SIMBA II Russia ITS Workshop, 21 - 22 October 2008, Moscow

Creation date: 14 August 2008

The SIMBA II Russia ITS Workshop will take place in Moscow on 21 and 22 October 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Russian Professional Association in Vehicle Prevention (PAIRP). It will bring together European and Russian experts in the field of ITS to work in cooperation and research activities - there should be more focus on research than on commercial products -.

The first day will be held jointly with the European Commission “Information and Brokerage Event” which will target 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 will cover 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 will be a exclusive SIMBA II meeting and will present 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

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