Event Alert: 7th International Workshop on Vehicle Communications for Safety and Sustainability - October 21, 2011 @ Orlando, FL USA

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 Hilton Orlando, Lake Mizell room, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

The 7th 

International Workshop on Vehicle Communications for 

Safety and Sustainability will address global harmonization for 

co-operative ITS, including common hardware, harmonized 

standards for road safety and crash avoidance, and sustainable 

driving.

Senior policy makers, vehicle manufacturers, road authorities 

and operators, service providers, and equipment suppliers from 

around the world will discuss and debate global harmonization 

activities towards ITS deployment. 

Workshop Goal: 

Exchange information and discuss global activities on standardisation, research and demonstrations/Field Operational Tests 

(FOT) towards pre-deployment of vehicle communication based 

cooperative systems.

Objectives:

• To establish awareness of the technical research and standardization taking place in various regions to support deployment of cooperative systems for vehicle safety and sustainable driving.
• To discuss and to compare lessons learned from the current and planned research projects on vehicle communications including demonstrations, pilots and Field Operational Tests.
• To discuss and agree on action items for harmonization initiatives towards deployment of ITS within the European – United States – Japan task force with links to the discussions and presentations during the week of the ITS World Congress in Orlando.

Registration and detailed information 

Click here to register and to learn more about the event.  Please note that registering on the COMeSafety2 website for the workshop is absolutely mandatory. Participation is free of charge. Seats can only be guaranteed for registrants.  Download event flier below.

Supported by:

For further information please contact:

Gunnar Heyms

Phone: +49 531 3563085
Fax: +49 531 3540674
E-mail: gunnar...@its-nds.de

Venue Information

Hilton Orlando is an upscale, award winning resort-style hotel. It is the newest Orlando hotel of its kind and is centrally located to everything important that Orlando has to offer. This Orlando convention hotel offers an attractive location for business travelers next to the Orange County Convention Center.