ITS World Congress hosts European Commission’s 3rd ITS Conference

On 22 October 2012 the European Commission is organising its 3rd Conference on Intelligent Transport in Europe within the framework of the 19th ITS World Congress at Messe Wien, Room Stolz 1&2 and foyer Stolz. The main objective of the conference is to provide and discuss results of the ITS Action Plan and to present the status of the implementation of the ITS Directive 2010/40/EU. Additionally, the presentations will address legal issues for ITS deployment as well as European multimodal journey planners.
September 26, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
On 22 October 2012 the 1690 European Commission is organising its 3rd Conference on Intelligent Transport in Europe within the framework of the 19th ITS World Congress at Messe Wien, Room Stolz 1&2 and foyer Stolz. The main objective of the conference is to provide and discuss results of the ITS Action Plan and to present the status of the implementation of the ITS Directive 2010/40/EU. Additionally, the presentations will address legal issues for ITS deployment as well as European multimodal journey planners.

The ITS Conference 2012 will bring together high-level representatives from the European institutions and key stakeholders from the public and private sectors of the ITS community in the 1816 European Union. Participation in the conference is free of charge, so make sure you don’t miss this ground-breaking event. The conference will be followed by the Opening Ceremony of the 19th ITS World Congress, to which all participants of the ITS Conference are kindly invited.

More information can be found at the website of the European Commission at this link:
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