On behalf of Clare Collins...
IMPART - Intelligent Mobility Partnership - News and Events
10 February 2016 Imago Hotel, Loughborough
A one-day workshop looking at the research challenges of automated vehicles and transport systems, open to businesses, academics and government bodies.
The technologies that drive the development of autonomous vehicles and transport systems changes so rapidly it is hard to keep pace. The rate of innovation continues to increase and it is difficult for industry, policy-makers, public authorities and academics to maintain their knowledge and to plan strategic research directions. In the UK we have seen considerable investment into research and development of intelligent mobility systems and this is supplemented by major European support under the Horizon 2020 research programme.
But there are real obstacles to the implementation of longer term research strategies. How can industry and academia work together to conduct the basic research required for the innovation cycle? How do policy-makers, who may initiate funding competitions, know how to promote the research that will have the greatest impact on mobility? What are the challenges that we must address in the coming years to ensure the UK stays at the forefront of mobility research?
The IMPART Intelligent Mobility Partnership comprises Loughborough, De Montfort, Coventry and Notting-ham Trent Universities and is supported by the Transport Systems Catapult. It is organising a workshop to take place on 10 February 2016 at Loughborough University to bring together delegates from industry, academia, policy-making and research funding to look at the research challenges of autonomous vehicles and transport systems.
Confirmed speakers
Tim Armitage, AutoDrive Project, Arup
Wen-Hua Chen, Centre for Autonomous Vehicles, Loughborough University
Peter Frere, Conekt ZF TRW Technical Centre
Colin Grover, Thatcham Research
Austen Okonweze, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Department for Transport
Andrew Parkes, Centre for Mobility and Transport, Coventry University
Tony Pipe, Venturer project, Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Chris Reeves, MIRA
Pete Thomas, IMPART/Loughborough University
Bookings for the event can be made at http://impart-upp.co.uk/events/
Clare Collins
Project and Events Manager (IMPART)
Faculty of Technology
De Montfort University
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