ITS World Congress 2021
2021-10-11 - 2021-10-15 | Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany
11-15 October 2021 – The ITS World Congress will take place between 11 to 15 October 2021. It is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transportation.

The Congresses are the yearly celebration of smart mobility: they underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), particularly in cities and regions where they are hosted, and provide an excellent platform that supports the education, thought-leadership, business development, and the overall steady growth of the smart mobility industry. They include live, interactive and thought-provoking sessions where industry experts present the latest developments in ITS, showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge technology within the event’s spacious exhibition, technical tours and live demonstration opportunities. The Congresses offer stakeholders and patrons the ultimate platform to meet industry influencers and decision makers to discuss emerging and seminal topics in the field and to gain insights into future industrial technological advances and the policies required to support the sector’s rapid growth.

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5GMETA at 5G Techritory: 5G Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
2021-11-22 10:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
On November 22-25, 2021, Europe’s leading 5G forum, 5G Techritory, will be back for the fourth time to provide the 5G industry’s decision makers a place to meet, connect, and discuss. The forum returns as a phygital event with more enticing content, networking opportunities, and a chance for speakers to interact with the wider 5G community. However, this year, the event is expanding its horizons, laying the groundwork for the establishment of a global 5G community. Since its inception, the underlying mission of 5G Techritory has been to provide a platform for decision makers to meet, in order to accelerate the process of 5G rollout, to ultimately benefit the economies of each region.
The 4 days of the forum is divided as follows:
Nov. 22 – Tech Day – dedicated to the technologies making 5G possible – deep tech discussions, use-case findings, tech demonstrations, and more.
Nov. 23 – World Day – trendsetting countries leading the push for 5G will present their approaches, use cases, and points of contact.
Nov. 24 – Forum Day – a day full of speakers, keynotes and panels of the leading minds discussing the hottest topics in 5G.
Nov. 25 – Partner Day – a variety of additional events – something for everyone – ranging from techies and innovators to visionaries and politicians.
5GMETA will be presented by Project Coordinator Oihana Otaegui from Vicomtech on the Tech Day on 22 November during the 5G Intelligent Transport Systems and Services session hosted by ERTICO on the Beta Stage at 10:05.
Moderator: Eusebiu Catana, Senior Manager I&D, ERTICO-ITS Europe
Speaker 1: Ralf Willenbrock, T-Systems, DT AG Germany
Speaker 2: Otaegui Oihana, Head of ITS and Engineering, Vicomtech
Speaker 3: Coen Bresser, Senior Manager Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO-ITS Europe
Speaker 4: Janez Sterle, CEO, Internet Institute, Slovenia
Please click here to view the agenda for the entire forum.
To register for the event, please click here.

ITS European Congress Toulouse 2022
2022-05-30 08:00 - 2022-06-01 17:00
ERTICO ITS Europe and Toulouse Métropole will proudly host the European ITS Congress in the Centre of Toulouse, from 30 May to 1 June, 2022. The event will take place at the newly built Exhibition and Conference Centre MEETT – conveniently located near the Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.
Toulouse is the fourth-largest city in France with 1.3 million inhabitants within its wider metropolitan area. As the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and the Occitanie region, the city is an important hub for business in the region and has many connections in particular related to the aeronautical industry.
The ITS Congresses represent the ultimate showcase of mobility services deployment and are the means for the ITS Community to keep pace with the incredible evolution of the industry. Over the years, the European Congresses have offered a platform for thought leaders, developers, entrepreneurs and decision makers from the transport, logistics and IT industries to share ideas and progress smart and sustainable mobility.
The Call for Contributions for the Technical Programme is open, until 24 January. The European Programme Committee is inviting authors to submit papers and Special Interest Session (SIS) proposals to be considered for presentation and publication.

EuCNC & 6G Summit
2022-06-07 08:00 - 2022-06-10 17:00
The 2022 Joint EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC, in its 31st edition of a series, supported by the European Commission; the 6G Summit, in its 4th edition, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP), and supported by the European Commission. The conference addresses various aspects of Beyond 5G communications systems and networks, and looks already into 6G matters. It brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses, globally attracting in the last years more than 1 300 delegates from more than 40 countries all over the world, to present and discuss the latest results, and an exhibition with more than 70 exhibitors, for demonstrating the technology developed in the area, namely within research projects from EU R&I programmes.
The summit will take place between 7 – 10 June 2022.

ROAD TO LISBON: 5GMETA Hackathon webinar – #3 Choosing and using available data for your innovative service
2023-04-19 15:00 - 15:30 | Online
The 5GMETA project is organising its Second Hackathon in Lisbon on 22-23 May during the ITS European Congress.
In preparation to the event, the 5GMETA project consortium is organising its third webinar: this online meeting will provide participants with a description of the data types that will be available on the 5GMETA Platform (during the Second Hackathon), an explanation on how to obtain them and a presentation of the possible ways to process them.
The third webinar will be a good opportunity for developers who will be able to see the utilisation of the Platform in practice, as the main speaker, ICOOR‘s Roberto Cavicchioli, will show how to develop innovative services exploiting the capabilities of the Platform.
Hackathon participants and developers from the general public will be provided with better technical knowledge of the Platform and of the data that is available in “real time streaming” on the Platform. It will help interface with the Platform and have insights on how to compete in the Hackathon.

The third webinar will be held online at 15-15:30 on 19 April.
Follow the link and register: spots are limited!

The 5GMETA project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 957360 (Innovation Action).

5GMETA Second Hackathon
2023-05-22 - 2023-05-23 | Lisbon
Are you an innovator and a developer? Are you eager to test yourself while contributing to shape tomorrow’s mobility?
Join us at the 5GMETA Second Hackathon in Lisbon, on 22-23 May!
During the Hackathon, you will have the unique chance to be among the very first forerunners to access and use the 5GMETA Platform software components.
The three best teams will be awarded a total prize of €5,000!
Moreover, all teams will have the opportunity to interface with mentors, tutors, investors, and industrial stakeholders.
An incredible venue – The ITS European Congress
And benefits do not stop here: hackathon participants will be granted free entrance to the ITS European Congress, a unique occasion to enter into contact with the most influential actors of tomorrow’s mobility.

Learn more on 5GMETA website.
For any questions about the Hackathon and registrations, please contact us at hackathon@5gmeta-project.eu

5GMETA project is co-funded by the EU’s H2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Grant Agreement No 957360.

5GMETA Special Session: CALL FOR PAPERS for the IEEE ITSC 2023
2023-09-24 - 2023-09-28 | Bilbao, Spain
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2023)
24-28 September, 2023
Bilbao, Spain

5GMETA CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Session: Leveraging Data in Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) enabled by Edge and Cloud
https://2023.ieee-itsc.org/special-sessions/
This Special Session will explore the challenges to leverage data in CCAM and the role of Edge and Cloud as key enabling technologies. More specifically, it will focus on how to capture, structure, index, store and share data to enable analytical systems to get valuable insights; how to efficiently balance processing workload and assets in distributed infrastructures; how to transmit data efficiently and reliably; and how to address security and privacy issues. We aim to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote collaboration to find novel solutions to these problems. By understanding the barriers and solutions to leverage data in CCAM, we can help pave the way for a safer and more efficient transportation system.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Internet of Things (IoT) messaging for CCAM data.
Data structures and software architectures for CCAM data processing.
Data analytics, data quality assessment, and visualization tasks at large scale.
Collaborative and Federated analytics on distributed/decentralized data.
Edge and Cloud computing for distributed data processing and storage.
Edge-Cloud continuum integration and orchestration.
AIOps and microservices platforms for data processing.
Mobility-aware Edge computing provision and consumption.
Digital Twins of vehicles.
Secure/trusted service provisioning for data producers and data consumers.
Data usage control and ownership management.

Important dates:
May 15, 2023 – Submission deadline
June 30, 2023 – Notification of paper acceptance
July 31, 2023 – Final paper submission deadline
Special Session organizers:
Dr. Gorka Vélez, Vicomtech, Spain.
Dr. Ángel Martín, Vicomtech, Spain.
Dr. Marcos Nieto, Vicomtech, Spain.
Information for authors:
Contributions to this Special Session need to be submitted via Papercept (http://its.papercept.net/), using this code: u44w9
All papers submitted through Papercept (Workshop, Special & Industrial Session and Regular Session Papers) will be peer-reviewed. All the accepted papers, if they are presented at ITSC 2023, will be published in IEEE Xplore and eligible for the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Q1, Impact Factor = 9.55) journal special issues arranged for the conference.
More information can be found here.

An interconnected October for 5GMETA
2023-10-19 - 2023-10-24
5GMETA consortium members are planning to attend three different events this October to share information about the latest developments of the 5GMETA project. Check our exciting schedule here: 5GMETA representatives are eager to meet you and answer your questions about the 5GMETA Platform.

5G for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Industry Forum at the IEEE Internet of Things World Forum 2023:

Date: October 19
Where: Aveiro (Portugal)
What: presentation about 5GMETA

Network Applications Workshop:

Date: October 23-24
Where: Aveiro (Portugal)
What: assessment of the “interoperability” of the various platforms through the cross instantiaton/onbording of network applications from related projects

Future Networks for CAM Symposium at the IEEE FNWF 2023:

Date: October 23-24
Where: Baltimore (USA)
What: presentation of a paper on 5GMETA (pending acceptance)

Through these events, we will be able to present and representing 5GMETA to a large audience of expert and influencing stakeholders.

Joint Webinar: Policy recommendations for 5G deployment
2023-10-27 11:00 - 12:45
A shared perspective from 5G-LOGINNOV, 5G-MOBIX and 5GMETA
Friday 27 October 2023 – 11:00 – 12:45 CEST

The webinar will present policy recommendations stemming from the 5G-LOGINNOV project and its counterparts, 5G-MOBIX and 5GMETA. The three projects share a common goal of leveraging 5G core technologies to enhance various aspects of transportation and connectivity.
5G-LOGINNOV focuses on integrating and validating port and logistics operations using 5G, IoT, data analytics, and CCAM technologies. By deploying 11 families of use cases, the project aims to optimize operations, reduce environmental impact, and foster economic growth through 5G core technologies. The project’s recommendations offer guidance for emerging European 5G core technologies, enhancing logistics and port hubs.
In parallel, 5G-MOBIX concentrates on 5G-based CAM deployments in cross-border regions, with recommendations derived from extensive tests. These suggestions tackle challenges in deployment, data, application interoperability, cybersecurity, aiming to ensure seamless CAM service connectivity across borders.
Meanwhile, 5GMETA is developing an open Platform that aims to leverage car-captured data to stimulate, facilitate and feed innovative products and services. It will develop and integrate a set of 5G network functions by applying service slicing for data delivery based on IoT architectures and technologies.

While one centres on transport, the other on cross-corridor and the last one is a platform, all projects share a vision of leveraging 5G core advancements for efficient, eco-friendly transportation, mobility, and economic growth. The webinar underscores the shared vision and the particularities of these projects and their contributions to the advancement of 5G technology in their respective domains.

Do not miss the chance to participate!
REGISTER HERE: LINK

UPDATED AGENDA:
11:00 – 11:05
Welcome – Giuseppe Sirignano (PSM, Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO)
11:05 – 11:10
Introduction – Dr. Jorge Pereira (Project Officer for 5G-LOGINNOV, 5G-MOBIX & 5GMETA)
11:10 – 11:20
5G-MOBIX: The Project and highlights – Coen Bresser (Senior Manager, Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO)
11:20 – 11:30
5GMETA: The Project and highlights – Dr. Gorka Vélez Isasmendi (Senior Researcher, Vicomtech)
11:30 – 11:40
5G-LOGINNOV: The Project and highlights – Dr. Eusebiu Catana (Senior Manager, Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO)
11:40 – 12:30
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS – the vision for the future of 5G deployment
Lidia Buenavida Peña (Manager Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO)
Ing. Martin Speitel (Group leader automotive, Fraunhofer IIS)
Dr. Gorka Vélez Isasmendi (Senior researcher, Vicomtech)
12:30 – 12:45
Q&A and wrap-up

5GMETA will be showcased at ICT53 project presentations at WG 5GCAM meetings
2023-11-20 11:00 - 11:30
In the context of the 5G-PPP, the 5GCAM Working Group plans to publish a white paper on cross border topics from the ICT53 sector with potential updates of the ICT18 projects.
As preparatory work, the Working Group is organising a series of webinars that will address all transportation means and solutions, including trial results.
The event will be attended by 5G-PPP project participants and will give important insights for the development of the projects involved.
5GMETA will be presented by Gorka Vélez, who will give 5GMETA perspective on cross-border topics.

5GMETA – 5G-IANA – 5GASP -VITAL-5G joint webinar
2023-12-05 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
Interoperability of European 5G platforms for Connected and Automated Mobility
In this webinar, representatives from the 5GMETA, 5GASP, 5G IANA and VITAL-5G European projects will discuss about the landscape of 5G platforms for Connected and Automated mobility, with a focus on the importance of interoperability.
Register here!
Draft agenda

5GMETA Final public event
2024-02-13 10:30 - 17:00 | ICOOR Data Centre, Via E. Gorrieri, 31, 41122 Modena MO, Italië, Modena, Italy
The agenda of the final pubic event is confirmed: thrilling speakers will give the audience their expert vision on 5G technologies application to CCAM. The public will have the chance to learn more about the 5GMETA Platform and how it will be a game changer for the mobility ecosystem!
You will not be able to participate in person? No worries! You can connect on the day of the event at 11:00 through the link below
Join here

Need more information? Here it is:
📅 Date: February 13, 2024
🕒 Time: 10:30 – 17:00
📍 Location: Modena, DATA CENTRE
🚀 Event Highlights:
– Innovation Trends in Mobility Enabled by 5G: Explore the latest trends and innovations in mobility facilitated by 5G technology.
– 5GMETA Platform Insights: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the 5GMETA Platform, its definition, scope, functions, and its role in shaping the future of 5G.
– Keynote speech: Future of 5G in CCAM: Engage with thought leaders as they discuss the future of 5G in Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM).
– Panel Discussion on Car-Captured Data: Participate in a panel discussion addressing challenges, applications, and required policies related to car-captured data for sustainable mobility.
– Live Demonstrations: Witness live demonstrations showcasing the practical applications and capabilities of the 5GMETA Platform.
– Startup Experience: Gain insights into the experience of startups with the 5GMETA Platform, highlighting success stories and lessons learned.
– Final Event Closing & Drinks: Conclude the event with closing remarks, thank participants, and join us for celebratory drinks.
Save the date, mark your calendars, and be part of this milestone event! The 5GMETA final event is open to the public, welcoming all who are interested in the future of connectivity.
We look forward to your presence as we celebrate the culmination of the 5GMETA project and explore the transformative power of 5G technology.
