Automotive News Canada - September 2017 - 15

* SEPTEMBER 2017

AV tech is the focus of global transpo congress in Montreal

Five cities will
demonstrate
'intelligent
transportation'
initiatives
By DAVE GUILFORD
MANAGING EDITOR

WHEN ONE OF THE
world's leading mobility conferences - the Intelligent
Transportation Society's (ITS)
2017 World Congress - comes
to Montreal Oct. 29 to Nov. 2,
autonomous vehicles and how
cities will interact with them
will be front and center.
ITS members include automakers, government officials,
startups, infrastructure providers, researchers and academics. The congress is held
annually, rotating between
North America, Europe and
Asia-Pacific. The last North
American host city was
Detroit in 2014.
Dan Ronan, vice-president
for strategic communications
at ITS America, said that the
show will feature a Smart
Cities Pavilion.
"Five cities are going to
show what they have done to
bring intelligent transportation to their citizens and make
life better for them," Ronan
said.
Cities exhibiting will be:
Montreal; Columbus, Ohio;
Christchurch, New Zealand;
Copenhagen, Denmark; and
Shanghai, China. The experiential displays will show innovations in traffic management,
roads, parking, rail, bike- and
car-sharing, autonomous and
connected vehicles, smart
buildings, security and artificial intelligence, among other
topics.
The four days of programs
will each have a dedicated theme: The Vehicle, The
Backbone, The Policy and The
Business.
More than 500 technical and
scientific papers will be presented. Special interest sessions will be held in six tracks:
Connectivity and autonomy,
integrated planning, smart cities, data security, disruption
and new business models. The
group will also have executive
sessions on policy questions.

CORPORATE CONNECTIONS
A "corporate speed dating"
session, B2B One on Ones,
will allow small companies to

ITS CONFERENCE FACTS
THE GROUP: A global combination of automakers, government officials, innovators and
researchers
AGENDA: Broad array of
demonstrations, technical
papers and exhibits
WHEN: Oct. 29 to Nov. 2
WHERE: Montreal
REGISTRATION
AND OTHER DETAILS:
itsworldcongress2017.org

make pitches to larger companies, according to an ITS website.
"The pitching company
will have exactly 25 minutes
for discussion ... based on the
pitches, the large corporations
will then schedule follow-up
meetings, as needed," the site
said.
Ronan said the congress "is
going to be a bit grander stage
this year" because of growing
interest in autonomous vehicles and connectivity. "We're
going to have people coming
from all over the world," he
said.

Demonstrations of intelligent mobility technologies will
also be a key part of the congress. The ITS said they will
be held both in the conference
centre and in nearby public
streets "to provide easy access
for attendees and a real-world
environment for the demonstrations."
Technologies on display
will include connected and
autonomous vehicles, sensors, parking automation and
advanced traffic control devices. Prototype and automated
vehicles will be shown, as well.
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ITS congress participants can tour the Transports Quebec
Greater Montreal Traffic Management Centre that monitors
traffic on provincial roads across the Quebec. ( P H O T O : C I G C )

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