Road Transport Information and Control (RTIC) Conference 2012

Registration and refreshments

Chairman's welcome and introduction

Keynote speaker

Alan Bristow, TfL

Session 1 - Controlled motorways

Session chair: Matthew Clarke

How the use of average speed control could influence driver behaviour when implementing 80mph speed limits

G Collins, Vysionics ITS Ltd, UK

Motorway control systems; designing to maximise value for money

J A W Castle, R Porter, J V Hayden, Atkins, UK

Calibration of the M4 Variable Speed Limit scheme and promising initial results

J A W Castle, J V Hayden, Atkins, UK

Evaluation of the Birmingham Box Managed Motorways phases 1 and 2

M J Ogawa, A J Poole, A J Arlow, Mott MacDonald, UK, D Cooke, P Unwin, Highways Agency, UK

Poster quads (safety and security)

Session chair: Alan Stevens

Lunch and posters

Robust and efficient multi-object detection and tracking for vehicle perception systems using radar and camera sensor fusion

J Burlet, M Dalla Fontana, TRW Conekt, Solihull, West Midlands, UK

Intelligent speed adaptation for older drivers

W Guo, D Brennan, P T Blythe, K Pavkova, Newcastle University, UK

Effective security as an ill-defined problem in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs)

P Seuwou, D Patel, D Protheroe, G Ubakanma, London South Bank University, UK

Smart Road Restraint Systems (Smart RRS): integrating sensing technology into crash barriers

P E M Frere, TRW Conekt, UK

Session 2 – ITS strategy

Session chair: Neal Skelton

Benefits and deployment opportunities for vehicle / roadside cooperative ITS

A Stevens, J Hopkin, Transport Research Laboratory, UK

Connected vehicles and infrastructure: collaboration between road operators and the automotive industry

R Harris, Xerox, UK

ITS for electric vehicles - an electromobility roadmap

Y Hübner, P T Blythe, G A Hill, M Neaimeh, C Higgins, Newcastle University, UK

Implementing ATVAM, the world’s largest ITS program, across Saudi Arabia

A D N Pearce, P Rowley, Logica, Saudi Arabia

Refreshments

Panel discussion

Drinks reception

Welcome by Dr Mike Short CBE FREng BA CEng FIET, President, The IET Public Affairs, Telefonica Europe, UK