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ITS enters a new stage: technological evolution helps create safe, comfortable, sustainable societies

All over the world, intelligent transport systems (ITS) including car navigation systems, electronic toll collection (ETC) and traffic information services have become familiar and essential aids to transportation and the movement of people. By actively utilizing ITS and databases and integrating them with peripheral systems and technologies, society is now entering a new stage of ITS applications that go beyond the transportation field to offer a wider range of services.

The ITS World Congress is a multi-faceted event that attracts ITS experts, researchers, government officials and corporate players from around the globe to exchange views and create business opportunities through a program including research findings, presentations, displays and practical demonstrations. The Asia-Pacific region, Europe and America each host this annual congress in turn.

The theme for the 20th ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013 is “Open ITS to the Next.” While retaining a focus on resolving transport problems, this theme aptly conveys the expansion of next-generation ITS into new domains. We hope to welcome as many participants as possible from emerging countries in Asia and elsewhere, which face a growing array of transportation issues.