European Truck Platooning Challenge Virtual Meeting
2021-01-20 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
The European Truck Platooning Challenge (ETPC) community will virtually meet on 20 January to discuss the latest news on Truck Platooning and developments; held twice a year, the ETPC meetings bring together stakeholders and foster the exchange of information on and promote the market uptake of truck platooning. This virtual meeting will focus on the current developments of platooning in Europe, presenting the European project ENSEMBLE and ERTICO’s involvement and activities in the field of automation and platooning and the project AEROFLEX which is working to develop and demonstrate new technologies, concepts and architectures for complete vehicles with optimised aerodynamics, powertrains and safety systems.
A look on overseas deployments will be provided by Richard Bishop, who will share the latest news from the USA. From the other side of the world, we will hear from Prof. Yanjun Shi from the Dalian University of Technology, who will present the Chinese pilot for the 5G MOBIX European project and their truck platooning use case.
Participation is free and open to professional and stakeholders working in the field of automation and ITS via this link.

SOLUTIONSplus Global learning - Kick off webinar
2021-01-28 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Register now for an exciting first course on e-mobility to get a basic understanding of e-mobility in a global and online learning environment!
The global learning programme is based on the SOLUTIONSplus project, which started in 2020 and aims to set up a global platform for shared, public and commercial e-mobility solutions. With the learning programme, knowledge and practical expertise are provided to a broad audience – it is primarily designed for city and regional authorities, but any stakeholder involved or interested in e-mobility is more than welcome to join.
Register now for our kick-off webinar on 28 January 2021 at 14:00 CET: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9122491157198419727

SOLUTIONSplus Global Learning Programme
2021-02-01 - 2021-04-30 | Online
This course programme enables organisations from the public sector to learn about the concept and practical implications of e-mobility. Learners will be introduced to the overall topic, given examples of electric vehicle types and get introduced to case studies on how to implement e-mobility in an urban mobility concept.
The first course of the SOLUTIONSplus global learning programme on electric mobility aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to electric mobility planning and implementation in local contexts. The course is primarily designed for city and regional authorities, but can provide a solid knowledge base for any stakeholder involved or interested in electric mobility.
In addition to lectures and material for self-study, a kick-off webinar gives key information and guidance about the learning programme and the SOLUTIONSplus project. Virtual exchange sessions are scheduled to accompany the course enabling interactive discussions with and among participants.
For the full structure of the first course, visit the SOLUTIONSplus website.

The European MaaS model: Achieving sustainable mobility
2021-02-04 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
According to the European Commission, the European transport sector has to deliver a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 whilst providing affordable, accessible, safe and clean transport solutions. Mobility as a Service – MaaS – as acknowledged by the EU Green Deal and recently published Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, can be an answer with its significant emission reduction potential and provide Europeans with all-encompassing services to meet their mobility needs.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point, brought many undesired effects but has also opened up opportunities for improving our urban mobility systems and accelerating the sustainable transformations. For a better future, we will need comfortable, smart and sustainable mobility solutions, like Mobility as a Service. The progress that we have made with MaaS in Europe over the past years is very much linked to the hard work of the European legislators in removing barriers from the development of integrated multimodal services and supporting the interoperability of these solutions.
To continue this fruitful collaboration and to kick-off this eventful year, the MaaS Alliance will organise an online event with European Parliament and European Commission representatives as well as with key stakeholders from the mobility sector to discuss priorities and future steps to implement MaaS across the whole European Union. The event will be co-hosted by MEP Henna Virkkunen (EPP).
On 4 February 2021 10-11:30 when we will look at the past, present and future of MaaS and discuss the topical legislative dossiers and strategies from the MaaS point of view. Speakers include Ms Henna Virkkunen (MEP/EPP), Mr Richard Szostak (Principal Adviser for Digitalisation, DG MOVE) and Mr Jacob Bangsgaard (MaaS Alliance President / CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe) and leading public and private organisations of the new mobility sector.
If you would like to participate, please send an email to the MaaS Alliance.

New 5G Core Technologies Innovation Projects
2021-02-16 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
This webinar will present the new 5G Core Technologies projects joining the 5G-PPP to accelerate innovation in the development and take up of 5G. The projects started in the second half of 2020 and are already developing exciting advances in 5G. The webinar will run in two parts, where four projects will present in each part, with a short introduction from the European Commission and the 5G IA to start. Amongst others, ERTICO projects 5G LOGINNOV and 5G META (coordinated by VICOMTECH), started in September 2020, will present their ongoing work and progresses so far.
These projects were selected for funding under the 5G-PPP ICT-42-2020 call: 5G-PPP 5G Core Technologies innovation.
Register here.

6th Future of Transport conference
2021-03-02 | Online
Join ERTICO-coordinated EU project 5G-MOBIX and 5GMETA at Forum Europe’s 6th Future of Transport conference, which will once again gather stakeholders to discuss and debate the critical pillars of EU transport policy and explore digital innovation, connectivity, safety and how the transport sector fits within the EU’s vision for an economy that is both green and digital.
Key Themes:
● The EU’s strategy on sustainable and smart mobility
● Digital innovation in modernising transport infrastructure safety
● The regulatory revision of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T)
● The directive on intelligent transport systems
The event is free of charge.
Click here for more information.

TN-ITS Success Stories Webinar
2021-03-03 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
On 3 March at 14:00-15:30 CET, the TN-ITS GO project will host a webinar on the success stories from some of the countries implementing TN-ITS (pilot) services. Flanders (BE), the UK, Hungary and Greece will be sharing their experiences, each one focusing on a specific aspect of their implementations that will highlight common challenges and the solutions found.
We will hear about the speedy set up of a running service, data fragmentation and its availability, knowledge spill-over from more one member state to another, and acquisition of data via a dedicated app.
The webinar is free of charge and open to all the stakeholders. To attend the webinar, please register here.
Wish to catch-up with TN-ITS basics? Re-watch the TN-ITS What and Why!

ERTICO City Moonshot: Facilitating MaaS with Cities
2021-03-11 12:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels)
ERTICO City Moonshot initiative is having its first engagement activity of 2021, jointly with the MaaS Alliance.
The initiative, which is a global series of interviews with 300 cities worldwide with a goal of understanding their needs and requirements when it comes to transport and mobility, is talking to cities in a series of interviews addressing topics of Sustainability, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Data Sharing.
Since the beginning of the City Moonshot, a large number of cities have been interviewed, among them Montevideo, Brussels, Glasgow, Moscow, Addis Ababa, Doha, Athens, London and many other cities in the world. The results of the international survey will be published at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg in October 2021.
During the event, some of the insights on the status of MaaS considerations and deployments from ERTICO City Moonshot will be presented. Three cities interviewed though the initiative will provide an update on their MaaS status. The Secretary-General of the MaaS Alliance will present Alliance’s MaaS Market Playbook.
The event will be accessible only by invitation and it is free of charge.
If you are a public authority (city, region, municipality, ministry etc.) and want to attend the event contact Lidia Buenavida at l.buenavidapena@mail.ertico.com for more information.

Open Belgium 2021
2021-03-15 11:00 - 11:45 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
This year in March, ERTICO is joining Open Belgium an annual Open Knowledge and Open Data conference gathering industry, research, government and citizen stakeholders. The event will highlight the latest trends, innovations and best practices.
On 15 March (11:00-11:45 CET), Stephen T’Siobbel and Lien Bakelants together with Geert Van Gaever will host a session on “Sharing open (road) data in Flanders: The TN-ITS WAY”, and will explain how TN-ITS can support the implementation of Speed Assistance applications.
More background on this session:
Europe is getting ready to deploy Speed Assistance as mandatory safety equipment in vehicles from 2022, and road authorities can support these applications by providing access to (changes) of road attributes as speed limits & traffic signs, as Open Data.
TN-ITS will make sure that such data types become available and accessible in a harmonised way through its technical specification for the data exchange, and by bringing government and industry stakeholders together.
The Flemish Government is playing a prominent role in this initiative, as this session will testify during the Open Belgium event.
Registration are free of charge: https://lnkd.in/gcfJ-wF
(Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash)

5G-MOBIX at Intelligent Telematics Europe event
2021-03-24 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels)
ERTICO-coordinated project 5G-MOBIX is delighted to present its Greek-Turkish Platooning and Autonomous Truck Routing user stories in SCALEUP 360° Intelligent Telematics Europe event.
Join project member Ford on 24 March 2021 from 10:30 to 11:00 CET.
The presentation is about “Platooning” with two trucks and “Autonomous Truck Routing” with one truck. All use stories are enabled with 5G connectivity. The demonstration will take place between Greece and Turkey Ipsala hard border gate where has lots of checkpoints.

How Platooning can be enabled with 5G?
How a truck can be autonomous without advanced sensors with the help of the infrastructure?
New advanced 5G-CAM use cases
Challenges of passing a hard border for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

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Digitalisation of road transport in Europe
2021-03-25 09:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Throughout the course of its own studies, the European ITS Platform (Evaluation Group), in conjunction with ITS Corridors and experts in the field, have developed a suite of tools and guidance designed to nurture a harmonised approach to the Evaluation of ITS. The ITS Corridors have in-turn adopted this approach, which has helped to make the benefits of ITS investments across Europe more consistent, more comparable and more visible.
Initial Corridor results based on this commonly adopted approach are now presented in a single source – the Digitalisation of Road Transport in Europe book – which contains an overview of the overall impacts and benefits of co-funded ITS investment. ITS systems and services increase the performance of hard infrastructures, such as roads. They can do so for all policy goals: safety, mobility, the environment and climate change. At the same time they provide the data and services for the digitalization of the Core Network Corridors, the comprehensive TEN-T and other networks including urban, building the Single European Transport Area and integrating with the society-wide digitalization.
The evaluation of the ITS Corridor projects of the CEF programme, already covering almost all of the CNCs, shows that the specific systems implemented are effective and have a good ROI. Being just a limited subset of what is, or has been implemented nationally, the absolute figures presented in the book therefore may be significantly higher for all of Europe. In future programmes, with higher levels of harmonisation and integration and an ever-increasing level of digitalisation the contribution to European and national policy goals will be substantial.
Dr Johanna Tzanidaki, Director of Innovation & Deployment at ERTICO – ITS Europe will talk about future priorities for traffic management and safety in Europe.
Register for this webinar here.

MaaS Market Playbook Q&A
2021-03-31 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
As a result of the work done by MaaS Alliance and their members from public and private sectors and from various areas of the MaaS ecosystem, MaaS Alliance is proud to launch the MaaS Market Playbook. By facilitating open and trusted knowledge sharing within the sector, we have collected some insights and ideas for developing user-centric, societally sound MaaS services.
In this Playbook, we share some of our ideas for supporting:
• Public-private partnerships in the MaaS ecosystem
• Setting up local Codes of Conduct for governing MaaS
• Achieving public policy goals
• Developing and growing the industry
• Building a common commitment
To present in-depth this publication, MaaS Alliance is organising an open interactive webinar where participants are invited to engage and ask questions about the Playbook.
DOWNLOAD THE MAAS MARKET PLAYBOOK
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ITS Asia Pacific Forum
2021-04-12 - 2021-04-15 | Brisbane, Australia
The 17th ITS Asia Pacific Forum is the Region’s only leading transport technology event hosted by Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Australia at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland Australia.
With more than 650 transport professionals already registered, representing over 20 countries, the 17th ITS Asia Pacific Forum will be one of the year’s biggest transport technology events. Digital registration is now available for all our international colleagues.
Find our more here.

C-ITS City Pool - Smart Cooperative Mobility: what Public Authorities have learned and are planning ahead
2021-04-15 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Register today to the C-ITS City Pool on 15 April from 15:00-16:30 CET and join other public authority representatives for an interactive online discussion on cooperative services for smart mobility.
Are you a public authority, road operator or traffic manager? Do you want to know how digitalisation and Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) services are helping making mobility safer, greener and more efficient? Are you curious about what other cities have achieved and planning ahead?
Successful deployment of smart mobility in our cities requires a digital transformation. This online interactive event will provide access to practical experience, latest innovation trends and future perspectives in smart mobility enabled by C-ITS. We will navigate through the experience of the C-ITS City Pool in the last three years, what we have learned from over 30 cities with whom we have interacted during this period, and share the experience from cities participating in C-MobILE project large scale deployment of C-ITS services. You will then be able to gather insights on future perspectives of innovative solutions for digital and green transformation of urban mobility and harmonisation activity being carried out in the frame of the C-Roads Platform.

Draft Agenda
Opening & welcome, Giacomo Somma, ERTICO – ITS Europe
What we have learned from the C-ITS City Pool and from cities’ consultations, Tamara Goldsteen, City of Helmond
Experiences and future perspectives on C-ITS deployment, Jordi Ortuño (Barcelona City Council) and Jos Van Vlerken (City of Copenhagen)
State of play of urban C-ITS harmonisation, Pedro Barradas, C-Roads Platform WG4
C-ITS as key digital technology for CCAM, TM2.0 & MaaS and its relevance for the EU Strategies for a safer, greener, more efficient mobility, Zeljko Jeftic, ERTICO – ITS Europe
Wrap-up & closing, Giacomo Somma, ERTICO – ITS Europe
Participation in the C-ITS City Pool online event is free of charge, but registration is required.

About the C-ITS City Pool and C-MobILE
Since 2015 the C-ITS City Pool acts as a central meeting point between transport authorities engaged in and benefitting from C-ITS deployment and other cities / regions interested in how C-ITS can improve urban and regional mobility with the aim of raising awareness and supporting deployment. Since March 2018 the C-ITS City Pool has been an integral part of the C-MobILE Stakeholder Forum, involving traffic managers, road authorities and operators, industries, fleet operators as well as everyday road users (such as professional taxi, bus or truck drivers, but also vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians) with the aim of establishing functioning partnerships. With widespread implementation as the main goal, the C-ITS City Pool serves as a one-stop-shop for cities and road authorities to receive training, acquire knowledge, make connections to share real-life experiences and learn about requirements, best practices and business opportunities for on-road deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS).
The C-MobILE project is a consortium of 37 partners (public and private) and co-funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme.

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EUCAD Conference 2021
2021-04-20 - 2021-04-22 | Online
The European Commission, together with the ARCADE project, is pleased to announce the third European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving, which will be held virtually from 20 to 22 April 2021.
EUCAD 2021 will be a high-level and evidence-based conference where policy challenges meet innovative solutions to deliver on societal benefits. The event is the only conference in Europe that brings together political leaders from the European Commission and Member States with high-level representatives of industry, knowledge institutes and road authorities to exchange knowledge and experience on the most recent technological developments and policies in the area of CCAM.
Over the course of three days, the following topics will be discussed:

The vision and objectives of the upcoming CCAM Partnership;
The role of R&I to answer specific policy goals and societal issues, illustrating the need for European political and technological leadership in developing cooperative, connected and automated mobility solutions;
Exploring the way forward towards CCAM implementation by identifying next challenges through multisector cooperation;

View the programme.
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MaaS Alliance Webinar - Futureproof and MaaS-ready transport infrastructure
2021-04-22 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
The webinar will focus on less discussed question of MaaS and infrastructure, in particular, how to plan and build future-proof and functional infrastructure for multimodal services?
The first webinar of a series organised by the MaaS Alliance Users & Rules Working Group, will take place on 22 April, 14.00-15.30 CET will dive in the questions of:
• What kind of infrastructure we need to connect cities and regions and different modes?
• How to unlock the power of data for better mobility and planning?
This webinar will be moderated by Piia Karjalainen, Secretary General of the MaaS Alliance, and will feature:
• Scott Shepard, Iomob
• Aurelien Cottet, Instant System
• Robert Wrigley, Bartle
• Daniela Carvalho, TIS.pt
Registration is open and free. REGISTER TODAY.

COREALIS Final Conference
2021-04-23 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
In light of COVID-19 breakout and related containment measures, COREALIS team decided to turn the physical COREALIS Final Event into a Virtual one as to secure all participants’ safety and health.
Started in May 2018, COREALIS worked towards the vision of the Port of the Future by proposing a strategic, innovative framework, supported by disruptive technologies, including Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, next generation traffic management and emerging 5G networks, for cargo ports to handle upcoming and future capacity, traffic, efficiency and environmental challenges.
With a total budget of 5.1 million Euros funding by the European Commission, 17 partners from 10 European and associated Countries worked together from 2018 to 2021 and joined their expertise to contribute to the vision of a more environmentally friendly, socially sustainable and financially viable port of the Future.
The proposed beyond state-of-the-art innovations, targeted to increase efficiency and optimize land use, while being financially viable, respecting circular economy principles and being of service to the urban environment. These innovations were implemented and tested in real operating conditions in 5 Living Labs, namely Piraeus port, Valencia port, Antwerp port, Livorno port and Haminakotka port.

Connectivity and beyond: How 5G ecosystem empowers the port and logistics industry
2021-04-27 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Brussels, Belgium
From 26 to 30 April 2021 a week-long online event organised by Connecting EU will take place. Designed to meet the needs of port and transport professionals, the various online sessions of the event will explore current industry challenges, offer high value information and connect top experts in the field. A wide range of virtual formats (e.g. talks, panel discussions, Q&A) will provide accurate and deep understanding of pivotal topics for the development of the maritime industry and its green transition.
5G-LOGINNOV will have a dedicated session on April 27 called ‘Connectivity and beyond: how 5G ecosystem empowers the port and logistics industry’ during the week-long event. This dedicated session will be moderated by 5G-LOGINNOV project coordinator and ERTICO expert Eusebiu Catana. The webinar will underline the importance of data and connectivity to meet future logistics challenges. Data and connectivity have become an extremely important asset, not only to cope with traffic congestion, environmental challenges and handle upcoming and future logistics capacity but also to develop economic and innovative business opportunities for regions, industries, SMEs and high-tech start-ups.
Further information on the webinar ‘Connectivity and beyond: how 5G ecosystem empowers the port and logistics industry’ and on the registration to the event can be found here.
For more information on Connecting EU Insights, the program and registration, please click here.

Re-imagining Integrated Mobility Management Systems
2021-04-29 13:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
What is the new mobility? How do new mobility schemes and concepts better address the needs and demands of today’s societies? How can Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Mobility on Demand (MoD) become more integrated with other modes? Should integrated mobility management be led by public authorities? What is the role of the private sector? How can traffic management become integrated into the multi-modal mobility system through connectivity? Who responds to the citizens changing demands and expectations?
Experts from China, Europe, and the US will attempt to shed light on these questions by discussing interesting developments in the field and sharing information on possible business models as they are operational in the three continents.
Co-organised by ERTICO with CHTS, TRB, ECTRI, COTA, and Shenzhen Bus Company, this webinar is part of the 2020 Mobility Management Meeting (MMM) series which focuses on exchanging best practices, solutions and aligning priorities in ITS globally. With the pandemic spreading globally, the MMM evolved into a multi-theme series of international webinars that brought together academics, researchers, and transportation professionals, academic institutions from China (Southeast University, Beihang University, Tongji University, Beijing University of Technology), and industry leaders to discuss emerging and on-going issues on mobility management and beyond. The series of webinars, which included one dedicated to young professionals touched on “Transit linkages with new mobility and micro-mobility, and the survival of both post COVID-19”, “Smart Cities and Green Mobility”, “Data Management and Efficient Mobility”, “Road Safety and Mobility Security – Planning for the Future” and now “Re-imagining Integrated Mobility Management Systems” is the topic for the 5th MMM webinar.
European speakers include Isabelle Vandoorne (Deputy Head of Unit, DG MOVE, European Commission), Angelos Amditis (Chair of ERTICO – ITS Europe and Director, ICCS Research Centre) and Johanna Tzanidaki (Director of Innovation and Deployment, ERTICO – ITS Europe).
You will find the programme here.
Register for this webinar here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

FENIX at ConnectingEU Insights
2021-04-29 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)
ConnectingEU Insights is the virtual appointment to gain an accurate and deep understanding of the pivotal topics for the development of the maritime industry and its green transition.
On April 29, join the ERTICO-coordinate European project FENIX in the session “Digital customs simplification and Innovative Federative Services in maritime & logistic sector: challenges and opportunities”, from 14:30 to 16:00 CET.
More information on the agenda can be found at this link.

MaaS Alliance Webinar: Futureproof and MaaS-ready transport infrastructure
2021-04-30 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
This webinar is the second part of the first MaaS Alliance webinar held on 22 April organised by the MaaS Alliance Users & Rules Working Group, and will continue the discussion on MaaS and infrastructure.
In particular, leading experts and practitioners of the industry will discuss:
• How the future cities will look like?
• How MaaS will impact to city structure?
• How to future-proof the infrastructure plans?
• How to use the new datasets and tools for better planning?
Speakers:
• City of Belgrade, Ognjen Petar Todorovic & Zoran Rubinjoni
• Via, Victoria Markewitz
• TTS Italia, Gennaro Ciccarelli
• Systra, Aurélie Jehanno &Marie Cleuet
Moderated by Vlad Vorotovic, ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Managing Traffic Management Systems Assets and Resources
2021-05-06 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
As agencies reliance on traffic management systems (TMSs) to improve safety and mobility continues to grow, agencies are exploring opportunities to improve the reliability, performance and cost effectiveness of their TMS assets. The inventory and condition of TMS assets and resources are critical inputs to consideration, prioritization, and allocation of available resources (e.g., maintenance, repairs, improvements) and the real-time management and operation of these systems. This information on these assets are also critical inputs into the strategic planning, program planning, management, and transition to the next generation of their agencies TMSs as they explore options to modify, upgrade, or replace TMSs or specific subsystems (software, data, telecom), components, or field devices.
The purpose of this webinar is to provide participants with an appreciation of the practices, available resources, or key issues to consider in support of integrating the inventory and condition of assets and key resources into the planning, management, and operation of TMSs. Presentations will provide the context for TMS assets and resources, asset inventory development and management, asset monitoring and assessing, and asset condition reporting. Presenters will frame each of these topics, an initial list of issues to consider, and resources available to assist with developing and maintaining an inventory, monitoring and assessing, or reporting on the condition of TMS assets.
ERTICO Innovation Platform TM2.0 is officially co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the National Operations Centre of Excellence (NOCoE). Find out more.
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IEEE 5G Virtual Summit
2021-05-11 - 2021-05-12 | Online
The European Commission and the University of Luxembourg are delighted to announce the IEEE 5G Virtual Summit for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM), of which ERTICO and its led-project 5G-MOBIX are proud sponsors.
Within the European 5G vertical strategy, Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) is considered as a flagship use case for 5G deployment along European transport paths, in view of creating complete ecosystems around vehicles, from road-safety or digital rail operations to high-value commercial services for road users and train passengers, e.g. mobile office or infotainment. This event brings together a myriad of EU Funded project to share their first results and outline their pilots to create a deeper cooperation and collaboration among them to multiply the benefits of the investments of the European funding. Sharing best practices can lead to a harmonisation and interoprability of the platforms and applications preparing for an EU-wide integration of the exploitation.
ERTICO-coordinated EU project 5G-MOBIX is delighted to announce its participation with two of its cross-border corridors: Greek-Turkish and Spanish-Portuguese.
Click here to view the agenda and click here to register.

C-MobILE Final Event
2021-05-20 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Brussels)
After 4 years the C-MobILE project comes to a conclusion with a final event which will look into the state of play and future perspectives of Cooperative Mobility Services for European Cities.
This online event is structured in two parts. The first part will focus on the final outcomes of C-MobILE: the real-life impact of C-ITS services deployed in eight cities / regions, the public and private investments needed to implement and upscale such services, and the market perspectives with focus on selected key exploitable results.
The second part will address the wider picture of the digital & green transformation and urban transition with a focus on ‘why, how & what’ from the converging perspectives of Cooperative, Connected & Automated Mobility, interactive & predictive traffic management, Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning, Mobility as a Service / on Demand, and the new ITS and EU urban mobility frameworks.
Two panel discussions will explore the implications of Cooperative Services for Urban Mobility and reveal the views of local authorities, private industry, end-users and the European policy makers.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Register here!
Download the draft Agenda

TN-ITS Specifications for Road Data Exchange in Europe
2021-05-27 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
The TN-ITS platform, coordinated by ERTICO, was inaugurated in 2013 and brings together a number of road authorities and leading map & service providers to further develop the harmonised and automated exchange of (changes) of road data on European roads. The focus is clearly on ‘static’ road attributes, which are vital elements of a reference geospatial base layer, enabling reliable services as route planning, navigation, ADAS, vehicle automation, etc. This refers to changes of Speed Restrictions, Traffic Signs, Parking Information, EV Charging Points, etc.
The platform acts as the keeper of the TN-ITS Technical Specifications, which were released by CEN in 2018 (CEN TS 17268) and describe the exchange data model, the format and the interface. A dedicated working group on Specifications interacts with the TN-ITS service deployment projects (TN-ITS GO), other relevant standardisation platforms in Europe, and the major stakeholders – including the European Commission. It is also responsible for maturing/extending the Technical Specifications and ensuring these specs are aligned with those in ‘related’ domains as traffic, public transport, EVs, etc.
This webinar will provide a general introduction to the Technical Specifications.
First, the President of the TN-ITS, Christian Kleine, from HERE will give a concise overview of the platform. He will be followed by Stephen T’Siobbel, the specifications working group leader representing ERTICO, who will discuss the high level aspects of the TN-ITS specifications.
A deeper dive will be provided by Knut Jetlund from the Norwegian Public Road Authorities, a former member of the CEN project team that shaped the TS from earlier research results, and a spatial data / standardisation expert.
Next we have invited a (Linked) Open Data expert to elaborate upon the (technical) connection between TN-ITS and the Open Data world. We conclude with proposing a number of relevant upcoming actions and initiatives by our project manager Frank Daems from ERTICO.
Additional information about the webinar and regular updates can be found on LinkedIn on the TN-ITS page.
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Register for MODALES free webinar “Mid-term results on the road to low emissions"
2021-05-28 | Online
The MODALES project, which focuses on adapting low-emission driver behaviour and control systems, is pleased to announce its mid-term conference where the results from the first half of the project will be presented and discussed, as well as looking forward to what’s in the pipeline for the rest of the project.
The event will be a morning webinar on 28 May. Click here to register.
This webinar will be open to anyone interested in reducing emissions from road vehicles as well as aspects such as:

Effects of driver behaviour on emissions from the engine, brakes and tyres
Guidance, training and support app for drivers
Organisation of on-road trials: data collection, privacy and safety considerations
The role of vehicle inspection, maintenance, detection of tampering and use of On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) in reducing emissions
Retrofits to diesel vehicles to reduce emissions
Project innovation and value to the end user.

The event will include presentations and live demonstrations of aspects of the project, as well as a panel discussion to discuss the potential value of the project’s outcomes to drivers, transport fleet operators and public authorities.
The MODALES team looks forward to sharing its innovative work with you in May!
Make sure to follow #MODALESproject on Twitter and LinkedIn group for all the latest information.

CONCORDA Final Action Event
2021-05-31 10:00 - 16:45 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
The ‘CONCORDA Final Action Event’ will take place on 31 May 2021.Since October 2017 the CONCORDA (Connected Corridor for Driving Automation) project contributed to the preparation of European motorways for automated driving and high density truck platooning with adequate connected services and technologies.This wrap-up webinar will present the results of four years of work by the consortium partners.
Connected and automated driving is high on the agenda of the EU and national governments and a large number of European Member States and other countries around the world are running or planning to soon undertake large-scale testing of connected and automated driving functions on public roads. The CONCORDA project, launched in October 2017 and funded from the Connecting Europe Facility, contributed to the preparation of European motorways for connected and automated driving and high density truck platooning, by providing adequate connected services and technologies in terms of interferences and interoperability.
This helped in overcoming fragmentation and ensuring backwards interoperability between Cooperative-ITS services and the services harmonized by C-ROADS under real traffic situations. A consortium of 26 partners, representing all relevant areas of the automotive and telecom ecosystem, worked together in the past four years towards achieving these objectives. The results of the project will be presented by the consortium partners in the final action webinar ‘The future of the Connected Corridors Driving Automation’ on 31 May 2021.
If you are interested in joining the webinar register here.
Further information on the agenda of the final action event can be found here.
For questions, comments and feedback, please contact: e.catana@mail.ertico.com.

Kazan Digital Week 2021 Forum Webinar 'ITS as a tool for digital mobility'
2021-06-04 10:00 (Europe/Moscow)
KAZAN DIGITAL WEEK 2021 Forum webinar which will take place on June 4, 2021. This webinar is a part of a series of webinars and it will focus on the key topic “ITS as a tool for digital mobility”.
We will discuss the issues of intelligent transport systems and the latest developments in the area from leading key players in the transport industry, representatives of government and business. We are pleased to meet you on June 4, 2021 at 10:00 (Moscow time) at our online event, which will present topics of intelligent transport systems developing to ensure digital mobility in modern cities.
More information can be found here: https://kazandigitalweek.com/events/anons-vebinara-its/
Stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMqVMR6Jwc.

Workshop "How the 5G ecosystem empowers the port, logistics and automotive industries”
2021-06-08 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Brussels)
After the successful acceptance of the joint 5GMETA and 5G-LOGINNOV workshop, ERTICO is glad to share new details on this exciting initiative, which is organised in the framework of the online EuCNC event this June.
The workshop will take place on 8 June 2021 from 9:30 to 13:00 CET and can be attended for free. In order to receive the participation link, please register here.
Click here to view the final agenda.
The 2021 Joint EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC, in its 30th edition of a series, supported by the European Commission; the 6G Summit, in its 3rd edition, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area.
ERTICO, 5G-LOGINNOV and 5GMETA look forward welcoming you to the workshop!

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Webinar – The future of Freight
2021-06-17 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
In the freight and logistics transport sectors, the reduction of real driving emissions and transition to green alternatives is the main societal challenge. The STORM project will contribute to outline novel horizons for those areas through review and assessment of the current trends and technology drivers, to identify prospects for deployment of future innovative operational scenarios and business models and provide recommendations to various actors and stakeholders from both transport domains.
The STORM webinar “The future of Freight” will be held online on 17 June 2021 at 15:00-16:30 CET and will provide an insight on the project’s activities, topics and challenges for the freight sector, with two main focus points: policy and technologies.
Attendance to the webinar is free of charge, and you can register here. Download the agenda here.
You can also find more information on the project’s activities on the official website and social media (Twitter and LinkedIn).
