2019 STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards Proceedings
Programme
Welcome Speech by Mr José F. Papí, STA President
SESSION 1: Bringing Smart Transportation Infrastructures to Reality
Accident Reconstruction: Highlighting the need for Roadside Safety Equipment Adaptation to Site Conditions. Mr Joseph Marra, Member of the STA Management Committee, Department Manager & Business Development Officer at GD Tech
SMEV ONE: Digital Optimisation of Traffic Conditions for Emergency Vehicles. Mr Wolf P. Zeplin, Vice-President and Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Safety & Security, CEO at SMEV AG
Vehicular Cooperative Communications – Approach on CV2X and legacy CITS architecture integration challenges. Mr Jorge Alfonso, Researcher at the Technical University of Madrid
Application of Bluetooth Low-Energy Urban Networks to Smart Mobility. Mr Francisco Aletta, Innovation Manager at Etelätär Innovation
Electrified L-Category Vehicles Integrated into Transport and Electricity Networks (ELVITEN) / Enhance Driver Behaviour & Public Acceptance of Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (PAsCAL): First Project Results. Mr José F. Papí, CEO at Etelätär Innovation
SESSION 2: DISCUSSING the Smart Transportation Infrastructures of the Future
Transport Infrastructure R&I: The European Commission Perspective. Mr Rafal Stanecki, Policy Officer at DG MOVE, European Commission
The Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies of the European Parliament. Mr Esteban Coito González, Research Administrator at the European Parliament
Current Challenges of EU Instruments Funding Transport Infrastructure Projects. Prof José Manuel Vassallo, Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Financing, Head of Transports Department at the Technical University of Madrid
Adaptation of Road Infrastructures to the New Mobility: Electric Vehicles, Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, Cooperative Systems. Mr César Bartolomé, Chair of STA’s Technical Committee on Smart Sustainability, Director for Innovation at the Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA)
2019 Annual Innovation Awards
Person of the Year (ex-aequo):
Mr Steve Phillips, Secretary-General at Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)
Mr Gauthier Michaux, Head of Road Signalling at the Service Public de Wallonie – Mobilité & Infrastructures (Belgium)
Best Innovation Projects (ex-aequo):
NOESIS: Novel Decision Support Tool for Evaluating Strategic Big Data Investments in Transport and Intelligent Mobility Services – Award collected by Mr Stratos Arampatzis of Ortelio
BIOREPAVATION: Innovation in Bio-Recycling of Old Asphalt Pavements – Award collected by Dr Emmanuel Chailleux of IFSTTAR and Dr Davide Lo Presti of the University of Nottingham