The ITS congresses have gained strong recognition in the global sector of transportation: each edition reunites more than 300 exhibitors and 8 000 visitors, coming from more than 60 countries, with a common willingness to share proven methodologies and to build reliable partnerships and networks. Focusing on the following theme - Increasing the space for a more sustainable mobility - the international ITS congress of Bordeaux will be specifically dedicated to innovations that improve sustainable mobility.
A few figures regarding the 2015 ITS Congress :
- October 5th to 9th, 2015
- Bordeaux Exhibition Complex
- 3 500 congress delegates from all over the world
- 300 conferences
- 20 000 m² of exhibition
- 10 000 visitors
- 15 demo – 10 technical tours
- Focused on the topic of satellite applications serving sustainable mobility
- Direct economic spin-off estimated at 6 M €
6 reasons to attend this Congress :
- Smart mobility : the 2015 ITS Congress of Bordeaux will focus on the advantages of ITS technologies for all transportation users
- Debates around the latest development with more than 3 000 speakers in 200 sessions, including 1000 presentations from experts
- An incredible opportunity to discover an exceptional demo program of cutting-edge technologies
- A public viewing day on the 4th of October: not only will this favour a broader affluence, but it will also be beneficial because the general public includes tomorrow’s specialists and users
- Request and favour coordination for a larger deployment by political decision-makers worldwide
- Above all, the opportunity to visit Bordeaux, which in itself is worth checking out.
The Congress’ website presents the main themes that were defined by the European Programming Comity, and that will be the focus of this event:
- Spacial technologies and services for the ITS (e.g. Galileo services),
- challenges of the deployment of cooperative ITS,
- multi-modal transportation of persons and of goods,
- urban trends and ITS evolutions,
- solutions for a sustainable mobility,
- the shift towards autonomous vehicles,
- Big and Open Data.
Source : http://www.topos-aquitaine.org/