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ITS Australia Global Summit 2023: Mobility Forum will kick off programme

Event runs from 28-31 August 2023 in Melbourne, Australia
By Adam Hill July 17, 2023 Read time: 1 min
Sessions at the Conference & Exhibition Centre start at 11am on 28 August (© Verdelho | Dreamstime.com)

A one-day Global Mobility Forum will kick off the ITS Australia Global Summit in Melbourne on 28 August 2023.

Sessions will include Data Analytics / Ecosystems; AI's Impact on Smart Infrastructure; and Connected Transport - C-ITS Benefits, C/AV.

There will also be a Global Updates session, featuring Dr Jason Chang, director, Advanced Public Transport Research Center, National Taiwan University; Ertico CEO Joost Vantomme; Jean Ruestman, administrator, Office of Passenger Transportation - Michigan DoT; and Michelle Batsas, executive director future mobility at Victorian Department of Transport and Planning.

Other speakers at the Global Summit include Stephanie Wiggins, CEO of Los Angeles Metro; Shailen Bhatt, US Federal Highway Administration administrator; Laura Chace, president and CEO of ITS America; Alfredo Escriba, chief technology officer of Kapsch TrafficCom; Bonnie Crawford, vice president & general manager of Cubic Transportation Systems; Thale Kuvås Solberg, president and CEO of Q-Free; and Roger Miller, AASHTO president and secretary of Washington State DoT.

Themes of the event, which runs from 28-31 August at Melbourne Conference & Exhibition Centre, are:

Smart Infrastructure and Data Ecosystems
Sustainable and Equitable
Electric, Connected, Autonomous
Future Mobility
Policy and Harmonisation
Freight, Logistics and Drones

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