Archives January 2024

The Network of National ITS Associations (ITS Nationals) has elected representatives from Bulgaria, Italy and the Netherlands to its Coordination Committee.

The committee leads the strategy and direction of the group, which aims to ensure that ITS knowledge and information is transmitted to all its members across the network and works closely with ERTICO – ITS Europe.

The new members of the Coordination Committee are: Laura Franchi from TTS Italia, Marc Verhage representing Connekt (ITS Netherlands) and Elena Elenakova of BITSA (Bulgarian ITS Association).  They join for two years, replacing Benoit Augarde of ITS France, ITS Estonia’s Maarja Rannama and Marco Forsblom from ITS Finland whose terms ended in December 2023.

The Network is chaired by Günther Weber of ITS Germany, supported by Vice Chair Dónal Hodgins from ITS Ireland.  The committee also includes ITS Austria’s Martin Russ alongside ITS Nationals Ambassador Jennie Martin, formerly of ITS UK and ERTICO’s CEO Joost Vantomme.  Paul Hutton of Highways News supports the organisation’s communications in a voluntary capacity.

“Firstly, I would like to give a big thank you to Benoit, Maarja and Marko, and before him Sani Remonen from ITS Finland, for their very hard work and support over the last two years,” commented Mr Weber.  “This year marks the 20^th birthday of the ITS Nationals Network, and we welcome Elena, Laura and Marc as we look to expand our support for the industry across Europe.  All three put forward compelling cases to support our work raising awareness of ITS, and their enthusiasm is bound to have a really positive effect on all we do.”

“As we reflect on our 20-year anniversary, ITS Nationals is redefining our role in the international community,” added Mr Hodgins.  “Welcoming our new members into the committee will help bring fresh ideas to help continuously improve the cooperation between, and support for, our members.  Working in partnership with ERTICO, we can deliver positive benefits for all our national organisations and their members, at a local, national and international level and boost the integration of technology and transport.”

The ITS Nationals Network is supporting a series of events and initiatives across the year including a Plenary meeting during April’s Intertraffic Amsterdam and active participation at Special Interest Sessions at the ITS World Congress in Dubai in September.

(Picture, L-R, Laura, Marc and Elena, courtesy ITS Nationals Network)

Intelligent Transportation Systems Association of Türkiye (ITS Türkiye) will organize 4^th International ITS Summit (SUMMITS’24) under the auspices of Abdulkadir URALOĞLU, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, with the participation of the leading public and private sector stakeholders and their highlevel managers on 2-4 May 2024 in Ankara.

SUMMITS’24 will last three days which will comprise of seven panels with high-level profiles. After the opening ceremony, 7^th Path of the Mind Awards in Transportation will be given to the winners and the exhibition will be opened and visited by the protocol members. SUMMITS’24 will not only include panels, and exhibition areas for ITS companies, but also sessions for presenting academic papers and innovative ITS solutions.

Senior executives and experts from ITS stakeholders in the public and private sectors, as well as from domestic and international organizations, will take part in the panels as speakers. The panel topics to be discussed during the summit are “Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Global Perspective”, “Digitalization and Innovation in Mobility and Logistics”, “Connectivity and Communication Technologies”, “Smart and Resilient Transport Infrastructure”, “Greener and Cleaner Transportation”, “Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transport” and “Safe, Secure, Sustainable, Human Oriented and Accessible Transportation”.

We expect that most of the companies operating in the field of ITS in Türkiye will take place in the exhibition areas and will exhibit their innovative products and services.

Besides academic papers, we plan to allocate time slot for those who would like to share their ITS projects, products and innovative ITS solutions with the participants. SUMMITS’24 is open to everyone working or interested in the ITS sector. Please visit https://www.auszirvesi.org/en/home-en web address for more information regarding “SUMMITS’24 4th International ITS Summit“.