Call for papers and sessions open for ITS America 2019
ITS America is accepting paper and session proposals for its annual meeting in Washington, DC on 4-7 June 2019.
Submissions based on this year’s theme - ‘Intelligent Mobility: Safer, Greener, Smarter’ - should relate to topics on intelligent mobility: moving people, data and freight.
Authors of the accepted papers will present findings in a session organised by ITS America’s programme committee which will feature a moderator appointed by the event
November 1, 2018
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560 ITS America is accepting paper and session proposals for its annual meeting in Washington, DC on 4-7 June 2019.
Submissions based on this year’s theme - ‘Intelligent Mobility: Safer, Greener, Smarter’ - should relate to topics on intelligent mobility: moving people, data and freight.
Authors of the accepted papers will present findings in a session organised by ITS America’s programme committee which will feature a moderator appointed by the event’s organisers.
The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2019.
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