World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems

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The World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (commonly known as the ITS World Congress) [1] is an annual conference and trade show to promote ITS technologies. ERTICO (ITS Europe), ITS America, ITS AsiaPacific and ITS Japan are its sponsors. Each year the event takes place in a different region (Europe, Americas or Asia-Pacific).

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Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are advanced applications which, without embodying intelligence as such, aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. They are considered a part of the Internet of things.

History

The first ITS World Congress was held in 1994 in Paris, followed by the 2nd in Yokohama in 1995, and the 3rd in Orlando in 1996. [2] The rotation of the venue location among the regions of the world continued:

ITS World Congress Post Congress Reports are archived by ITS Japan. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Live technology showcase planned for 2017 World Congress". January 4, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems" . Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "ITS World Congress 2018" . Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Singapore to host Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in 2019". May 15, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "ITS World Congress Los Angeles 2020 News" . Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hamburg is the host city of the ITS World Congress 2021" . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Los Angeles to host ITS World Congress 2022, as Suzhou, China, event moves back to 2023". Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Los Angeles to host ITS World Congress 2022, as Suzhou, China, event moves back to 2023". Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  9. ↑ "ITS World Congress Reports" . Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Dubai will host landmark smart mobility conference in 2024" . Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "ITS World Congress 2025, taking place September 21-25, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia" . Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Korea to host ITS congress in Gangneung in 2026" . Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Birmingham preferred candidate to host ITS World Congress in 2027" . Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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