Programme
Participants will enjoy a mix of high-level policy-oriented sessions, and thematic and technical sessions to discuss the most recent technological developments, policies and R&I activities in the area of CCAM. An exhibition of European and national projects will be accessible during a networking event at the Autoworld Museum on the evening of 3 May 2023. Static demonstrations will be accessible during the two days outside the venue (on the Berlaymont esplanade).
In case you cannot physically join the Conference, you can follow here the sessions stream (separate registration required – do not register for the Conference if you are only attending online, only for the streaming).
Wednesday 3 May 2023
- Signe Ratso, Director-General of Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director General of Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Nikolai Ardey, Executive Director VW Group Innovation
Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is the future of transportation, but getting there requires more than just cutting-edge research. This session will emphasise the importance of the European co-programmed partnership on CCAM for expediting the deployment of innovative mobility systems and services. Together, we will explore the complex nature of CCAM and how large-scale demonstrators are a crucial enabler for testing latest research developments in real-life environments. But the journey from research to market-readiness is a challenging one. That is why we will also discuss best practices for navigating the “valley of death” between research and uptake, as well as how to mobilise funding programs and policy tools in the most optimal way for defining a long-term plan towards deployment. Learn from global partners and various case studies about the latest impact of large-scale demonstrations, as we prepare
for the final phase of Horizon Europe. We will highlight the barriers that may arise during the process, identify potential mitigation measures, and emphasize the added value of the CCAM partnership in driving the future of transportation forward.
Panellists:
- Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director of the Clean Planet Directorate, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Armin Gräter, Leader Division Strategy Autonomous Driving, BMW Group, CCAM Association Chair
- Paloma Aba Garrote, European Commission, Acting Director of European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
- Endre Angelvik, Executive Vice President Radical Innovation, Ruter
- Jane Lappin, Chair of Vehicle-Highway Automation Standing Committee, TRB
All intelligent transport systems exchange information to make transport smarter. This is not different for CCAM. To build digital road infrastructure, we need to make more data available. The proposal for an amendment of the ITS Directive supports this by identifying crucial data types that need to become available on National Access Points. Vehicles become increasingly connected to each other and to external infrastructure and ever more advanced ADAS brings more and better sensors. In other words, infrastructure operators, fleet owners, vehicle manufacturers, public and private stakeholders all need to work together on this. For this to happen however several issues need to be addressed. Firstly, we need to prioritise. We need to continue working on a common understanding on where our initial investments go to. Secondly, we need to carefully identify how data sharing is set-up because the win-win might be obvious but still needs to be translated into fair and reasonable arrangements that foster continued investments from all involved. All of this is equally valid for the upcoming mobility dataspace. This initiative aims to tackle a much wider scope of transport data and thus also stakeholders. How can we continue to make progress on this?
Panellists:
- Geert van der Linden, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Sabine Kühschelm, CEDR President, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- Joost Vantomme, CEO, ERTICO – ITS Europe
- Pierre-Olivier Millette, Smart Mobility Director, ACEA
- Ryota Shirato, Vice President, ITS Japan
- Jacqueline Erhart, Lead of CCAD and Digital Infrastructure, ASFINAG, Chairwoman COPER III – ITS and Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, ASECAP
Automated transport systems have a big potential to fundamentally improve the functioning of the transport system and contribute to sustainability and road safety goals. To achieve this, funding and research efforts across EU, national and local programmes and initiatives must be well coordinated. This will facilitate the deployment of CCAM solutions. The progress in technical maturity of technologies through the testing and validation would be one of the key aspects for the implementation of CCAM solutions in real traffic conditions. This can be done through large-scale demonstrations for both passengers and goods. In addition, deploying CCAM-enabled infrastructure will enable the large-scale market uptake of automated transport technologies. Relevant technology development, testing and demonstration activities have been supported by Horizon 2020 and this support will continue under the Horizon Europe framework programme. The results achieved so far are promising but need to better ensure replicability. Only then they can help to increase adoption and allow for up-scaling. This can be achieved through coordinated investments from public and private sectors for the upgrade of transport infrastructure. A systematic discussion is necessary to ensure the alignment of R&I actions with the deployment possibilities that other funding EU programmes, such as CEF, can offer in order to maximise synergies and avoid overlaps.
Panellists’ and moderator’s bios
Moderator:
Alan Haigh, Policy Adviser, DG Research and Innovation, Synergies between EU instruments and programme, European Commission
Panellists:
- Philippe Chantraine, Head of Unit ad interim, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Christian Faure, Head of Unit, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), European Commission
- Niklas Gustafsson, Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Advisor to CEO, Volvo Group
- Susanne Schulz, Head of Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility Team, Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
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BO1 – Effect of CCAM on Energy efficiency and Sustainability of Road Transport (Room: JENKINS)
Energy use in road transport is a significant contributor to global carbon emissions, air pollution and other negative environmental impacts. The integration of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) has the potential to improve sustainability in the transport sector. However, this integration can only be successful when several challenges and limitations are addressed properly. This session will explore how CCAM can contribute to a more sustainable transport sector, by addressing both positive and potential negative effects, covering relevant aspects at the vehicle, the traffic and the overall transport system. The session will cover the role of in-vehicle technology innovations e.g. AI, computing, decision making and sensor capabilities, and their additional energy need, which is compensated by highly efficient electronic components and systems. Furthermore, the session will elaborate on technological synergies of automation and electrification (e.g. for automated charging) contributing to the net zero objectives. At the traffic system level, CCAM vehicles will have a positive effect, further reducing energy demand, due to traffic flow optimisation. Further energy optimisation can be achieved by better-linking transport and energy infrastructure. The session will delve into traffic and transport avoidance strategies, facilitated by the integration of CCAM. For successful implementation, a user-centric approach (incl. best practice examples and lessons learnt) is critical to develop sustainable mobility solutions.
Panellists’ and moderators’ bios
Moderator(s):
- Carolin Zachäus, Innovation Consultant – European and International Business Development · VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
- Stefan Deix, Director, EUCAR
Panellists:
- Zeljko Jeftic, Director Autonomous Electric Transports, EINRIDE
- Johanna Tzanidaki, Chief Innovation Officer, ERTICO – ITS Europe
- William Riggs, Program Director, University of San Francisco
- Timo Kero, Chief Technology Officer, AstaZero
- Laia Pagès, Executive and Research Manager, CARNET
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BO2 – Progressing towards CCAM-hosting and enabling infrastructures (Room: MANSHOLT)
This session will discuss the Infrastructure requirements and potential for successfully supporting CCAM deployment, the value of digital twins and mobility data spaces. The deployment of smart, inclusive, and sustainable mobility solutions is not about silos but about the holistic approach towards mobility. CCAM applies equally to both the vehicles and the infrastructure hosting them. This infrastructure however is called to host both the legacy vehicles and the ones equipped with V2X and V2V communication capacity and that places a certain responsibility on those public and private stakeholders who manage and invest on infrastructures. In the holistic approach towards mobility, the entire network infrastructure, in its digital and physical form, has to provide consistent support for the entire mobility network. As such, infrastructure plays an even more important role in traffic management which in its turn evolves into mobility management. With vehicles ranging from Heavy Goods vehicles and the cars to micromobility lightweight vehicles and 2-3 power wheelers moving on the dedicated lanes, the ability of the Infrastructure to collect and handle data and to transmit data which is handled on either the cloud or the edge becomes a determining factor for the deployment of CCAM. Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVARs) are a good example of the CCAM hosting capacity of Infrastructures as are digital maps.
Panellists’, presenters’ and moderator’s bios
Moderator:
Torsten Geissler, Head of Section, Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt)
Panellists:
- Maté Verdes, Head of Intelligent Transport System Department, Hungarian Public Roads
- Edwin Fischer, Senior Expert, Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom
- Hanne Seter, Senior research scientist, SINTEF
- Bart Lannoo, Innovation Director, Be-Mobile
Presenters:
- Thierry Goger, Secretary General, FEHRL
- Vasilis Sourlas, Head of ITS (Research & Operations), ICCS
- Maria Pia Fanti, Professor System and Control Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politechnico di Bari
- Nik Widmann, CEO, PRISMA solutions
- Risto Kulmala, Principal Advisor, Traficon
- Martin Böhm, Technical Director, AustriaTech
- Timo Hoffmann, General Secretary of NAPCORE, BASt
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BO3 – Preparing Cities for CCAM: What, why and how? (Room: GASPERI)
There is a growing consensus that if CCAM is to bring value to urban mobility, the services will need to be integrated with existing public transport and to complement, rather than substitute, active modes such as walking and cycling. Furthermore, these services with shared vehicle fleets will need to be affordable and accessible, particularly to those areas facing transport poverty. Their successful implementation depends on the right building blocks being in place, including the physical and digital infrastructure, but also governance, in terms of policy and the right regulatory framework, as well as a behavioural shift towards shared mobility services. Planning for CCAM by cities is essential to ensure it delivers on the goals of sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs). More and more tools and knowledge from European and national research projects are becoming available to prepare city authorities for CCAM, including the CCAM self-assessment tool which provides a conceptual framework for public authorities to assess where they are on the CCAM readiness scale. This session will address some of the main building blocks for cities to become automation-ready in a SUMP-compatible manner and explore how this transition can happen.
Panellists’, presenters’ and moderator’s bios
Moderator:
Suzanne Hoadley, Senior Manager, Polis
Introduction to the CCAM readiness self-assessment tool for cities:
Wolfgang Backhaus, Managing Director, Rupprecht Consult
Panel 1: CCAM governance and visions:
Panellists:
- Françoise Guaspare, Senior Policy Advisor, Ile de France region
- Mika Kulmala, Project Manager, city of Tampere
- Peter Staelens, Head of Mobility, Eurocities
- Maria Wedenby Ahlberg, Head of Public Affairs, Volvo Buses
Panel debate 2: CCAM infrastructure
Panellists:
- Wolfgang Backhaus, Managing Director, Rupprecht Consult
- Henriette Cornet, CCAM Thematic Area Leader, UITP
- Michael Dnes, Head of Future Roads Technology, UK Department for Transport
- Mikael Ivari, Senior Advisor Department of Urban Environment, City of Gothenburg
- Kristof Rombaut, Advisor Innovation Portfolio Management, Flemish Agency Roads and Traffic
The mid-term of the Horizon Europe EU research programme and the Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) Partnership is approaching. Two Work Programmes (21-22 & 23-24) have been published and remaining are WP25 & WP26-27. This is the right moment to take a step back and reflect on recent developments in Europe and across the world, major technological advancements, new emerging challenges, or evolving societal needs that should be taken into account in the Partnership’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The SRIA provides the strategic framework for preparing future activities within the Partnership. The SRIA update is organised in full openness, involving from the beginning of the year all the members of the Partnership but with this session starting also a public consultation to allow non-members to provide their views. This transversal session will provide a glimpse into two main topics identified by the CCAM stakeholders in the CCAM SRIA review process:
- The way towards the CCAM large-scale demonstrations – what are the pre-conditions to organise them successfully and to the benefits of citizens, what are the necessary research results from previous projects to implement convincing use cases.
- The landscape of CCAM cooperations – within EU: with other partnerships and programmes, but also internationally.
Panellists’ and moderator’s bios
Moderator:
Armin Gräter, Leader Division Strategy Autonomous Driving, BMW Group, CCAM Association Chair
Panellists:
- Henriette Cornet, CCAM Thematic Area Leader, UITP, Co-Leader CCAM Cluster Large-Scale Demonstrations
- Stephane Dreher, Senior Manager CCAM, ERTICO – ITS Europe, Leader CCAM Cluster Coordination
- Mats Rosenquist, Director External Research Collaboration, Volvo Group, Leader CCAM Cluster Large-Scale Demonstrations
- Margriet van Schijndel, Program director Responsible Mobility, TUe Eindhoven, Leader CCAM Cluster Key Enabling Technologies
- Christian Scharnhorst, Director Autonomous Driving at Robert Bosch, CCAM Association Vice-Chair
- Gereon Meyer, Head of Department European and International Business Development, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik, Co-Leader CCAM Cluster Vehicle Technologies
AUTOWORLD Museum (location of Networking Event / map change of venue)
Parc du Cinquantenaire 11
B-1000 Brussels
Thursday 4 May 2023
- Christian Scharnhorst, Director Autonomous Driving at Robert Bosch, CCAM Association Vice-Chair
- Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, Polis Network
The introduction of driving automation brings new challenges, both in technical but also regulatory terms. As vehicle automation levels rise, the mismatch between innovation and regulation emerged as gaps that needed urgently to be filled. For this reason, the EC adopted a progressive approach to regulate automated vehicles, following up on its strategy for connectivity and automation as outlined through a series of Communications in the last decade. In 2019 the Commission adopted the General Safety Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, providing the legal basis for the development of technical rules for connected and automated driving. Under this new legal framework, the recently adopted United Nation Regulation 157 and Regulation (EU) 2022/1426 provide implementing measures for the type-approval of automated vehicles and fully driverless vehicles respectively. As a result, automated vehicles with different capabilities can now be bought and soon drive across Europe. It will be shuttles, robotaxis, private vehicles automated on highways, parking and more. They will also generate the much-needed data to further improve not only the technology, but also future regulations, and guide the development of new automated driving systems for the coming years.
Panellists:
- Maive Rute, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- Richard Damm, Chairman of UNECE WP.29 GRVA
- Larisa Wentholt, Senior Manager and Head of Applied Innovation, Vehicle Innovation and Automation RDW
- Dirk Ockel, Senior Manager and Head of Certification and Regulatory Affairs Safety, Mercedez
- Salla Saastamoinen, Deputy Director General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
A session on the deployment of 5G connectivity infrastructure along transport paths, or 5G corridors, as a key enabling factor of CAM service development, supported by a panel discussion gathering executives from the different industries involved in this process. The deployment of 5G corridors across Europe has started with financial support from the EU to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable high-performance and uninterrupted infrastructure coverage along roads, rail, and more broadly all terrestrial transport modes. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) will support and catalyses both public and private investments in digital connectivity infrastructures, until 2027, with a focus on cross-border sections of corridors and other challenging areas. This action will be essential in supporting Europe’s digital transformation, as outlined in the Path to the Digital Decade Policy Programme. The session will start with a presentation of the key achievements and lessons learnt following the 5G cross-border trial projects (5GPPP) funded under Horizon 2020, along with a short review of the first wave of 5G corridor deployment projects selected as part of CEF Digital Call 1 and planning of next calls. Executives from relevant organisations will take us through their vision on the role of the different industries in the CAM ecosystem, and in particular the deployment roadmap scenarios (what, where, how), the cooperation models (who invests, who runs the infrastructure and who provides the CAM services), and the role of the demand side in CAM service uptake, as well as the regulatory challenges.
Presenters’ and panellists’ bios
Introduction:
Christian Micas, Senior Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
Presenters:
- Edwin Fischer, Senior Expert, Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom, co-Chair of 5G for CAM Working Group
- Elena Jenaro, Project Manager, European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Panellists:
- Eduardo Fichmann, Global Product Strategy and Innovation Director, Cellnex Telecom
- Uwe Pützschler, Head of C-V2X, Nokia, 5GAA Vice-Chair
- Mats Lundbäck, VP Strategic Programme, Telia, CEF NETC Coordinator
Already in 2016, the Declaration of Amsterdam highlighted the willingness of EU Member States to cooperate and agree on joint goals and actions to facilitate the introduction of connected and automated driving on European roads. This transversal session will take stock of cooperation efforts carried out so far and focus on showcasing the gained experience, success stories and lessons learned from Member States in national implementation projects. It will bring together representatives from Member States, national research and implementation projects and local industry in order to share experience from national strategies, regulations and challenges on large scale deployment of CCAM and discuss about how EU-level initiatives can be brought to Member States level and vice-versa and in particular what needs to be done after research towards deployment.
Moderator:
Anna Larsson, Coordinator for Automation, Mobility Business & Innovation area, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Panellists:
- Tereza Cizkova, Deputy Director of ITS, Space Activities and Research, Development and Innovation Department,Czech Ministry of Transport, CCAM Partnership States Representatives Group (SRG) Chair
- Malin Andersson, Program Director Drive Sweden, Lindholmen Science Park
- Olivier Gavaud, Deputy Head of Autonomous and Connected Mobility Department, Directorate General of Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility, French Ministry of Ecological Transition
- Michael Nikowitz, Coordinator Automate Driving, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology
- Nina Schaap, Senior policy officer, Coordinator Safe and Controlled Introduction of Automated Driving Systems Task Force, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
- Ignacio González Rodríguez, Senior Technician, Sub-Directorate General of Sustainability and Innovation, General Directorate of Roads (DGC), Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA)
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BO4 – Empowering society: the transition towards inclusive CCAM solutions (Room: JENKINS)
As Europe strives towards a decarbonised future, the transportation sector is at the forefront of developing sustainable, inclusive, and innovative mobility solutions. Join us as we delve into the potential of Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) to drive this transition forward and make transportation greener, smarter and more inclusive. In this session we will address socio-economic effects of increased automation and digitalisation in mobility and explore ways in which all stakeholders – from researchers to industry, from road operators to local authorities – can work together for a just transition towards a carbon-neutral society that benefits all. We will highlight various CCAM use cases, e.g. automated shuttles, truck platooning, personal vehicles and delivery robots. In a workshop format we will examine how to take advantage of use cases (past and future) in making our mobility more inclusive and explore ways in which we can ensure that these solutions support our decarbonisation targets for a better future.
Panellists’ and moderator’s bios
Moderator:
Ingrid Skogsmo, Senior Research Leader, VTI
Panellists:
- Gustaf Ulander, Coordinator, City of Skelleftea
- Giulia Renzi, Project Manager, ICOOR
- Natalie Teer, Strategic Affairs Lead, Easymile
- Ralf Brand, Senior urban sustainable mobility expert, Rupprecht
- Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Senior Policy & Project Manager, Governance & Integration + Safety & Security, Polis Network
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BO5 – New software and hardware for CCAM, and their validation (Room: MANSHOLT)
This session will discuss the essential aspects of in-vehicle and enabling technologies for CCAM enabled mobility solutions. It will cover the crucial elements of reliable environment perception, intelligent decision-making, and accurate actuation as well as their software and hardware integration and updating to ensure safe, reliable and efficient driving. The expert panellists, who will each bring their global perspective to the discussion, will delve deeper into safe, secure and reliable software and hardware, with additional requirements on energy efficiency, upgradeability, and user-centric design for the widespread adoption of highly automated vehicles. By exploring the contributions, challenges and recent developments of key enabling technologies, such as AI and cyber security, the need to gain social acceptance through trustworthy solutions will be debated. Finally, the session will discuss current and emerging approaches in testing and validation for new vehicle technologies integrating/using key enablers for CCAM, addressing how a scenario-based testing approach linked to a new database will facilitate dynamic scenario storage for both virtual and proving ground/real-world testing. The session will bring together international perspectives to address these critical issues.
Panellists’ and moderators’ bios
Moderator(s):
- Gereon Meyer, Head of Department European and International Business Development, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik
- Margriet van Schijndel, Program director Responsible Mobility, TUe Eindhoven
Panellists:
- Sven Beiker, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
- Marieke Martens, Director of Science Mobility, TNO Mobility & Built Environment
- Stefan de Vries, Project Manager Connected and Automated Vehicles, Applus IDIADA
- Laurette Guyonvarch, Strategy Manager, Groupe Renault
- Axel Schwarz, Vice President, Strategic Research Portfolio Management, Bosch Research
- Ovidiu Vermesan, Chief Scientist, SINTEF Digital, Sustainable Communication Technologies, SINTEF
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BO6 – Impacts and challenges of use cases for people and goods (Room: GASPERI)
A large variety of use cases exist for distinct CCAM services for people and goods, differing in characteristics, technical maturity, and potential deployment timeframe. They require dedicated agendas for research, standardisation, regulation and investments. Some Use cases, including for example highway chauffeur, platooning, hub-to-hub transport, first and last mile transport, and delivery or automated valet parking, are often mentioned as being the most promising for early deployment, due to their ease of implementation, maturity of technology, expected availability of infrastructure support or highest short-term safety, economic or societal benefits. The session will start with an overview of different stakeholder perspectives of the needs and challenges, public and private interests, expected impacts and benefits of a selection of most promising CCAM use cases for both people and goods. The panel will then engage in an interactive discussion with the audience on how benefits and potential of use case can be evaluated and whether the right questions are being considered, what R&I outcomes are to be expected so far and what should be done next. A focus will be in exchanging views on current status, challenges and first elements regarding pragmatic steps for the different use cases and their associated deployment paths.
Panellists’ and moderators’ bios
Moderator(s):
- Stephane Dreher, Senior Manager CCAM, ERTICO – ITS Europe
- Tom Alkim, Strategic Advisor Connected & Automated Mobility, MapTM
Panellists:
- Natasa Milicic, Technical Product Manager, Mobility Experience for self-driving cars, BMW Group
- Biagio Ciuffo, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Ragnhild Wahl, Director Research & Innovation, ITS Norway
- Nicolas Marescaux, Deputy Director, Responses to Societal Needs & Innovation, Groupe MACIF
- Choi You-Jun, Principal Researcher, Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH)
- Jessica Uguccioni, Head of CAM Adoption Strategy, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
- Martin Russ, Managing Director, AustriaTech
- Ben Loewenstein,
Senior Manager, European Policy & Government Affairs, WAYMO
Panellists:
- Carolin Zachäus, Innovation Consultant – European and International Business Development · VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik Gm
- Torsten Geissler, Head of Section, Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt)
- Suzanne Hoadley, Senior Manager, Polis
- Ingrid Skogsmo, Senior Research Leader, VTI
- Margriet van Schijndel, Program director Responsible Mobility, TUe Eindhoven
- Stephane Dreher, Senior Manager CCAM, ERTICO – ITS Europe
Speakers:
- Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director of the Clean Planet Directorate, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Armin Gräter, Leader Division Strategy Autonomous Driving, BMW Group, CCAM Association Chair
- Joost Vantomme, CEO, ERTICO – ITS Europe