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The Network of National ITS Associations (ITS Nationals) is strengthening its ties with ERTICO-ITS Europe, as the two organisations continue to work together to make their partnership stronger.

ITS Nationals, which has an objective to ensure that ITS knowledge and information is transmitted to all its members across the region, has accepted an invitation from ERTICO’s CEO, Joost Vantomme, to join the ERTICO Strategy Committee as a permanent member.  Vice Chair, Dónal Hodgins will attend quarterly meetings of the Committee, which provides an advisory role to the Supervisory Board of ERTICO.  His presence, representing the 28 national ITS organisations will support closer cooperation between the two entities and improve cohesiveness between European ITS stakeholders.

Mr Vantomme has also invited ITS Nationals Chair, Günther Weber, to represent the organisation for a dedicated agenda slot at the ERTICO Supervisory Board Meetings at regular intervals as this will reinforce common goals and cement relationships further.

Furthermore, Mr Vantomme suggest the ITS Nationals to become an official member of the Board of Directors for the ITS World Congresses and Martin Russ, Managing Director of ITS Austria, will be the ITS National’s representation. Mr Russ has a long experience and history in organising and promoting large events for the ITS community, including the ITS World Congress in Vienna in 2012.

“The work delivered by ERTICO-ITS Europe and the ITS Nationals Network across Europe complement each other very well,” explained Günther Weber. “While ERTICO-ITS Europe liaises with the European institutions and wider international governance bodies and delivers high-level thought leadership and stakeholder engagement, the Network delivers expertise at a local level among innovators in almost every country on the European continent. By collaborating and sharing our expertise innovation and ideas, ITS Nationals benefits the entire ITS industry and helps to advance digitalisation and servicesto deliver safer, greener and more cost effective transportation compared totraditionalsolutions.”

“Since my first day as CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe in January 2022, I wanted to foster a close dialogue and connect the dots with the ITS associations at national level. Pleased to see this come true. Both of us complement each other and voice the value of smart and sustainable mobility with concrete deliverables for citizens and business”, comments Joost Vantomme, CEO of ERTICO.“We are one ITS family with each of us having our own action radius. 1+1=3 in this elevated partnership. More to come on our cooperation!”

ITS Nationals is supporting and will be represented at the ITS European Congress in Lisbon from 22 – 24 May.

(Picture shows members of the ITS Nationals team including Chair Günther Weber, third from right with Joost Vantomme, second from right, courtesy of ITS Nationals/ERTICO)

We cordially invite you to be active at the 31st International Symposium on Electronics in Transport – ISEP 2023. It is organised by the Electrotechnical Association of Slovenia and Slovenian ITS Association. The Symposiums’ 2023 theme is

“SMART MOBILITY AND DIGITALISATION OF TRANSPORT”.

ISEP 2023 will take place on the 27th March 2023 as Virtual event – Webinar. 

Please find more information about the event for authors and other participants at http://www.isep.si  .

Dates to remember:

27 February 2023, Extended Registration of abstracts

1 March 2023, Extended Notification of acceptance

21 March 2023, Submission of the final paper

24 March 2023, Final registration

The peer-reviewed papers will be presented in the proceedings of the symposium with an ISBN.

There is no need to travel, there is no need to find the parking places, but we will miss the real networking.

June 26-30, 2023, Vienna, Austria

Traffic management as key element for future mobility solutions. Several new mobility services have the potential to improve the mobility system performance and to make it more sustainable. However, to exploit this potential these services have to be integrated in the mobility system by proper traffic management. In addition, traffic management allows the optimal use of existing road capacities, without having to build new infrastructure. The aim: make the best use of the available infrastructure, minimise negative effects and so contribute to a quality of location!

This international symposium will provide a platform for operators, managers, traffic engineers, practitioners, and researchers to discuss and share their experiences with “Innovation Advances Toward the Future of Managing Traffic”. Industry leaders and specialists from around the globe are invited and will engage in discussions on the challenges, research needs, innovative methods, and approaches to collaborate with other agencies and service providers to improve how they actively manage and control traffic on the surface transportation system.

The 4th International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations, succeeds previous symposia sponsored by the Transportation Research Board and International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) in 2006 (Athens), 2009 (Honolulu), and 2016 (Berlin).

The Symposium program will include plenary sessions, technical sessions with invited speakers, poster sessions and workshops which will address:

• the next generation of traffic management systems
• sharing and using emerging sources of data (e.g., connected and automated vehicles)
• incorporating data from connected and automated vehicles into operational/safety strategies and control plans to manage traffic on freeways
• innovative methods to actively managing and controlling traffic
• managed lanes (e.g., HOV, HOT, Part-time Shoulder Use, Reversible Lanes)
• use of pricing to improve the use of traffic operational strategies
• managing traffic management assets
• sharing information with other systems and stakeholders
• opportunities to share electronic data among systems and 3rd parties
• incorporating mobility on demand services into the day-to-day traffic management and emissions mitigation activities
• coordinating and sharing information with agencies and service providers in response to planned and unplanned events

Key topics

Innovative Financing to Build and Operate Motorways including use of incentives and pricing in traffic operational strategies.

Track A: Governance and Organizational Challenges

Track B: Managing and Analyzing Operational Strategies and Performance

Track C: Next Generation of Traffic Management Systems and Services

Track D: Innovative Financing to Build and Operate Motorways

Find out more here.

We are pleased to invite you to the first DACH Mobility Conference and mobility workshops on 15-16 November 2022 in the Kursaal in Bern/Switzerland. The event is jointly  organised by the ITS organisations ITS austria, its-ch, ITS germany and ITS mobility as well as by asut (Swiss Telecommunications Association), the Federal Roads Office and the Touring Club Switzerland.

Registration for the mobility workshop and further information can be found here. The places for the workshops are limited. The language of the conference is German.

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Following the recent Network of National ITS Associations (ITS Nationals) elections, we are thrilled to announce three newly elected members of the Coordination Committee:

• Guenther Weber of ITS Germany e.V. re-elected as Chairman of the Network
• Donal Hodgins of ITS Ireland as Vice Chairman of the Network
• Maarja Rannama of ITS Estonia as new Coordination Committee member

Donal and Maarja are the first representatives from Ireland and Estonia to sit on the ITS Nationals Coordination Committee. Congratulations to all newly elected Coordination Committee members!

The Network of National ITS Associations is a grouping of national ITS interests formed in order to ensure that ITS knowledge and information is transmitted to all actors at the local and national level – such as small and medium sized companies. ITS Nationals aims to raises awareness of ITS within the European Union and support collaboration across EU member states.

This year the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium celebrates its 20th anniversary. And this year – after some time break of personal meetings caused by the pandemic – we want to organize our CAR 2 CAR Forum in presence. It will be the 16th forum and will take place from 28 to 29 September 2022 at the Rudolf Harbig Stadium in Dresden.

The registration to the CAR 2 CAR Forum 2022 is still open till mid-September.

You will find the registration link for non-members on our website via the link:

CAR 2 CAR Forum Non-member Registration

Or directly via the PDF:

CAR 2 CAR Forum Application Form 2022

Together with the Saxony Energy Agency – SAENA GmbH, at our two-day conference, accompanied by an interesting exhibition, we will discuss topics related to Corporate Connected Autonomous Mobility (CCAM) in addition to our Vehicle to Everything (V2X). 

We will spend the evening of the first day in the Transport Museum in Dresden to have another opportunity for networking in addition to the discussions during the day.

Information can be found at:

CAR 2 CAR Forum 2022

With two weeks to go until the first ITS European Congress in three years, the organisers ERTICO have issued an online preview document, and are planning a further Congress-related webinar.

The three-day event in the French city of Toulouse starts in two weeks’ time (Monday 30 May). It comprises plenary sessions, papers, special interest papers, an exhibition, demonstrations, technical visits and networking.

Read the full preview here.

The fifth and final webinar on the Congress topic ‘From Largescale Trials to Deployment’ takes place on Thursday 19 May, from 1.00-2.15pm UK time. Sign up here.

The ITS Nationals Network will be meeting in Toulouse at a special session on Tuesday 31 May.

(Picture – ERTICO)

The PriMaaS project staff exchange programme has been constrained by the effect of pandemics. However, following the easing of restrictions, partners are taking the first steps towards closer cooperation between regions.
TTS Italia was the first partner to host a staff exchange in the past day. Following the Edinburgh interregional event, Sofia Suarez from the University of Aveiro participated in a three-day meeting of exchange of experience in TTS Italia headquarters.

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ITS Turkey, established in 2016 to coordinate studies in Turkey in the field of ITS within the scope of the National Intelligent Transportation Systems Strategy Document and Action Plan (2014-2016) prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. The association aims to develop and expand intelligent transport systems in a way that contributes to a safe, comfortable, efficient, environmentally friendly and economical transport system, considering the public interest. It carries out activities that will contribute to the formation of a sector with high added value for Turkey. For those who want to explore the topic from an academic perspective or conduct in-depth research on the subject, a ghostwriter masterarbeit can provide professional assistance in structuring and writing a Master’s thesis on intelligent transport systems or digital infrastructure development.

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Countries and cities are being offered the chance to throw their hat in the ring to host a future ITS World or European Congress.

ERTICO – ITS Europe is looking for potential hosts of the 2025 and 2026 European Congresses and the 2027 World Congress which will be based in a location within ERTICO’s juristiction.

“For over 30 years, ERTICO-ITS Europe, ITS America and ITS Asia-Pacific have been hosting innovative ITS Congresses that present all that is new in the ITS sector,” said Lisa Boch-Andersen, ERTICO’s Director of Communication, Congresses and Events. “As a Host city, you join the extended ITS family of cities from across the world. Every Host city has felt the long-term positive economic impact on the business of their region and the benefits of being recognised as a key player in the smart mobility landscape.”

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