The SIMBA II Russia ITS Workshop took place in Moscow on 21 and 22 October 2008. The meeting was hosted by the Russian Professional Association in Vehicle Prevention (PAIRP). It brought together European and Russian experts in the field of ITS to work in cooperation and research activities.

The first day was held jointly with the European Commission “Information and Brokerage Event” which targeted an audience of 150 to 200 representatives for European and Russian Organisations specialised in six research areas, one of them being ICT for Transport. It covered 4 ICT areas:

1. ICT for Intelligent Vehicle Systems. Road safety; in-vehicle safety systems; autonomous driving; crash avoidance (including sensor and sensor networks); traffic situation detection (including vulnerable road users); technologies for addressing digital footprint, data security and privacy of in-vehicle applications.
2. ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility. Energy efficiency; energy-efficient driving (eco-driving) based on on-board systems and/or co-operative infrastructure and energy-optimized, adaptive traffic control and management technologies; systems for urban areas and inter-urban road networks; impact of advanced ICT in energy efficiency and CO2 reduction.
3. Field Operational Tests for Integrated Safety Systems and Co-operative Systems.  Assessment of the efficiency, quality, robustness and user-friendliness of close-to market systems; analysis of user acceptance, performance and benefits for road safety and efficiency of both autonomous on-board and co-operative systems; impact of integration of in-vehicle safety systems with the co-operative systems including naturalistic driving tests.
4. ICT-based Systems and Services for Smart Urban Mobility and New Mobility Concepts. Environmental footprint and safety of mobility; demand management; moving from restrictive to permissive systems; ICT tools for logistics optimized for urban environments; use of ICT for replacing mobility (virtual mobility, telepresence).

The second day was an exclusive SIMBA II meeting and presented European and Russian priorities for cooperation within ITS, followed by two Parallel Breakout Sessions to discuss the priority areas of:

1. Traffic information and management
2. eCall - ICT for clean and efficient mobility

The detailed agenda for the second day is available on the bottom of this page. 

Presentations are now available!

                                                                                                                              

Useful information
Draft agenda - 1st day (21 Oct.) Venue 1st day	.pdf (185 KB) - Parallel session on "Day 1" from 14:00 to 18:00   Hilton Hotel, 21/40 Kalenchevskaya St. 107078, Moscow, Russia Map access
Final agenda - 2nd day (22 Oct.) Venue 2nd day   Final participants list	.pdf (144 KB)      .pdf (25 KB)
Draft agenda - 2nd day (22 Oct.)	.pdf (110 KB) Holiday Inn Lesnaya, 15 Lesnaya Str. 125047, Moscow, Russia Map access
Accomodation and visas	To book a room at the hotel venue click here     Click here to view a list of alternative hotels for accomodation and an explanation of the visa application procedure
Event organisers	ERTICO - ITS Europe and PAIRP jointly with the European Commission   ERTICO - ITS Europe Javier Barrio Tel: +32 (0)2 400 07 30 E-mail: j.barrio@mail.ertico.com   PAIRP Vladimir Kruchkov of PAIRP - Tel: +7 495 543 13 46 Anastasia Matveeva - Tel: +7 910 428 34 66
Announcing press article	Click here