The crucial role of a fully interoperable and intelligent transport system was emphasised at the 4th European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics (ECITL) organised by the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg GmbH (FHV) and the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) and supported by several independent EU funded projects dealing with different issues in transport logistics.
During the conference, at which there was a considerable E.U. presence as well as participants from all over the world, from China to America, it was noted that in the field of freight transport and logistics a commonly agreed pan-European architecture for the exchange of data and information is gradually being formed. This is essentially a common language of communication to facilitate trade through integrated logistics operations, and strengthen interoperability between different systems and technologies, ultimately reducing costs and achieving wider (global) implementation.
The conference took place on 13 and 14 October 2011 in Thessaloniki. The local organiser of the conference was the Hellenic Institute of Transport, part of CERTH, the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. The joint organiser was the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg GmbH (FHV) in Austria, in partnership with the EU’s general directorates of transport (MOVE) and research (RTD). The conference also received support from various independent European programmes, such as Logistics4Life, e-Freight, CASSANDRA, EURIDICE, INTEGRITY and SMART-CM.
The event was coordinated by ARTION.
