Speakers line-up for ITS Europe

The 11th ITS Europe congress and exhibition opens in Glasgow on 6 June, organised by Ertico-ITS Europe in partnership with the European Commission and hosted by Glasgow City Council and Transport Scotland. Speakers at the Opening Ceremony, chaired by Master of Ceremonies Melinda Crane, include Cees de Wijs, Ertico-ITS Europe, Depute Lord Provost, Bailie Gerry Leonard, Glasgow City Council, Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and Islands, Scotland, John Parkinson, director of Motoring, Freight and London
May 27, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
The 11th ITS Europe congress and exhibition opens in Glasgow on 6 June, organised by 374 Ertico-ITS Europe in partnership with the European Commission and hosted by Glasgow City Council and 505 Transport Scotland.

Speakers at the Opening Ceremony, chaired by Master of Ceremonies Melinda Crane, include Cees de Wijs, Ertico-ITS Europe, Depute Lord Provost, Bailie Gerry Leonard, Glasgow City Council, Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and Islands, Scotland, John Parkinson, director of Motoring, Freight and London, UK Department for Transport and Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport, European Commission.

The Opening Ceremony will close with traditional Scottish entertainment and will be followed by a keynote speech by Amey managing director, David Spencer.

Plenary session 1: The deployment of connected and automated mobility, again chaired by master of ceremonies, Melinda Crane, includes speakers such as Magda Kopczynska, director, Innovative & Sustainable Mobility, DG MOVE, European Commission, Jacob Bansgaard, director General, FIA, Morten Kabell, Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs, City of Copenhagen, Denmark and Erik Jonnaert, secretary general, 6175 ACEA.

The Opening Day will finish with the Best Paper Awards and the official exhibition ribbon cutting ceremony. Following this, participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Civic Reception in the Exhibition Hall.

Register %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal online Register online false http://glasgow2016.itsineurope.com/registration false false%> until 30 May.

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