Plenary Session 1
#ITSLisbon2023
Digitalisation – what can mobility users expect?
Date and Time: 22 May 2023, Monday, 15:15-16:15
Location: CCL Lisbon Congress Centre
Session Description: The world is going digital. The digital transformation of everyday life has proven to bring many benefits but some also believe it carries risks, not least those related to data processing. For the mobility sector as well, (real-time) data sharing has made aspects of travel safer and more efficient. Mobility data is not only boosted by data from various other sources, it also contributes to other facets of daily (digital) life that rely on data ‘marketplaces’. Digitalisation requires a balancing act on several levels: between data owners and data users; between the end goals of the public sector (serving the citizens and the societal return on investment) and the private sector (serving the financial return on investment).
This session will bring together stakeholders in the mobility data marketplaces to discuss what the real benefit of data sharing is and how best to tackle the challenges, perceived or real. Panellists will address questions such as: Are we really delivering inclusive, accessible and equitable services? (Why) should everyone be obliged to share data to access from mobility services? How can we collect data for inclusiveness when many people involved are invisible to current data chains? How do we develop trust between the stakeholders in the data marketplace? How do we engage the general public to ensure they buy into the use of their data for the greater good?
Plenary Session 1
#ITSToulouse 2022
Next Generation Mobility: Powered by technology, driven by sustainability
Date and Time: 30 May 2022, Monday, 11:45-12:45
Location: MEETT Convention Centre
Session Description: Advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, the development of ever more powerful sensor capabilities of the roadside infrastructure, and the increasingly ubiquitous potential of connectivity, thanks to 5G/6G and beyond, have provided a mature enough technological base to deliver Next Generation Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM). But ‘next-generation’ mobility solutions are no longer about technology alone. Future generations depend on a commitment to sustainability and an equitable distribution of resources and opportunities.
How can these new technologies face up to the challenge of providing Smart and Sustainable Mobility for All? What are some of the hurdles that need to be overcome in terms of common understanding and architectures, ethics, data bias, inclusivity, sustainable digitalisation, regulatory responses and persuading the public with proof of benefits?
Plenary Session 2
#ITSLisbon2023
Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility: How green can you go?
Date and Time: 23 May 2023, Tuesday, 09:00 – 10:00
Location: CCL Lisbon Congress Centre
Session Description: Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) has set significant targets on safety and efficiency benefits. Reducing accidents caused by human error and platooning by connected and automated vehicles can also lower energy consumption, ease congestion and cut down the resulting emissions. But, successful realisation of CCAM can also increase demand for travel and transport and thus lead to undesired environmental impacts. In recent years there has been an increased focus on exploring the societal benefits of CCAM, including quality of life and environmental impact. How can we make sure that the deployment of CCAM will contribute to, and not take away from, the Green Deal and Fit for 55 policy goals?
This plenary will consider the question of whether and how CCAM can be a game changer for the Green Deal. The panel will bring together the views of cities, public transport operators, OEMs and policymakers and examine the issue from single vehicles to a fleet of vehicles, supported by the latest research on CCAM’s environmental impacts. How can intelligent traffic management support the reduction of emissions by optimising traffic flows and providing more travel alternatives? Solutions exist today, but what is realistic and in what timeframe? What is still missing? How far will the sustainability feature of CCAM drive its embracement by the general public and end users?
Plenary Session 2
#ITSToulouse 2022
Manoeuvring around obstacles on the road to deployment
Date and Time: 31 May 2022, 09:00 – 10:00
Location: MEETT Convention Centre
Session Description: In the last few decades, there have been a great many EU and national Government funded initiatives aimed at providing benefit to citizens in the areas of CCAM, Clean and Green Mobility, Urban Mobility and Transport & Logistics. Researchers, automobile manufacturers, Tier1 suppliers, network operators, city authorities and a range of other cross-domain stakeholders have been collaborating to develop and deploy Intelligent Transportation System solutions on large scales. However, some may argue that the promised safety, efficiency, sustainability and smart mobility impacts are slow to be realised.
What lessons can be learnt from some of the recent successes (and failures) of ITS deployment? What is the role of public authorities and government participation in deployment, especially in terms of citizen engagement, generating user acceptance, preventing monopolies and ensuring interoperability of solutions? Will open source as an enabling technology help or hinder the swift deployment of real, smart and sustainable solutions for all?
Plenary Session 3
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Integrating road, rail, air and waterborne – multimodality by any means?
Date and Time: 23 May 2023, Tuesday, 14:00 – 15:00
Location: CCL Lisbon Congress Centre
Session Description: Freight and passenger transport often involves long and complex journeys, which may require road, rail, air and waterborne travel. An integrated transport system across these modes could add to the convenience, efficiency and sustainability of these journeys, but usually concerns about costs and lack of practicable solutions act as a deterrent. Multimodal transport may not always be the most cost efficient option for freight operators. For the passenger, a seamless journey and through-ticketing is often hampered by a lack of cooperation and full integration between the various travel modes, due to fragmentation of responsibility between different authorities, and at times different priorities of public and private sector providers. A smart and well-architectured connection infrastructure should be able to provide for the movement of people and goods in a truly seamless and sustainable way.
This plenary session will explore the role that ITS can play in balancing the societal wish for greener travel with the transport and mobility suppliers’ wish to maximise profits. What are the barriers for the different modes (especially including Urban Air Mobility / 3D mobility) to work in an integrated way? What role can technology and sound policymaking play to ensure a real choice of travel options across modes? What or who would it take to get the different relevant authorities to work together for the success of multimodality?
Plenary Session 3
#ITSToulouse 2022
Sharing City Space: The ‘smart’ solution for all
Date and Time: 31 May 2022, 14:00 – 15:00
Location: MEETT Convention Centre
Session Description: For some time now, urban planners have been rethinking the concept and design of city spaces. The recent pandemic raised new awareness and potential acceptability of the idea of 15-minute cities. The focus here is on sustainable, green urban spaces with all services and amenities within reach through active modes alone. In such a scenario, the road share of ‘traditional’ transport would be reduced and different modes would have equal, if not greater, priority. At the same time urban air mobility solutions are also vying for the airspace above cities.
Are some modes ‘endangered’ in future city scenarios or can all survive in this rather limited space?What implications would this have for safety? What steps are needed for system optimisation for the use by both personal and freight transport in a sustainable and equitable manner?
Plenary Session 4
#ITSLisbon2023
Managing urban mobility space – what can we expect from cities in the future?
Date and Time: 24 May 2023, Wednesday, 15:30 – 16:30
Location: CCL Lisbon Congress Centre
Session Description: Today, there are a number of smart mobility schemes in the city in terms of public transport, MaaS, active modes, etc. that offer user benefits, including for saving energy, costs and travel times. For the individual citizen, choosing the most suitable alternative from among the many options on offer is sometimes challenging. The cities need to manage how these services are made available in their jurisdiction in a way that all options are made equally available to the best advantage of the citizen – benefits for all rather than a large number of benefits for some. It is their responsibility to manage urban spaces to ensure fair competition whilst also making sure that the normal lives of their citizens – both users and non-users – are protected and nurtured.
This plenary will discuss the role of mobility network management, including the use of network simulation and AI for decision support, in the use of urban space. The session will explore the question of what mobility suppliers expect from the cities and what cities look for in return. How can cities regulate the deployment and use of smart mobility alternatives without suppressing innovation? Can incident management involving private services be the sole responsibility of the operators? For mobility network management to make a real positive impact, who should orchestrate it?
Plenary Session 4
#ITSToulouse 2022
Why aren’t we there yet? Getting MaaS to work (and everywhere)
Date and Time: 1 June 2022, 14:00 – 15:00
Location: MEETT Convention Centre
Session Description: The concept of Mobility-as-a-Service is a perfect example of technology being put to use in order to serve real needs of end-users in a tailor-made fashion. In recent years, many business cases have been developed for MaaS but its vast potential remains to be fully tapped. The absence of a broad uptake of the solutions provided appears to be due in part to the lack of interoperability across providers, platforms and geographical borders. But it is also a question of
changing behaviours and attitudes.
What should be the roles and responsibilities of the private and public sectors in rolling out MaaS, limiting monopolisation, and providing real value to the end users? What are the barriers in scaling up from local pilots to pan-European positioning? What lessons can be learnt from actual examples in cities, especially in terms of balancing transport of people and goods?
