26th ITS World Congress: Smart Mobility Empowering Cities
2019-10-21 - 2019-10-25 | Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Themed Smart Mobility, Empowering Cities, 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, the world’s leading transport technology congress, will arrive at the shores of Singapore from 21 – 25 October 2019.
10,000+ Participants | 300+ Exhibitors | 20+ Technical Tours and Demonstrations.
Exhibiting at the World Congress provides your organisation with a truly valuable and unmatched experience that connects you to potential buyers, partners, investors and developers that are rooted in the ITS market.
Click here for more information.

Emission-free mobility: how will Europe reach its targets?
2019-11-06 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels) | BMW Brand Store, Boulevard de Waterloo 23-24, 1000 Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
ERTICO Partner BMW will be supporting and hosting the event “Emission-free mobility: how will Europe reach its targets?”, together with EURACTIV.
The Forum aims at understanding what action is required to achieve a carbon-neutral mobility sector and to reach the EU’s 2030 and 2050 targets. Is there a single solution or do we need to look at a mix of solutions such as: deployment of low-emission alternative energy for transport; electrification of transport; hybrid vehicles; battery technology; new lightweight materials; digital and connected vehicles technologies; interoperable infrastructure; data analysis?
Decarbonising transport is a core theme of the EU 2020 strategy. The long-term objective of the European Union on CO2 emissions is an overall reduction of 80-95% by 2050.
The leading position of the EU transport sector in the world is not cast in stone. A long-term strategy is needed to fully meet the energy demand of the transport sector from alternative and sustainable sources by 2050. This is the objective of the EU’s Clean Transport Systems (CTS) initiative.
Mobility systems in general and transportation in particular are undergoing profound transformations. They are expected to evolve more in the next 10 years than they have in the past 50. The EU faces a combination of challenges. Transport will fuel the modernisation of the economy and is a key source of European employment, but it also tops the ranking of polluters. The EU can show that modernising the economy and addressing climate change go hand in hand.
Some stakeholders argue it should start with incentivising the low-emission transition in the transport sector. A successful sustainable mobility strategy requires a systemic approach which acts at the intersection between technology, infrastructure financing, multi-modal mobility, and public-private partnerships. This implies coherence between mutually reinforcing policies such as climate, energy, transport, circular economy, industrial competitiveness, and research and innovation.
Speakers include:
Gwenole Cozigou, Director, Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains, DG GROW
Alexandre Paquot, Head of Unit Road Transport, DG CLIMA
Jens Gieseke MEP, TRAN Member, European People’s Party
Andreas Klugescheid, Head of Steering Government and External Affairs, BMW Group
Carlos Calvo Ambel, Director, Trends and Analysis, Transport&Environment
Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association
Click here for more information.

2019 CEF Transport MAP call virtual info day
2019-11-07 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Brussels
This event will be virtual only and will take place on the morning of Thursday 7 November 2019. You will receive the link to watch the presentations only if you have registered beforehand and the link will also be availabe from this page.
Live streaming & recording
The event will be live streamed and the recording will be available after it has taken place and reamin online for a period of two years. The link will be published on this page 24 hours before the actual event.
Registration
The event will be live streamed, but registration is nevertheless necessary as it will allow us to know how many stakeholders we have reached and improve events in the future.
REGISTER HERE
Click here for more information about the agenda.
Source: INEA

Cityx - The future of connected places - Business EXPO
2019-11-13 09:00 - 2019-11-14 18:30 (Europe/Brussels) | London, London, United Kingdom
Cityx is a two day expo organised by Connected Places Catapult taking place at the Urban Innovation Centre in London from 13 – 14 November 2019. Cityx will bring together leading thinkers, city leaders, academics and businesses to explore today’s priority city and mobility challenges, to discover how UK businesses are harnessing emerging technologies, to unlock radical new solutions and to develop the relationships needed to drive forward connected places for everyone.
Source and photo credit: Cityx

Connected and Automated Driving: what’s needed from the EU?
2019-11-13 10:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | REPRESENTATION OF THE FREE STATE OF BAVARIA, 77 WIERTZSTRAATBRUSSEL, BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST, 1000BELGIUM, Brussels, Belgium
As the new term of the European Commission and Parliament begins to take form, this event will look at what the key objectives should be of the European Union in advancing connected and automated driving.
The event aims to identify and discuss some of the major challenges and opportunities and whether the EU and Member States are acting decisively enough from an industry, consumer and societal perspective.
Issues expected to be discussed include research and development needs, testing of vehicles on the road, legislative requirements in the area of vehicle communication and cyber security, consumer acceptance and road infrastructure.
Draft Programme
10:00 Registration and welcome coffee
10:30 Introduction and keynote speeches

Barbara Schretter, Director of the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU

Timo Pesonen, Director-General of DG GROW (tbc)

Richard Cuerden, Director at TRL Academy – Setting the scene for vehicle connectivity and automation

11:00 Panel discussion: What should be the priorities of the EU on CAD?

Claire Depré, Head of Sustainable and Intelligent Transport Unit at DG MOVE, European Commission

Laurianne Krid, Director General at FIA Region I

Abayomi Otubushin, Corporate and Governmental Affairs, BMW Group (tbc)

Sigrid de Vries, Secretary General, CLEPA (tbc)

Fazilet Cinaralp, Secretary General, ETRMA

12:10 Closing Speeches

Maria Rautavirta, Director of Data Business Unit at the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications

Member of the European Parliament

Moderation: Katrina Sichel
12:30 Lunch buffet with demonstrations of new CAD initiatives and technologies.
Click here for more information.

Conference "Boosting Cross-Border Regions through Better Transport"
2019-11-14 | Charlemagne Building, Brussels, Belgium
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport are organising the conference on “Boosting Cross-Border Regions through better Transport!” taking place the 14 November 2019 at the Charlemagne Building in Brussels, Belgium.
Additional information on the programme & registration available here.
Source: European Commission

Smart City Expo World Congress 2019
2019-11-19 - 2019-11-21 | Gran Via Venue, Barcelona, Spain
ERTICO has the pleasure to collaborate with Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), an international event on cities and smart urban solutions organized by Fira de Barcelona, taking place from 19 to 21 November 2019. Under the theme Cities Made of Dreams the show and congress will reflect on the transformation that metropolises have experienced in the past decade, how many solutions that seemed sheer daydreaming back then are now reality and how we have the tools turn more dreams into reality in the near future.
The congress program will be structured in 5 themes, Digital Transformation, Urban Environment, Mobility, Governance & Finance, and Inclusive & Sharing Cities; and will cover topics such as Data-driven Cities, 5G and the future of Connectivity, Resilient Cities, Gentrification, Innovative Transport Systems, Multilevel Governance, Sharing and Collaborative Economy, Circular Economy and Cities for All. In 2019, the event will be jointly held with Smart Mobility Congress.
Don’t miss the chance to have a 25% discount on your pass with the code AD12A690. Click here to enter your code and benefit from the discount.
More information about this event is available on the official website.

5G TECHRITORY
2019-11-27 08:00 - 2019-11-29 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Riga, Latvia
ERTICO is excited to be partnering the Baltic Sea region 5G Ecosystem Forum “5G Techritory“, one of the leading 5G technology events worldwide, to be held in Riga, Latvia, between 27 and 29 November.
On November 27-29, 2019 in the Baltic capital of Riga, Latvia, 5G policymakers, heads of major industry organisations, and business leaders from Europe, the USA, and Asia will gather for one of the leading 5G events worldwide to discuss the deployment of the first commercially-viable 5G business models at 5G Techritory, the 2nd-annual Baltic Sea Region 5G Ecosystem Forum (the 5G Techritory Forum), organised by the Electronic Communications Office (ECO) of Latvia.
The invitation-only event is a working Forum taking leadership for setting the 5G agenda in Europe. Up to 1000 senior-level professionals driving 5G deployment will be in attendance. The Forum serves as a platform for cross-border, cross-level, and cross-sectoral collaboration in the Baltic Sea Region. It is developed in close cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers, which plays a key role in fostering the Nordic-Baltic digitalisation.
ERTICO Partners interested in joining this exclusive event can contact partnership@mail.ertico.com to receive a pass (please note that due to a limited number of passes, these will be given on a first come, first served basis).
The official promotional flier is now available and can be downloaded for print and distribution here.
5G deployment is actively pursued within the Baltic Sea Region, which is comprised of 9 countries: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Together, they comprise a population of over 150 million, placing the region on-par with global superpowers. As a result, the potential thought leadership, when collaborating, is high. These countries have already demonstrated leadership in developing the policy and infrastructure required for commercial 5G deployment.
The location of the 5G Techritory Forum, Riga, Latvia, is reflective of the Latvian government’s active participation in supporting the rollout of the 5th generation technology. According to the European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2019 report, the country is ranked 3rd in 5G readiness in Europe.
For further information contact: info@5gtechritory.com

Amsterdam Drone Week
2019-12-04 - 2019-12-06 | RAI Amsterdam, Europaplein 1078 GZ Amsterdam The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands
In less than a month, roughly 3000 professionals and 250 speakers from 51 different countries will converge on the RAI Amsterdam convention centre for the second edition of the Amsterdam Drone Week. ERTICO – ITS Europe is will be present at speaker.
ERTICO – ITS Europe is delighted to be partnering with Amsterdam Drone Week, the first official European platform for users, manufacturers, services and regulators, that unites the brightest and most creative minds of the UAS Industry.
During this edition of the Amsterdam Drone Week, various European cities will present their urban mobility plans for the future, and a great many new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) cooperative structures will be announced focusing on new forms of mobility in the airspace.
ERTICO will be represented by CEO Jacob Bangsgaard and Director of Innovation and Deployment Dr. Johanna Tzanidaki. On 4 December, don’t miss the presentation on “Building smart, safe and efficient multi-modal mobility” from 11:00 to 11:15 and the session on UAM & MaaS moderated by ERTICO from 16:00 to 17:00.
Hall 11 will be transformed into a full-fledged Drone Arena where flying demonstrations will be presented focusing on various drone-related innovations and applications. For example, unmanned aerial vehicles will be shown that are used for safety & security (life-saving drones), inspection & infrastructure (sewer inspections), logistics & transport (parcel shipping by air), and agriculture & nature (crop inspection).
These innovations will also be exhibited in the so-called Showcase Area, where the newest UAVs will be shown. So-called eVTOLs, electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, will also be exhibited in Amsterdam. These are electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles that can serve as aerial taxis.
Amsterdam Drone Week is a collaborative venture between RAI Amsterdam and EASA, the European agency responsible for the safety of air traffic. Additional partners include the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission, Airbus, Boeing, AirMap, Achmea and KPN.
The second edition of Amsterdam Drone Week from 4 to 6 December will make RAI Amsterdam the most important global venue for exchanging knowledge and expertise on current as well as future air mobility solutions, innovations, and essential regulations. It will be the meeting point where all top-level players, large and small, commercial and non-commercial, from various industries, knowledge institutes and authorised bodies will come together. The central theme will be, ‘How can drones be integrated effectively and efficiently into our airspace and how can urban areas best respond to these new developments?’
See you in Amsterdam!

The Future of Transport World Conference
2019-12-10 - 2019-12-11 | Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria
ERTICO has the pleasure to participate to the Future of Transport World Conference, taking place from 10-11 December in Vienna, Austria.
Join ERTICO’s Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen on Tuesday 10 December for the session on “Urban air mobility – needs and requirements of the third dimension”. The session will sketch an exciting picture of our future urban and suburban mobility. The main goal of this session is to support cities and regulators in preparing their responses and actions regarding these emerging, prominent services. The session also aims to show how drones will contribute toward integrating local communities and urban areas, enhancing the mobility network and answering real urban needs. Last-mile transport, passenger mobility, emergency use cases and traffic management will all be discussed, as well as issues on the governance of drone operations in the urban environment.
ERTICO will also be participating in another panel discussion “Panel Discussion – The pathway to MaaS and widespread adoption” from 16:45 to 17:30.
More information is available on the official website.

Autopilot TESTFEST
2019-12-16 11:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Av. Louise 326, 1050, Brussels, Av. Louise, Brussels
On 16 December, ERTICO will host the AUTOPILOT TESTFEST results presentation workshop. The event will showcase the findings of the interoperability trials between pilot sites and the data interoperability with SynchroniCity.
The TESTFEST has been organised as a remote event in which the pilot sites virtually met and test against each other to determine interoperability of the deployed AUTOPILOT infrastructure at different levels (platform, devices etc.).
Read the full agenda and register here.

Discuss V2X sector in the 5G era this December in Tampere, Finland
2019-12-17 | Rakennustalo RN201 auditorium, Hervanta campus, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
As Partner of the EU-funded project 5G-DRIVE, ERTICO is pleased to invite you on 17 December to Tampere, Finland, for a workshop showcasing 5G-DRIVE’s key outcomes, progress and plans on the V2X topics half way through the project, including joint trialing activities with the Chinese twin project led by China Mobile. The workshop builds synergy with 5G-MOBIX, another 5G-PPP project, sharing lessons learned, insights, challenges and opportunities seen in the V2X sector in the 5G era.
The half-day workshop takes the opportunity of and co-locate with ITS Factory 2nd Development Forum to meet and share ideas with key stakeholders that come from a nice mixture of industry and research background, with a focus on engaging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
This workshop is free of charge, but registration is mandatory as seats are limited. Click here to register.
The workshop itself is composed of two major parts of interaction with our audience:

Workshop / seminar: featuring keynote speakers and a panel discussion
Outdoor demonstration

Visit the event page on the project’s website for more information, including the event agenda.

Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2020
2020-01-12 - 2020-01-16 | Washington D.C., United States
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting will be held January 12–16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The information-packed program is expected to attract more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world.
The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2020 meeting: A Century of Progress: Foundation for the Future.
The full 2020 program, including information on nearly 800 sessions and workshops, is available now via the online Interactive Program. Also, if you’re registered for the meeting, you can get full program information via the mobile app.
The 99th Annual Meeting marks the beginning of the year-long TRB Centennial celebration. All full-meeting registrants onsite will be eligible to pick up a complimentary copy the TRB history book, The Transportation Research Board, 1920–2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited.
Click here for more information.

Workshop on Traffic Management Systems at TRB
2020-01-12 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Washington D.C., United States
Workshop #1030, at this year’s TRB Annual Meeting: “Vision, Concepts, and Capabilities for the Next Generation of Traffic Management Systems (TMSs)”
When: 9:00am-Noon ET, Sunday, Jan. 12th
Where: Salon B of the Washington Convention Center.
Attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback on key issues to consider, successful practices, and resources to use when preparing a vision, developing a concept of operations, and identifying key capabilities of the next-generation of an agencies TMS. More information about the workshop and the agenda can be found here. Framing presentations and read-ahead material are posted on the TRB Freeway Operations Committee website at: https://sites.google.com/view/trbfreewayops-ahb20.
For those not able to attend and participate in this workshop, remote participation will be possible via webinar and phone. Instructions are included here.

ITS France Congress
2020-01-22 - 2020-01-23 | Le Beffroi de Montrouge, 2 Place Emile Cresp - 92120 MONTROUGE, Paris, France
Organised by ATEC, the 47th ITS France Congress will take place from 22 to 23 January 2020 in Paris. The Congress will give a unique opportunity to all transport and mobility stakeholders in France to present their latest innovations, meet prime contractors and suppliers of solutions and encourage the deployment of new projects. The Intelligent Mobility Meetings offer an ideal format for effective business exchanges: professional organization, a friendly atmosphere and relevant guests. All the ingredients necessary to make these 2 days an essential event to strengthen your network.
For more information, please click here.

ERTS Congress "Artificial intelligence technologies will be paramount"
2020-01-29 - 2020-01-31 | Toulouse, Toulouse, France
The ERTS Congress will celebrate in January 2020 its 10th Edition: what does this scientific conference represent compared to other events in the same domain?
This event builds on the know-how and history of the Occitanie Region in engineering and embedded systems. It deals with avionics, space and automotive domains that are at the core of this activity. But it goes far beyond, since today ERTS is tackling ever wider areas of application like railways, health and agriculture. This congress relies on the actors of our industrial fabric which has been growing locally for a long time. It results from strong collaborations – often built-up thanks to joint laboratories – between the researchers of CNRS & University of Toulouse and companies like Airbus, Continental, Thales. The IRT Saint Exupéry is also an important enabler of this collaboration. ERTS 2020 is therefore a unique international event at the crossroads between academic and corporate research.
This year, among the 105 submissions, the ERTS Program Committee, which I chair, has selected 56 contributions that will be presented as regular paper and talk and 11 as short paper and talk (with a poster).
Click here for more information.

Conference: Mobility reforms transforming the EU’s transport sector
2020-02-04 14:30 - 17:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Brussels
Conference on Mobility reforms transforming the EU’s transport sector, co-organized by the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU and Uber.
The event will take place on 4 February 2020 at 14.30, at the Slovak Permanent Representation premises on Avenue de Cortenbergh 79, Bruxelles 1000.
Ride-hailing services are growing across the EU, offering citizens and cities convenient shared transport options. These solutions have the potential to transform urban mobility, complementing public transit and reducing private car ownership.
As local authorities and national governments try to create or adapt legal frameworks to bring these services onboard alongside traditional operators, it is vital that emerging best practice from around Europe is shared and learned from. In this regard, recent developments from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region have shown the way to transform the mobility sector without leaving traditional operators behind.
This event will bring together key stakeholders to discuss existing best practice in regulatory reform and exchange views on what can be done at national and EU level to enable these services to grow and develop as part of a sustainable multi-modal transport system.
Speakers include:

Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General – DG MOVE, European Commission
Peter Varga, Director General for Road Transport – Slovak Ministry of Transport and Construction
Eddy Liegeois, Head of Unit, Road Transport – DG MOVE, European Commission
Philippe Crist, Advisor for Innovation and Foresight for the International Transport Forum (ITF) – OECD
Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General – POLIS
Kalle Palling, Co-Founder of insurtech startup Cachet, former MEP and father of Estonian taxi liberalisation reform
Horst Heitz, Executive Director – SME Europe
Emmanuel Mounier, Secretary General – EU Travel Tech Association
Annabelle Huet, Expert Legal Affairs – UITP
Zuzana Púčiková, Head of EU Public Policy – Uber
Moderator: Laura Shields – Founder and Managing Director of Red Thread EU

Wrap at around 17.30, followed by networking drinks.
Registration: Please confirm your participation by registering here.

AUTOPILOT final event
2020-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Versailles, France
AUTOPILOT is pleased to invite you to its Final Event next 6 February 2020, in Versailles, France, at mobiLAB and PSA Motorsports.
Click here to read how to get there
Come together with European policy makers and industry to find out how IoT and the automated driving world connect.
AUTOPILOT has brought a piece of future to Connected and Automated mobility. The European Large Scale Pilot has played a key role in the digital transformation of autonomous driving by increasing driving environment perception using IoT.
The event will be a great opportunity to learn more about AUTOPILOT results, their impact on technology solutions and new business models.
You will have the opportunity to experience live demonstrations and interact with experts during several AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions; to visit our exhibition and discover more about the IoT platforms, sensors and mobility services developed and deployed in Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Korea.

Highways England Hackathon I Milton Keynes
2020-02-08 11:00 - 2020-02-09 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Milton Keynes, 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
The Connected Places Catapult has joined forces with Highways England to unlock the value of data on the UK’s Motorways in an intense 2-day hackathon.
We’ll provide a wealth of data from traffic flows, accident information to the location of every piece of hardware on the network. Competitors will be asked to find ways to aid decision making & planning, improve safety, provide a better service to road users and find new ways to reduce disruption from maintenance.
At the end of the event a panel of judges, including senior decision makers at Highways England will pick the best idea based on a pitch presentation from each team. They’ll be looking for:
Solutions that combine different models and/or data to:

Improve safety on the network (for instance predicting or reducing the likelihood of accidents)
Optimise delivery of asset maintenance or major works
Provide improved service to road users

Solutions which find new and consistent ways of digitalising and tracking multiple HE assets to:

Provide better insights to the leadership team
Help assess the impact of planned works or design changes
Deliver efficiency savings across road operations (i.e maintenance schedules)

You can check out the information briefing to help you shape your solutions for the best chance to win!
Who?
Teams of up to 5 can participate. You are welcome to form teams beforehand or join up on the day!
Our aim is to have a number of perspectives, so SMEs, Start-ups, Academics, Students and Hackathon Pros are all welcome. We’ll need coders, data visualisers and data scientists, innovators, business strategists and planners to help us make the most of all the lovely data we have!
What we’ll provide

Food, drink and entertainment throughout the event
Space to work throughout the 24hrs (including over-night!)
Access to mentors from Highways England and the Connected Places Catapult
Free Wifi
Access to data

What you’ll need

Your own computer equipment
Potentially a sleeping bag and overnight supplies!

What we expect from you:

Aside from new ideas and fresh perspectives we expect you to respect the other participants:
Do not use expressions that incite violence or forms of discrimination, obscenity, or defamation;
Avoid content that is offensive, vulgar, defamatory, or that violates privacy or is otherwise against applicable law, as well as advertising content or content that concerns political or religious views or other such ideologies;
Avoid developing applications that are clearly off topic compared to the assigned challenge;
Do not violate copyrights, trademarks, or other such rights;
Observe data-protection legislation.

Other than that, have fun and show us what you can do!
Register here.

InterCor final event: The future of Cooperative Mobility Services across Europe
2020-02-13 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel 71 Avenue Louise 1050 Bruxelles, 71 Avenue Louise, Brussels, Belgium
The InterCor final event and Focus On workshop The future of Cooperative Mobility Services across Europe will take place on 13th February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The one-day event will mark the end of the project InterCor and the start of market roll-out.
This event will address the real-life assessment and benefits of C-ITS services operations linking corridor initiatives in Belgium, Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom into the European network. The Focus On session will also look into the ‘why, how & what’ of Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility for the European Union. High level panel discussions will explore the implications of C-ITS cross border deployment and reveal the views of representatives from other C-ITS deployment initiatives, local / regional / national authorities, and the European policy makers.
Click here to register.

ARCADE & ERTRAC Joint Stakeholder Workshop
2020-02-13 10:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | ERTICO – ITS Europe, Av. Louise, Brussels, Belgium
The next Stakeholder workshop of ARCADE Joint Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) Network and ERTRAC Working Group on “Connectivity and Automated Driving” will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 February 2020. The workshop is targeted (though not limited to) stakeholders from industry, scientific research, policy makers, public and road authorities, user associations and others with an interest in Connected and Automated Driving.
Agenda
10:00 Welcome, introduction and workshop goals

Short introduction about ARCADE
Overview of CAD consolidated Roadmap (2019)
Presentation of CAD Knowledge Base

11:00 Scenarios and key uncertainties

Presentation of first year results and outlook on 2020 work

11:45 Coffee, walk around and feedback

Posters on key uncertainties (tech/services/society)
Walk around and feedback in 2 rounds

12:35 Lunch
13:35 Action based approach

Introduce process
Presentation of selected actions

13:50 Break out per action/poster session

3 groups at one time;
Feedback in 2 rounds or duplicate

15:10 Coffee break
15:35 Wrap up

Results from break outs
Outlook to next steps

16:30 End
Download the Save-the-Date announcement here.

Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum - Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place
2020-02-18 - 2020-02-19 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, Directorate-General for Climate Action and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (EASME) are jointly organising the 2020 edition of the Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum – Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place.
Registrations are available here.
The conference will include plenary sessions with high-level representatives from Covenant of Mayors initiative, the investment community, and the European Commission, a showcase of successful projects on:

Energy Efficiency Finance – Sources of Value;
Future-proof Investments – Financing Climate Adaptation;
Financing Clean Urban Mobility;
Financing Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector;
Financing Home Renovation;
Innovative Sustainable Energy Planning.

The conference will bring together cities, industry and financial institutions to exchange on good practices and successful solutions to common challenges.
Find more information on the event’s website.

3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety: Achieving Global Goals
2020-02-19 - 2020-02-20 | Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden is to host the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. The conference will be co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), and minister-led delegations from more than 100 countries are expected to attend. Representatives from the world of industry and research, international institutions and other global organisations will also participate.
The conference marks the end of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 and the starting point for continued collaboration on road safety. The aim is to reach a global consensus on guidelines for continued international collaboration on road safety up to 2030.
For more information, please visit the event website.

ITS World Congress 2021: Open Day
2020-03-03 | Hamburg Messe B-Halls (East entrance), Hamburg, Germany
ERTICO and the City of Hamburg invite interested parties to an open meeting on commercial partnership and exhibition opportunities for the ITS World Congress 2021. Under the theme “Experience Future Mobility Now”, the Congress will focus on innovative ITS solutions for easier and healthier mobility options in people’s everyday life.
Exhibiting and commercial partnership are key in contributing to the success of an event, which is why the ITS World Congress invites all sectors to play a role in the on-going development of Intelligent Transport Solutions (ITS). The exhibition and partnership packages available reflect a commitment to bringing together industry professionals with unique ITS expertise and technology in order to develop new business solutions.
The Open Day will include a panel discussion on smart mobility and how ITS is starting to “Experience Future Mobility Now”, featuring some of the German Start-ups.
The day will also provide general information on the ITS World Congress 2021, as well as details on how to become a commercial partner or exhibitor. Most importantly it will give you the chance to discuss how your organization and the 28th ITS World Congress team can work together to showcase the future of ITS.
Time: 09:30 – 14:30 on 3 March 2020
Location: Hamburg Messe B-Halls (East entrance)
Preliminary Programme
09:30 – Registration/Coffee & Pastries
10:00 – Welcome words

Martin Huber, Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO, ERTICO – ITS Europe

10:30 – Congress presentation by ERTICO and Host City
11:15 – Commercial Partnership & Exhibition Presentation
11:45 – StartUp Panel Session – “ITS – Experience Future Mobility Now”
12:15 – Visit of the Exhibition Halls – guided walk
13.15 – Lunch and the chance for one-on-one discussions with representatives from the ERTICO and Congress Commercial Partnership and Exhibition team, who will be present to answer more detailed questions about the ITS World Congress 2021.

Volkswagen Brand annual media conference 2020
2020-03-18 09:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Brussels
The Volkswagen Brand annual media conference will be broadcasted live on Wednesday, March 18th, from 09:00 – 11:30 CET (08:00am GMT – 10:30am GMT).
All material will be available for downlink without copyright restrictions.
Contact on site: Mirco, 0049-152-56190258
A recording will be made available for download under:
https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/live-stream-5455
More information here.

ERTICO Academy Webinar: Electronic freight documents and data
2020-03-20 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Webinar
With Sweden becoming the 25th country in Europe to accept electronic freight document (e-CMR), what is the forecast for wider digitalisation of European supply chains? How will COVID-19 impact supply chains in short, medium and long term? Finally, what is still stopping us from digitalising supply chains?
Date: Friday, 20 March 2020
Time: 15:00 – 16:00 CET
Presentation by Pionira, one of the market leading companies in Europe on digital freight data and documents
Moderated by Zeljko Jeftic, ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Register your participation under this link.

EU-Arab Aviation summit
2020-03-23 - 2020-03-24 | Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
The event is jointly Organised by the European Commission and the Arab Civil Aviation Organization.
To attend the EU-Summit, please send your registration, including your name, family name, job title, name of your organisation and e-mail address.
Please note that the number of participants is limited by the capacity of the summit venue. The organisers therefore reserve the right to refuse registration. There is no registration fee for participating in the EU-Arab Aviation Summit.
Summit participants can benefit from special rates at the Phoenicia Hotel. Please see further details of this offer in the booking form. To benefit from the special rates, please return the registration form directly to the hotel (Stephanie.Kourieh@phoeniciabeirut.com). The special rates will be available for bookings effectuated before 4 February 2020. After this date, rooms and rates will be subject to availability.
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West Midlands 5G's (WM5G) launch of the UK's first 5G Accelerator
2020-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
This is an exciting opportunity for the West Midlands and we hope you’re able to watch us mark the occasion and join our virtual announcement on:
Friday, 27 March at 12 noon (GMT)
We look forward to sharing this exciting opportunity and importantly how you can engage with these new facilities.
To join the event please click on this link using the password “Launch2020”
Following presentations, we will have a live Q&A so please submit your questions in the Q&A feature during the event, we will answer as many questions in the time given.
We hope to ‘see’ you then.
Please note the link will be live from 12 noon on Friday 27 March.

ERTICO Academy Webinar: Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
2020-03-27 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/Brussels) | Webinar
Mobility-as-a- Service (MaaS) is a hot topic in the discussion on the future of transport. What exactly does it mean? What happens if we model & simulate one or multiple versions of the future and MaaS in one of the Scandinavian capitals? Join the discussion on public sector consultations and the industry’s response to questions on MaaS.
Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
Time: 15:00 – 16:15 CET
Presentations by

Keelan Fadden-Hopper, West Midlands Transport Authority (UK),
Paul Speirs, PTV Group (Germany)
Valerie Lefler, Feonix Mobility Rising (USA)

Moderated by Zeljko Jeftic, ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Please register your participation under this link.

ERTICO Academy Webinar: Truck platooning - potential solution to truck driver shortage?
2020-04-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
With driver shortage threatening to disrupt future supply chains, how can technology potentially support the industry? What have we learned from the leading European project on truck platooning, ENSEMBLE? And what are other developments in the world?
Date: Friday, 03 April 2020
Time: 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Presentations by

Dr. D.M. (Marika) Hoedemaeker, Project Manager, Integrated Vehicle Safety, TNO
Richard Bishop, Principal, Bishop Consulting & Advisor, Peloton Technology

Moderated by Frank Daems, Senior Manager, ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Please register your participation on this link.
