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ITS International: Meet us in Vienna

ITS International, the number one business-to-business title for anyone involved in advanced technology for the traffic management and urban mobility markets, is in Vienna to report from the ITS World Congress, 2012, http://2012.itsworldcongress.com/content , which takes place from the 22-26 October. Once again, ITS International will lead coverage of the event through its www.DailyNews-Online.com/ITSWorldCongress-2012 site. We are planning to bring you all the latest preview and live event news from the I
September 20, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
ITS International, the number one business-to-business title for anyone involved in advanced technology for the traffic management and urban mobility markets, is in Vienna to report from the ITS World Congress, 2012, %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal http://2012.itsworldcongress.com/content ITS World Congress false http://2012.itsworldcongress.com/content false false%> , which takes place from the 22-26 October. Once again, ITS International will lead coverage of the event through its www.itsinternational.com/event-news/its-world-congress-2012/site. We are planning to bring you all the latest preview and live event news from the ITS World Congress 2012 in whatever format suits you best. We will be reporting on everything that happens, online as well as through our hard copy “Daily News” magazine on site. ITS International will give you the best of both worlds, and our editorial experts will make sure you are kept fully informed.

And, don’t forget, our main site,  www.itsinternational.com/event-news/its-world-congress-2012/site can be searched by company name for ease of use. It is an excellent research and planning tool if you are attending the event, and it even features a comprehensive archive of material, directly relevant to the ITS World Congress 2012 event.

In the meantime, everyone in the host city of Vienna is getting ready to welcome visitors to this, the 19th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress. Throughout the 5-day event, prominent locations in the ‘best city in the world’ (Mercer Quality of Living Survey in 2009, 2010, and 2011) will hold different elements of the congress, and everything is being hosted by the BMVIT (4792 Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology) %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.bmvit.gv.at/en/index.html bmvit false http://www.bmvit.gv.at/en/index.html false false%>, and organised by 374 Ertico, %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.Ertico.com Ertico false http://www.ertico.com/ false false%>, an umbrella organisation for ITS in Europe. There will also be support from local organisers 4793 AustriaTech, www.austriatech.at/. The congress programme includes an exhibition, technical lectures, and a demonstration area.

To see the recent ITS international preview article in detail, please go to http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/associations/features/its-world-congress-2012-highlights-connectivity/ . The theme of this year’s congress is “smarter on the way,” and the organisers hope to “throw a spotlight on the ways in which user-friendly ITS can benefit both private and commercial customers.” Also, there will be a lot of discussion around “connecting modes of transport to make traffic systems flow more easily.”

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