1st   ETSI  TC ITS Workshop

The 1st ETSI TC ITS Workshop, organised and hosted by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France, took place on 4-6 February 2009.

ETSI TC ITS had a very busy year 2008 developing standards and technical specifications for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). In February 2009, it was time to present TC ITS's results so far and discuss the way forward with our stakeholders and interested parties. The event was supported by ERTICO and a cooperation agreement between ETSI and ERTICO was signed during the opening of the event. 

More than 120 delegates from all over the world participated to what proved to be a very successful and fruitful event. 

The agenda included numerous sessions, with presentations given by experts representing organizations such as ETSI, ERTICO, the European Commission (DG INFSO G4, ICT for transport) and various European Research projects including COMeSafety, CVIS, Safespot, Predrive C2X, as well as the private sector and universities. 

The TC ITS working groups presented the results of their work and the overall roadmap for TC ITS with priorities for the next couple of years was discussed.
The European Commission initiatives for harmonised implementation to ensure interoperability was presented and international contributions from ISO TC204, ITU-R and Japan were considered and the need for further international cooperation between international standardisation organisations was underlined.

The workshop concluded that increased standardisation and implementation activities are foreseen during 2009 and 2010 for TC ITS with focus on base standards and interoperability for cooperative systems as well as other ITS domains. Also international cooperation will be important in order to achieve interoperability.

The next ETSI TC ITS workshop will take place 10-12 February 2010 where more technical details of the standardisation program will be discussed - so don't miss this opportunity for influence – reserve the dates already now.

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS [all presentations download area, Agenda, Biographies, Press Release, Event Videos]

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

• Opening address
  Søren Hess, ETSI TC ITS Chairman, Daimler AG
  
  
• Global ITS standardization and the role of ETSI
  Walter Weigel, ETSI Director-General
  
  
• ITS key activities from a European and global point of view
  Hermann Meyer, CEO ERTICO
  
  
• European approach to the Co-operative systems for safety and efficiency -  importance of standards in ensuring interoperability
  Emilio Davila-Gonzalez, European Commission, DG INFSO.G.4 - ICT for Transport
  

• Cooperative Mobility: New transport Paradigms for the 21st century
  Paul Kompfner, ERTICO
  
  
• Human Factors and ITS in cars
  Françoise Petersen, Apica
  
  
• Intelligent vehicle... towards automated road
  Claude Laurgeau, Ecole des Mines de Paris
  

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE
Moderator: Søren Hess, ETSI TC ITS Chairman, Daimler AG

• Traveller Information Service Association
  Teun Hendriks, Co-chair Technical and Standardization Committee, Traveller Information Services Association (TISA)
  
  
• Optimised Voice And Data Communications For Transportation Systems using TETRA
  Oscar Louro, Marketing Manager from TELTRONIC, S.A.U.
  
  
• Optimized road safety through eCall: a multidimensional case for Next Generation Intelligent Transport Systems 
  Wouter Degadt, IBBT SMIT, Free University of Brussels
  

EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
Moderator: Søren Hess, ETSI TC ITS Chairman, Daimler AG

• CVIS :First results from tests and validation
  Peter Christ, ERTICO, ITS Europe
  
  
• Safespot, Integrated Project, Co-operative Systems for Road Safety, 'Smart Vehicles on Smart Roads'
  Roberto Brignolo, CRF
  
  
• PREDRIVE C2X
  Dieter Seeberger, Daimler AG
  

VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION
Moderator: Martin Arndt, ETSI TC ITS Technical Officer

• COMeSafety : specific support action
  Andreas Lübke, Volkswagen AG
  

• ITS application requirements
  Gérard Ségarra, ETSI TC ITS Working Group Application Requirements and Services Chairman (WG1), Renault telematics Expert on behalf the C2C-C Consortium

• Standardization activities in TC ITS Working Group Architecture and Cross Layer (WG2)
  Knut Evensen, ETSI TC ITS Working Group 2 Chairman, Q-Free

• Global Standardization of Network & Transport Protocols for ITS with 5  GHz Radio Technologies
  Andreas Festag, ETSI TC ITS Working Group Transport and Network (WG3) Chairman, NEC Europe
  

• Intelligent Transport Systems ETSI TC ITS Working Group 4, Media and Medium Related
  Thomas Weber, ETSI TC ITS Working Group 4 Chairman, German Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway
  

• Does the 802.11p MAC Method Provide Predictable Support for Low Delay Communications?
  Katrin Bilstrup, Halmstad University
  

• Security in ITS: The role of WG5
  Scott Cadzow, ETSI TC ITS Working Group Security (WG5) Chairman, C3L

• ITU-T SG16 Vehicle Gateway Platform for ITS/Telematics
  Soyeon Lee -  ETRI

• Achieving Interoperability
  Stefan Schulz, ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI)
  
  
• ITS Challenges: Standardization, Certification and Testing
  Antonio Plaza Ortega, AT4Wireless
  
  
• SIMTD Field Operational Tests
  Christian Weiss, Daimler AG
  

• Views from infrastructure and road operators
  Jacques Boussuge, ASFA
  
  
• The European COOPERS Project - Cooperative Systems for Intelligent Road Safety :Providing in vehicle traffic management information 
  Hannes Stratil, EFKON
  
  
• Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) Infrastructure: The Standardization requirements from an ASECAP Perspective 
  Rui Camolino, Chairman of ASECAP COPER III, the Permanent Commission III of ASECAP dealing with ITS
  
  
• Cellular Vehicle Communications: Background and Business Considerations from the CoCar Project
  Ulrich Dietz, Senior Technology Manager - Intelligent Transport Systems Vodafone GROUP Research & Development 
  

STRATEGIES FOR EUROPEAN AND WORLDWIDE ITS STANDARDIZATION
Moderator: Gregor Gärtner, Volkswagen AG

• The cooperation between IEEE/P1609/802.11p, ISO/CALM and ETSI TC ITS
  Knut Evensen, Q-Free
  

• Activities on ITS Radiocommunications Standards in ITU-R and in Japan
  Satoshi (Sam) Oyama, Hitachi Ltd Japan
  

• Introduction of  ISO/TC204/WG14 - Vehicle/Roadway Warning and Control Systems
  Akio Hosaka, ISO/TC204/WG14Expert, Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System Research Association (AHSRA)
  

• Introduction of ISO/TC204/WG16/SWG16.3 activities and probe data format
  Taka Sugiura, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
  

SUMMARY AND CLOSING SESSION
Søren Hess, ETSI TC ITS Chairman, Daimler AG