The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Prof Sarah Sharples, has been added to the list of high-level speakers for next month’s ITS World Congress in Dubai.

She’ll be taking part in a plenary session discussing how to balance the development of new tools in a single transport mode with focusing on fully integrated cross-sectorial solutions across all modes.

Prof Sharples will be sharing the stage with experts from Parsons Corporation, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Joby Aviation, SkyPorts, and many other leading global companies.

Other speakers on the list of attendees include HE Matter Al Tayer, Director General of Dubai’s RTA, Tina Wagner, who is director general for Transport at the City of Hamburg and Umovity CEO Christian Haas.

Explore the High Level Programme here and dive into details of all sessions here.

The ITS World Congress takes place between 16 and 20 September at the Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates.

(File picture – Transport Technology Forum)