CVIS was co-organiser, with the SAFESPOT and COOPERS projects, of the Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010, held in Amsterdam on 23-26 March 2010. This unique event presented the final results of European research on cooperative systems, featuring the world’s largest, most varied and extensive demonstrations of V2V and V2I communication technologies and applications.
The Showcase combined on-road demonstrations, a dedicated conference and exhibition, in parallel with Intertraffic Amsterdam 2010. CVIS partners were in charge of two main demonstration areas - the Public Road Tour and the Cooperative Traffic Management Centre. CVIS was also co-organising of the Cooperative Mobility Conference 2010.
Public Road Tour
The Public Road Tour demonstration was the most complex integration of CVIS technologies and applications at any test site so far.
It combined 21 applications and technology scenarios coming from 12 CVIS partners. Also included were three SAFESPOT applications and four COOPERS applications on a tour of about 60 minutes.
Eleven minivans were equipped and commissioned by Logica over the space of only 56 hours. More than 1000 visitors, including delegates, press and VIPs saw the demonstrations.
Traffic Management Centre
The Cooperative Traffic Management Centre (CTMC) of the future was set up by PTV with the support of MIZAR.
A theatre show was presented four times a day in which two actors compared the traffic situation today and in 10 years from now, explaining how traffic managers will make use of cooperative systems.
  
Cooperative Mobility Conference
CVIS, together with SAFESPOT, COOPERS and the EC prepared an excellent programme for the Conference, which saw a large audience during all three days.
In the opening ceremony, a speach from Ms Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Information Society & Media, was broadcasted. The first day sessions set out the policy challenges for cooperative systems while industrialists responded with their vision of cooperative system solutions and users reminded of the need for applications that delivered real value for them.
On day 2, speakers presented the key results of the projects while on the final day, panel discussions stressed the need for partnerships and cooperation to make deployment happen.
  
i&cDRIVE Exhibition
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For the first time at Intertraffic, a new thematic area in the exhibition (“i&cDRIVE”) was dedicated to cooperative mobility, where the CTMC was the centrepiece, with CVIS, SAFESPOT and COOPERS stands on one side and the Public Road Tour registration desk on the other.
In addition, seven CVIS project partners had stands in the i&cDRIVE exhibition area. Another 15 project partners had a stand at Intertraffic where they also presented CVIS results.
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Outcome
“Impressive” was the overall feedback received from external visitors, delegates and VIPs.
The CTMC was the busiest spot in the i&cDRIVE exhibition and attracted many regular Intertraffic visitors. The combined demonstration tours, including the safety demonstration area provided by SAFESPOT, were well appreciated, and CVIS received positive feedback from the European Commission and the Dutch Ministry of Transport. In total, around 1000 people joined one of the 200 Public Road Tours, while around 600 visitors watched the theatre demonstrations. CVIS achieved an extensive and very positive visibility in press, television and radio.
 With Amsterdam – which was finally adopted as CVIS’s newest and most extensive test site – the project has achieved its objectives and accomplished its mission to prove the concept of cooperative systems. In Amsterdam, visitors got a taste of the complexity facing deployment of cooperative systems, with more than 20 nodes and ITS stations concentrated in one location and integrated with seven different legacy systems.
So it is with enormous gratitude for their hard work and support that we would like to thank all who helped make the Amsterdam showcase the great success it was!
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