The Danish intelligent transport professional Søren Sørensen has been named ITS Nationals network person of the year the organisation’s annual awards ceremony in the Polish capital, Warsaw.
The event was sponsored by SWARCO, The Traffic Group, Daktronics, IDASO, Intertraffic and the 2027 ITS World Congress in Birmingham.
Mr Sørensen is the chairman of the ITS Denmark organisation, and he is also the leader in NEMU – the Nordics ecosystem mobility unlimited, making its systems work cross border in the Nordic countries and beyond, and also playing a major role in the Mobility as a Service Alliance for technology and standardisation
Announcing the award, Richard Neumann from sponsor SWARCO told the group: “I would like to make a parallel to the Danish football team. They have a great slogan: The supporters of the Danish football team, they shout, you are red, you are white, you are Danish dynamite. So that’s what you are, Søren, Danish dynamite, thank you for your contributions to the ITS industry in general.”
the reason that I can stand here is not because of me, it’s because of the IGs Nordic plus the idea that we came together and worked together and created both the previous project Nomad, which was the strategy part of it, and now we’re going into implementation mode. And we’re doing that with the help of all the IGs organization in the Nordics, and in fact, the project is now owned by Nordic plus, so I think we can bring that as a showcase here to ICS nationals, that each country may be a small contributor, but working together, we can really move things and create better mobility for all in Europe.
The other winners were ITS Germany, ITS Ireland, ITS Serbia, ITS Italy and a collaboration between ITS UK, Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
The full winners were:
1. National Policy Champion Award – Sponsored by The Traffic Group
The association most successful at influencing ITS Policy on a national level during the past year.
Won by: ITS Germany.
2. Membership Champion Award – Sponsored by Daktronics
The association with the best testimonials from Members of how they have helped them from the last twelve months.
Won by: ITS Serbia
3. Next Generation Champion Award – Sponsored by IDASO
The association evidencing the most effective activities to support early careers professionals during the past year.
Won by: ITS Ireland
4. Excellence in Transportation Award – Sponsored by the 2027 Birmingham ITS World Congress
The association which stands out as being the most active and effective during the past year.
Won by: ITS Italy
5. Network Collaboration Award – Sponsored by Intertraffic
The association that can demonstrate the results of working with other organisations either in their country or internationally.
Won by: ITS UK, Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
6. Network Person of the Year Award – Sponsored by SWARCO
The individual most valued by the Network for their contribution.
Won by: Soren Sorensen of ITS Denmark.
(Picture – ITS Nationals)