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eCharge4Drivers at the EV Charging Infrastructure and Technology Expo
2020-09-30 - 2020-10-02
ERTICO is delighted to announce the participation of the EU funded project eCharge4Drivers at the EV Charging Infrastructure and Technology Expo. Join the project for two days of discussions and presentations all focused on EV charging:
October 1, from 9:10 to 9:30 CET: Tune in for the keynote session titled “Improving the EV charging experience within cities and for longer trips: the eCharge4Drivers project”, with Dr. Evangelia Portouli, Senior Researcher, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS).
October 2, from 10:45 to 11:15 CET: Join the panel discussion hosted for EV Roaming policies and Project “eCharge4Drivers” with Philippe Vangeel – Secretary General, AVERE, Roland Ferwerda, Managing Director, NKL – Nationaal Kennisplatform Laadinfrastructuur, Eric van Voorden – Chairman, Dutch Organisation for Electric Transport (DOET),
Julia Poliscanova – Director- Clean Vehicles & Emobility, Transport and Environment, Baerte De Brey – CIO, Elaad.nl, and Bert Klerk – Chairman, National Agenda on Charging Infrastructure.
The Industry Forum organised by the EV Charging Infrastructure and Technology Expo gives an insight into how the industry is developing and implementing new technology into business solutions. Learn about strategies, future plans, industry expectations, improving customer experience and enabling smart charging across all charging stations. Panel discussions and sessions by key industry leaders will emphasize on how to create new and innovative business models.
More information is available on the official event’s website.
About eCharge4Drivers
eCharge4Drivers works to improve the Electric-Vehicle charging experience in urban areas and on interurban corridors, making it more convenient for users to go green! The project will demonstrate additional convenient charging options within cities, a mobile charging service, charge points at lamp posts, networks of battery swapping stations for Light Electric Vehicles and a transportable charging station service to cover temporary needs.

Transport as a Commodity and Utility Virtual Workshop
2020-10-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Hosted by ITS America, ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS Asia-Pacific
Curated by MOD Alliance and MaaS Alliance
If, at its core, MOD/MaaS treats transportation supply and demand as commodities, blending both public and private sector entities in a more singular customer-driven mobility service – is it possible for our public and private road and mobility operators to achieve a fully commoditized transportation? During the “ITS World Congress ALL-ACCESS”, MaaS Alliance and MOD Alliance will host two sessions focusing on this.
The Global MOD/MaaS All Access will take two sessions to explore:
• Part 1: Wednesday, October 7 at 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EDT: Mobility Services as a Commodity – Does the Business Model Work? Join our distinguished panel as they pick up the threads of a controversial discussion that challenges the premise of Mobility as a Service and whether its promise to deliver choice to travelers and profit to companies can work.
• Part 2: Thursday, October 8 at 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EDT: Mobility Infrastructure as a Commodity – Can On-Demand Management Work? people argue that infrastructure should be treated more like a commodity than it has been, that limited resources like the curb and sidewalks can be optimized and that there is money to be made. Our panel will explore if “on demand” mobility infrastructure is possible.
“ITS World Congress ALL-ACCESS” an immersive digital education event series delivering interactive education sessions, discussion groups, live Q&As, recommended content, and vendor solution presentations in the form of case-studies, keynotes and expert panels – all accessible on demand.

The China-Europe Mobility Management Meeting on 'Smart Cities and Green Mobility'
2020-10-15 08:30 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels)
China’s urbanization rate has exceeded 60%, and there are nearly 90 cities in China with over 1 million population. The rapid development of motor-vehicle use has been accompanied by traffic congestion and air pollution. Europe is taking measures to overcome these challenges, by means of a new growth strategy that transforms the Union into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with the European Green Deal. Both the successful experiences and challenges in China and Europe and best practices in the development of greener transportation systems and innovation encouraging green mobility will be discussed by experts in the panel. This is a joint event sponsored by the China Highway and Transportation Society and the Transportation Research Board in collaboration with ERTICO-ITS Europe. ERTICO Chairman Dr Angelos Amditis and ERTICO Director of Innovation and Deployment, Dr Johanna Tzanidaki will both be presenting.
Please register here. Agenda and further information on the event can be found in this brochure.

ELVITEN project final event
2020-10-21 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Brussels)
After months of demonstrations on how Electric Light-Vehicles can be used in urban areas, and integrated into the existing transport network, ELVITEN project is coming to an end.
Save the date for the final event which will be organised on 21 October 2020.
To register to the final event, please click here. You can also have a look at the program here.
ELVITEN promotes innovation, sustainability, and urban mobility in Europe through demonstrating the usefulness of electrified L-category vehicles (EL-Vs) for urban transportation in six pilot cities: Bari, Berlin, Genoa, Malaga, Rome, and Trikala. Its aim is to achieve a mind shift among users and propose replicable usage schemes to address the issues surrounding the market deployment of EL-Vs. It also generated detailed guidelines for service providers and planning authorities to integrate EL-Vs into existing networks. Data and feedback have been collected and analysed from real users, meaning ICT tools were deployed to broker and book existing charging points and EL-Vs, engaged users and managed incentives.
Over 40000 trips were performed during the demonstrations phase in ELVITEN 6 cities. Interestingly, Trikala seems to be the city were EL-Vs were mostly used, with 9841 trips, followed by Rome with 7968 trips. During the event, ELVITEN’s further achievements, as well as vision will be discussed with the participants. The role of electromobility as a mean and solution towards a climate-neutral continent will also be investigated.
ELVITEN’s objective was to commit to more innovative and more sustainable transportation in Europe. Attend the final event to find out if the project reached its goal.
Watch the ELVITEN final video to better understand the project, and to get an overview of its most important milestones.

18th European Week of Regions and Cities
2020-10-21 09:30 - 11:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
ERTICO is delighted to announce the presentation of the European project eCharge4Drivers at the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities this October.
As the electrification in transport is taking off in the cities and regions, we need to facilitate this development with a sustainable and long-term vision. The success of the e-mobility depends on multiple factors, including the generation and provision of clean energy, wider user-acceptance and large-scale deployment of green transport. The session will aim at placing these factors into broader urban and peri-urban perspectives and present the solutions adopted in the EU-funded initiatives. It will showcase concrete cases and examples on how to overcome the common challenge in the electrification of urban transport through cooperation and networking of the European cities and regions.
Agenda:
(10 min) Short overview of the main obstacles of the electrification in the urban areas
(30 min)
Clean Mobile Energy (Interreg): presenting Smart Energy System integrating renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles
eCharge4Drivers (H2020): focusing on the users and substantially improve the EV charging experience within cities
ASSURED and SOLUTIONSPlus (H2020): addressing the integration of the e-vehicles and charging infrastructure into the urban areas
(20 min) The floor is yours

Moderator:
Sabina Asanova, Senior Project Manager, Polis, Belgium.
Speakers:
Sergio Fernandez, Head of the International Collaboration Projects department, EMT Madrid, Spain.
Angel Lopez, Director of Electromobility Strategy, Barcelona City Council, Spain.
Peter Swart, Policy Advisor Environment, City of Arnhem, Netherlands.

Click here for more details.

Source and photo credits: European Commission

COREALIS Webinar Series - HaminaKotka Port: Increasing efficiency step by step
2020-10-21 10:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
HaminaKotka Living Lab (LL) is one of the five LLs (together with Antwerp, Livorno, Piraeus and Valencia) in the European project COREALIS, which proposes a strategic, innovative framework, for cargo ports to handle their upcoming and future capacity, traffic, efficiency and environmental challenges. This framework is supported by disruptive technologies, including Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, next generation traffic management and emerging 5G networks, that aiming at increasing efficiency, optimising land-use, being financially viable, respecting circular economy principles and being of service to the urban environment.
The demonstration aims to showcase the actual operation of the HaminaKotka Living Lab developed innovations (Truck Appointment System: a reservation system, including real time traffic data, PORTMOD: a visualisation and simulation tool for Container Terminal operations and Port of the future Serious Game: an innovative and interactive training and simulation game for port-city developments).
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Time: 10:30 – 12:00 CET
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Please register here.
This webinar is organised by the European co-funded COREALIS project and co-hosted by the ERTICO Academy.

Presentation of mid-term results on CAD functions | HEADSTART EU project
2020-10-22 | Online
HEADSTART is a European Union-funded project in charge of defining a harmonized European testing and validation methodology of CAD functions including its key enabling technologies (i.e. V2X communication, cyber-security, positioning) and to demonstrate its benefits through different applied use-cases.
The project is now halfway through its duration, so it is important for the HEADSTART consortium to have the opportunity of presenting both the current results and future activities. For this purpose, a workshop is organized, including presentations and an interactive discussion with all participants.
During the online event the participants will have the opportunity to listen and discuss the following topics:

Introduction to the mid-term event and the project;
Scenario-based validation for CAD: initiatives, projects and state of the art;
The HEADSTART methodology in a nutshell: harmonisation and progress;
From Methodology to Procedures: From ‘what’ to ‘how’ to do CAD validation;
The HEADSTART use cases;
HEADSTART Expert Group: come join us.

Click here to register.
For the agenda and for more information, please visit HEADSTART’s website.

COREALIS Webinar Series - Valencia port: Empowering the port-city sustainability
2020-10-27 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Valencia Living Lab (LL), is one of the five LLs (together with Antwerp, Haminakotka, Livorno and Piraeus). of the COREALIS European project, which proposes a strategic, innovative framework, for cargo ports to handle their upcoming and future capacity, traffic, efficiency and environmental challenges. This framework is supported by disruptive technologies, including Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, next generation traffic management and emerging 5G networks, that aiming at increasing efficiency, optimising land-use, being financially viable, respecting circular economy principles and being of service to the urban environment.
The demonstration aims to showcase the actual operation of the Valencia Living Lab developed innovations (Truck Appointment System: a reservation system, including real time traffic data, Just-In-Time Rail Shuttle Service: a feasibility study for key port-hinterland corridors, Innovation Incubator Scheme: a scheme making the port the epicentre of the local industrial landscape and Port of the future Serious Game: an innovative and interactive training and simulation game for port-city developments).
Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET
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Please register here.
This webinar is organised by the European co-funded COREALIS project and co-hosted by the ERTICO Academy.

Webinar: How CAD and AVs can support the sustainability of transport
2020-10-27 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Sustainable transport has three dimensions:
(1) Environment; Does CAD reduce emissions or noise? Does it help us achieve the carbon neutrality goals? How does it affect land use and livability?
(2) Economy: Do AVs promote sustainable modal choices? Do they improve the efficiency of the transport networks?
(3) Society: How much will CAD improve safety? Does it improve public health or quality of life? What about social equity, do AVs promote access to goods and services for as many people as possible?
This workshop starts with discussion on different mechanisms how CAD and AVs can support the sustainability of transport and what we know now about the impacts. It also discusses what kind of expectations and concerns different stakeholders have and whether the automated mobility can be made inclusive and environmentally friendly. The session is interactive, and audience is invited to contribute via polls and discussion.
Date: 27 October 2020
Host: Stéphane Dreher, ERTICO – ITS Europe
Moderator: Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland
Speakers:
Scott Smith, U.S. DOT Volpe Center, USA (Energy and Environmental Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Framework and Preliminary Results)
Toshimasa Nakagawa, NILIM/MLIT, Japan (Automated Driving Services in Rural Area)
Rune Elvik, The Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway (Safety impacts of CAD)
Sascha Westermann, Hochbahn – ITS PMO of the City of Hamburg, Germany (Impacts of CAD on livability of cities and sustainable modal choices)
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Please register here.
This webinar is co-hosted by the ERTICO Academy and the EU co-funded ARCADE project.

Webinar "Experiences and recommendations for EL-Vs usage in urban environments"
2020-10-28 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
ERTICO is delighted to invite you to the webinar “Experiences and recommendations for EL-Vs usage in urban environments” to be held on October 28, 2020. Registration is free of charge.
During the webinar, partners from the European-project ELVITEN will present the main project’s outcomes after three years of research work and will encourage the interactive discussion around electromobility in urban environments.
Click here for the agenda.

Mobility in Central Macedonia: Innovation Priorities and Impact
2020-10-30 11:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels)
The Region of Central Macedonia and ERTICO –ITS Europe are co-organising a panel discussion on ‘Mobility in Central Macedonia: Innovation Priorities and Impact’ which will take place online on 30 October 2020.
The Region of Central Macedonia and ERTICO –ITS Europe, the public-private partnership of Stakeholders on Intelligent Transport Systems in Europe, aim at enhancing awareness among public authorities on innovation and its benefits in the area of sustainable and smart urban mobility. The event will be attended by 50 Mayors of the Central Macedonia Region and representatives of government institutions and selected mobility stakeholders. This high-level event will be opened by 2 Ministers and the President of the European Committee of the Regions, the Region of Central Macedonia, the Mayor of Thessaloniki and the Chairman of ERTICO –ITS Europe Dr Angelos Amditis.
Agenda of the event:
11.30-12.00 Connecting to the virtual meeting
12:00-12:10 Speech by Konstantinos Gioutikas, Region of Central Macedonia
12:10-12:20 Speech by Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the Committee of the Regions
12:20-12:25 Speech by Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister for the Environment and Energy
12:25-12:30 Speech by Kostas Karamanlis Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
12:30-12:40 Speech by Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki
12:40-12:50 Speech by Dr Angelos Amditis, Chairman of ERTICO – ITS Europe & Director of Research ICCS12:50-12:55 Slido questions to the Mayors
12:55-13:25 Panel discussion: “Mobility in Central Macedonia: Innovation priorities and Impact” Moderated by Dr Angelos Amditis, Chairman of ERTICO – ITS Europe & Director of Research ICCS.
Panellists:
• Dr Evangelos Bekiaris, Director of CERTH/HIT
• Prof. Zissis Samaras, Director of the Lab of Applied
Thermodynamics, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, AUTH
• Dr Eftymios Bakogiannis the Secretary-General of Spatial
Planning and Urban Environment
13.25-13.35 Intervention: Dr Odisseas Raptis, CEO e-Trikala
13.40-14.00Interactive discussion with the audience (the Mayors).
The discussion moderated by the ERTICO –ITS Europe Chairman, Dr Angelos Amditis.

5G MOBIX Webinar: 5G for Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM)
2020-11-06 10:00 - 14:45 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
Don’t miss this unique 5G experience on 6 November. Learn about the use cases, trial sites and particularities of each of the three H2020-ICT-18-2018 5G PPP corridor projects 5G-MOBIX, 5GCroCo and 5G-CARMEN for a morning entirely dedicated to the latest.
Together with experts from the European Commission, WINGS ICT Solutions, PSA, Cellnex Telecom, IMEC, Ericsson and UIC, participants will learn how the corridor projects’ address a number of technical, organisational, business and administrative challenges that the provision of CCAM functionality over 5G connectivity poses in highway and national border (corridors) environments.
The webinar will be structured in two parts: the first part will show the ongoing CCAM work and the white paper produced by the three H2020-ICT-18-2018 5G PPP corridor projects, while the second part will introduce the new CAM related Projects under the 5G-PPP ICT-53-2020 call.: 5GBlueprint, 5GMED, 5G-ROUTES.
Click here for the draft agenda.
For more information and registrations, click here.

Virtual ITS European Congress 2020
2020-11-09 - 2020-11-10 | Online
The Mobility R-evolution is on its way: join the first ever Virtual ITS European Congress by ERTICO.
On 9-10 November, the ITS European Congress will go digital, engaging the ITS Community to exchange ideas, discuss the latest trends and brainstorm about the mobility of the future in an innovative virtual format.
This is a great opportunity to join the conversation in just one click: experience the same energy of a face-to-face event and shape the future of smart mobility together with industry key players and stakeholders.
The hosting platform offers plenty of interactive tools: live streamed sessions, presentations, chat, surveys, polls, Q&A, a content library available for consultation and a digital exhibition.
If you are interested in sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, browse the website and learn more.
Register here!

Digital Transport Days 2020 – Save the Date!
2020-11-18 | Virtual event
European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean, in cooperation with the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has the pleasure to announce that Digital Transport Days 2020 will be held this year on 18 November in digital format.
Join us for this conference addressing new mobility challenges and the European vision of digitalisation for transport and mobility. We will in particular discuss to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic has affected transport and mobility, and how digitalisation can contribute to recovery and a return to a ‘new normal’ life. We will also exchange views on the contribution of digitalisation to the EU Green deal, to TEN-T networks and to the further development of the European mobility data space.
Come to keep up to date with the latest developments in the field, to help define and implement enabling policies , and to contribute to the development of customer-oriented services!
Come and discuss your ideas with public officials, experts, industry and service providers!
Further details will follow soon. For any questions and comments, feel free to contact the European Commission at info@digitaltransport.eu.
Source and photo credits: European Commission

6th DATEX II Forum – At the heart of connectivity
2020-11-25 | Online
To safeguard the health of all participants, DATEX II is organising its 6th DATEX II Forum in a slightly different setting:

On the original scheduled first day of the DATEX II Forum, 25 November 2020, a series of webinars will start;
The physical Forum will take place on 9/10 June 2021 in Paris.

With the finalisation of Version 3, DATEX II is now at the heart of connectivity, supporting the digitalisation of road traffic and travel information. Next to important updates implemented for national road operators and service providers, DATEX II has broadened its focus to the domains of urban mobility, electro mobility charging infrastructure, logistics, electronic traffic regulations and cooperative, connected and automated mobility. Both the webinars and the Forum will reflect these themes and topics in both the management and technical streams.
For more information, please click here.

Webinar on City Moonshot initiative
2020-11-27 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels)
ERTICO is organizing a webinar on the City Moonshot initiative exciting findings. Up to now, ERTICO City Moonshot has conducted one-to-one interviews with 50 cities globally. The City Moonshot team wants to celebrate the first findings by sharing them with ERTICO Partners exclusively.
The agenda of the webinar:
– Welcome and background to the initiative
– Where are we today and what we have learned
– Related activities and next steps
– Open discussion.
ERTICO City Moonshot team is in the process of interviewing 300 cities worldwide to understand their current needs and plans for the future on the following topics:
1. Sustainability (air quality and climate change)
2. Data sharing
3. Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS).
The overall goal of the City Moonshot is to help the ERTICO Partnership to better coordinate the work between public and private sectors and ultimately lead to faster uptake of intelligent transport solutions.
This event is open only to ERTICO Partners. If you have not received an invitation link yet, please contact the ERTICO Partnership team.

H2020 Road Transport Research European Conference
2020-11-30 - 2020-12-01 | Online
More than 70 projects dealing with road transport research funded under the Horizon 2020 Transport programme, will present their results at the 4th edition of the H2020 Road Transport Research European Conference (#H2020RTR20). Amongst these, ERTICO activities SAFE STRIP, ELVITEN and C-MobILE will have the opportunity to share their results and advancments.
Co-organised by the European Commission, ERTRAC and EGVIA , the H2020 Road Transport Research European Conference brings together leading-edge projects from road transport research to discuss their results, and reflect on the future of the fields covered by their research. The participating projects this year cover a number of areas, including green and electric vehicles; automated transport; safe, efficient, and resilient infrastructure; clean, inclusive, and safe mobility.

Registration
Draft Agenda

SHOW 1st Ideathon - Help us decide the best possible automated urban mobility solutions!
2021-01-15 | Online
SHOW supports the deployment of shared, connected, electrified automated vehicles in cities, to advance sustainable urban mobility. Real-life demonstrations will take place in 20 cities across Europe, to test the integration of automated vehicle fleets in public transport, demand-responsive transport (DRT), Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Logistics as a Service (LaaS) schemes.
In order to foster users’ and stakeholders’ engagement in the project and to develop solutions matching with their needs, ERTICO – together with EPF, CERTH & UITP – is organizing a series of Ideathons, Hackathons and Focus groups.
Οur first – online – Ideathon will take place on January 15th 2021 and we would really like you to participate, as we believe that you can offer great added value and we would really appreciate your input!
What’s in it for you?
By participating in the SHOW Ideathon you will:

Contribute to the development of automated urban mobility solutions that address end-users’ real needs
Get access to advanced knowledge on automated mobility and gain insights in the needs of different user groups
Be part of the biggest and most holistic initiative ever piloting automated vehicles in urban environments in Europe.

Register now here! Seats are limited so do not wait (we will confirm your participation).
For more information, contact:
Dr Nikolaos Tsampieris, n.tsampieris@mail.ertico.com
Frank Daems, f.daems@mail.ertico.com
Jana Habjan, j.habjan@mail.ertico.com

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
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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.
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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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