The UK Ambassador in the UAE talks building business in the region, and Birmingham ’27 gets its international launch on Highways Voices from Dubai

In the third of our special podcasts from the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai, we find out how British companies can get help to build new business in the UAE, and we hear more about the World Congress in three years’ time in Birmingham.

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We hear from the UK Ambassador in Dubai, Edward Hobart CMG who was joined in an address by the Vice Chairman of the Supreme Organising Committee of the World Congress, Director of Dubai’s Transportation Systems, HE Khaled Al Awadhi who addressed the UK delegation with Mr Hobart and the Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples.

Mr Hobart then expands on his team’s role in helping build business in the UAE and why UK companies are welcome in the Emirates.

After that we look ahead to three years’ time and the ITS World Congress in Birmingham, with the official international launch with Transport for West Midlands’ Chris Lane, Anthony Ferguson from the Department for Transport, Joost Vantomme and Dr Angelos Amditis of ERTICO and then ITS UK Chief Executive Max Sugarman.

The UK Pavilion is organised by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG, showcasing UK ITS and the work of stand participants AECOMAGD SystemsANGOKAAurrigoClearview IntelligenceImmenseNeologyNicanderNow WirelessStarling TechnologiesWestcotec and Zenzic, with ITS UK also very active on the stand.

(Picture – TTF)

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