th11 ITS World Congress2004 Nagoya (Japan)
Congress ThemeITS for Livable Society

Date18 - 24 OctoberVenue

Nagoya International Exhibition
HallCountries

53

Attendees

61,394

Exhibitors

250

Organizing Committee Chair

Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda
Toyota Motor Cooperation

BOD Chair

Professor Katsushi Ikeuchi
The University of Tokyo

IPC Chair

Professor Takayuki Morikawa
Nagoya University

Overview
Under the theme of ‘ITS for Livable Society’, objectives of ITS deployment were explicitly categorized and whole events wereassociated with those categories. These were safety, environmental sustainability and convenience for travellers, which are
inherited up to today as safety, sustainability and mobility.
ITS was moving forward from research and development to deployment. Infrastructure for electronic toll collection and realtime traffic information systems were being implemented. The key to successful deployment was identified as acceptance by
the general public to purchase on-board equipment. Therefore, a variety of events for the general public and media wereplanned and implemented, such as special exhibition for hand-on experiences of ITS services named as ‘ITS World’, showcasesof the state-of-the-art ITS technologies, and open panel discussions involving citizens and local government officials.
As a new trial on the format of the ITS World Congress, interactive session was introduced. Among the accepted technicalpapers, researches better suited for face-to-face discussion in front of a panel with samples or small demonstration rather thanoral presentation were picked by the International Program Committee. A group of reviewers with expertize in the area of thesession were organized and the best paper was selected and awarded.
The Congress was closed on the third day because a powerful typhoon directly hit the Nagoya area. All sessions, exhibitions,showcases, and associated events scheduled for the day were cancelled. It was an unforgettable experience especially for thevisitors from countries without such natural disasters.

Key topics (Plenary Sessions)
ITS for Livable Society
Building on Lessons Learned
International Cooperation Global eSafety

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

Showcase / Technical visit
Nagoya Tour of Environmental City Driven by Ecopoints and ITS for Pedestrians

Street Value Adventure in Toyota

Showcase / Technical visit
ITS Safety Front Line Tour

Multipurpose DSRC Experimental Site in Nagoya

Tour of the Advanced Traffic Control System

Intelligent Public Transportation and Vehicle Operation
ManagementShowcase / Technical visit
ITS Information and Communications Experience Tour

Every Car is Connected via the internet ITS

Expo 2005 AICHI, JAPAN ITS TourCentral Japan International Airport Tour

Technical Tours

Technical Tours

Exhibition to promote awareness of general public
ITS World exhibition
Video presentation, scale models for technicalexplanation, and real equipment and vehicles wereshown for educational purposes.

1) Georama Theater
Traffic flow and data exchange were shown on the 3Dmodel explaining operational mechanism of ITS.

Exhibition to promote awareness of general public2) ITS City
3) ITS Dream Theater
Real operations of ITS services were demonstrated with Short movie illustrating future life of a familyreal equipment, vehicles and skits by volunteers.
supported by advanced ITS services were shown.

Public Day

Public Day

Public Day

Public Day

TyphoonSee You Again