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ITS-T 2009 9th International Conference on Telecommunications for Intelligent Transport Systems October 20-22, 2009 - Lille, France http://itst2009.inrets.fr

Extended abstract submission: 15/05/09

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Call for Papers ---------------------- The 9th International Conference on Telecommunications for ITS will be held on October 20-22, 2009 in LILLE (North of France) at Nouveau Siècle congress centre. After Phuket in Thaïland, the conference is returning to France. It will bring together engineers and scientists in the field of New Technology of Information and Communication for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

The reduction of the impact of transport on the physical, social and human environment is a key challenge for sustainable mobility and development of urban areas. NTIC for ITS will contribute to the deployment of solutions that aim to optimize the use of existing infrastructures (road, rail, maritime, river), to enhance safety and security, to reduce operating and maintenance costs and to offer new services to customers and staff developing inter modal behaviour. ITS-T conference and its topics are attracting more and more players, academic and industrial researchers, working on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The theme of this year event is “NTIC for ITS to increase traffic efficiency and optimize transport modes under safety and security constraints".

Works accepted for presentations and poster sessions of ITS-T 2009 will be balanced from the academic and industrial research community around the world. There will be keynote speakers and invited papers for plenary sessions. Technical exhibitions and demonstrations will be held in the conference centre. Technical visits will be proposed. We have also invited recognized experts from the ITS community as keynote speakers and presenters to enrich the participation.

AREAS OF INTERESTS INCLUDE. BUT NOT LIMITED TO ----------------------------------------------- * Policy, Social and Institutional ITS issues * ITS applications/services (road, maritime, fluvial, railway, Public transport, air) * Naming/addressing, (IPv6 addressing scheme and mobility) * Risk management for safety services (system dependability, reliability, security) * IP routing, geo-routing, broadcasting for Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) * Mobile IP and Network Mobility in IPv6 * Protocol conformance testing, interoperability testing and quality assessment. * Testing, verification and diagnosis of ITS components and systems * Multimedia broadcasting technologies (TPEG, DVB, WiMax, LTE, etc) * Modelling and simulation of cooperative systems. * ITS Architecture, Interoperability and Standards * Medium Access Control Schemes * Vehicular Radio Transmission Technologies * In-Vehicle, V2V and V2I Communications * UWB * Sensing Technologies: Radars, Lidars, Sensor Networks * (Smart) Antennas and Propagation for ITS * Device and Circuit Technologies * Software Defined Radio for ITS * Multiple Interface Management

SPECIAL SESSIONS ------------------------------ * GALILEO for ITS: J. Marais and M. Meyer Zu Hörste * Intelligent Mobility for Public Transport: D. Van den Abeele and C. Gransart * ITS technologies in Maritime and Fluvial domains: C. Tatkeu and G. Pensier * IPv6 and mobility: JM Bonnin and T. Ernst * EMC for ITS: V. Deniau and S. Ficheux

CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------- The Organizing committee invites you to submit proposals for the special sessions and demonstration topics to the conference before the dedicated deadline

Important Dates ------------------------------------------ Extended abstract submission: 15/05/09 Demonstration submission: 15/05/09 Notification of Acceptance: 10/07/09 Camera ready paper: 05/09/09