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The Centre for Transport Studies is pleased to welcome Dr Mark Pleydell (Pleydell Technology Consulting Ltd, UK) to lead a seminar entitled Specifications and standards: Stimulus or constraint. An update on where they are to be held Wednesday 29th October 2014 @ 16:00 Please join us for presentation and discussion at Room 307, Skempton (Civil Eng.) Building, Imperial College London Abstract Making ITS or traffic control systems operate effectively requires well defined specifications. Making products, or providing services to the traffic sector economically benefits from a one size fits all approach. In the field of (for example) structures there has been a high level of academic involvement in standards development. This has not occurred in Traffic Control & ITS. Arguably this low level of engagement constrains innovation and the application of new ideas. This symposium reviews the current unstable position of UK specs and standards and explores the changes that are happening and how these may either inform or benefit from research at centres such as CTS. About the Speakers Mark Pleydell is a Ph.D in Applied Physics and has spent his career in industrial R&D. For the last 20 years he has worked in traffic control the last 7 if those as an independent technology consultant & MD of PTC Ltd. PTC provides technology expertise to Local Authorities and to Equipment and Service providers. He holds a number of patents and licenses technology into the sector. He chairs the Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management (ARTSM) WG5 committee, and is the first Chair of TOPAS (Traffic Open Products And Specifications). The Following CTS Seminar Professor Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah will be leading a seminar titled "Urban informatics and ICT entrepreneurship for data-driven public transport planning and operations" at Imperial College London on Wednesday 19 November @ 16:00. About the CTS Seminar Series The CTS seminar series aims to facilitate discussion on current research topics in the transport field. Seminars are held jointly with our colleagues in the Centre for Transport Studies at University College London. They are usually held on Wednesday afternoons at Imperial College London or University College London. Seminars are free of charge and open to all interested parties. Please register for this event using the following link.<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/specifications-and-standards-stimulus-or-constraint-an-update-on-where-they-are-tickets-13388542491> For further information: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> CTS home: www.imperial.ac.uk/cts<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cts> (Imperial College London) www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/cts<http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/cts> (University College London)