Berlin eSafety conference 5-6 June 2007: focus on deployment

Creation date: 25 May 2007

In the context of the German Presidency of the EU Council, a high-level eSafety conference will take place 5-6 June 2007 in Berlin, hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs.

Based on the findings of the eSafety Forum Working Groups, the following key issues will be discussed at the conference:

• Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) / Communications - Enhancing Traffic Information
• Human-Machine Interaction (HMI), including eSecurity - the human-machine interface to car multimedia systems, tamperproof technologies
• Driver Assistance Systems (DAS) - legal situation and assessment, including the new role of motorists in partially automated in-car processes, plus EuroNCAP testing procedures for DAS

Senior officials such as the German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee, EC Vice President and Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot, and Dr André Vits, Head of Unit, EC DG Information Society and Media are slated to speak. 

Importance of intelligent mobility
The conference will focus on the development perspectives of an essential area of "intelligent mobility" over the next 15 years in the context of the EC White Paper on Transport, along with conclusions for the further development of certain key issues.

The German Presidency of the EU Council plans to update the existing results of the eSafety Forum Working Groups at the European level and prepare the information so that it can be used by the European Commission as a basis for political decisions.

For further information regarding the conference, please visit http://www.bmvbs.de/en/EU-Council-Presidency/Events-,2655.987752/Possibilities-of-using-electro.htm