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EU Connected Automated Driving conference
2019-04-02 - 2019-04-03 | Brussels
The deployment of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) can contribute significantly to our policy goals of bringing down the number of road fatalities, reducing harmful emissions from transport and reducing congestion. At the same time, automated mobility has the potential to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry, create new jobs and boost economic growth.
It is the ambition of the European Commission to make Europe a world leader in the deployment of connected and automated mobility. Technological progress is very fast and the market for connected and automated vehicles is expected to grow exponentially.
With the EUCAD 2019 conference, which comes almost one year after the publication of the Communication on automated mobility and two years after EUCAD 2017, the European Commission intends to take stock of the implementation of the different actions of the European agenda.
EUCAD 2019 is the only conference in Europe that brings together political leaders from the European Commission and Member States with high-level representatives of industry and road authorities to discuss all the major challenges related to automated mobility.
Taking place just one month before European elections, EUCAD 2019 will also convey a strong message to citizens: their acceptance is key to the success of CAD. Engaging different segments of society in the discussion helps to establish a sense of inclusiveness and shared ownership and will encourage this acceptance.
Click here for more details.

Collaborative Innovation Days – logistics information spaces: from data to value
2019-04-04 | Brussels
Enterprises and authorities are operating within global and complex supply and logistics networks that increasingly rely on data exchange to optimize and synchronize their processes. Freight Transport and Logistics is a fragmented industry with great involvement of SMEs that require simple, ready-to-use solutions since they lack enough knowledge and investment capital. Managing data has been a key research topic for more than a decade and it is indeed nowadays a significant success factor for logistics companies. Data markets and platforms are important enablers to achieve seamless information sharing to build efficient end to end logistics operations. By means of data analysis, companies can optimise both their own and their customers‘ supply chain.
The Digital Transport and Logistics Forum, DTLF aims to build a common vision and road map towards a federative platform in Europe, where existing data markets and platforms are interoperable and operate as one towards enterprises and authorities.
In this Collaborative Innovation Day, we will share experiences and knowledge on industry & public initiatives, research and innovation projects in the field. We will revisit priorities included in ALICE roadmap on Information Systems for Interconnected Logistics and the conclusions of the Digitalization Collaborative Innovation Day in 2017.
Questions addressed:

What are the barriers to data sharing? are they technical (i.e. systems integration and communication), organizational, economical (value for logistics & supply chain underestimated) or cultural?
Would the initiative of the DTLF to create a federative platform help business and authorities to improve data sharing? Who should drive the development of this collaboration amongst data markets and platforms, what would be the role of EC, Member States authorities, supply and logistics enterprises and data market/-platform/technology providers?

Which are the main strategies to ensure data sovereignty?

Which is the actual implementation and use of data sharing platforms & ecosystems? Which are the most successful cases? How has trust been built?
How are logistics data spaces created? Which are the different governance models? How to easily pool platforms, applications and services?
How are logistics data markets emerging? Which are the expected developments in the field?

Click here for the draft agenda.
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Docks the Future Mid-Term Conference
2019-04-04 | Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Docks the Future Mid Term Conference is titled “Envisioning the Port of the Future: the 2030 horizon” and will be held in Trieste on 4th April 2019. The objective of the DocksTheFuture Midterm conference is two-fold: on the one hand the goal is to communicate the first project results and, on the other hand, the objective is to validate the concepts, topics, and targets defined in the clustering of project and activities of interest for the definition of the Port of the Future.
In particular, DocksTheFuture:
–Refines and tunes the Port of Future concepts, the Port of the Future topics and their related targets in 2030 and the list of projects to be clustered together with the PortForward, PIXEL and Corealis projects
–Identifies appropriate KPIs (“Key Performance Indicators”) and relevant monitoring and evaluation of action results.
–Leads to the “Port of the Future Road Map for 2030” that includes a number of exploitation elements, such as tools for evaluation and transferability of Port of the Future solutions, R&D and policy recommendations, training packages and the creation of a “Port of the Future Network of Excellence”. The DocksTheFuture Project – which started in January 2018 and will run for 30 months until June, 30th, 2020 – entails a Communication and Dissemination Plan addressing all TEN-T Core and Comprehensive Ports and main port stakeholders.
Join us to discuss the preliminary results of the Horizon 2020 funded project, aiming at defining the concept of the port(s) of the future.
Click here to register.
Click here to view the agenda.

Electro-mobility hackathon 2019 - Deadline for applications extended
2019-04-10
Are you…

a startup?
an application developer?
an Electromobility Service and/or application provider?
an entrepreneur or a student (MS, PhD candidates)?
interested in making a real impact on the Electromobility sector ?

Do you have a good idea for an Electromobility service or think of creating a novel smart service that could change the way we deal with issues related to Electric Vehicle (EV) charging and use?
You now have the chance to share your already developed Electromobility Services or fire up your creativity for innovative applications through the NeMo Hackathon that runs virtually until May 2019.
Bring your ideas to the table and join the NeMo Virtual Hackathon today!
The Hackathon
The EU-funded NeMo project organizes a virtual Hackathon aimed at the developer community.
The NeMo project creates a Hyper-Network of new and existing tools, models and services, which provides seamless interoperability of electromobility services, creating an open, distributed and widely accepted ecosystem for electromobility. The NeMo Hyper-Network is a distributed environment with open architecture based on standardised interfaces, in which all electromobility actors, physical (e.g. CP, electricity grid, EV’s) or digital (e.g. CPO’s, DSO’s, EMP’s, EV owners, etc.) can connect and interact seamlessly, in order to exchange data and to provide more elaborate e-mobility ICT services in a fully integrated and interoperable way for both B2B and B2C. The connection is based on dynamic translation of data and services interfaces according to the needs of the specific local scenario and the involved stakeholders.
The goal of the NeMo Hackathon is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Hyper-Network open tools for service creation, asking external developers, start-ups, service and application providers or other entrepreneurs and students to develop innovative electromobility services (i.e. web/mobile applications, B2C apps), either completely new or combining existing services provided/published in the NeMo Hyper-Network.
The specific objectives of the Hackathon are to:

Evaluate the effectiveness of the Hyper-Network open tools for services creation – Rapid service building challenge following NeMo backbone development and internal testing. B2C apps with developers leveraging the “Service Creation” domain and offering the B2C apps via the “Service Delivery” domain.
Integrate existing data or new data from actors’ services in the Hyper-Network.
Define and use APIs for new interoperable services such as CP searching and booking services.
Design and interconnect existing and new third party electromobility services and extend it with eRoaming capabilities.
Design and develop new horizontal services to integrate additional functionalities into existing or new electromobility services.
Use the Service Creation and Service Delivery domains.

Components and tools to use in the NeMo Hackathon
The Hackathon invites participants to come up with new ideas and apps (web/mobile, B2B and B2C) and other services for promoting Electromobility deployment with the usage of the:

NeMo open tools for service creation
NeMo Hyper-network for electromobility
Already developed services that are available in the Hyper-network
NeMo Common Information Models

For further details see the NeMo website.
Expected innovations
The proposed services/apps must be relevant to electromobility and must meet the basic project objectives. Innovators are specifically asked to:

Create a service (B2B or B2C application)
Produce the technical files related to the developed service, which are:

A technical specification file of the service
A translation transformation specification file (XML), based on the available service creation manual
A semantic description file (OWL-s), using the Service Creation Tool

Create a repository for the technical files (Gitlab)
Define an API for new interoperable services
Integrate existing or new data in the Hyper- Network
Develop an application compliant with the NeMo CIM

Hackathon process
Potential participants are invited to declare their interest to join the NeMo Hackathon by sending a short description of their idea (approx. 1000 words) and an architecture diagram (pictures/graphs/videos, etc.), to hackathon@nemo-emobility.eu by 10 April 2019.

Individuals entering the Hackathon under their own name should also include a short biography describing the nature of their research/work/study (200 words max).
In case of team participation, a short biography of one of the team members is required, with a mention that they apply on behalf of a team, and a list of team members.

All proposals will be evaluated by the Hackathon Jury for their relevance to the basic objectives of the competition and their potential to meet the given criteria that are presented in detail below.
By the time the initial proposals are submitted, a series of webinars will be organised to familiarise interested applicants with the functionalities of the Hyper-Network and the NeMo tools for Service Creation.
Three submissions will be selected for implementation by 9 April 2019. The three finalists will have up to 27 of May 00:00 to deliver their final developed applications/services. The finalists will be offered a constant assistance during the second phase of the Hackathon (the development phase) by the group of Mentors.
After final submission, the three finalists will have up to one week to upload their applications to the NeMo Hyper-Network with the help of the NeMo Hackathon Mentors. The applications will be available on the Hyper-Network in time for the 13th ITS European Congress (3-6 June 2019).
A second round of evaluation will follow the ITS European Congress, and the Hackathon Final Winner will be announced by 17 June 2019.
For more information, please email hackathon@nemo-emobility.eu

Eurasia Rail
2019-04-10 - 2019-04-12 | fairizmir, Izmir, Turkey, Turkey
Eurasia Rail is the only rail and rolling stock exhibition in Turkey and one of the top 3 shows of its kind in the world.
Hosting 200 exhibiting companies and around 12,000 visitors, it is the essential exhibition for the railway and rolling stock industry in Turkey, featuring leading products and services from the public and private sector.
It’s the main route into Turkey’s massively lucrative railway sector – the meeting place for the sector’s buyers and decision makers.
Click here to visit the official website.

Register for the Open Mobility Conference 2019
2019-04-11 | Kanal – Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The TravelSpirit and MaaS Alliance Open Mobility Conference 2019 will bring together innovators, disruptive thinkers, transport authorities, operators, technology providers and infrastructure developers in a unique co-creative environment to begin to answer the big questions for the future of mobility:
• How can we ensure MaaS is developed in a way that is inclusive, sustainable and helps tackle climate change?
• How can we create new mobility services that can be easily deployed, scaled, and integrated seamlessly with existing provision?
• What does an open ecosystem and Internet of Mobility look like, and what opportunities does it create?
• What transformations to corporate mindset, public policy, investment climate and transport regulations are needed to support the above?
• Why is openness so important?
Click here for our published agenda
This exciting and progressive event will gather inspiring examples from diverse elements of the transport industry – automotive, airline, travel, logistics, taxi and public transport.
We will look at the elements and structure of open ecosystems, the barriers to seamless travel and freedom of movement, and how to build open foundations, ecosystems and the Internet of Mobility.
Our journey towards an open ecosystem starts with our Open Mobility Conference. Join us!
ERTICO – ITS Europe members can claim an exclusive 25% discount on the ticket price

Final paper submission for MT-ITS 2019
2019-04-15
The Cracow University of Technology, Department of Transportation Systems is a proud organizer of 6th edition of International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2019) in Kraków, Poland. In line with previous conferences in Rome (2009), Leuven (2011), Dresden (2013), Budapest (2015) and Napoli (2017) MT-ITS 2019 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from across Europe and the rest of the world to discuss emerging trends and developments in modelling and technology for ITS, to present state-of-the-art updates and to facilitate cross-fertilization between these two key areas of transportation systems. Attendees will experience a friendly and creative environment involving experts from science, industry and the public sector.
Click here for more information.

"Road Transport 2019" conference
2019-04-25 | Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
“Road Transport 2019” will be held in Bratislava on Thursday, 25 April 2019. The main theme of the conference is “Greening of Transport and Technological Innovations as a Competitive Advantage in Road Transport”. Please see enclosed Invitation for further details. More specifically, the conference will be focused on the following thematic areas:
• Autonomous Vehicles / self-driving car advanced technologies. Smart solutions and digitalization in road transport and logistics. Smart tachographs implementation. Electronic support of freight transport.
• Clean mobility strategy. Decarbonisation of road transport. CO2 emission reduction and standards for heavy duty vehicles. Innovations in road freight and passenger transport. Alternative powertrains and fuels.
More information will follow.

SENSORIS General Assembly - For Members only
2019-05-21 - 2019-05-22 | Ingolstadt, Germany

Electro-mobility Expert Workshop
2019-05-22 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Room Mezzanine 6 Eurexpo, Lyon, France, Lyon, France
The workshop, organised by FUTURE RADAR, will focus on the achievements, impacts and gaps of EU research and innovation funding on road transport electrification in Europe.
At the workshop, experts from research and industry will jointly define the current state of research and development in the field of electrification of road transport. A useful starting point for this will be the European Roadmap Electrification of Road Transport edited by the European Technology Platforms ERTRAC, EPoSS and ETIP SNET in 2017. Given the actual state, white spots and new topics revealing existing research needs are expected to be identified in interactive group works and discussions, generating potential input for future work programs in the new EU framework for research and innovation.
The workshop is organized by the EU funded project FUTURE-RADAR, support action for the European Green Vehicles Initiative cPPP and the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council. Please note that the workshop will be embedded as a side event in the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-32), the largest international conference on sustainable mobility and road transport electrification. Participation is free of charge but requires a 1-day AEC2019 or full access conference pass for the EVS-32.
A draft agenda is available here.
Please register to the workshop before by sending a short confirmation email to Davina Wenninger.

European Conference on Mobility Management (ECOMM)
2019-05-29 - 2019-05-31 | Edinburgh, Edinburgh
The 23rd edition of the European Conference on Mobility Management will be held in Edinburgh between 29th – 31st May 2019.
The ECOMM has developed as THE meeting place for Mobility Management practitioners and experts all over Europe. ECOMM is a three day event with excursions, keynote speeches, an exhibition, 50-80 presentations and workshops and lots of opportunities for making new contacts. It takes place every year in May in a European city selected by EPOMM and attracts 300-400 delegates.
Papers are selected by an International Programme Committee (IPC) with appointed experts from all EPOMM member states. The programme is developed in a cooperation between the host city, the IPC and EPOMM. EPOMM takes care that the ECOMM maintains its agreeable size, its high quality, and also strives for its continuous improvement.
Click here for more information.

ITS European Congress
2019-06-03 - 2019-06-06 | Evoluon, Noord Brabantlaan 1A Eindhoven, Nederlands Automotive Campus 30 Helmond, Netherlands, Netherlands
If you are interested in the future of mobility, then the ITS European Congress is an unmissable opportunity to join important discussions, share your knowledge and learn about the latest technologies and policy developments in Europe.

You will have the opportunity to:

Exchange information with 3000 industry stakeholders and influencers
Discover the latest smart mobility solutions
Hear from top mobility experts, CEO’s, CTO’s and key decision makers that shape the future of ITS today
Share experiences and lessons learned
Monitor progress and measure results of implementation and deployment
See the latest mobility trends and solutions with more than 200 companies and organisations exhibiting at the Congress
Enter business and partnership opportunities
Experience the latest technology first hand through demonstrations
Brainport Region: Located in the Southeast Netherlands, Brainport Eindhoven is a leading technology region and known as one of Europe’s most prominent and innovative high-tech centers.
Join the discussion with over 3000 attendees from around the world! Start today by using the hashtag #ITSNL2019

Click here for more information.

C-ITS TRAINING AND CITY POOL WORKSHOP
2019-06-05 | Automotive Campus, Helmond, Netherlands
This full day of training and exchanges on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) provides a space where transport authorities can learn about best practices of successful implementations across Europe, share and receive feedback on real-life deployment experiences.
Are you familiar with C-ITS?
Are you curious about how other cities managed to deploy a wide range of C-ITS services, and how this helped them improving traffic safety and efficiency?
This event dedicated to training and exchanges on C-ITS deployment is the perfect opportunity for public authorities to get access to practical knowledge, concrete demonstrations, and latest innovative C-ITS trends. The morning training session, provided by the experts and city practitioners of the CAPITAL training project, will explore the deployment of C-ITS services in cities.
Since 2015, the C-ITS City Pool acts as a central meeting point between transport authorities committed to C-ITS deployment and other cities / regions interested in how C-ITS can improve urban & regional mobility, in view of raising awareness and supporting deployment.
Join the C-ITS Training and City Pool Workshop and learn from other cities about C-ITS and what it can bring to your community, but also what hurdles you should expect when trying to implement. Share knowledge, gather best practices, speak with your peers and make arrangements for follow-up contacts and collaborations.
The participation in the workshop is free of charge but registration is required. Registration will be announced at a later date.
Draft Programme
09:00-12:30 Training Workshop
A training interactive session with C-ITS professionals and transport practitioners, organized by the European project CAPITAL
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Technical Showcase
Privileged access to the ITS European Congress C-MobILE demonstration of C-ITS applications
14:30-17:00 C-ITS City Pool Workshop
A workshop to share and receive feedback on real-life deployment experiences, which includes a matchmaking session for cities and transport authorities with C-ITS professionals organised by the European project C-MobILE.

MT-ITS 2019
2019-06-05 - 2019-06-07 | Kraków, Poland, Kraków, Poland
The Cracow University of Technology, Department of Transportation Systems is a proud organizer of 6th edition of International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2019) in Kraków, Poland. In line with previous conferences in Rome (2009), Leuven (2011), Dresden (2013), Budapest (2015) and Napoli (2017) MT-ITS 2019 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from across Europe and the rest of the world to discuss emerging trends and developments in modelling and technology for ITS, to present state-of-the-art updates and to facilitate cross-fertilization between these two key areas of transportation systems. Attendees will experience a friendly and creative environment involving experts from science, industry and the public sector.
More information on the topics and important deadlines is available here.

6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems
2019-06-05 - 2019-06-07 | Kraków, Poland
The Cracow University of Technology, Department of Transportation Systems is a proud organizer of 6th edition of International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2019) in Kraków, Poland. In line with previous conferences in Rome (2009), Leuven (2011), Dresden (2013), Budapest (2015) and Napoli (2017) MT-ITS 2019 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from across Europe and the rest of the world to discuss emerging trends and developments in modelling and technology for ITS, to present state-of-the-art updates and to facilitate cross-fertilization between these two key areas of transportation systems. Attendees will experience a friendly and creative environment involving experts from science, industry and the public sector.
For more information on the topics, click here.

International Symposium on Driving Science (IJDS)
2019-06-07 | Pullman Hotel Eindhoven Cocagne, Netherlands
The second International Symposium on Driving Science (IJDS) takes place on June 7th 2019, following ITS European Congress 2019 in the brain port region Eindhoven – Helmond.
Central question during the 2nd Driving Science symposium is how the driver interacts with driver-vehicle systems in advanced environments.
The symposium includes keynotes, invited presentations by eminent scientists and state-of-the-art presentations from industry. You are invited to participate in the symposium with a presentation. We are looking forward to your contribution related to one or more of the following symposium topics:
– Autonomous driving
– ADAS
– Driver behavior
-Connected other modes
The Driving Science Symposium provides a forum for researchers and engineers from academia, industry and government involved in Driving Sciences throughout the world, to present their latest findings and ideas.
Click here for more information.

ERTS 2020: Deadline for call for papers
2019-06-09
On behalf of ERTS 2020 committee, it is a great pleasure to announce the 10th edition of the European Congress of Embedded Real Time Systems (ERTS).
The ERTS congress created by the late Jean-Claude Laprie in 2002 is a unique European cross sector event on Embedded Systems, a platform for top-level scientists with representatives from universities, research centres, agencies and industries. The previous editions gathered more than 100 talks, 500 participants and 60 exhibitors.
Original and unpublished submissions are solicited, which may be under two forms: Regular and Short papers.

Regular papers presenting achieved results. The selection will be based firstly on the review of extended abstract (4 pages) followed by the review of the full paper (10 pages) for final acceptance. Accepted regular papers will be published in the proceedings and presented in an oral session at the congress (registration and presentation by one author are mandatory).
Short papers reporting on work in progress. The selection will be based on the review of the full short paper (4 pages). Each accepted short paper will be published in the proceedings and presented both as a poster and in a five-minute oral presentation at the congress (registration and presentation by one author are mandatory). Submission are expected in all aspects of critical embedded real-time systems, and notably on the following topics:
Embedded computing platforms and networked systems: Distributed architectures, Multi-core/manycore platforms, FPGA, Embedded networks, Middleware, Virtualisation, Service-oriented platforms, Energy-aware management
Processes, methods and tools: Agile techniques, AI based development methods, Model-based system engineering, Virtual engineering and simulation, Formal methods, Requirement engineering, Product line engineering, New programming, and verification languages.
Resilience: Dependability, Safety, Cyber security, Quality of service, Fault tolerance, Maintainability, Diagnosis generation, Health monitoring, Certification
Human system interactions: User interfaces for command and control systems, Human error evaluation, User-centred design, Automation design and function allocation
Autonomous and connected systems: Adaptive systems and artificial intelligence, Robotics, Drones, Internet of Things (IoT), Intelligent systems, Ethical and legal issues

Important dates
Regular abstract and short paper submission (4 pages) June 9th, 2019
Acceptance notification Sept. 18th, 2019
Regular paper for review (10 pages) Oct. 15th, 2019
Final paper (Short and Regular) Nov. 10th, 2019
Congress Jan. 29th – 31st, 2020

Workshop on new approaches for ´Scenarios selection´ and ´Consumer Testing
2019-06-12 08:45 - 12:00 | Seats2Meet (S2MV), Torenallee 24, Eindhoven, Netherlands
The HEADSTART project organises its 1st Technical Workshop on new approaches for ´Scenarios selection´ and ´Consumer Testing´ in conjunction with the 26th Enhanced Safety for Vehicles (ESV) conference and exhibition
HEADSTART (Harmonised European Solutions for Testing Automated Road Transport) is a new European initiative that aims to define testing and validation procedures on specific functionalities of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD).
The workshop is targeted at vehicle safety assessment experts across all sectors to discuss key stakeholders requirements. It will provide an opportunity to understand and give feedback on the project proposed approaches and preliminary results, but also to drive the next stages of the project and get actively involved throughout. Indeed HEADSTART will establish an Expert Network with whom to engage for input and consultation on the project progress to advance CAD test methods, procedures and tools.
The workshop is free of charge and open to participants not registered to ESV. Please register using the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8H2VG5L.
Agenda for the workshop:

8:45 – Welcome coffee & registration
9:00 – Introduction to HEADSTART project and its Expert Network)

Objectives of the project
Benefit of being an expert

Scenarios and use cases

State of the art on use cases and scenarios
Targeted use cases and scenario sources

Consumer testing

State of the art on consumer testing and type approval
Introduction on Euro NCAP by Richard Schram

10:30 – Coffee break
Open discussion on the way forward for CAD validation and certification
Next steps for HEADSTART and expert groups
12:00 – Workshop end

Read more about HEADSTART on https://www.headstart-project.eu

The Role of Cities in the Smart Mobility Economy
2019-06-14 | Paris campus, Paris, France
ERTICO is a proud supporter of the global debate on “The Role of Cities in the Smart Mobility Economy”, organised by Durham University and taking place on Friday 14 June in Paris.

By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from about 50 percent today. Over the same period, more than two billion people are likely to enter the middle class, with the majority of them living in cities in emerging markets. The number of megacities with more than ten million people will continue to grow. Many people entering the global middle class will want to buy cars: automobile sales are expected to increase from about 70 million a year in 2010 to 125 million by 2025, with more than half forecasted to be bought in cities. Some automotive analysts have gone as far as predicting that on the existing trajectory, today’s 1.2 billion strong global car fleet could double by 2030.

The existing urban infrastructure cannot support such an increase in vehicles on the road. Congestion is already close to unbearable in many cities and can cost as much as 2 to 4 percent of national GDP, by measures such as lost time, wasted fuel, and increased cost of doing business. Between 2013 and 2030, it is estimated that traffic congestion may cost the British economy as much as £307 billion. Transport creates emissions of greenhouse gases; smog presents serious public-health concerns. The World Health Organization estimated in 2014 that seven million premature deaths are attributable to air pollution, and a significant share is the result of urban transit.

Solving the mobility challenge will require bold, coordinated actions from the private and public sectors for gaining public acceptance of emerging technological solutions and creating new regulatory frameworks across Europe and beyond. Technological advances and commercialization, crowd-funding, intelligent policies, and business-model innovation will be needed to realize productivity improvements while creating more sustainable innovative environments in our cities and metropolitan areas.

Registrations are open! Click here to register.

More information is available here.

ADASIS internal meetings - Members only
2019-06-18 - 2019-06-19
ADASIS Members are meeting in Budapest, hosted by Member NNG.
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems need to access and use map data, vehicle position, speed, as well as other data in order to improve the performance of these applications and/or to enable new functionalities e.g. automated driving.
However, navigation map databases are inaccessible to applications outside of the navigation system and are stored in the proprietary format of the navigation system. ADASIS is providing the solution.
Click here for more information about ADASIS.

EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK
2019-06-18 - 2019-06-20 | Brussels, Belgium
From 18 to 20 June, public authorities, energy agencies, industry associations, businesses and civil society organisations will gather in Brussels for the 2019 European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), a three-day policy conference dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe.
The conference will feature a wide variety of sessions, organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders, among which ERTICO – ITS Europe, who is co-organising the session “Transport, energy and digitalisation – City and industry views” together with EUROCITIES, ORGALIM and UNIDO.
Don’t miss this session on Wednesday 19 June 14.00 – 15.30!
Don’t miss this opportunity, find out more about the TRANSPORT, ENERGY AND DIGITALISATION – CITY AND INDUSTRY VIEWS session here.
Registrations are open, and the agenda will be confirmed soon.

The future of road transport
2019-06-21 11:00 - 14:00 | CDMA Atrium, Brussels, Belgium
Launch event of JRC report “The future of road transport – Implications of automated, connected, low-carbon and shared mobility” A perfect storm of new technologies and new business models is transforming not only our vehicles, but everything about how we get around, and how we live our lives. The JRC report “The future of road transport – Implications of automated, connected, lowcarbon and shared mobility” looks at some main enablers of the transformation of road transport, such as data governance, infrastructures, communication technologies and cybersecurity, and legislation. It discusses the potential impacts on the economy, employment and skills, energy use and emissions, the sustainability of raw materials, democracy, privacy and social fairness, as well as on the urban context. It shows how the massive changes on the horizon represent an opportunity to move towards a transport system that is more efficient, safer, less polluting and more accessible to larger parts of society than the current one centred on car ownership. However, new transport technologies, on their own, won’t spontaneously make our lives better without upgrading our transport systems and policies to the 21st century. The improvement of governance and the development of innovative mobility solutions will be crucial to ensure that the future of transport is cleaner and more equitable than its car-centred present.
For more information and to view the agenda, click here.

Velo-city 2019
2019-06-24 - 2019-06-28 | Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City Council is the proud host of the 2019 Velo-city conference under the theme “Cycling for the Ages”, supporting cycling for all ages from 8 to 80.
Dublin will be host to the next European Velo-city conference after the 2018 edition takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The conferece 3 main themes:

Technology, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Data Analytics,
Cycling Infrastructure, and
Health and Social Engagement

The 4-day event from 24th to 28th June 2018 will take place at the Convention Centre, Dublin.
Click here to visit the official website.

ERTS 2020 - Deadline for paper submission
2019-06-25
On behalf of ERTS 2020 committee, it is a great pleasure to announce the 10th edition of the European Congress of Embedded Real Time Systems.
The ERTS congress created by the late Jean-Claude Laprie in 2002 is a unique European cross sector event on Embedded Systems, a platform for top-level scientists with representatives from universities, research centres, agencies and industries. The previous editions gathered more than 100 talks, 500 participants and 60 exhibitors.
Original and unpublished submissions are solicited, which may be under two forms: Regular and Short papers.

Regular papers presenting achieved results. The selection will be based firstly on the review of extended abstract (4 pages) followed by the review of the full paper (10 pages) for final acceptance. Accepted regular papers will be published in the proceedings and presented in an oral session at the congress (registration and presentation by one author are mandatory).
Short papers reporting on work in progress. The selection will be based on the review of the full short paper (4 pages). Each accepted short paper will be published in the proceedings and presented both as a poster and in a five-minute oral presentation at the congress (registration and presentation by one author are mandatory). Submission are expected in all aspects of critical embedded real-time systems, and notably on the following topics:
Embedded computing platforms and networked systems: Distributed architectures, Multi-core/manycore platforms, FPGA, Embedded networks, Middleware, Virtualisation, Service-oriented platforms, Energy-aware management
Processes, methods and tools: Agile techniques, AI based development methods, Model-based system engineering, Virtual engineering and simulation, Formal methods, Requirement engineering, Product line engineering, New programming, and verification languages.
Resilience: Dependability, Safety, Cyber security, Quality of service, Fault tolerance, Maintainability, Diagnosis generation, Health monitoring, Certification
Human system interactions: User interfaces for command and control systems, Human error evaluation, User-centred design, Automation design and function allocation
Autonomous and connected systems: Adaptive systems and artificial intelligence, Robotics, Drones, Internet of Things (IoT), Intelligent systems, Ethical and legal issues

Important dates

Regular abstract and short paper submission (4 pages) NEW: June 25th, 2019
Acceptance notification Sept. 18th, 2019
Regular paper for review (10 pages) Oct. 15th, 2019
Final paper (Short and Regular) Nov. 10th, 2019
Congress Jan. 29th – 31st, 2020

Save the date for "The future of logistics data exchange and services"
2019-06-26 | International Maritimes Museum, Hamburg, Germany
After 3 years of intense and hard work, AEOLIX project is slowly coming to an end. Don’t miss the grand finale on 26 June 2019at the International Maritimes Museum in Hamburg, Germany when we will present the AEOLIX results during the final event AEOLIX: The future of logistics data exchange and services. More information regarding the event registration as well as the draft agenda will be published on the website soon.

optiTruck conference
2019-07-02 | ERTICO – ITS Europe 326 Avenue Louise 1050 Brussels, 326 Avenue Louise 1050, Brussels, Belgium
As the optiTruck project approaches its conclusion in August of this year, this conference will present preliminary results of three years of work by the consortium partners through technical presentations and interactive sessions. Register now and join us in Brussels on 2nd July to learn and discuss fuel efficiency for road haulage.
The automotive industry has made a substantial effort in recent years to develop powertrain technologies to improve the fuel efficiency of Heavy-Duty Vehicles. However, due to increasing road freight traffic, projections indicate that the energy use and CO2 emissions of these vehicles are expected to remain stable at the current level over the long term unless policy action is taken. This outcome is clearly incompatible with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by around 60% below 1990 levels by 2050.
To tackle this issue, the optiTruck project – optimal fuel consumption with Predictive PowerTrain control and calibration for Intelligent Truck – brings together the most advanced technologies from predictive powertrain control and intelligent transport systems in order to achieve a global optimum for consumption of fuel and of other energy sources and consumables, while achieving Euro VI emission standards for heavy duty trucks (40t category). optiTruck brings together 11 partners from 7 European countries who focused on the creation of the global optimiser consisting of a set of dynamic, intelligent control and predictive components designed for effective powertrain management, utilising the environment data related to the transport mission, road topography, weather and road conditions and surrounding vehicles.
Participation to the event is free, but registration is mandatory. Click here to register
More info: optitruck.eu

Smart Mobility: an opportunity for growth" conference
2019-07-11 | Rome, Italy
Enter a massive dose of technology into the passenger and freight mobility system in Italy to achieve those goals already reached in other countries with smart mobility, such as a 20% reduction in travel time and a 10% increase in infrastructure capacity . This is the objective of the proposals that TTS Italia will present in Rome on July 11th at the “Smart Mobility: an opportunity for growth” conference, addressing the Government and institutions, also in view of the next budget law, and the local administrations committed to drawing up the SUMPs.
TTS Italia will present two documents to guide the choices of institutions and local authorities and direct their priorities.
Italy is a country that moves by road. 91.19% of total movements (goods and people) take place on the road with obvious negative externalities in terms of congestion, environmental pollution and safety. To this it should be added that the demand for road transport presents significant territorial imbalances, as traffic flows are essentially concentrated on some critical lines and nodes around the main metropolitan and industrial areas of the country. On the security front, the absolute values of road accidents, even if lower in comparison with previous years (with the exception of the number of deaths that have returned to growth compared to the previous year), remain very high, especially in urban areas where there is about 75% of accidents, with extremely worrying social and economic impacts.
Smart management of mobility means significantly affecting critical issues. Experiences started in other European countries and in the United States have shown that the application of ITS leads to a reduction in travel time of 20%, to an increase in network capacity of 5-10%, to a decrease accidents of 10-15%, congestion of 15%, polluting emissions of 10% and energy consumption of 12%. These are benefits that can be obtained with relatively modest investments and, in any case, much lower percentages than those necessary for the construction of new infrastructures. In particular, according to European Commission data, every 1 euro invested in ITS cooperative services (C-ITS) yields 3 euros in terms of return in the period 2018-2030.
This is why TTS Italia is convinced that investing in smart mobility is a growth opportunity for Italy: a country that moves in a more intelligent and sustainable way produces development and progress.
The document “TTS Italia proposals for Smart Mobility” which will be presented and discussed in the first part of the morning of 11 July therefore indicates the priorities on which to intervene to restore momentum to the mobility system of people and goods, with the goal of introducing and expanding the use of intelligent transport technologies and systems.
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ICSD 2019 : 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development
2019-09-03 - 2019-09-04 | Rome, Rome, Italy
The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University.
The 7th ICSD 2019 is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present and future generations in a global-scale context.
The Conference venue is: Roma Eventi -Pontifical Gregorian University Piazza della Pilotta, 4, Rome, Italy
Wednesday 4 to Thursday 5 September, 2019. Download Venue Information
The Conference theme is:
“Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: research, practice and education”.
This theme emphasizes the strong foundation that is provided by using research to inform our everyday practices, policies, and analytical approaches.
The 2019 Conference will once again provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, presentation of research findings, and discussion of professional issues relevant to Sustainability Science.
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Next Generation eCall workshop
2019-09-10 | ERTICO – ITS Europe, 326 Avenue Louise 1050, Brussels, Belgium
Join ERTICO on 10 September in Brussels for this workshop on Next Generation of the eCall technology, recently standardised at CEN and ETSI. Participants will have the chance to get a status update on current eCall regulation with regards to the rapid evolution of Mobile Networks Technologies.
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During the workshop, experts will provide insights about the Next Generation eCall technology and the latest evolution of Mobile Network, in particular the deployments of 4G and 5G and the consequence on the availability of 2G and 3G. The workshop will be an excellent opportunity to gather feedback on eCall regulation from the different stakeholders. Last but not least, participants will be introduced to the eCall TESTFEST event to be held between 18 and 22 November in Malaga, Spain, hosted by ERTICO Partner Dekra.

ERTICO Think Tank: Urban Mobility: From technology to sustainable deployment - Partners only
2019-09-12
ERTICO is hosting its annual Think Tank event on 12 September in Brussels. This is a great occasion that brings together the 120 ERTICO Partners from 8 different sectors of mobility and transport stakeholders to discuss the future of intelligent transport systems (ITS), with a focus on Urban Mobility.
In particular, ERTICO and its Partners will discuss the imperative role of public/private collaboration in achieving societally, ecologically and economically sound mobility ecosystems and firm navigation throughout the era of digital disruption. Furthermore, the policy questions will be addressed, bringing also examples from good local practices. The goal is to have a comprehensive overview of the most burning questions in urban mobility, bring inspiration and good examples to and from our Partners, and offer a view forward.
The event aims to have the participation of ERTICO Partners and invited mobility stakeholders from Brussels, including policy makers. The day before the event a cocktail reception will be organised. The event will finish with a walking dinner.
The event is Partner only, but the second part of the day will be open to all transport representatives, who can register here.
