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Services ERTMS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY CREATED COMPETITIVE HUBS: images and networks (Brittany), secure communications solutions (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Lyon Urban Truck & Bus 2015 (Rhône-Alpes), Vestapolis (Île-de-France), civil engineering West (Loire), Elopsys (Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées), I-Trans (Nord-Pas-de-Calais et Picardie), System@tic (Île-de-France), vehicles of the future (Alsace and Franche-Comté), towns and mobility (Île-de-France), aeronautics and space (Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées), mobility and advanced transport systems (Poitou-Charentes), LINKS WITH TECHNOLOGIES: intelligent highway infrastructure; active vehicle security; vehicle electronics; automatic air systems; precision positioning and time display; vehicle flow management; on-board systems engineering; complex systems engineering. Key French players EXPERTISE: Eseo (Angers), Inrets, Inria, Livic (Inrets-LCPC), Onera, Technical Service for Air Navigation. INDUSTRIALISTS: Airbus, Alstom, Thales. For land transport, vehicle-infrastructure data transmission issues are dealt with by the Predit (National Program for Research and Innovation in Land Transport) research program (www.predit.prd.fr). Ensuring European reach for research and use of these technologies is vital for establishing global standards. And from this viewpoint, the ERTMS system (European Rail Traffic Management System www.ertms.com) in the rail sector is an example of how an international standard can be successfully created Sarah Didier ATEC-ITS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND ATEXPO 2007 THE ATEC-ITS CONGRESS TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 30-31, 2007 AT ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, PARIS. THE THEME OF THIS YEAR’S INTERNATIONAL EVENT WAS “INNOVATION IN TRANSPORT - TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES AND FINANCING.” bout 300 participants - including transport organisation bodies, regional authorities, automobile constructors and equipment providers, transport operators, consultancies, research outfits – attended the six workshops on managing traffic and passenger information; pricing for infrastructure services; urban transport; standardising transport and operator systems; security, safety and vehicles of the future; innovation and decision-making. ATEXPO 2007 was instrumental in the success of the ATEC-ITS France congress, its 30 exhibitors presented fresh approaches for exploiting highways and new intelligent transport solutions. In 2007, ATEC-France will organize a series of open days and technical visits, in addition to publishing in-depth articles on topical transport issues in TEC - its tri-monthly publication. Key topics broached this year include Energy and Transport, Highways, River Transport and Transport in Europe. Following the success of the ITS France pavilion at the World ITS Congress in London, members and partners of ATEC-ITS France will present the same stand at the European ITS trade fair in Aalborg (June 18-20) and the international ITS event in Peking (October 9-13) For more details on ATEC-ITS France, please visit: www.itsfrance.net Benoit AUGARDE, ATEC-ITS Issue 15 EURAILmag Business & Technology © DB AG/REICHE http://www.ertms.com http://www.predit.prd.fr http://www.itsfrance.net

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