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(ITC Side Event) WP.1 - WP.29 Joint Event on Automation in Transport: Safe Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Traffic

(ITC Side Event) WP.1 - WP.29 Joint Event on Automation in Transport: Safe Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Traffic

18 February 2019

 

A day-long joint event of the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) and the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) on Automation in Transport: Safe Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Traffic, will take place on 18 February 2019.

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PROGRAMME
Monday, 18 February 2019, 10:30 – 18:00
ROOM XVII | PALAIS DES NATIONS | GENEVA
  Opening:
WP.1 and WP.29 chairs

Policy Statements
  • Mr. Yuwei Li, Sustainable Transport Division Director, UNECE
  • Mr. Matthew Baldwin, EU Comm Deputy Director-General for Mobility and Transport
  • Mr. Alexander Morozov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Russian Federation
  Panel I: Aiming at a common terminology in the area of automated driving vehicles

Moderator: Mr. Ibrahima Sow, Canada Representative at WP.1
  • Mr. Bryant Walker Smith, University South Carolina
  • Mr. Bernie Frost, UK and GRVA Chair
  Panel II: Current technical capacity of vehicle automation systems. What should the role/s of WP.1 and WP.29 be?

Moderator: Mr. Ian Yarnold , Department for Transport, UK, WP.29 Representative
  • Mr. Charles Uthus, Vice President American, Automotive Policy Council, AAPC
  • Mr. Andrea Censi, NUtonomy
  • Mr. Alfred Kloos, ACEA
  Panel III: Activities other than driving

Moderator: Mr. Joel Valmain , France Representative at WP.1
  • Ms. Jessica Uguccioni, UK Independent Law Commission of England and Wales
  • Mr. Bruce Mehler, MIT Ahead Project
  • Mr. Richard Damm, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
  Panel IV: The safe interaction between automated vehicle and driver, and automated vehicle and other road users in traffic

Moderator: Mr. Peter Striekwold, RDW, Netherland's Vehicle Authority, WP.1 and WP.29 Representative 
  • Mr. Yujiro Uehara, Assistant Director of Automated Driving Planning Office, NPA, Japan
  • Mr. Fredric Schroeder, President of the World Blind Union
  • Mr. Antony Lagrange, EU Commission, WP.29 Representative
  Wrap-up and conclusions

WP.1 and WP.29 chairs