ITS Leadership to engage in an exchanging of ideas meeting ahead of ITS World Congress

Three of the top people behind this year’s ITS World Congress will visit Montreal and Toronto before the event to meet government and business leaders in an exchange of ideas. The president and CEO of ITS America, David St. Amant and ITS Canada Chairman and CEO, Chris Philp, the chairman of the 2017 World Congress, Claude Carette and the Montreal’s Executive Committee Member for Transportation, Aref Salem will hold discussions with civic officials and key exhibitors about collaborations
October 4, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

Three of the top people behind this year’s ITS World Congress will visit Montreal and Toronto before the event to meet government and business leaders in an exchange of ideas. The president and CEO of ITS America, David St. Amant and ITS Canada Chairman and CEO, Chris Philp, the chairman of the 2017 World Congress, Claude Carette and the Montreal’s Executive Committee Member for Transportation, Aref Salem will hold discussions with civic officials and key exhibitors about collaborations on future World Congress events and the future of intelligent transportation and smart cities technology innovations.

Amant said “These meetings present an important opportunity for the ITS leadership to more personally engage with business and thought leaders in the industry. The feedback and idea exchange will allow us to evaluate and shape the future of the ITS World Congress events, and more importantly, lead to advances and breakthroughs in the development of intelligent infrastructures around the world”.

The Smart Cities Pavilion will be a highlight to the event and will feature Smart Cities from around the world including Columbus, Ohio, the host city Montreal, Singapore, and Christchurch, New Zealand. It will focus on how policy can advance the future of integrated mobility and why transportation is moving to the centre of the Internet of Things.

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