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FOT-Net Data International Workshop on Data Sharing
2014-09-07 07:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Brussels)
FOT-Net Data International Workshop on Data Sharingorganised in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)COBO Congress Centre (ITS Congress Venue), room 140A, DetroitSunday 7 September 201409:00-15:30(before the ITS World Congress opening ceremony)
Free of charge, but please register at: www.fot-net.eu
This workshop aims to exchange information on FOTs and data sharing between the three regions (Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America), discuss problems and solutions for data sharing and provide recommendations for a global data sharing framework. In this workshop we will have discussions in small groups, addressing either more technical questions or more organisational questions. This workshop is meant for everyone interested in data sharing, people working in FOTs, decision makers in private and public organisations, data experts and transport researchers.
For more details and the preliminary agenda, please click here.

Paper Presentation “A platform for sharing data from field operational tests”Detroit, September 2014
During the Technical and Scientific Program at the Detroit Congress, FOT-Net Data will also organise a paper presentation. Exact location and date will be communicated in due time.
The paper describes how a platform is being developed for sharing data collected in FOTs. In these tests often a huge amount of data is gathered about driver behaviour and the interaction between drivers, vehicles, ITS, infrastructure and the traffic environment. These datasets are often only partly analysed because of targeted research goals and lack of resources. They may be of great value for other organisations and researchers in order to answer further research questions and to determine the impact of wide-scale use of ITS. The paper will describe a how a European platform for enabling data sharing and data re-use is being developed.

ITS World Congress 2014 - Detroit
2014-09-07 07:00 - 2014-09-11 13:00
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America, ERTICO–ITS Europe, and ITS Japan will host the 21st World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Detroit, Michigan from September 7-11, 2014, bringing together more than 10,000 of the world’s leading transportation policy makers, technology, and business professionals.
Technology Demonstration Participants Sought for 21st World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
The conference organizers are planning to feature a live demonstration of ITS technologies. In order to facilitate planning efforts, the Technology Showcase Committee invites interested organizations to submit a pre-application to participate in the World Congress technology demonstrations.
The purpose for this pre-application is to ascertain whether an organization is interested in participating in the technology demonstrations and to collect a general description of what an organization may be considering for demonstration.
Submission of this application will serve as an organization’s intent to participate. A formal application process will occur at a later date, which will be an expanded version of this form. At this time, information submitted will be considered the demonstrator’s best guess at their possible demonstration. Submission of the pre-application will allow an organization earlier access to the planning process to include teleconferences, face-to-face meetings, and information dissemination.
Download the pre- application here.

Harmonized Cooperative ITS Security Policy Public Workshop
2014-09-11 16:00 - 17:30
Venue: Cobo Hall, Room 411B, Detroit, USA
For more information, click here
Register here

eCall Days Germany 2014
2014-09-15 22:00 - 2014-09-17 21:59
The eCall Days as the largest conference on the pan-European eCall in Germany takes place in Berlin the forth time. During the two conference days, the event gives a European-wide overview on the situation of eCall deployment and implementation.
For more information and to register click here

eCall Days Germany 2014
2014-09-16 06:00 - 2014-09-18 15:00
ITS Niedersachsen is organising the central European conference on eCall in Germany:
eCall Days Germany 2014
18 September 2014, Berlin, Germany
For more information please go to: http://ecall.its-nds.de

Connected Vehicles
2014-09-18 06:00 - 15:00
Connected vehicles hold the promise of increased safety and security, better network efficiency, improved traffic management and reduced environmental impact.
Car makers, mobile-network operators, insurers, IT solutions providers… all are looking towards this new market to boost their sales and turn the upcoming eCall regulation into a source of profit rather than an additional cost.
However, connected vehicles can only be developed as part of a standardised eco-system. The question is: how can actors from very diverse industry backgrounds co-operate to set up profitable business models and avoid the chicken and egg dilemma? Regulation, big data, multi-industry cooperation: these are the key drivers of the next paradigm shift in transportation.
This unique event held in Brussels, on 18 September 2014, will bring together policy makers, public authorities and C-level executives from a broad range of sectors to discuss the future of smart mobility and the opportunities and risks in developing products and services to build up an ecosystem of connected vehicles and intelligent road networks.
3 reasons to attend :

Learn about the development prospects and market dynamics across sectors to keep up to speed with the connected revolution
Find out how to design viable economic models addressing the needs of each market player within the value chain
Listen to pioneers’ best practices for setting up and managing successful portfolios of connected products and services

Regisiter now!

International Conference Connected Vehicles
2014-09-18 06:00 - 21:59
Connected vehicles hold the promise of increased safety and security, better network efficiency, improved traffic management and reduced environmental impact.
Car makers, mobile-network operators, insurers, IT solutions providers all are looking towards this new market to boost their sales and turn the upcoming eCall regulation into a source of profit rather than an additional cost.
However, connected vehicles can only be developed as part of a standardised eco-system. The question is: how can actors from very diverse industry backgrounds co-operate to set up profitable business models and avoid the chicken and egg dilemma? Regulation, big data, multi-industry cooperation: these are the key drivers of the next paradigm shift in transportation.
This International conference held in Brussels will bring together policy makers, public authorities and executives from a broad range of sectors to discuss the future of smart mobility and the opportunities and risks in developing products and services to build up an ecosystem of connected vehicles and intelligent road networks.
For more information, click here.

WS "Human Cyber Physical System Interaction"
2014-09-22 07:00 - 2014-09-23 15:00
IEEE IFAC IFSTTAR HYCON2 are organising a workshop on “Human Cyber Physical System Interaction: Control for the Human Welfare”, H-CPS-I 2014.
Location: Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris.
The aim of this 2-days workshop, is to open our view to a large broad of applications and domains, as transportation (ground, aerial, space), the medical sciences and the smart grids, and to look at different solutions and studies for the Human-Machine (or Human-CPS) challenges. Its ultimate goal is then to identify the new challenges in the Human-CPS Systems design, their social impact and the potential of H-CPS-I to face new challenges.
All the information is available through its site web http://h-cps-i.sciencesconf.org/

Telematics Valley Conference 2014
2014-09-23 06:00 - 2014-09-24 21:59
Venue: Volvohallen in Gothenburg (Sweden)

To see the program go to : http://www.telematicsvalley.org/international-conference-2014/program/
Booking can be made at http://www.telematicsvalley.org/international-conference-2014/registration/ and it is possible to use a credit card or mark that you want an invoice.

The Conference Program this year will address the large number of actions from the players in the Telematics/ M2M space. We see strategic acquisitions, mergers and partnerships that will lead to new business offers and raise the question who will be the competitor, supplier or customer tomorrow, it might shift soon. The most sensitive question is – who will own the customer? Besides the above, the Cloud is having huge impact on traditional business as it can by-pass our established distribution channels and deliver combined services not possible before due to complexity and cost. The impact of this must not be underestimated. Many companies taking today’s business models for granted may find themselves competing in a completely different business environment tomorrow. We will also highlight the changes in the Truck and Transportation industry where e.g. Fleet Management Systems are becoming more and more important but also there is a need for better decision-making information. Openness is maybe a buzzword but it is more than that. The commercial vehicle manufacturers have to decide if and how to share onboard platform technology and generated data to meet the customer’s demands. Smart City is becoming a description of where most of us will live in the future but what roles can Telematics/ M2M/ Internet of Things play. Listen to speakers that have focused on understanding and predicting this development.

European Transport Forum
2014-09-23 06:30 - 10:30
Building an interconnected European Transport System: the key to achieve a sustainable Single European Transport Area?
The European Transport Forum will be articulated around two panel debates:
The first panel will focus on goods mobility:
The deployment of Intelligent Transport Solutions and cooperative systems introduces advanced traffic management capacities to freight transport and paves the way to build a connected intermodal transport system for Europe. How to ensure this pan-European harmonisation and how to speed up the process in order to improve logistics efficiency? Who are the needed stakeholders and how should they cooperate to make it happen? What does it request from authorities?
The second panel will focus on people mobility:
Combining Intermodal transport services and ITS should also help achieving sustainable mobility for the citizens in urban areas. Is it already a reality in some European cities? What does it request from local authorities? Can the citizens already use a multi modal journey planner for their own mobility? Is there a need for an EU wide approach?

http://www.europeantransportforum.eu/

CIVITAS FORUM 2014, Casablanca
2014-09-23 07:00 - 2014-09-26 15:00
CIVITAS FORUM 2014
23-26 September, Casablanca
The 12th edition of the annual CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place between 23rd and 26th September 2014 in Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco. Casablanca will be the first non-European city hosting the CIVITAS forum conference.
The choice of Casablanca as CIVITAS forum 2014 host officially seals the cooperation in the urban mobility field between the EuroMed transport project stakeholders and the CIVITAS Initiative. – See more at: http://www.civitas.eu/content/civitas-forum-conference-2014#sthash.BWW04U7N.dpuf

Harmonized Cooperative ITS Security Policy Public Workshop
2014-09-24 22:00 - 2014-09-25 21:59
Stakeholders info day HTG6
Venue: Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT)Darmstadt, Germany25 September 201410:00-15:00
For more information on this event, please click here.

ITS Austria Conference 2014
2014-09-25 06:00 - 2014-09-26 21:59
The registration for the ITS Austria Conference 2014 in cooperation with the Danube Region Strategy, taking place on 25th and 26th of September 2014 at the TechGate Vienna, has opened.
With the title “Bridging Boundaries” international experts will discuss challenges and solutions for ITS deployment with a specific focus on the Danube Region. This event will look at a closer cooperation between stakeholders resulting in a common understanding of next steps towards the creation of a roadmap for cross-boundary deployments in different ITS domains.
In detail, the first day of the conference will deal with national issues, such as the Austrian ITS Action Plan and Catalogue of Measures 2014. After lunch the international part starts with key note speeches by representatives of the European Commission, ITS Austria as well as the Danube Region Strategy. Thereafter, representatives of different platforms and institutions discuss the question of: “Will the implementation of the ITS Directive in the Danube Region work as a boost for service delivery?” resulting in a discussion on how national solutions will contribute to common cross-border services.
The second day focuses on four dedicated workshops with representatives from the Danube Region:

Workshop 1: cross-border Traveller information services for Central Europe (supported by EDITS)
Workshop 2: Implementation of the ITS Directive (supported by the Crocodile project)
Workshop 3: Harmonisation of Electronic Toll Collection (supported by REETS)
Workshop 4: Development of a Road Map for the Danube Region (supported by the Danube Region Strategy)

The registration is now open.
For more details, visit the website or contact us via mail (office@its.austria.info).

ERTICO Project Development Workshop
2014-09-25 07:30 - 2014-09-26 10:00 | 66, 66
ERTICO Project Development Workshop
DATE: 25 – 26 September 2014
VENUE: Management Centre Europe, Rue de l’Aqueduc 118, 1050 Brussels
The aim of this workshop is to identify appropriate project ideas and to start developing concepts for the project proposals (objectives, needed competences, needed sectors, proposal development process, interested ERTICO Partners).
Participation: ERTICO Partners only

European Transport Conference
2014-09-29 07:00 - 2014-10-01 15:00
29 September 2014 — 01 October 2014
Campus Westend, Goethe Universität, Grüneburgplatz 1Frankfurt, 60323, Germany,
The Association for European Transport is pleased to announce the 42nd European Transport Conference, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany. Uniquely in Europe, the Conference provides a forum for the coming together of research, policy and practice in transport. The Association is committed to providing a meeting place for transport practitioners and researchers from all parts of the world, from new entrants to the profession to established senior figures.

Webinar on "Standardisation"
2014-10-01 13:00 - 15:00
REGISTER HERE

The items on the preliminary agenda are:
• Short update on ITS standards from ETSI, CEN, ISO, IEEE and SAE
• Report on EU projects Standardisation activities
• EU-US C-ITS Standards Harmonization status

Speakers are Standardisation experts:
• Wolfgang Hoefs (European Commission)
• Steve Sill (US Dot)
• Knut Evensen (Q-Free)
• François Fischer (ERTICO)

Automation & C-ITS joint WS EARPA & ERTICO
2014-10-02 07:30 - 14:00 | 2, 2
AUTOMATION & C-ITS
ERTICO – ITS Europe & EARPA joint workshop
2nd October, 9:30-17:00, Brussels
Founded in 2002, EARPA is the association of automotive R&D organisations that brings together the most prominent independent R&D providers in the automotive sector throughout Europe. Its main mission is to promote awareness and understanding of the specific role and contribution of R&D providers in the automotive sector and reinforce the high tech character of the automotive industry as well as its potential for future innovation and new opportunities.
This combined workshop with ERTICO aims to share experiences and to identify potential laps or overlaps from ongoing projects in the areas of Automation and C-ITS:
– What has been done?– What have we learned from our experiences?– What issues have been observed?– How to accelerate implementation and what are the next steps to undertake?
Participation reserved for Partners and Members only.

Webinar FOT-Net Data Festa
2014-10-06 06:00 - 15:00
12 November 2014

Webinar FOT-Net Data Festa
2014-10-06 06:00 - 15:00
19 November 2014

Webinar FOT-Net Data Festa
2014-10-06 06:00 - 15:00
26 November 2014

Research & Innovation Workshop (IMF)
2014-10-07 22:00 - 2014-10-08 21:59
Research & Innovation Workshop (IMF)
Brussels (Belgium), Wednesday 8 October 2014

4th International Congress ERA - GLONASS
2014-10-08 07:30 - 15:00
The 4th International Congress ERA-GLONASS will take place on 8th Octobre 2014 in Moscow.
The purpose of the seminar «ERA-GLONASS»: FROM A RESCUE SYSTEM TO SERVICE MARKETS» is to inform about the progress in implementing the ERA-GLONASS (Russian State Accident Emergency Response System) project, tryout of the interaction with the “112” System and emergency services, the harmonization of the Russian System with the European eCall System; readiness of equipment and automobile manufacturers to meet requirements of the ERA-GLONASS System, opportunities to use the ERA-GLONASS System for modernizing the transport system and developing markets of navigation and information services.
To download the agenda for the event, please follow the link: http://congress-era-glonass.com/programma_seminar.html

Mobility Forum Plenary meeting
2014-10-08 22:00 - 2014-10-09 21:59
iMobility Forum Plenary meeting
Brussels (Belgium), Thursday 9 October 2014

4th IRU/EU Road Transport Conference
2014-10-09 06:00 - 13:00
The 4th IRU/EU Road Transport Conference will take place on 9 October in the morning in Brussels, Belgium. The Italian Minister of Transport, Maurizio Lupi; Siim Kallas, EC Vice-President and European Commissioner for Transport; Janusz Lacny, President, International Road Transport Union (IRU); and Hermann Meyer, ERTICO CEO will be amongst the speakers.
To view the full agend and to register, click here.

Urban Development Network Conference, Brussels
2014-10-09 07:00 - 15:00
The UDN conference will take place in the context of the OPEN DAYS week, during which there will be a number of workshops addressing urban issues. It will take place on 9 October 2014 at the EGG conference centre in Brussels.
During this particular event, the focus will be on:
– Innovation in European cities
– Integrated sustainable urban development and how to use European programmes and funds to support it
– Integrated territorial investment (ITI) and bottom-up approaches (CLLD)
– The new URBACT programme
For more information, click here.

iMobility Challenge Vehicle Technology demonstrations
2014-10-09 07:00 - 2014-10-14 15:00
Barcelona, Spain
9 to 14 October
The iMobility Challenge project is planning its biggest yearly event in Barcelona, Spain, on the 9th of October. The event will take place at the FCB stadium and will have the following audiences:
– Professionals/decision-makers: there will be a high-level workshop about intelligent vehicle technologies inside the stadium.General public: vehicle technology demonstrations will be offered to the public attendants and the workshop delegates on the stadium’s car parc.
– VIPs will include FIA President Jean Todt, an EU Commissioner, and celebrity drivers from the motor sports. There will also be a lot of media attention.
The project is looking for exhibitors/demonstrators for the event. Please see the presentation attached to consider if you are interested in taking part. Should your project/company wish to participate as an exhibitor, please contact gsimcic@fia.com. Gabriel Simcic can also provide additional information upon request.
About the iMobility Challenge:
iMobility Challenge, is an EU funded project by DG Connect of the European Commission to demonstrate the benefits of efficient, safe and smart mobility through new Intelligent Transport System (ITS) solutions. The FIA is leading the coordination of the project, working with partners ACEA (European automobile manufacturers association), CLEPA (the European association of Automotive suppliers), ERTICO (the network of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services stakeholders in Europe) and VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland).The declared objectives of iMobility Challenge are:-Promote the deployment and use of intelligent vehicle systems for energy efficient and sustainable mobility, with a particular focus on cooperative systems;– Support the implementation process for priority iMobility systems, notably as directed by EU legislation;-Organise iMobility awareness raising events for policy makers with vehicle demonstrations, and national awareness events for users with demonstrations, driving Experiences and training open to the public;– Conduct support studies documenting the socio-economic impact of iMobility systems throughout the project, through a mapping of systems and of products and services based on cooperative systems; and by assessing consumer awareness and demand, and their feedback before and after testing systems.For more information, visit www.imobilitychallenge.eu or contact: Gabriel Simcic, Senior Project Manager, FIA Region I, gsimcic@fia.com +32 2 282 0817

Help design the future Internet of Mobility - Join the MOBiNET workshop and webinar
2014-10-14 07:00 - 10:30
Do you provide, develop or use online services for transport and travel? Then this workshop is important for you and your business!
Connected travel and transport services are typically proprietary and few offer truly Europe-wide coverage or interoperability. Users need significant effort to discover these services; as do service providers and developers willing to expand their business and customer base, which requires a lot of searching and case-by-case negotiations.
MOBiNET provides an e-marketplace to connect different business actors, e.g. transport data suppliers, fleet operators, network managers and service providers, looking to develop or expand their offer in the transport and mobility domain. Sellers and buyers can publish and trade data and services, discover and re-use third-party content to create new services for their customers; contractual (service level agreements, billing & clearing) and legal (liability, privacy, certification) aspects are managed automatically.This will open an ‘Internet of Mobility’ offering a wide range of innovative applications for business users, commuters and travellers, and a gateway to millions of potential customers across Europe for service providers.
The creation of an open marketplace for local or Europe-wide providers calls for the establishment of a suitable legal organisation, with clear rules and common practice among the members, to provide a trusted and stable business environment. Join the MOBiNET Community: be among the first “approved” providers and help set up the rules, agree on the mission and strategic vision of the future operational platform.
The agenda includes a live demonstration of a MOBiNET-enabled Parking Service in North Denmark, followed by a discussion on the business model and organisation of the MOBiNET Community.
Register for the workshop (free of charge) and webinar hereunder:
Location: NORDKRAFT Center, Kjellerups Torv, Aalborg, Denmark Agenda: http://www.mobinet.eu/sites/default/files/20141014-MOBiNET-AGE-Provider%20Community%20Launch-draft.pdf Registration for the workshop: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/help-design-the-future-internet-of-mobility-join-the-mobinet-community-tickets-12329791739 Registration for the webinar: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/774903743

ITS Workshop in Kazan
2014-10-14 22:00 - 2014-10-16 21:59
Earlier this year the Ministry of Information & Communication Technologies from Tatarstan, Russia, joined the ERTICO Partnership together with Inspectra, a private ITS company. Together with Tatarstan stakeholders from the ITS Community we have identified three topics, which are of highest priority in Tatarstan:
· eCall / ERA GLONASS implementation
· C-ITS – V2X communication and the services this would provide;
· Building a mutual educational ITS platform between Russia and Europe.
To facilitate the set-up of potential collaboration in Tatarstan, ERTICO – ITS Europe and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies and Inspectra would like to invite the ERTICO Partners to actively participate in a workshop to be held in the capital Kazan 15-16th October 2014.
However before we finalise the logistics around this workshop we would like you to express your interest in participating. In addition Partners interested in giving a presentation on topics related to the three area defined above are kindly asked to do so using this link.
Logistical information will be provided once the registration form is submitted to ERTICO. On the meanqhile, you can check the draft agenda here.
