After 36 months full of research, the journey of the EU project ICT4CART ends with remarkable achievements in the field of automated driving.

After 3 successful years, the ICT4CART project is reaching its end and is ready to showcase the key results from its demo sites during its Final Event on 15th October 2021 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm at the ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg, Germany. During the Final Event, a series of interactive presentations and video demonstrations ¬promise to offer participants an overview of the significant contribution of the ICT4CART project to the research community and showcase how its solutions will improve EU citizens daily life, while creating new market opportunities for large companies and SMEs.

After a brief welcome speech by Mr. Vladimir Vorotovic (ERTICO-ITS Europe), the Final Event moderator, Dr. Vasilis Sourlas (ISENSE Group of ICCS), will open the event, sharing an overview on the scope and goals of the ICT4CART project. After the welcome remark delivered by the Project Officer, Pedro Alfonso Perez Losa, from the European Agency CINEA , the event will continue with a series of fruitful presentations from renowned companies and institutions that participated in the project, such as Nokia, University of Institute of Measurement, Control and Microtechnology (UULM), Urban Foresight (UFL), Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF), Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society (Links) and Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen Finanzierungs Aktiengesellschaft (Asfinag).

The presenters will introduce to the audience several key topics, such as:

• the Hybrid Mobile Radio Network Communication Infrastructure for automated driving;
• the IT services and tools needed for connected automation across the multitude of communication networks;
• the development and integration of cyber-security solutions for enhanced end-to-end protection;
• the integrity, privacy and reliability of the data used for automated driving purposes;
• the possible scenarios and business models, related to different automation levels and the implementation of different pricing policies.

Subsequently, the audience will have the opportunity to watch the video demonstrations from the four pilot sites in Austria, Germany, Italy and the Italian-Austrian border and learn about ICT4CART’s results in urban and highway environments. The Final Event will conclude with an interactive discussion between the Advisory Board members and the audience, during which the project’s results will be further discussed.

To attend ICT4CART Final Event participants must first be registered to the ITS World Congress (register here), and secondly for the event in Eventbrite here (due to Covid19 restrictions, seats are limited, so, we encourage everyone to register in order to guarantee their seat).

Event Details:

The ITS World Congress & the ICT4CART Final event have been pre-approved for the 2-G COVID sanitary protocol, offering the opportunity for attendants to interact more freely in a safe and secure environment, enabling the networking that we all have missed for so long. To access the event, all attendees need to have been vaccinated with one of the 4 EU recognized vaccinations (Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, Janssen/Johnson & Johnson and Oxford/AstraZeneca) or to have recovered from COVID. The event will NOT be accessible for people who are only tested for COVID-19.

Date: 15 October 2021
Time: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: ITS World Congress (CCH, Hall X, room X1) – Hamburg | Germany
Event Agenda is available here
Event Registration is available here

More information about the ICT4CART Final Event can be found here.

The full press release is available here.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no 768953. Content reflects only the authors’ view and European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.