th19 ITS World Congress2012 Vienna (Austria)
Congress Theme

Smarter on the way

Date

22 - 26 OctoberVenue

Messe Wien Exhibition &Congress Venue, Vienna, Austria

Countries

91

Attendees

More than 10,000 people with195 journalists from 22 countries

Exhibitors

304

Organizing Committee Chair

Dr. Reinhard Pfliegl
AustriaTech

BOD Chair

Mr Ingolf Schädler
Austrian Ministry of Transport,
Innovation and Technology

IPC Chair

Mr Vincent Blervaque (Chair)
ERTICO - ITS Europe
Dr. Reinhard Pfliegl (Vice-Chair)
AustriaTech

Overview
With the theme ‘Smarter on the way’ Vienna 2012 put the spotlight on the need to bring greater intelligence to transport systems,
because increasing demand and persisting challenges of safety and sustainability cannot be overcome by infrastructure andnetwork construction alone. This theme carried through to all the sessions and workshops taking place over the course of theCongress week and was reflected in the extensive demonstrations, not just at the Congress venue but also across the city,
showing the advantages of cooperative systems in everyday traffic. Building on London and Stockholm, Vienna organised around table discussion involving over 50 Ministerial and high level representatives from Public Authorities and globalorganisations from 31 countries.
The Congress featured 3 Plenary Sessions and Round Tables, 12 Executive Sessions, 2 Host Sessions, 87 Special Sessions, 118
Technical/Scientific Sessions and 6 Interactive Sessions, 6 Stakeholders Workshops, and 12 Ancillary Events.

Key topics (Plenary Sessions, Round Tables and Ministerial Session)
Plenary sessions
Smarter on the way: today’s achievements, tomorrow’s ambitions
Converging technologies – converging mobility
Global connectivity revolution

Ministerial Round Table
Sharing Best Practices and Facing Challenges to Successfully Implement ITS
The Ministerial Round Table took place on 22 October 2012, the Opening Day of Vienna 2012 and was thefirst to feature a top-class political cast: Among the hosts Siim Kallas, the Vice-President of the European
Commission and Doris Bures, the Austrian Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Efthymios
Flourentzos, the President of the EU Transport Council and further eight ministers, four political viceministers and two political state secretaries participated in the Ministerial Round Table. 12 further countries
were represented by high level officials.
In addition high level representatives of six international organisations that are strongly committed to ITS(ITF, IRU, UN/ECE, UITP; IBEC and IRF) as well as the leaders of the three regional ITS platforms ITS
America, ERTICO - ITS Europe and ITS Asia-Pacific participated in the Ministerial Round Table and issued astatement to the role of policy making in accelerating ITS deployment.

Ministerial Round Table
Sharing Best Practices and Facing Challenges to Successfully Implement ITS

Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport
Efthymios Flourentzos, President of the EU Transport CouncilProposed conclusion of the Ministerial Round Table 22 October 2012
The joint statement by the Host, Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology andERTICO - ITS Europe and supported by the European Commission pledges to:- increase Political Commitment to foster ITS Deployment- engage the World Congress in international Policy Shaping on ITS- foster the Visibility and Impact of the ITS World Congress
The Ministerial Round Table acknowledges and appreciates this joint statement.
The organisers, the Regional ITS Associations are invited to continue to refine its substance in a mannerconsistent with the discussion of the Ministerial Round Table.
Vienna, 22nd October 2012

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

CeremonyWelcome Reception in the Strauss Hall Messe Wien and Gala Dinner and ITS Ball at the Hofburg Palace Vienna

Welcome Reception in the Strauss Hall Messe Wien and Gala Dinner and ITS Ball at the Hofburg Palace Vienna

Showcases / Technical Visits•Visit of the Austrian national traffic management centre•Visit of Siemens AG Austria – World headquarters for metro, coaches and light rail•ÖBB Train monitoring site•ÖBB Traffic management facility•Visit of the Vienna climatic wind tunnel•Danube Grand Tour
•Austrian Truck Tolling and ITS Tunnel Safety Tour, presented by Kapsch•Bombardier Transportation Vienna Site
At ITS Vienna 2012, demonstrations are organised in 5 thematic areas
1.Cooperative Mobility
2.Network Operations
3.Navigation & Sensors
4.E-mobility
5.Public transport
The demonstrations aim to show technical innovations and user benefits as far as possible in an
everyday transport environment in the city of Vienna. Overall, there were 23 technicaldemonstrations, eight of which took place in the real traffic of Vienna.

Showcases / Technical Visits

Exhibition to promote awareness of general public
The ITS World Exhibition of Vienna 2012 welcomed more than 304 Exhibitors from 33 countries in 20,000 m2.

Exhibition

Exhibition to promote awareness of general public
The ITS World Exhibition of Vienna 2012 welcomed more than 304 Exhibitors from 33 countries in 20,000 m2.

The European Commission has launched the European Space Expo Road Show to raise awareness ofthe European Space Programme, highlighting the critical role of the European Union in space andspace-based technologies. This demo aims to promote the European Space infrastructure (Galileo,EGNOS and GMES) and providing Congress visitors concrete information on the benefits, applications
and services that the infrastructure will bring to citizens.

Kongressnavigator
For an easy and pleasant stay in Vienna for the 19th ITS World Congress, the Kongressnavigator delivered all
the necessary information about the Congress to delegates and exhibition visitors. This smartphone App wasa multifunctional tool, with options such as a congress programme, personal calendar, and routing andfeedback services.

Session