Opening with VIP Dinner and multimodal travel To celebrate 20 years of ERTICO – ITS Europe a VIP dinner was held last night in the beautiful Chapelle de la Trinité in the historic centre of Lyon. I was delighted to attend as I had a small part in helping establish ERTICO as I helped draft… Continue
So a full programme Monday 6th June at the Intelligent Transport Systems in Action Conference in Lyon organized by the European Commission. Excellent high level speakers opened the Conference and stressed the key challenges faced in Europe concerning transport. One of the topics covered was globalisation, which continues to threaten European leadership in the transport… Continue
There is considerable debate throughout Europe on the potential impacts of the European Commission Action Plan and Directive. While many countries welcome the initiative some remain concerned about how the fine details (when they emerge) will impact on their existing operations and businesses. One key area of concern is the requirement to provide travelers with… Continue
So, the 8th European Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services is just a few days away now. Lyon will be centre of the ITS industry world from 6th – 9th June with speakers from 38 countries and delegates from many more. I expect the sessions on technology, intelligent cooperative systems and governance and business… Continue
I’m happy to say that this year again, Logica is participating in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles – the all-women’s rally that happens annually in the Moroccan desert. Participants can be behind the wheel of a 4WD, Crossover, Quad or truck. What’s unique about the rally is that while it encourages the human zest for… Continue
ITS Daily News, Wednesday 27th October I featured in the ITS Daily News signing the MOU with ITS Finland Board Karri Salminen, Kimmo Ylisiurunen of ITS Finalnd and Eric Sampson, visiting professor of transport at the UK’s Newcastle University. Signing a cooperation MoU Here we are signing a cooperation MoU between… Continue
Cars Today at ITS Busan we saw a demonstration of autonomous car. It had no driver. The car is able to come and collect you and parks itself, definitely something I would find useful. Sign of the times. The informed driver, signs absolutely everywhere here in Busan. Definitely a case of… Continue
The VIP Dinner The exclusive VIP Dinner held at the Nurimaru APEC House. 150 guests limit. Picture shows (centre) Fotis Karamitsos of DG MOVE, European Commission who was enrolled as the European member of the ITS World Congress Hall of Fame, and Jane Lappin, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center of the US Department of… Continue
Finally everything is ready for the grand venue opening. Last connectivity checks are being performed and presentations uploaded. The European Pavilion is ready to address the delegates of the ITS World Congress. We are ready to rumble! Korean artists performing as part of the congress venue opening. Everyone waiting for the VIPs to arrive and… Continue
Mid Monday and the preparations for the Congress venue is well under way but still a few hours before completion. As usual, people working on the stand are running around with frantic looking eyes trying to pull everything together and meet the deadline later today. A few monitors are still missing and there… Continue