Smarter on the way

The 19th ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna with its theme of "Smarter on the Way" will go beyond exhibitions and a conference to offer extended demonstrations of intelligent transportation applications.

These demonstrations will not only show technological progress but also an ambitious future where ‘customers’ will have a hands-on feeling and experience with the new ITS functions and performance. This World Congress will concentrate specifically on the interoperability of different applications and building connectivity and networked applications in order to enhance value for users of vehicles and services and the efficiency and safety of the transportation network. There will be a focus on being certain that all stakeholders in the transport system can use these applications in a comfortable and efficient manner. Because ITS will only be successful, if it helps to improve everyone’s daily mobility. So these Intelligent Transport Systems have to be easy to use, helpful and increase safety. To achieve this, it is needed to ensure that Intelligent Transport Systems are designed and implemented seamlessly: they must work across city, regional, and national borders, and they must serve all transport modes. To meet the complex demands of our multimodal and multi-purpose transport system we must involve a broad range of stakeholders in the planning and development process from all over the world.

What’s needed now is to implement ITS in real transportation systems. Therefore a common political effort is need and how this effort should look like should be discussed at the Annual Summit to gain an input for the planned Ministerial Roundtable on the 19^th ITS World congress on 22 October 2012. After the side event all participants are invited to join us on our ‘ITS Vienna 2012’ booth at the exhibition for a reception.

Speakers

Moderator: Reinhard Pfliegl, Chair of the 19^th ITS World Congress, AustriaTech GmbH

1. The political framework for ITS technologies to achieve a seamless transportation system

Ingolf Schädler, Deputy Director General for Innovation, Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology

2. Smarter on the way via deployment of ITS - from the viewpoint of the ERTICO Partnership

Gunter Zimmermeyer ,Chairman, ERTICO-ITS Europe

3. Experiencing ITS in real traffic situations on the 19^th ITS World Congress in Vienna

Alexander Frötscher, Head of Unit of ITS Development, AustriaTech GmbH

4. ITS key applications to be implemented in the future transport system

Josef Czako, Vice President International Business Development, Kapsch TrafficCom AG

Thilo Jourdan, Sales Director Global Sales, Intelligent Traffic Systems, Siemens AG

5. Discussion with the auditorium for each speaker:12 min, discussion: 30 min

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