Work already underway on delivering 2027 ITS World Congress
As the Chair of ERTICO – ITS Europe uses his closing speech at this year’s ITS World Congress in China to repeat the news that Birmingham is Preferred Host for the World Congress 2027, Transport for West Midlands has announced it has already starting work on delivering the event. Dr Angelos Amditis announced Birmingham’s success […]
The Shadow Roads Minister, new signals technology and some Virtual Reality on Highways Voices from Highways UK
After hearing from the Roads and Local Transport Minister on Highways Voices yesterday, you can hear from his Shadow Bill Esterson MP on today’s Highways Voices from Highways UK 2023 today. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of AGD Systems and Traffic Group Signals, Kiely Bros, Re-flow, Stantec and Yunex Traffic. In the third podcast from the NEC this week […]
West Midlands mayor hails ITS World Congress as “fantastic opportunity”
The Mayor of the West Midlands and chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority is calling the awarding of Birmingham as preferred host of the 2027 ITS World Congress as “a fantastic opportunity for the West Midlands to take to the global stage once again and demonstrate our commitment to innovation and sustainability on transport.” […]
BREAKING NEWS – UK preferred host of 2027 ITS World Congress
It’s intended the 2027 ITS World Congress will be hosted at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, after the United Kingdom bid was accepted by ERTICO – ITS Europe. Birmingham has been selected as preferred city with ERTICO saying “Birmingham and the United Kingdom at large is advancing Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS), as […]
Driving Forward: Exploring Urban and Automated Mobility at the ITS World Congress 2024 in Dubai
The ITS World Congress 2024 in Dubai, centred around ‘Mobility Driven by ITS,’ will delve into pivotal areas shaping transportation’s future. Organisers ERTICO – ITS Europe say the Technical Programme is anchored in four topics that lay the groundwork for the entire Congress. Today, we’ll explore two of these topics, Urban Mobility and Automated Mobility, […]
Dubai World Congress call for contributions is made
ERTICO – ITS Europe, the organiser of the 2024 ITS World Congress in Dubai, has opened its Call for Contributions to the Technical Programme. The Technical Programme will feature Organised Sessions and Paper Sessions, providing experts from the global ITS community with the opportunity to discuss the state of smart mobility from a technical standpoint. […]
ITS World Congress 2024 themes revealed
The organisers of next year’s ITS World Congress, ERTICO – ITS Europe have revealed the four pillars of transport technology which are the central to the event. The Congress, from 16-20 September in Dubai, has the theme “Mobility Driven by ITS” will concentrate on Urban Mobility, Innovation in Mobility and Logistics, Clean Mobility and Automated […]
ITS Congress ever-present Eric Sampson reflects on nearly 30 years of cutting edge technology talk
He’s believed to be the only person in the world who has been to every in-person ITS World and European Congress, and as he retires from actively planning the events, Professor Eric Sampson has given an interview about his long career. Ahead of next week’s ITS European Congress in Lisbon, for which Prof Sampson has […]
ERTICO promotes ITS World Congress 2024 with Dubai webinar
The ITS World Congress 2024 will be held in Dubai – the first time the European leg of the three-year cycle takes place outside of continental Europe itself. To promote the event, the organisers ERTICO – ITS Europe has announced a webinar to take place on Monday 27 March from 8.45am UK time. Dubai Roads […]
ITS World Congress team urge UK to back the bid
The team at Transport for West Midlands who’re working to bring the major ITS World Congress 2027 to Birmingham are urging UK consultants, suppliers and academics to back their bid by writing letters of support to the overall organisers ERTICO. The event takes place under European jurisdiction every three years. It was held in Hamburg […]