research and commercial opportunities offered by the Enterprise Europe and Enterprise Canada networks.
The Enterprise Europe Network is a key instrument in the EU’s strategy to boost growth and jobs, helping small companies seize the unparalleled business opportunities in the EU Single Market.
Enterprise Canada Network was launched in 2014 by Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and Export Development Canada to help connect Canadian companies to international partners seeking matching products and services.

More information, programme and free registration

European Automotive Forum 2016
2016-01-14 | Unnamed Venue, Brussels, Belgium
The European Automotive Forum (EAF) is a biannual event bringing European policymakers and automotive decision-makers together to debate the latest automotive issues and developments.
http://eaf2016.eu

Challenges in combining two or more simulation models: SUMO and NS3 to aid advanced simulation techniques
2016-01-14 | Nottingham Trent University – City Campus, United Kingdom
This workshop is aimed at academics and businesses working in the field of traffic simulation. We will showcase the work being done in collaboration with the Transport Systems Catapult and investigate best practice for utilising SUMO and interface methods to solve existing challenges.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/combining-sumo-to-improve-modelling-capabilities-academic-and-business-workshop-tickets-20056528617
The event will consist of a series of talks and panel discussions from academics, local authorities and businesses working within traffic modelling. Specifically we will be discussing how to improve results when combining two or more simulation models to aid advanced simulation techniques.

Transforming Transportation 2016
2016-01-14 - 2016-01-15 | Unnamed Venue, Washington, United States
Transforming Transportation is the annual conference co-hosted by EMBARQ, the sustainable urban mobility initiative of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, and the World Bank’s Transport & ICT Global Practice.
http://www.transformingtransportation.org/

Transport for Smart Cities
2016-01-28 | Unnamed Venue, Brussels, Belgium
The event features a full day of interactive and hands-on sessions with fellow professionals, that feature the latest advancements in smart city mobility.
http://www.civitas.eu/content/transport-smart-cities-2016

Data Exploitation in Intelligent Mobility – Academic Workshop
2016-01-28 | De Montfort University, Leicester , United Kingdom
This event is aimed at academics and interested parties working in the field of data exploitation or intelligent mobility. The workshop will address some of the key issues affecting how we can use data to support the development of a truly intelligent and integrated transport system. The workshop will provide the opportunity to collaborate with academics from a range of institutions to contribute towards a special journal issue.
This workshop is the first in a series on Data Exploitation in Intelligent Mobility. In the first half of the workshop we will discuss specific data sets and the challenges of utilising such data through a range of short talks followed by a panel led discussion. In part two we will split into small groups to look at ways to tackle the challenges identified. These teams will then have the opportunity to write a short paper/case study to be published and presented to the business community digitally. We will be inviting authors to present their papers at the next workshop and at our conference later this year. In addition, these short papers will be invited to be extended into articles for a special issue we are currently organising.
We will discuss and use data from three different databases which are available on our website
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-exploitation-in-intelligent-mobility-tickets-20053993033

Wireless dynamic charging for Fully Electric Vehicles: Challenges & Concepts
2016-02-02 | ERTICO ITS Europe, Brussels, Belgium
One-day conference on Tuesday 2 February 2016
ERTICO offices, Blue Tower, 326 avenue Louise, Brussels
The 25 partners of the FABRIC project (www.fabric-project.eu) are pleased to invite you to a One-day Conference highlighting the different aspects of FEV (Fully Electric Vehicle) dynamic charging.

Join us in Brussels and…

Discover the concept of wireless charging technology for road vehicles and its potential to facilitate a shift from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles.
Learn about the different ICT tools and requirements for robust, efficient and user-friendly charging of vehicles.
See what lessons have been learned from the development of wireless dynamic or stationary charging prototypes.
Find out more about the related policies and standardisation efforts.
Discuss the opportunities, enablers and barriers for market deployment.
Network with project partners and other leading experts in the area of electro-mobility.

Participation is free but registration is required before 20 January 2016.
More information and registration
We will be very pleased to welcome you to the FABRIC Conference!

Contact!
Mrs. Evi Brousta
Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS)
p.brousta@iccs.gr

Research challenges in autonomous vehicles and transport
2016-02-10 | Burleigh Court,, Loughborough,, United Kingdom
This workshop will look at the research challenges of automated vehicles and transport systems and is open to businesses and academics.
The technologies that drive the development of autonomous vehicles and transport systems changes so rapidly it is hard to keep pace. The rate of innovation continues to increase and it is difficult for industry, policy-makers, public authorities and academics to maintain their knowledge and to plan strategic research directions. In the UK we have seen considerable investment into research and development of intelligent mobility systems and this is supplemented by major European support under the Horizon 2020 research programme.
But there are real obstacles to the implementation of longer term research strategies. How can industry and academia work together to conduct the basic research required for the innovation cycle? How do policy-makers, who may initiate funding competitions, know how to promote the research that will have the greatest impact on mobility? What are the challenges that we must address in the coming years to ensure the UK stays at the forefront of mobility research?
The IMPART Intelligent Mobility Partnership comprises Loughborough, De Montfort, Coventry and Nottingham Trent Universities and is supported by the Transport Systems Catapult. It is organising a workshop to take place on 10 February 2016 at Loughborough University to bring together delegates from industry, academia, policy-making and research funding to look at the research challenges of autonomous vehicles and transport systems. Confirmed speakers are from

Arup – Tim Armitage – UK Autodrive project
Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, DfT – Austen Okonweze, Head of Technology and Research & Development
MIRA – Chris Reeves
Thatcham Research – Colin Grover
Loughborough University – Prof. Wen-Hua Chen
Coventry University – Prof. Andrew Parkes – Consumer and legislative issues

• Other speakers from industry, academia and government

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/demonstrations-of-low-level-autonomy-registration-20055209672

EBU Digital Radio Summit
2016-02-10 | Unnamed Venue, Geneva, Switzerland
https://tech.ebu.ch/drs16

IoT Conference
2016-02-10 - 2016-02-11 | Unnamed Venue, London, United Kingdom
“Where the World Becomes the Web”
http://www.iottechexpo.com/europe/

Unlocking Urban Mobility Behaviour Change
2016-02-18 | Unnamed Venue, Brussels, Belgium
Joint Project Conference: MOBI, PTP-CYCLE, STARS

The event will bring you results and insights drawn from three European co-funded projects on sustainable mobility with the aim to share knowledge with European cities on:

Promoting sustainable mobility among employees through gamification;
Embedding cycling culture in schools through accreditation and peer-to-peer methods;
Delivering personalised travel advice.

http://www.polisnetwork.eu/publicevents/319/61/STARS-PTP-Cycle-MOBI-projects-final-conference
