- WP.1 - WP.29 Joint Event on Automation in Transport
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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.
PROGRAMME
Monday, 18 February 2019, 10:30 – 18:00
ROOM XVII | PALAIS DES NATIONS | GENEVAOpening:
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 - Digitalization and e-documents
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A half-day meeting on “Automation in Transport: Digitalization and e-documents as enablers of growth and development” took place on 19 February, concurrently with the restricted segment of the ITC on the adoption of the ITC Strategy 2030, thus enabling non-governmental high-level participants, who cannot attend the restricted session, as well as larger country delegations to engage in a meaningful dialogue on the benefits of digitalization - e.g. through eTIR - for trade, growth and development and on addressing existing regulatory, political and technical bottlenecks.
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 15:00-18:00
Room VII | PALAIS DES NATIONS | GENEVA
Opening Remarks:
Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE
Mr. Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, European Commission
Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRUSESSION I: e-documents preparation - Mr. Erik Evtimov, Deputy Secretary General, International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) - PDF
- Ms. Sue Probert, CEFACT Chair - PDF
- Ms. Rebecca Huang, Secretary Working Party on Road Transport - PDF
- Ms. Victoria Ivanova, Secretary Working Party on Inland Waterways - PDF
- Mr. Artur Bouten, Secretary Working Party on Customs Questions Affecting Transport - PDF
SESSION II: Case studies - Mr. Yerzhan Nurakhmetov, Director of Department on Transport and Infrastructure, Eurasian Economic Commission
- Mr. Mostafa Ayati, Deputy Director General of Transit Supervision Bureau, Islamic Republic of Iran - PDF
- Mr. Yizhou Wu, Department Manager, Zhejiang Electronic Port, People's Republic of China - PDF
- Mr. Eusebiu Catana, ERTICO-ITS Europe, AEOLIX Project - PDF
Side-event co-organizer:
