ITS Europe has opened early bird registrations for this year’s congress taking place in Eindhoven from the 3-6 June.
Under the theme ‘Fulfilling ITS Promises’, the European Programme Committee is presenting seven topics. These include deploying new mobility services – from experiments to experience; a breath of fresh air; connected, cooperative and automated mobility; enhancing the efficiency of freight transport; enablers of digital infrastructure; transport network operations; and disruption start-ups &
March 20, 2019
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ITS Europe has opened early bird registrations for this year’s congress taking place in Eindhoven from the 3-6 June.
Under the theme ‘Fulfilling ITS Promises’, the European Programme Committee is presenting seven %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external topicsfalsehttps://2019.itsineurope.com/congress-topics/falsefalse%>. These include deploying new mobility services – from experiments to experience; a breath of fresh air; connected, cooperative and automated mobility; enhancing the efficiency of freight transport; enablers of digital infrastructure; transport network operations; and disruption start-ups & future workforce.
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Early bird rates apply until 12 April. Registration information is available on the %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external websitefalsehttps://2019.itsineurope.com/2019/03/19/building-up-to-an-exciting-programme/falsefalse%>.
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