World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
{{Short description|Annual conference and trade show}}
The World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (commonly known as the ITS World Congress){{cite web | title = Live technology showcase planned for 2017 World Congress | date = January 4, 2017 | url = http://www.its-ukreview.org/live-technology-showcase-planned-for-2017-world-congress/ | accessdate = March 28, 2017 }} 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).
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.{{cite web | title = World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems | url = http://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/intelligent_transport_systems/world_congress/ | accessdate = March 28, 2017 }} The rotation of the venue location among the regions of the world continued:
- 1997: 4th, Berlin
- 1998: 5th, Seoul
- 1999: 6th, Toronto
- 2000: 7th, Torino
- 2001: 8th, Sydney
- 2002: 9th, Chicago
- 2003: 10th, Madrid
- 2004: 11th, Nagoya
- 2005: 12th, San Francisco
- 2006: 13th, London
- 2007: 14th, Beijing
- 2008: 15th, New York City
- 2009: 16th, Stockholm
- 2010: 17th, Busan
- 2011: 18th, Orlando
- 2012: 19th, Vienna
- 2013: 20th, Tokyo
- 2014: 21st, Detroit
- 2015: 22nd, Bordeaux
- 2016: 23rd, Melbourne
- 2017: 24th, Montréal
- 2018: 25th, Copenhagen{{cite web | title = ITS World Congress 2018 | url = http://itsworldcongress.com/ | accessdate = March 28, 2017 }}
- 2019: 26th, Singapore{{cite web | title = Singapore to host Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in 2019 | date = May 15, 2015 | url = http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/singapore-to-host-intelligent-transport-systems-world-congress-in-2019 | accessdate = March 28, 2017 }}
- 2020: Los Angeles virtual{{cite web | title = ITS World Congress Los Angeles 2020 News | url = https://www.itsworldcongress2020.com/en-us/press/its-world-congress-los-angeles-2020-news---its-america-2021-atla.html | accessdate = June 17, 2020 }}
- 2021: 27th, Hamburg{{cite web | title = Hamburg is the host city of the ITS World Congress 2021 | url = http://erticonetwork.com/hamburg-host-city-world-congress-2021/ | accessdate = November 4, 2017 }}
- 2022: 28th, Los Angeles{{cite web | title = Los Angeles to host ITS World Congress 2022, as Suzhou, China, event moves back to 2023 | url = https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/event-news/los-angeles-to-host-its-world-congress-2022.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200822202531/https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/event-news/los-angeles-to-host-its-world-congress-2022.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 22, 2020 | accessdate = December 18, 2020 }}
- 2023: 29th, Suzhou{{cite web | title = Los Angeles to host ITS World Congress 2022, as Suzhou, China, event moves back to 2023 | url = https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/event-news/los-angeles-to-host-its-world-congress-2022.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200822202531/https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/event-news/los-angeles-to-host-its-world-congress-2022.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 22, 2020 | accessdate = December 18, 2020 }}
- 2024: 30th, Dubai{{cite web | title = Dubai will host landmark smart mobility conference in 2024 | url = https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-will-host-landmark-smart-mobility-conference-in-2024-1.76231413 | accessdate = April 27, 2021 }}
ITS World Congress Post Congress Reports are archived by ITS Japan.{{cite web | title = ITS World Congress Reports | url = http://www.its-jp.org/english/congress_e | accessdate = April 6, 2018 }}
Future locations
- 2025: 31st, Atlanta{{cite web | title = ITS World Congress 2025, taking place September 21-25, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia | url = https://www.showsbee.com/fairs/88045-ITS-World-Congress-2025.html | accessdate = April 11, 2023 }}
- 2026: 32nd, Gangneung{{cite web | title = Korea to host ITS congress in Gangneung in 2026 | url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/09/419_336232.html | accessdate = May 19, 2023 }}
- 2027: 33rd, Birmingham{{cite web | title = Birmingham confirmed as host for ITS World Congress 2027 | url = https://www.itsinternational.com/its17/its3/its4/its5/its6/its7/its8/its9/news/birmingham-confirmed-host-its-world-congress-2027 | accessdate = September 5, 2024 }}
- 2029: 35th, Taipei{{cite web |title=Taipei to host ITS World Congress 2029 |url=https://www.itsinternational.com/daily-news/its-world-congress-2024/taipei-host-its-world-congress-2029 |website=ITS International |publisher=ITS International |access-date=22 September 2024}}
External links
- [http://www.ertico.com/ Official ERTICO website]
- [http://www.itsa.org/ Official ITS America website]
- [http://itsasia-pacific.com/ Official ITS Asia-Pacific website]