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Verizon chairman and CEO to provide keynote speech at 2014 ITS World Congress

Verizon Communications chairman and chief executive officer Lowell McAdam will deliver a keynote address at the 2014 World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, sharing his company’s vision for the role technology plays in the future of transportation. McAdam’s keynote is slated for Tuesday, 9 September, at 8.30 am in Detroit, Michigan, in the ballroom of Cobo Center. Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. “With the rapid evolution of mobile broadband networks and machine-t
April 4, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
1984 Verizon Communications chairman and chief executive officer  Lowell  McAdam will deliver a keynote address at the 2014 World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, sharing his company’s vision for the role technology plays in the future of transportation.

McAdam’s keynote is slated for Tuesday, 9 September, at 8.30 am in Detroit, Michigan, in the ballroom of Cobo Center. Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

“With the rapid evolution of mobile broadband networks and machine-to-machine technologies, smart cars are becoming a platform for innovation, much as smartphones are today. Our job going forward is to use these fantastic new tools to empower consumers and create greener, more efficient transportation systems that will improve living standards around the world,” said McAdam.  

In addition to McAdam’s keynote address, Verizon is one of the anchor sponsors of the 6456 ITS World Congress and will host the ITS World Congress VIP dinner on Monday evening, 8 September at Detroit’s Henry Ford Museum.

The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest transportation technology exhibition, alternating each year between the Americas, Europe and Asia. This year, ITS America is proud to host the 21st World Congress on ITS in the birthplace of America’s auto industry, Detroit, Michigan.

“We are thrilled to have Verizon’s Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam join us at this year’s ITS World Congress to address the transformative effect of technology on transportation safety, mobility and the environment,” said Scott Belcher, president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), which hosts the World Congress. “We live in an increasingly connected world, with technology changing not only the way we live, work and travel but also how businesses and our nation compete in the global economy.”

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