5th eCall TESTFEST
2016-11-28 08:00 - 2016-12-02 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Harwell, Oxford, United Kingdom
The 5th eCall TESTFEST event, organised by ERTICO – ITS Europe and ETSI, will be held from 28 November to 2 December 2016 in Harwell, Oxford, United Kingdom. This event will be hosted by SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT.
The eCall TESTFEST event enables vendors to run interoperability test sessions using test descriptions provided in approved guidelines. The event will bring more value with the debriefing sessions where experts can answer technical questions or solve interoperability issues. Additionally, compliance and performance checking sessions will be scheduled to complement the interoperability tests.
Registration to the TESTFEST event in Harwell, Oxford will be open in the coming days.

5th eCall TESTFEST event
2016-11-28 08:00 - 2016-12-02 17:00 (Europe/London) | Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue,, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, , Oxfordshire, OX11 0QR, United Kingdom
The 5th eCall TESTFEST event, organised by ERTICO-ITS Europe and ETSI, will be held from 28th November to 2nd December 2016 in Harwell, UK. This event will be hosted by SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT Ltd.
The eCall TESTFEST event enables vendors to run interoperability test sessions using test descriptions provided in approved guidelines. The event will bring more value with the debriefing sessions where experts can answer technical questions or solve interoperability issues. Additionally, compliance and performance checking sessions will be scheduled to complement the interoperability tests.
Register here!

Midlands Intelligent Mobility Conference
2016-11-30 - 2016-12-01 | Hollywell Park Conference Centre, Ashby Rd , Loughbourough, LE11 3AJ , United Kingdom
Intelligent Mobility brings together technology applications with new transport services. It places travellers at the heart of the transport system and enables the concept of mobility as a service. Driven by the rapid pace of technology development it will improve safety and mobility and reduce transport impacts.
The Midlands Intelligent Mobility Conference will take place at Loughborough University on 30 November- 1 December 2016. It will provide a national platform to bring together industry, government and the academic sector to look at the national strategies to develop this rapidly growing sector.
High-level speakers will present government and industry initiatives to support Intelligent Mobility and help develop the UK skills base. Special sessions will promote new collaborations with the academic sector.
Plenary Sessions include

Autonomous and connected transport systems
Improving safety for all road users
The global perspective on Intelligent Mobility
Local authorities – how to implement urban mobility
User-centred approaches and Mobility as a Service
Improving urban transport with disruptive technologies

Full programme details can be found at our website www.mids-im-conference.co.uk

5th IRU EU Road Transport Conference
2016-11-30 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Brussels, Belgium
One belt, one road – consequences for Europe
More information will follow soon..

5th IRU/EU Road Transport Conference
2016-11-30 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | The Square, rue Mont des Arts , Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Join over 300 of Europe’s top transport professionals from the business and political fields to examine the potential opportunities and challenges for Europe resulting from China’s major policy programme ‘One Belt, One Road’
Keynote speaker
Mission of People’s Republic of China to the EU
Key participants
Arpád Érsek, Slovakian Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development
Michael Cramer MEP, Chair European Parliament Transport Committee
Umberto de Pretto, IRU Secretary General

09:00
Registration opens

09:30
Welcome

09:35
Keynote speech

10:05
Interactive high level discussion

11:30
Closing remarks

11:45
Networking coffee

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International Scientific-Technical Conference - ITS - safe roads of the future
2016-12-01 - 2016-12-03 | KSUAE, Green St., 1, Kazan, 420043, Russian Federation
We invite you to participate at the international scientific-technical conference «ITS – safe roads of the future», which will take place 1st-3rd December 2016 in Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering.
Conference sections:
1. Intelligent transport systems.
2. Technologies and ICT innovations in the transport industry.
3. Architecture of telecommunication systems in relation to transport.
4. Automated roads, automated management, and automated driving.
5. The security systems of road and intermodal transport.
6. Information systems as a tool for transport systems planning.
7. Traffic management systems.
8. Improvement of the engineers training methods in the field of traffic management and safety
More information: TS2016-KAZAN@mail.ru

Smart cars: Driven by data conference
2016-12-01 14:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Albert Hall, Avenue Eudore Pirmez 9, Bruxelles , 1040
Connected and automated driving is rapidly shaping the automobile industry’s future, creating new areas of business with new players, thereby impacting existing business models. It also promises a whole new potential for safe, efficient, comfortable and environmentally-friendly mobility.

What digital infrastructure will be needed for the cars of the future?
How can this data be shared in a controlled and secure manner?
How can we best secure personal data?

These and other topical questions will be addressed through keynote speeches and lively panel discussions at this year’s ACEA conference.
Who
The event will bring together high-level representatives of the automotive industry, telecoms operators, European institutions, industry associations, technology companies as well as consumer organisations.
Keynote speeches will be made by:

Roberto Viola, Director-General, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Dita Charanzová, Member of the European Parliament
Henrik Hololei, Director-General, DG MOVE, European Commission

Erik Jonnaert, ACEA Secretary General

Big Data & Transport - Hangout
2016-12-02 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)
We’ve had a great workshop earlier in the fall and thought it would be good to catch up before the year ends. We’ll be hosting a 1 hour hangout in the beginning of December to see where we’ve come so far and what work lies ahead for the next year. Hope you can make it!
What we’ll talk about:

Introduction to BigDataEurope and the Transport domain

Maxime Flament, ERTICO-ITS Europe

Big data & transport – what we learned so far

Paul Kompfner, ERTICO-ITS Europe

The pilot in Thessaloniki

Josep Maria Salanova – CERTH, Luigi Selmi – Fraunhofer IAIS

Conclusions and Q&A

When?
02 December, 15h00-16h00 CET
How to join?
Just click on the link below to register and join online

RAID 2016
2016-12-06 - 2016-12-07 | Unnamed Venue, Nicosia, Cyprus
SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

Europe’s leading Disruptive Innovation event with cross-industry focus on Cities, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Transport & Automotive. Organised by Cavendish Group and Fondation Prospective et Innovation the inaugural RAID Conference & Exhibition will take place in Paris, France on 6 & 7th December 2016.
More information

1st IFAC Conference on Cyber-Physical&Human-Systems
2016-12-07 - 2016-12-09 | Majestic Hotel, Av. Beira Mar Norte, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, 2746, Brazil
It is a great pleasure for the CPHS 2016 Organizing Committee to invite you to participate in the 1st IFAC Conference on Cyber-Physical&Human-Systems. CPHS 2016 will be held in Florianopolis, Brazil, 7-9 December, 2016, under the auspices of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control. The Conference CPHS 2016 follows the successful IFAC, IEEE CSS, IFSTTAR, CNRS, GDR MACS, EECI, ICODE, VeDeCom Workshop on Human Cyber Physical System Interaction: Control for Human Welfare, H-CPS-I 2014, held in Paris, 2014.
Further informaiton at: http://www.cphs2016.org

Webinar: Live MOBiNET platform open for external users
2016-12-12 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels)
After 3 years of development, the MOBiNET beta platform will be open for external stakeholders to explore and test it with their use cases. The project team will take you through a hands-on demonstration of the MOBiNET platform. They will explain how the platform works and what you can gain out of it? This webinar is targeting external business users (content and data providers), app developers, etc., who want to become more familiar with the MOBiNET platform.
AGENDA
Webinar moderator: Rasmus Lindholm, ERTICO – ITS Europe

An introduction to the MOBiNET platform
Rasmus Lindholm, ERTICO – ITS Europe, MOBiNET Project Coordinator
MOBiNET technical platform and core components
Peter-Paul Schackmann, TNO
MOBiNET Technical Manager
Demonstration of the platform using the User-Based Insurance (UBI) use case
Michael Sena, Allianz Telematics
MOBiNET Business Manager
How to use the MOBiNET platform: the MOBiNET Service Support Centre
Janki Dodiya, DLR
Interested to test the platform? Learn about the procedure, signing of the agreement and proposal of use case
Rasmus Lindholm, ERTICO – ITS Europe
MOBiNET Project Coordinator
Questions and answers
Conclusions
Rasmus Lindholm, ERTICO – ITS Europe
MOBiNET Project CoordinatorThroughout the webinar, interactive polling will gauge participants’ opinion on the different issues raised.CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Cesis Global Internet of Things
2016-12-13 - 2016-12-14 | Berlin, Germany

Compass4D webinar: ITS Living Labs in Europe: state of play & outlook to the future
2016-12-16 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels)
When: 16 December 2016 – 10:00 to 11:30 CEST
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/[REDACTED]
Contact: Giacomo Somma (g.somma@mail.ertico.com)
Details: The Compass4D project is one of the most successful stories in terms of C-ITS deployment in Europe. Co-funded by the European commission under the CIP – Competitive and Innovation Programme, the project ended in 2015 but the seven pilot cities have continued to operate their services outside the European funding together with about 50 public and private organisations. The partners involved in the continuation operations have extended the coverage areas in the 7 cities as well as in other cities, added new C-ITS services, and increased the penetration rate of equipped commercial and public transport vehicles.
Now, one year later, we look at the state of play and future perspectives in the deployment of innovative solutions for connected and automated driving, with a special focus on ITS Living Labs in Europe.
Five presentations will outline the progresses made and future plans in the Compass4D cities of Bordeaux and Helmond, as well as in Austria, Finland and Spain.
The webinar is free of charge, but registration is required.
Click here to register!

Politico: Decarbonising Europe's transport sector
2017-01-25 14:30 - 17:15 (Europe/Brussels) | Concert Noble, Rue d'Arlon 82, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The EU took a strong position in the global fight against climate change at the 2015 COP21 summit in Paris by setting an ambitious target of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030. Now it must turn this commitment into action. Ensuring transport contributes its fair share to these emissions cuts appears to be a near-insurmountable challenge.
In Europe, transport’s oil dependency makes cars, trucks, airplanes and ships the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Road transport is a particular problem and responsible for 73% of total transport emissions, because Europe’s 290 million road vehicles are over 90% reliant on oil.
There is a wide range of low-emission transport alternatives that can alleviate oil dependence and slash emissions in road transport: everything from batteries and ethanol to more efficient engines and smarter transport systems. But how soon can these solutions be scaled up to achieve significant emissions reductions?
The transition to low-emission transport can only be achieved through cooperation among carmakers, consumers, energy companies and technology providers, as well as national and EU regulators. Binding targets to reduce the carbon intensity of road transport fuels and promote the use of renewable energy by 2030 have been set. However, the recent European Commission’s “Clean Energy Package for All” proposes a phase out of conventional biofuels — the biggest source of renewable energy currently in transport. Is the 2030 objective now unrealistic? What solutions will national governments devise to meet emission cuts?
This event will gather high-level EU and national policymakers, industry representatives, energy experts and environment groups for a frank conversation on how to rev up transport emissions reductions efforts, without wrecking European mobility and competitiveness.
Questions to be addressed at the event include:

What transport technologies will help Europe speed up emissions reductions?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of these technologies?
Should national governments or the private sector take the lead in the transition to low emission transport solutions?
Can policy makers assure the contributions of low emission transport energy such as electricity and ethanol are maximised?

For the full agenda, please click here.
To register, please click here.

Source: Politico Europe

C-ITS Deployment is underway! Part III Third public workshop of the Amsterdam Group and CODECS
2017-02-14 | WTC Schiphol Business & Conference Centre, Schiphol Boulevard 127, , BG Schiphol, 1118 , Netherlands
C-ITS deployment is underway and initially progressed in corridor projects and pilots all over Europe. The Amsterdam Group and the CODECS partners aim on harmonising the ongoing activities in these various deployment hot spots. They have jointly set up a series of public workshops to discuss their work with other stakeholders and interested organisations. After the „C-ITS Deployment is underway!“ workshops in September 2015 in Roskilde in Denmark and in April 2016 in Amsterdam, this third edition features the C-ITS Strategy of the European Commission and reports about the state of play in the C-ITS Platform. It also focuses on the newly established CEF supported projects C-Roads and Intercor and provides ongoing corridor initiatives and pilots with a platform to report their progress in making cooperative road traffic a reality. They will give a status update with regard to lessons-learned, identified deployment challenges as wel

i-Transport and UATP Conference and Exhibition
2017-02-14 - 2017-02-17 | Sandton Convention Centre, 61 Maude St, Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
Hosted every second year since 2001 by the Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa, the i-Transport Conference and Exhibition has become an established and well-supported event on the transport calendar as a platform for knowledge sharing to promote the sustainable deployment of ITS projects.
i-Transport 2017 will be co-hosted by ITS South Africa, the African Chapter of the International Public Transport Association (UATP) and ITS Africa on 14-17 February 2017 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. This paves the way for significantly greater continent-wide and international participation.
The theme “Go Green – Go Smart” reflects the need to improve transport efficiencies, to reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector and to encourage modal shifts. The theme specifically reflects the strong synergy between Public Transport and Intelligent Transport Systems.
Find out more at: http://www.i-transportafrica.com/

SPICE: Delivering Transport Projects through Cooperation: the Alliance Model
2017-02-23 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Webinar
On Thursday 23 February 2017 at 14:00 – 15:00 CET, the Smart Procurement for Better Transport project will be hosting a webinar entitled “Delivering Transport Projects through Cooperation: the Alliance Model”.
Objectives

To introduce the Alliance Model as an effective contract model for delivering transport projects
To discuss the benefits of the Alliance model in comparison to traditional frameworks in innovative transport projects and how to adopt this model for other types of transport project

Who should attend

Public procurers such as national, regional and city administrators, road operators;
Transport engineers and system suppliers;
Universities and researchers

Description
Tampere is a growing city driven by innovation and high-tech industry. Tampere’s innovation has also been applied to the contract of a major transport project in the city. The Rantatunneli tunnel in Tampere is under construction using the ‘Alliance Model’ of public procurement. This means the traditional customer-service provider model has been eliminated, allowing involved parties to cooperate in the planning and implementing of the project. The alliance members are the City of Tampere, the Finnish Transport Agency, Lemminkäinen, A-Insinöörit, and Saanio & Riekkola. As a result of this cooperation, the alliance members have been able to reduce disruptions caused by the worksite while cutting costs and speeding up processes. This webinar invites Mr Mauri Mäkiaho, Deputy Director of the Rantatunneli project in Tampere, to present the Alliance Model in public procurement, in order to inspire public procurers to use the model for implementing other transport projects.
Speakers

Dr. Bahar Namaki Araghi, City of Copenhagen

What can other cities learn from Tampere’s experience

Mauri Mäkiaho Finnish Transport Agency, Project Manager

Approaches to innovation procurement

Organisers
This webinar is organised by the SPICE project. SPICE is a Horizon 2020 supported Coordination and Support Action (CSA) project with a focus on sharing knowledge and experiences on innovation procurement in the transport sector.
To register, please click here.
Contact
For any questions, please contact Yanying Li at y.li@mail.ertico.com

European Battery, Hybrid & Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Congress
2017-03-14 - 2017-03-16 | Geneva International Motor Show, Geneva, Switzerland

5th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2017)
2017-03-20 - 2017-03-22 | Unnamed Venue, Paris, France
The 5th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2017) will be held in Paris, France, on March 20-22, 2017, and follows the four highly successful DDI Conferences held previously in Gothenburg, Sweden (2009, 2011, 2013), and Sydney, Australia (2015).
The International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention aims to bring participants up-to-date on recent developments and trends in the field of inattention and distraction in driving, and to bring together researchers and practitioners. Participants will be invited to present and discuss current work covering basic and applied research, mitigation challenges, the latest policy developments, and priorities for research and countermeasures development.
http://ddi2017.sciencesconf.org/

10th International Conference on Managing Fatigue
2017-03-20 - 2017-03-23 | Unnamed Venue, San Diego, CA, United States
The theme of this event is “Managing Fatigue to Improve Safety, Wellness, and Effectiveness” and we are seeking abstract and panel proposal submissions on related topics. Example topics that would fit within the conference scope include:

Measuring fatigue and fatigue risk
Scheduling systems and policies
Training and education
Fatigue risk management programs
Sleep health
Fatigue detection and management technologies
Operator workload, including distraction and drowsiness

http://www.fatigueconference2017.com

MaaS Market - Concept to delivery
2017-03-22 - 2017-03-23 | Inmarsat Conference Centre, 99 City Road, London , EC1Y 1AX, United Kingdom
Mobility as a Service – THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY
MaaS Market is a two-day, international conference for all organisations committed to developing new ways of getting people to their destination and new ways for them to pay for transport services.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Aimed at executives and senior managers in the transport and ITS sectors, MaaS Market will focus on key policy, operational, technological and business-critical issues.
You will hear about the very latest thinking and innovations from international project leaders and have the opportunity to network with government agencies, service providers and suppliers, financiers and senior transport planners.
THE PROGRAMME WILL COVER

Why MaaS will revolutionise transport
Roles of central and local governments
Trends from car to public transport
What MaaS means for transport companies
Technology and common standards
The role of autonomous vehicles in MaaS
MaaS and the environment

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Sampo Hietanen, CEO, MaaS Global
Anne Berner, Minister of Transport, Government of Finland
Rasmus Lindholm, Director, Ertico
Michael Hurwitz, Director of Transport Innovation, Transport for London
Andy Taylor, Director of Global Strategy, Cubic Transportation Systems
Miller Crockart, Vice President, PTV Group
Richard Harris, Director of Communications and Marketing, Xerox
Martyn Briggs, Head of the Mobility Team, Frost & Sullivan
Mika Rytkönen, Head of Business Development, Here
Lucy Yu, Head of Innovation, Department for Transport, UK
Daniel Peterson, Director of Transportation Planning, Dewberry
Margaret Bell, Professor of Transport and Environment, Newcastle University

BOOK YOUR PLACE
Delegate bookings are now available at the early bird price of just £245 plus VAT. Tickets include both conference days, buffet lunch, tea and coffee and entrance to the networking drinks and canapés reception on the evening of March 22.
To book your place, go to www.MaaS-Market.com and click on “Book your place”, or contact us by calling Kelly Thompson on +44 1322 612055 or emailing officemanager@ropl.com

www.MaaS-Market.com

Motorways of the Sea - the Maritime Dimension of TEN-T Network
2017-03-28 | Stazione Marittima, Trieste, Italy
The MediTelegraph, within its proposal of Events and Forum focused on shipping and intermodal transport industries, presents the new event realized in partnership with On the MoS Way.
An opportunity of discussion among institutions and players of the transport, shipping and infrastructure industries, about Motorways of the Sea European Policies within the TEN-T Network. An important occasion for sharing the point of view of the players of the door-to-door logistic chain.
For more information, please click here.

1st European Conference on 'Connected and Automated Driving'
2017-04-03 - 2017-04-04 | Brussels, Belgium
The European Commission, with the support of the EC-funded projects CARTRE and SCOUT, is pleased to announce its First European Conference on connected and automated driving: ‘Connected and Automated Driving – Together, shaping the future‘.
The high-level conference will be held in Brussels on the 3rd and 4th April 2017. Major road transport stakeholders – automotive and telecom industry, users, road operators, public transport operators, regulators, research centres, universities and representatives of both EC and EU Member States – are invited to attend.
The event will be a unique opportunity for all participants to network and to discuss on how to boost the development and deployment of connected and automated driving technologies from a fourfold perspective: transport policy issues; technological challenges; legal and regulatory frame, and digital transformation.
For two days, EU leaders, CEOs and representatives from major road transport stakeholders will discuss interactively on:

Role of R&I and policy making to accelerate roll out in Europe;
What’s going on in the Member States;
Role of connectivity between vehicles, road infrastructure and other road users to enhance performance;
Progress of C-ITS deployment and how it supports automated driving throughout Europe’s main corridors;
Latest findings of European-funded projects;
The importance of international cooperation

Participants will enjoy a blend of plenaries, thematic breakout sessions and exhibition of funded projects.
A series of thematic side-events will take place on the 5th and 6th April 2017 upon invitation only.
Registration to the conference is free and will open at the end of January 2017.
STAY TUNED and follow us at www.ec-cad-2017.eu

EENA Conference and Exhibition
2017-04-05 08:00 - 2017-04-07 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Budapest Congress Centre, Alkotas Utca 63-67, Budapest, 1123, Hungary
The 2017 edition of the EENA Conference & Exhibition will take place in Budapest, Hungary. Over 600 participants are expected to join from around 50 countries from Europe but also from Africa, Asia, Middle-East, and North and South America.
The EENA Conference brings together emergency services, public authorities, researchers and industry representatives to foster the sharing of best practices and debate current issues in the field of emergency services.
Full programme is available here

BUS2BUS – political congress, exhibition, marketplace and Future Forum – maps opportunities for the bus and coach industry
2017-04-25 - 2017-04-26 | Berlin Messe, Messedamm 22, Berlin, Berlin, 14055, Germany
BUS2BUS 25-26 April 2017 – the Berlin based trade fair for bus and coach – this year addresses key opportunities for Europe’s bus and coach industry, bringing together business, technology and policy in a unique forum to set the agenda for change.
Policymakers and bus and coach transport companies will jointly define the guiding principles that shape the mobility of the future and together explore digital transformation strategies. With Europe’s bus and coach industry in flux and the forthcoming Federal Elections in Germany, BUS2BUS is a strategic platform for the sector to debate a plan of action.
Supported by IRU – the global road transport organisation – and with backing from conceptual sponsor, German Bus and Coach Operators Association (bdo), the BUS2BUS congress, Future Forum and exhibition takes place on 25-26 April 2017 and is organised by Messe Berlin. In addition to being present at the trade fair, IRU will run two workshops at the Future Forum, focused on long distance coaches and coach tourism.
Oleg Kamberski, IRU Head of Passenger Transport, said, “IRU is very pleased to be supporting BUS2BUS and to be playing an active part in the event’s Future Forum. BUS2BUS will provide an excellent opportunity for the various actors from the bus and coach industry to come together and debate the future of our business. The discussions will certainly provide valuable input into IRU’s current work on a 2030 vision.”
As a combined trade fair, congress and Future Forum, BUS2BUS provides national and international visitors with a platform to discuss new business approaches and the building of cross-industry partnerships, while showcasing new bus innovations in static displays as well as in action.
Christiane Leonard, Vice-President of IRU Passenger Transport Council (CTP) and General Secretary of bdo emphasises, “IRU’s engagement highlights the relevance of BUS2BUS as the new leading trade fair for the bus and coach industry. We are looking forward to this unique high-level event in Berlin, where the most relevant political stakeholders will discuss the current challenges but also envision the future with representatives from the bus and coach industry.”
BUS2BUS offers small and medium sized companies, in particular, valuable leadership in the light of recent challenges. These include reductions in the scope of private operators to enter public transport markets, bureaucracy caused by the Package Travel Directive and the Posting of Workers Directive and demands for introducing road user charges for coaches.
For more information, please click here.
Contact
Stuart Colley
Manager – Communications & Events
+32-2-743 25 84 (direct)
+32-476-04 92 23 (mobile)
stuart.colley@iru.org
Maria Dinis
Communications & Events Officer
+32-2-743 26 01 (direct)
+32-492-58 72 67 (mobile)
maria.dinis@iru.org
Notes to editors
About IRU
IRU is the global industry association for road transport, driving the sustainable mobility of people and goods across the planet. Founded in 1948 to help rebuild trade across a war-torn Europe, IRU is today an independent international organisation active in more than 100 countries on every continent. www.iru.org
About bdo
The German Bus and Coach Operators Association (bdo) is the leading association of the German bus sector and represents the interests of private and medium-sized companies in the area of local transport, bus and long-distance buses, both politically and publicly. www.bdo.org

Joint Workshop IRU - Mobility as a Service
2017-05-03 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | The Hotel, 38 Boulevard de Waterloo, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
Implementing New Mobility Schemes: Impact on Business, Operations and Regulation
A new wave of projects, promoted by private and public investment, is creating proof of concept to accelerate the deployment of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) across Europe. A number of barriers still exist and regulatory and business frameworks are very different across European countries.
The MaaS Alliance is currently working on guidelines to define a common approach to MaaS in Europe and beyond, focusing on issues relating to users, legal framework and incentives, technologies and standardisation, and communications.
The workshop will address these issues and provide an opportunity for passenger transport operators, policy makers and other involved stakeholders to exchange views on this disruptive, yet key trend for the future of mobility.
AGENDA & REGISTRATION

Strasbourg Congress: Free Webinar on 11 May 2017
2017-05-11 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels)
If you are still wondering about the highlights of the Congress and trying to make up your mind about which sessions to join, then the upcoming webinar is an absolute must! With over 100 sessions, tours, demos and events taking place over just 4 days you will be spoilt for choice on where to spend your time.
Join us for a free webinar on Thursday 11 May 2017 from 13:00 to 14:00. During the webinar, Senior Advisor to the Congress Programme – Eric Sampson, will take you through the programme and point out interesting sessions and events that you can look forward to at the Congress. Register now to ensure that you get a spot – the webinar has limited capacity.

Jubilee 10th Polish ITS Congress
2017-05-16 - 2017-05-17 | Warsaw, Poland
For 10 years, the ITS POLSKA Association, along with the dynamically developing industry, have been forming the ITS market in Poland, i.e. almost from its very beginning. The year 2017 will find a special place in the industry’s calendar because of two jubilees: the tenth anniversary of ITS POLSKA and the tenth edition of the POLISH ITS CONGRESS for Intelligent Transport Systems, which will take place on 16-17 May 2017 at Sofitel Victoria in Warsaw.
This double jubilee takes place during a particularly significant moment of ITS’ development in Poland. First, we are entering a new era of EU programming in Horizon 2020, which will fund both new projects, as well as expansions of existing systems. Second, we are entering the period of better understanding of the necessity to build internal, domestic technology and competence solutions for intelligent transport. The EU 2020 perspective gives us, therefore, a great opportunity to increase Poland’s economic potential, in particular – for ITS to become our national specialty.
Programme proposal of the jubilee POLISH ITS CONGRESS covers a wide variety of ITS applications. Topics will include both popular issues concerning investment projects in Poland, such as traffic management systems and toll systems for domestic roads, as well as still interesting issues, such as technologies used in public transport. We will continue discussions on railways, as well as new ITS market issues, such as managing transport demand in cities.
Speeches will concern the following topics: Road traffic management systems (implementation assessment, traffic detection, information on traffic conditions, priorities for public transport, guidance to free, publicly available parking spaces, including pavement spaces), integration of municipal and domestic systems, balancing mobility, public transport (dispatch management of public transport, information systems for passengers, sharing systems [car sharing, ridesharing], ITS and competitiveness of public transport), collecting fees for using public roads and transport (collecting fees for using motorways, Polish expressways, bridges and tunnels, collecting fees for entering city centres, joint railway & municipal public transport ticket, smart ticketing – modern ticket systems, Mobility as a Service [MaaS]), autonomous vehicles and V2X systems, railway telematics, law and finances (public procurement law in ITS, new sources of funding the implementation of innovative ITS solutions, Public-Private Partnership, ITS standards).
Over 300 people participated in the last, 9th edition of the POLISH ITS CONGRESS: representatives of companies related to Intelligent Transport Systems, government and self-government authorities, universities of technology, and industry press from Poland. Self-government representatives constituted over 40% of congress participants.
POLISH ITS CONGRESS is a permanent event in the transport industry calendar in Poland and in Europe. Each year, many domestic and international speakers and experts participate in this event. We believe that the coming jubilee edition will pique the interest and gather an even larger number of business, science and self-government representatives, which will enhance the entire transport industry in Poland.
Additional information is available at www.pkits.pl

The UDRIVE Final Event - The UDRIVE Experience
2017-06-07 | The Hague, Netherlands
June 2017 is the final month for EU Project UDRIVE – the first large-scale European Naturalistic Driving Study on cars, trucks and powered-two wheelers. The UDRIVE Experience on June 7th is an interactive event to let you experience hands-on what UDRIVE has to offer now that it will come to an end.

What data is collected?
What are the main results and what are their implications?
What can you do with UDRIVE results?
What questions can UDRIVE potentially answer?
What do different stakeholders need?

This event entices you to dive in and find out how the UDRIVE data and results can be of use to you.

What to expect?
Morning: Interactive introduction to UDRIVE
What is there to know about UDRIVE? Let us show you, ask you and tell you!
Afternoon: UDRIVE Experience à la carte
Select the most relevant workshops and discover what UDRIVE has to offer. These rotating workshops will be tailored to the needs of different types of stakeholders, such as policy makers, industry and researchers.
Networking
Following the UDRIVE Experience, you are provided with an additional networking opportunity: the Dutch Pancake Experience. Not only will you be served unlimited Dutch pancakes while overlooking the sea, you also get the chance to further discuss al that is naturalistic with attendees of the UDRIVE Experience ánd researchers attending the 6th Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium (NDRS2017) that will be held June 8 & 9.
Can’t get enough of naturalistic driving research? You are most welcome to stick around for another two days to attend NDRS2017!

6th International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research
2017-06-07 - 2017-06-09 | The Hague, Netherlands
The 6th International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research will provide you an overview of international Naturalistic Driving studies around the globe and insight into the latest scientific results. The symposium has been successfully organised in Blacksburg for 5 years with a growing audience.
More information on the final event will follow soon.
