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Workshop: Horizon 2020 and other EU funding opportunities
2015-01-28 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Brussels)
The Transport Systems Catapult is staging a one-day workshop together with ITS UK, examining Horizon 2020 and other EU funding opportunities, with a special focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to increase participation from the UK and better prepare those who wish to become involved in EU collaborative bids.
Attendance is free, but places must be pre-booked with Rachael Louis (rlouis@its-uk.org.uk)
Venue:Imovation Centre
Address:
The Pinnacle,
170 Midsummer Boulevard
Central Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP, United Kingdom

UL's Interoperable Account-Based Travelling Workshop
2015-01-29 10:30 - 12:00
London, United Kingdom
Account-based travelling combines two important concepts and creates a compelling offer to the mobility needs of citizens in the 21st century:
The use of various token based ticketing implementationsIntegrated with journey planning, real time passenger information and in-journey information
The real challenge is to implement account-based travelling across the regional or national borders and across different types (mobility and other) of schemes.
During this workshop UL will present its vision on next generation ticketing. Together with our strategic partner Open Ticketing Institute we will share and discuss with you the concepts we are developing in the ETC partnership. Topics discussed are governance, privacy, partnerships, technologies, transaction security, interfaces and use cases. During two interactive national group discussions we will identify with you how such concepts can be implemented in your local, regional or national context. At the end of the workshop you will have awareness about what account-based travelling could mean for you.
For more information, click here

ALICE Conference
2015-02-10 23:00 - 2015-02-11 22:59
Design Future Logistics – Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam
For more information, visit the ALICE website.

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Summit Singapore 2015
2015-02-11 23:00 - 2015-02-13 22:59
ITS Singapore holds inaugural ITS Summit – 12-13 FebClick Here for More Information
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition CentreThe ​inaugural ​national ​Intelligent ​Transport ​Systems ​(ITS) ​Summit ​Singapore ​2015 ​is ​a ​key ​ITS ​event ​for ​the ​year ​jointly ​organised ​by ​ ​the ​Intelligent ​Transportation ​Society ​Singapore ​(ITSS) ​and ​the ​Land ​Transport ​Authority ​(LTA). ​It ​is ​a ​2 ​day ​event ​and ​will ​be ​held ​on ​12th ​and ​13th ​February ​2015 ​at ​the ​Suntec ​Singapore ​Convention ​and ​Exhibition ​Centre. ​
There ​are ​limited ​seats ​and ​will ​be ​based ​on ​first ​come ​first ​serve ​basis. ​So ​register ​today ​to ​avoid ​disappointment!

'Delivering logistics: better, smarter and more sustainably' conference
2015-02-12 08:00 - 15:30
Location: Thon-EU Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
Freight logistics representatives, policy makers and academics, and other interested parties, will find out how experts have been exploring ways to make freight logistics practices more efficient and sustainable using innovative ICT solutions and modal shift across North West Europe (NWE).
Attend to explore key themes through a series of presentations and panel discussions, including:
delivering sustainable logistics – perspectives from the industry and the public sectorsustainable freight gateways – enhancing connectivity in NWE and beyondICT technologies for better and smarter logistics developing a strategic approach – capitalising on Weastflows and next steps for sustainable logistics
Speakers include:
Astrid Schlewing, Head of Sector Logistics, DG-MOVELord Tony Berkeley, Board member of the European Rail Freight Association and Chair of the UK Rail Freight GroupAntoine Berbain, Deputy General Director, HAROPA Richard Jones, Chief Technology Officer of Linkfresh and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
The Weastflows (West and East Freight Flows) project has explored ways of improving freight logistics operations to help address the growing issues of traffic congestion, bottlenecks and available capacity across North West Europe.
Register now to secure your free place! Discounted accommodation can be booked at the conference venue by 27 January 2015.
For further details and to register, click here. If you have any questions, please contact tara.vernhes@instituteforsustainability.org.uk

ITS Australia Business Networking Event
2015-02-18 16:30 - 18:30
Wednesday 18 February 2015, Stamford Plaza Hotel, Brisbane (River Room)
Delicious canapés and drinks served
Attendance: Free, open to members and non-members.
Registration essential Register online
Download Program flyer
Australia’s ‘National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020’ is closely aligned with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-20 proclaimed by the United Nations in 2010 with the goal of stabilising and reducing the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world by 2020. Australia’s strategy presents a 10-year plan to reduce the annual number of both deaths and serious injuries on Australian roads by at least 30 per cent, with initiatives focussing on the four key areas of – safe roads, safe speeds, safe vehicles and safe people.
Join us at this Business Networking Event as panellists will examine what is being done to help achieve this road safety target; what has been achieved to date; which initiatives have been successful and what work still needs to be done to help make our roads safer.
Neil Scales, Director General, QLD Department of Transport and Main Roads
Philip Charles, University of Queensland
Brian Negus, General Manager Public Policy, RACV and ITS Australia
Michael Watts, Business Development Director, Transmax
Hosted by ITS Australia and sponsored by Transmax.

- iMobility Forum Steering Group Chairs meeting
2015-02-23 13:00 - 16:00
More information on http://www.imobilitysupport.eu/

iMobility Forum Steering Group Chairs meeting
2015-02-23 13:00 - 16:00

iMobility Forum Steering Group
2015-02-25 12:00 - 16:30

Smartcem final event
2015-02-26 08:00 - 14:00
smartCEM final event with exhibitions, electric scooter demo, roundtables and participation of FIA Formula E driver Jérôme D’Ambrosio! 26 February at the RACC premises in Barcelona.
For more information visit smartcem-project.eu

H2020 BigDataEurope public launch event
2015-02-27 09:00 - 14:00
BigDataEurope is a new project within the EU’s “Horizon 2020” framework program whose agenda is to build a knowledge- and innovation-based society so to strengthen the competitiveness of Europe’s economy. BigDataEurope started on 1st January 2015, and will last 3 years.
To mark the launch of this new European project, all the BigDataEurope partners invite interested stakeholders to participate in their public launch event, to be held on 27 February 2015, in Brussels, Belgium.
To push the use of data technologies, twelve European partners, led by Fraunhofer IAIS, are creating a platform, which integrates crucial Big Data technologies tailored to the needs of stakeholders inHealth, Food, Energy, Transport, Climate, Social Sciences and Security.
For more information, visit big-data-europe.eu
Register online here
Adress: Rue Montoyer 47, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

ERTRAC 2015 Annual Conference
2015-03-01 23:00 - 2015-03-03 22:59
On Tuesday 3rd March the 2015 Annual Conference of ERTRAC will take place in Brussels.
The plenary session will take place one day before, on Monday 2nd March.
Topics recommendations for the “Mobility for Growth” and the “European Green Vehicles Initiative” programmes will be presented by ERTRAC and EGVIA.
First results of the new Task Force on “Connectivity and Automated Driving” will also be presented at that occasion.
The event will take place in Etterbeek (Brussels), at the Arsenal.
The event will include an exhibition of automotive components and the opportunity to drive vehicles powered by alternative powertrains.

For more information, click here

FOT-Net Data Stakeholders Meeting
2015-03-02 23:00 - 2015-03-03 22:59
To be held in Brussels.
Exact venue and agenda to be published soon.

International Lessons on Road User Charging
2015-03-03 23:00 - 2015-03-05 22:59
The 12th annual Road User Charging Conference brings leading practitioners together to explore the latest thinking via innovative case studies and discussions, helping you to get answers to all your questions.
Getting international perspectives is vital in understanding what works, which mistakes to avoid, and this summit provides international perspectives from a select range of global innovators to give delegates valuable food for thought.
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Registration required and fee payable.

TISA Committee meetings
2015-03-10 07:00 - 2015-03-11 22:59

FOT-Net Data Stakeholder meeting
2015-03-10 08:30 - 16:00
Venue: ERTICO – ITS Europe, BrusselsDate: Tuesday 10 March 2015, 09h30-17h00
This meeting will address three main topics:

The way in which the new projects in Horizon 2020 will deal with open data and can profit from re-using data gathered in earlier projects. Also recommendations on open data for new proposals will be discussed.

Practices and initiatives in data sharing and open data in the US and Europe

The work that FOT-Net Data is performing on the data sharing platform and the data catalogue

Who should attend:
Everyone with an interest in sharing and re-using data and in Field Operational Tests is cordially invited to attend this event, free of charge. We especially like to welcome stakeholders from the newly awarded H2020 projects and stakeholders that are preparing H2020 proposals in order to discuss issues with open data, and the possibilities for sharing project data and for re-using existing data.
For the agenda, please click here.
To register, please click here.
About FOT-Net Data:
The EU research project FOT-Net Data supports the efficient sharing and re-use of available FOT (Field Operational Tests). Sharing collected valuable datasets from the recent years will yield further research results, create new collaborative options, generate financial and time savings in transport research and contribute to market introduction of improved vehicle ICT.
FOT-Net Data continues the networking activities of the FOT-Net project.
More info:
info@fot-net.eu
www.fot-net.eu

Ingenia live!
2015-03-10 17:00 - 20:00
The inaugural Ingenia live! event will introduce a new series of an early evening discussions bringing to life the stories featured within the pages of Ingenia magazine – published quarterly by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Ingenia live! aims to introduce as many new people as possible to engineering as a subject. Discussions will evolve around exciting, cutting-edge topics where technology and society meet.
The first Ingenia live! event will look at the future of driverless road travel, which promises to be safer, greener and more relaxing. Professor Paul Newman FREng from the Oxford Mobile Robotics Group and Neil Fulton from the Transport System Catapult will discuss the engineering behind autonomous vehicles and how they will transform the way we travel.
For more information, click here

VDA Technischer Kongress
2015-03-14 23:00 - 2015-03-20 22:59
Vorankündigung, 19./20. März 2015FILharmonie Filderstadt
Technical event and exhibition focused on Vehicle Safety, Electronics, Environment, Energy and Electric Mobility.
For more information, click here

ITS Forum UAE
2015-03-21 23:00 - 2015-03-25 22:59
Implementing world class ITS strategies for high-quality transport services, road safety and environmental sustainability
22 – 25 March, 2015Park Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates http://www.itsroadsafetyuae.com/
Today, the gulf region and particularly the UAE are on the cusp of a transformation, where ITS technologies offer realistic solutions to transportation mobility, safety, and environmental challenges.
In light of this, the ITS Forum UAE will be held in Abu Dhabi from the 22 – 25 March 2015. This event will bring together government officials, national and international stakeholders and solution providers to share their expertise and discuss the latest state of the art ITS technologies and their major contribution.

ITS for Autonomous and Cooperative Transport
2015-03-22 23:00 - 2015-03-24 22:59
23rd International Symposium on Electronics in Transport – ISEP 2015, organised by the Electrotechnical Association of Slovenia and Slovenian ITS Association. T
ISEP 2015 will take place on the 23rd and 24th of March 2015 at Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
To learn more about the event, click here
DEADLINES
· 12 January 2015 Registration of abstracts
· 30 January 2015 Notification of acceptance
· 27 February 2015 Submission of draft paper
· 09 March 2015 Submission of final paper
SPONSORS ARE WELCOMED

Net Futures 2015
2015-03-25 08:00 - 2015-03-26 15:00
Net Futures 2015 replaces the former annual Future Internet Assembly (FIA) after 11 successful editions. The event is organised and supported by the European Commission.
This year as a new feature, the conference will be a single event bringing together all of Net Futures’ interest groups around cross-cutting topics: Internet of Things, open source, cloud, smart cities, and start-ups. It will also include consultation meetings that cover all Net Futures’ topics:

Network Technologies
Software & Services
Cloud
Net Innovation
Experimental Platforms

The conference programme is available here
To register, click here

Opening Symposium Automotive Week
2015-03-25 09:00 - 11:00
Are you dealing with smart mobility developments as a professional, employer or road user? Then Connecting Mobility and DITCM Innovations would like to invite you to the opening symposium on Wednesday, March 25th, 2015. In the Netherlands we invested these last years in pilots and innovations in smart mobility. In cooperation with government, market parties and knowledge institutes we paved the way for the future of mobility, in which we can use a broad spectrum of developments, knowledge and experience. We want to make a step forward: from research and testing, now to start doing! And we are going to involve the roaduser even more.
In the symposium, held in Helmond (The Netherlands), three speakers (Justus Verkerk, FCCE, Marianne Dwarshuis, ANWB and Vincent Everts) will inspire the participants to think different. And together with the moderator, Maarten Bouwhuis (Business News Radio BNR) we would like to seduce them considering new roads en make a next step with innovations. We want to raise the point of the dynamics that smart mobility developments bring about: working together, co-creation, crowdsourcing. In short, bundeling skills and know-how to keep innovating. And share experiences in order to claim a position as frontrunner in smart mobility for The Netherlands. Our ambition is that participants are challenged to be frontrunners themselves.
Read more here

Social Media and Transport Seminar
2015-03-25 12:15 - 16:00
Organised by: Transport Systems Catapult
Adress: Ground Floor, The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 1BP
Programme
Social Networking is an important feature of many people’s lives, both personally and professionally.
It is also having an impact on transport. People may learn about a road traffic accident through Twitter before they hear about it from their traffic information service. Car-sharing is more acceptable with “Facebook Friends” than it is with strangers.
The seminar will address “Social Media in Transport”, including its use for the National Roads Authority in Dublin, and how technology & gamification can be used to encourage travel behaviour change. (According to Wikipedia “gamification” is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems and increase users’ self-contributions)
Seminar Chair – Dr John Walker, TRG, Southampton University
1. Welcome & Introduction by: Dr John Walker
2. How ‘Gamification’ Delivered through Technology can create Longterm Modal Shift – Crispin Moller, Yomp
Using Social Media for the National Roads Authority (eFlow) in Dublin – Simon McBeth, Sanef Tolling LtdPerception as Data – technology to help gather and understand information about user needs in transport – Mike Saunders, CommonplaceUsing Social Media during travel disruption – Ian Wright, Passenger FocusSocial Media, Disruption Information and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games – Paul Everson, Trapeze Group (UK) Ltd(Title- tbc) – Charlie Sundt, Transport for London
8. Closing Remarks – Dr John Walker
Attendance is free. Places must be pre-booked with Rachael Louis, rlouis@its-uk.org.uk.

ITS America 2015 Symposia Series
2015-03-25 23:00 - 2015-03-27 22:59
More information and the registration form are available here

Improving Cycling Safety using ITS
2015-03-26 08:00 - 13:30
The VRUITS project, which is sponsored by the European Commission (DG MOVE), aims at providing recommendations regarding ITS applications for the improvement of the safety and mobility for Vulnerable Road Users. VRUITS assesses the societal impact of selected ITS applications and demonstrates the use of innovative ITS applications for VRUs.
In Helmond, the VRUITS project will demonstrate how vehicles and cyclists can communicate with each other. For example, vehicle drivers can receive warnings of possible collisions with cyclists and the vehicle brakes automatically to avoid the collision or cyclists are personally warned for collisions.
In the seminar the VRUITS partners will discuss how ITS can be used to improve cycling safety. The use of Cooperative ITS for cyclists will receive specific stress. At the end of the seminar, participants will be able to visit the VRUITS Helmond test site.
Seminar Programme
09:00 Participants Arrival and Registration
09:30 Keynote speech (Rob Methorst, Rijkswaterstaat)
09:50 VRUITS project and assessment results (Johan Scholliers, VTT)
10:10 Improving safety of elderly cyclists (Stefanie de Hair, TNO)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Helmond and C-ITS (Daniel de Klein, City of Helmond)
11:20 Mobility data of cyclists (NN, TNO)
11:40 Industrial perspective for C-ITS (Kees Moerman, NXP)
12:00 The Helmond VRUITS demonstration (Esra van Dam, TNO)
12:20 Lunch and transportation to the demonstration site
13:30 Visit to the demonstration site
14:30 Seminar closure
For more information and to register, click here

CityMobil2 workshop: Socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation
2015-03-29 22:00 - 2015-03-31 21:59
Road vehicle automation will have an impact as big as the internal combustion engine had during the 20th century. Do you know how is mobility going to change? And how your business, your industry and society at large are going to be affected?
To discuss this, the workshop on Socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation has been organized by CityMobil2* in the framework of the Automated Road Transport System demonstration in La Rochelle, France, on March 30 and 31, 2015. Free registration, limited number of attendees.
More information will be available here

* CityMobil2 is an EC-funded FP7 research project aiming at eliminating the barriers to the deployment of fully automated road transport systems and automated mobility

Smart Mobility on the Road Symposium
2015-03-30 07:00 - 15:00
DITCM Innovations and Connecting Mobility proudly present the Symposium on Smart Mobility on the road – key enablers for implementation on Monday 30 March 2015. Please have a look at our program with well-known national and international speakers.
Smart Mobility on the road
In the morning two parallel sessions Human Factors towards Smart Mobility Systems and Security & Privacy for Smart Mobility Systems will take place.
Both national and international perspectives will be presented. In the afternoon two other sessions will be on the agenda: Effect studies on Smart Mobility Systems and Architecture for Smart Mobility Systems.
This DITCM Innovations – Connecting Mobility Symposium is the best way for professionals and executives to come together to meet the challenges facing the Smart Mobility on the road.
For more information and to register, click here

Symposium on Smart Mobility on the road
2015-03-30 07:00 - 15:00
DITCM Innovations and Connecting Mobility proudly present the Symposium on Smart Mobility on the road – key enablers for implementation on Monday 30 March 2015. Please have a look at our program with well-known national and international speakers.
In the morning two parallel sessions Human Factors towards Smart Mobility Systems and Security & Privacy for Smart Mobility Systems will take place.
Both national and international perspectives will be presented. In the afternoon two other sessions will be on the agenda: Effect studies on Smart Mobility Systems and Architecture for Smart Mobility Systems.
This DITCM Innovations – Connecting Mobility Symposium is the best way for professionals and executives to come together to meet the challenges facing the Smart Mobility on the road.

For more information, visit ditcm.eu

Workshop on the socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation
2015-03-30 12:15 - 2015-03-31 10:00
CityMobil2 workshop – Socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation – March 30 and 31, 2015, La Rochelle, France.
LAST DAYS TO REGISTER!
The CityMobil2 project aims at eliminating the barriers to the deployment of fully automated road transport systems and automated mobility. One of these barriers is the little knowledge of the large-scale socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation, which could be as big as that of the internal combustion engine during the 20th century. How is your business, your industry and society at large going to be affected? Do you know how is mobility going to change?
CityMobil2 invites you to discuss about it with other experts and stakeholders at the workshop on Socio-economic impact of road vehicle automation. The workshop is organized in the framework of the Automated Road Transport System pilot that is being conducted by CityMobil2 in La Rochelle, France. Experts, officials and stakeholders from Europe, US and Japan have already confirmed their attendance.
Date: March 30 and 31, 2015. Free registration, limited number of attendees. Registration closes on February 27th 2015.
Further information and registration here.

ICT-Emissions project Final event, 31st March, Brussels
2015-03-31 07:00 - 13:00
ICT-Emissions project is coming to an end this March and we are hosting our Final Conference “ICT-Emissions: Environmental and climate assessment in the transport area” in Brussels on 31st March.
For more information on the event and location, please have a look at the invitation attached to this message. The conference agenda will be circulated closer to the event. An online registration form is available on the event webpage.
The event will focus on: Results from specific real-world application cases in selected cities where ITS measures are deployed;How to develop synergies and common standards for local traffic management;ITS products development and market penetration.
Target Audience: The workshop is free of charge and open to local authorities, automotive manufactures, system suppliers, software companies, and academia.
Travel expenses reimbursement is available. For more information please contact: FBoschetti@polisnetwork.eu.
Venue: c/o Polis, rue due Trone 98, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Time: Tuesday, 31 March 2015, from 10:00 to 15:00.
Contact: Florinda Boschetti at Polis, email FBoschetti@polisnetwork.eu or phone +32-2-500 56 74
