The call for papers for the 23rd World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2016 is officially open. With the Congress theme set to explore “Enhancing Liveable Cities and Communities”, the deadline for submission closes January 13, 2016.
Along with the overarching theme, sub themes of the Congress are:
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF BIG OPEN DATA
Collection, transmission, and analytics including crowd sourced and V2X data. Privacy and inter-agency issues. Evolution from sparse infrastructure based sensor to ubiquitous vehicle based sensing and realtime predictive traveller information.
SMART CITIES AND NEW URBAN MOBILITY
User experience, quality of travel, connectivity and traveller information, future traffic management. Changing models for vehicle use sharing and ownership. Seamless mobility and public transport. Rural areas.
VEHICLE AND NETWORK SAFETY
Interventional systems for connected vehicles. Smart, safe infrastructure and support for augmented or automatic vehicles.
COOPERATIVE AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES
Increasing augmentation of human driver capabilities. Convergence of sensing, communications and automatic control. Infrastructure requirements for an increasingly automated fleet.
MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Seamless connectivity and convergence of mobile devices and transport platforms. Traveller information, payment, ticketing, crowd sourcing, incentivisation, gamification.
FUTURE FREIGHT
Efficiency of the freight task, automated freight and logistics. Differentiated quality of service and last mile efficiency. Multi modal approaches and interfaces.
POLICY, STANDARDS AND HARMONIZATION
Supportive technology and regulatory frameworks for accelerated deployment and benefit harvesting
Brian Negus ITS Australia President and ITS World Congress 2016 Chair said “Australia is at the forefront of development and deployment of ITS technologies in many fields. With a unique landscape Australia’s ITS industry has risen to the challenge of delivering solutions to enhance our daily lives.
“In collaboration with ITS Asia Pacific, ERTICO and ITS America, ITS Australia is working to prepare an engaging program. In the tradition of ITS World Congresses there will be executive, plenary, scientific, technical and interactive sessions, a dynamic exhibition plus technical demonstrations and tours that showcase the applications of the latest ITS technology.
“This will be an opportunity for policy makers, practitioners, researchers and ITS providers to share information on big data analytics, smart cities, vehicle and network safety, cooperative and automated vehicles, future freight and many other innovations in ITS.
“By 2016, living in an ever connected world, these themes will be even more pressing in our busy cities and communities. This World Congress will be Australia’s opportunity to foster further international cooperation in unleashing the power of ITS.”
More information on paper submission guidelines can be found here
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