ITS World Congress Dubai 2024

16 – 20.9.2024

Congress

ITS World Congress Dubai 2024 Welcome to the Nordic+ pavilion H7-G13 – a total of 34 actors on the pavilion.

Welcome to the Nordic+ pavilion H7-G13

The Nordic+™ pavilion, which over the years has become the gathering place for all Nordic mobility and transport, will be in place. Nordic+™ and Connekt from Netherlands (ITS organization in Netherlands) will collaborate on the pavilion, and there are several members who will be involved – a total of 34 actors on the pavilion.

Nordic+ pavilion program

Congress Centre booth H7-G13 :Nordic+

Nordic+ pavilion opening reception on Monday 16^th of September at 18:00 – 19:00

The Nordic+ and Connekt pavilion connects companies, start-ups, authorities, academia and research throughout the Congress. Visit and be prepared for pitches, side events and networking!

Reading timetable:

The events marked in light green have been selected to showcase other events at ITS World Congress. See the link to find out what the session is about, who is speaking and where it will take place (the selected links are all Nordic+ pavilion members participating in the events). The sessions will not take place in the Nordic+ pavilion.
In dark green are the events on the ITS World Congress schedule. The events might influence the timetable of the Nordic+ pavilion.
All events taking place in Nordic+ pavilion is without background colour.

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Monday 16^th September

Nordic+ H7-G13	Program

9.00 – 10.30

SIS 5 Cross-border mobility
technology initiatives around
the world – Eetu Pilli-Sihvola

10.30 – 12.30

Opening Ceremony

13.30 – 15.00

SIS 22 Electrifying the world:
Unveiling an infrastructure path to a
clean mobility future – Eetu Pilli-Sihvola

15.15 – 16.46

SIS 14 – Leveraging maritime ITS by navigating
barriers and embracing opportunities of
autonomous ship transport of cargo
and passengers – Trond Hovland, Ørnulf Rødseth

17.00 – 19.00

Welcome Reception

18.00 – 19.00

Nordic+ pavilion opening reception

Tuesday 17^th September

Nordic+ H7-G13	Program

10.30 – 11.30

Electrification

Q-FREE, David Caplin – Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) and Kinetic Counts techonlogy

ParkChargePay, Henrik Hultin – TouchPayGo is a tailored modern payment unit for parking and EV charging

VTT, Eetu Pilli-Sihvola – Virtual piloting of low-carbon vehicle fleets with VTT Smart eFleet

LMT Innovations, Guntis Valters – MNO (mobile network operators) as next level data force

Hyke, Halvor Vislie – Improve transport capacity while reducing emissions and alleviating congestion. Solving the impossible mobility equation?

11.00 – 12.30

SIS 30 How can ITS help accelerating
the shift to sustainable and smart
mobility – Trond Hovland,
Jenny Simonsen, Nina Egeli, Ira Racina

13.30 – 14.30

Smart and digital cities

Sitowise, Ville Kilpiö – Sitowise smart mobility vision for 2030

TNO, Bart Vuijk – Using predictive, ultra-fast Digital Twins for next generation, interactive urban planning

FMI, Riikka Pusa & Pasi Nikama, Fintraffic ANS – Fintraffic Sky digital solution- Weather for all airspace users by FMI and Fintaffic ANS

Q-FREE, Marco Sinnema – Intrada Image Review

Technolution, Jop Spoelstra – Optimize public space with data-driven traffic management

14.00 – 15.30

SIS 39 How maritime ITS addresses
international consensus in
digitalization standards –
Ørnulf Rødseth, Olli Soininen

15.30 – 16.30

Next-level traffic management

SIA BISS, Deniss Pilscikovs – Comprehensive smart parking and access control solutions

Edeva, Karin Wiklund – A practical how-to for building smarter and more digitized cities

Trafsys, Stian Astad Sørngård – Road Traffic Monitoring

Fintraffic VTS, Miika Kälvinmäki – The impact of Future Fit Maritime Single Window

TripService, Wouter Giesen – Get control over Google Maps!

ITS Nordic+, Ørnulf Rødseth – Maritime ITS- digitalisation and automation – improving transport as a whole

17.50 – 23.00

NORDIC+ NIGHT
(Attention transition to Nordi+ Night event.
Take advantage of the organised transport.)

Wednesday 18^th September

Nordic+ H7-G13	Program
10.30 -11.30	Data sharing and analytics

Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd, Pekka Komu – Green Electrification of Mobility Cluster (Lahti GEM) – the possibilities, solutions, companies and co-innovation with universities

VIA, Helen Roth – Virtual tunnel – phase 2: The generating of virtual tunnels based on input from the Norwegian National Road Databank (NVDB)

Trafsys ,Stian Astad Sørngård – Improved self-rescue in tunnel fire

Fintraffic, Kimmo Ylisiurunen – Data-driven ITS solutions – Traffic Data Service Cluster

Nodeon Finland Oy, Timo Majala – Paradigm swift in traffic light controlled intersections

11.00 – 12.30

TP 9 Pilots and case studies – Eetu Pilli-Sihvola

13.30 – 14.30

Smart and digital cities

Q-FREE, Silje Troseth – End-to-end Multi-Lane Free Flow Tolling

Vinka, Peitsa Turvanen – How to handle all on-demand transport on a single platform?

Hyke, Halvor Vislie – Improve transport capacity while reducing emissions and alleviating congestion. Solving the impossible mobility equation?

VTT, Markku Kivinen – Smart Mobility concept for unmanned ground and air vehicles

Cero Hero, Aditya Sharma & Saitej Annareddy – Track, Offset, and Sustain with every action

Technolution, Jop Spoelstra – Dynamic priority in urban mobility management

14.00 – 15.30

SIS 53 How to find, book, and pay for
EV Charging? – Success stories and
opportunities – Ragnhild Wahl

15.30 – 16.30

Cooperative, connected, and automated mobility

Remoted, Mika Rytkönen – Let’s Go by Bus, an Automated Bus – Experiences and Lessons Learned from Finland

Traficom, Anna Schirokoff – Facilitating the deployment of C-ITS services – case Finland

Nordic Innovation, Nina Egeli and Hege Guttormsen – Resilient, smart, seamless and connected mobility and transport: The role of data sharing and collaboration

Triple Sign System, Karen Koelma – A Sustainable Revolution in Road Safety

Tietoevry, Esa Järvinen – Trustworthy AI in ITS

ITS Nordic+, Ragnhild Wahl – CCAM from a Nordic perspective and how we can support the task!

19:30‒23:30

ITS Dinner (Organised by ERTICO)

Thursday 19^th September

Nordic+ H7-G13	Program
10.30 -11.30	Smart and digital cities

Nordic Innovation, Nina Egeli and Hege Guttormsen – Nordic collaboration, innovation and funding towards 2030

TNO, Bart Vuijk – Using predictive, ultra-fast Digital Twins for next generation, interactive urban planning

WTW, Nis Kehler – Account-Based Ticketing: Cutting-edge payment card technology to streamline ticketing across all sales channels, ensuring a unified, frictionless user experience.

Triple Sign System, Karen Koelma – How the latest technology in variable messaging signs fit into Smart Cities

FMI, Minna Haikonen – FMI Situational Awareness Dashboard ATMOS – Bringing Together Information on the Conditions of the Ocean, Sky and Land Together

FanApps, Anrijs Brencans – Why TOMI is Mobily best friend

11.00 – 12.30

TP 17 Communication for automated mobility
– Ville Kilpiö, Eetu Pilli-Sihvola
TP 18 Innovative traffic management
– Jop Spoelstra
TP 20 Large scale data collection and use
– Jeroen Borst

13.30 – 14.30

Smart and digital cities

Adventum Tech, Nikita Gorbatko – Importance of superstructure monitoring

VTT, Markku Kivinen – Vision of Sustainable Oceanic Transport and Life

LMT Innovations, Guntis Valters – MNO (mobile network operators) as next level data force

ScanwAi, Juha Rytkönen – AI Road Monitoring: Slash Your Budget

Edeva, Karin Wiklund – Smart traffic safety using dynamic speed bumps

Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd, Pekka Komu – Green Electrification of Mobility Cluster

14.00 – 15.30

SIS 73 Business from ITS: Ecosystems as
platformsfor innovation and growth –
Sanni Remonen, Nina Egeli, Janne Lautanala
IF 8 Electrification: A Green Revolution Against
Climate Change? – Jenny Simonsen

16.00 – 17.30

SFS 10 Global autonomous bus development:
challenges and opportunities – Mika Rytkönen

Friday 20^th September

Nordic+ H7-G13	Program

9.00 – 10.30

SIS 82 Will shared autonomous vehicles
drive sustainable transformation & safety
for passengers & goods? – Jenny Simonsen,
Ragnhild Whal, Mika Rytkönen
SIS 85 Advanced multimodal network &
traffic management: latest advances of EU
research – Trond Hovlnad
SIS 86 Traffic Management and the electric power grid
– Jop Spoelstra

11.00 – 12.30

SIS 94 Government EV charging strategies and
plans – are we doing the right things?
– Trond Hovland, Lone-Eirin Lervåg

15.30 – 16.30

Closing Ceremony

17.00 – 16.00

Closing Reception

Practical information:

Nordic+ will be staying at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Dubai (approximately 150 euros per night), if you need tips for accommodation – contact Jenny Simonsen at jenny.simonsen@its-norway.no for booking link.
Full Congress Delegate Pass 10% discount – contact Jenny Simonsen at jenny.simonsen@its-norway.no for discount code.
Visitors Pass free until the 18th of August (after that it is 75€) – contact Jenny Simonsen at jenny.simonsen@its-norway.no for discount code.

Nordic+ Night goes Dubai

You are also invited to the legendary Nordic+ Night – which this year takes place on the fantastic 140ft superyacht Stardom. This will be a wonderful evening with good food and drink, new acquaintances and a lovely sea view in Dubai’s waters. If you are a partner at the Nordic+ pavilion, you can participate in Nordic+ Night.