Our Organisation

Vision & Mission
Founded in December 2014 and with headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), the Smart Transportation Alliance (STA) is a not-for-profit global collaborative platform for transportation infrastructure innovation across modes and the Smart City.
In the context of safe, sustainable and multimodal transportation systems, STA’s vision is the deployment of Smart Transportation Infrastructures connecting people and businesses.
A platform for knowledge management, STA’s mission is to lead and support activities improving the methods, technologies and standards associated to transportation infrastructures.
Membership benefits

Stakeholder cooperation within STA Technical Committees & Sub-Committees and other Networks of Excellence

Platform for the release of technical and scientific publications of relevance to the Smart Transportation Infrastructures of the Future

Promotion of joint R&D and innovation projects

Events for knowledge sharing and networking

Training activities for knowledge transfer and good-practice exchange

Advocacy to raise awareness about Smart Transportation Infrastructures across modes and the Smart City

Governance & Leadership

Governing bodies

THE STA GENERAL MEETING

gathers all organisations participating in STA and is called at least once every year.

THE STA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

is in charge of defining and supervising the implementation of the STA’s work plan, is called at least twice every year.

THE STA SECRETARIAT

is responsible for the platform’s day-to-day management.

THE STA TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

THE STA TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEES

  • Within TC 1: Sub-committee on Cooperative Systems (ITS)
  • Within TC 2: Sub-committee on Road Restraint Systems

Leadership

The members of STA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE are:

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Jose F. Papí

President & Secretary General of the Smart Transportation Alliance

Etelätär Innovation (Estonia)

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Elena de la Peña

Vice-President, Secretary and Chair, TC 1 (Smart Mobility)

AEC (Spain)

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Wolf P. Zeplin

Vice-President, Treasurer and Chair, TC 2 (Smart Safety & Security)

Heintzmann Group (Germany)

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César Bartolomé

Chair, TC 3 (Smart Sustainability)

Instituto del Cemento y sus Aplicaciones, IECA (Spain)

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José Manuel Vassallo

Chair, TC 4 (Smart Financing)

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM (Spain)

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Patrick Le Pense

Member of the Management Committee

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ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg)

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Antonio Amengual

Member of the Management Committee

Gonvarri MS Corporate S.L. (Spain)

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Ricardo Lobo

Member of the Management Committee

ALEATICA (Spain)

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Joseph Marra

Member of the Management Committee

GDTech (Belgium)

Secretariat

SECRETARIAT

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José F. Papí Ferrando

Secretary General
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Ignacio Díaz-Guardamino

Technical Coordinator
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Friederike Kühl

PROGRAMMES COORDINATOR