IBM, Movia, Rejsekort, Semler, Sweco, and Sixt and Green Mobility are among some of the companies that have partnered with Ertico as Goodwill Ambassadors for the ITS World Congress 2018, in Copenhagen, from the 17-21 September. The ambassadors will promote the event and advancements in technology from Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. The Goodwill Ambassador meeting will take place on 4 May 2018 and comprises members from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. It will also be extended to include
Frustrated by the lack of actual smart city solutions available in the North American market, ITS veteran and entrepreneur Dan Dietrich (pictured) decided to take action. He spent several months bringing the best people from around the industry to research and identify innovative smart city solutions that have delivered real results in markets across Europe and Asia with an eye toward helping bring them to North America. Earlier this year, Dietrich and his team launched his new company, D2 Traffic Technologies—helping companies implement these smart city products in their organisation.
As the ITS industry decamps to Atlanta in August, a question: who came up with the idea of an ITS World Congress in the first place? Adam Hill delves into recent history with one man who was actually there - ITS legend Eric Sampson
