COOPERATIVE, CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED MOBILITY:
The European and Chinese experience
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
International Convention Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
November 20-21st, 2023
(Hybrid event)
AIMS , OBJECTIVES & PROGRAM OUTLINE
Organized by:
EC funded project SHOW

(SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption)
Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) / School of Computers and Information Technology /Key Lab for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Transportation

AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP

The aim of the Workshop is to discuss and assess progress in the development and deployment of Cooperative Connected Automated Vehicles (CCAV) and Cooperative Connected Automated Mobility (CCAM) primarily in China and Europe but also to other parts of the world. Today, an increasing number of systems and technologies are being tested and deployed experimentally across the world concerning the development of autonomous (automated) connected and electrified transport vehicles serving on various types of services especially in urban transport chains. The presentation of the results from such tests and pilot applications in China and Europe is the central theme of the program.

The workshop also aims to give the opportunity to experts from the two cooperating organizations as well as to other experts that will participate in the workshop, to exchange views and research results on the subject of automated mobility on technical as well as socio-economic issues and explore the needs and challenges for the future.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics relating to research and innovation work and results and experience from pilot/ large scale field trial applications or commercial deployments, are of main interest. Work will also be presented on the migration paths towards effective and persuasive sustainable urban transport, through technical solutions, business models and priority scenarios for deploying shared, connected, electrified fleets of automated vehicles. Special importance is given (but not exclusively) to papers that report real-life urban or interurban demonstrations, best practices, results, impacts, cost-efficiency & lessons learned, from CCAV and CCAM applications, on:

Private transport mobility
Coordinated Public Transport (PT) operations
Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) systems and operations (taxis, etc.)
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and CCAM
Logistics operational chains and Logistics as a Service (LaaS) applications
Freight Terminal applications.
Also, to horizontal issues such as:
AV technology (limitations and potential)
Cybersecurity and data handling and privacy issues
Regulations, Application guidelines, Decision making mechanisms for all key actors
Innovative business models and exploitable products/services for CCAM
Deployment issues, in separated or mixed traffic environments
Shared automated cooperative transport services in day-to-day urban or interurban mobility
User engagement and societal aspects.

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION, FORM AND VENUE

Participation in this workshop is free but registration is necessary. You can register via the web site of the event

(at http://batlab.bjtu.edu.cn/NewsEvents/workshop/) or sending an e-mail to the secretariat c/o Ms. Ren Shenyuan - 任申元 (syren@bjtu.edu.cn).

The form of the participation can be either by physical presence or remotely through live streaming (link to be sent to you upon registration).

The venue is the at the “第九教学楼 北 307B” BJTU campus for Day 1 and “科技大厦 605” for Day 2.

LANGUAGE

The language of the Workshop is English.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

While attendance to the workshop is free of charge, registration is mandatory for all participants. We strongly recommend registering as soon as possible to reserve your spot.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

The Workshop is organized on a structure that contains two sessions with keynote speakers, three paper presentation sessions and one Round Table (panel discussion) session. Each day has a particular theme. The theme of the 1st day is “Technical Development and deployment issues” and that of the second “Socio-economic and business aspects”. Inside each day there will be several video presentations or live streaming from current demo sites of CCAV deployment in Europe and China.

The Round Table discussion at the end of the second day will be among experts from China, and from Europe who will discuss key issues for CCAV deployment such as technological issues, digital communications and data integrity, cybersecurity, standardization issues, policies, regulations, and other.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

DAY 1 – Monday November 20th, 2023
TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT ISSUES
MORNING
(BEIJING Time)
10.10-12.15
KEYNOTES and WELCOME SPEECHES
10.10 – 10.20 Welcome speech BJTU Vice President Prof. Peng Zhao
10.20 – 10.30 Introduction and aims of the Conference Prof. Yidong Li - Vice Dean School of Computers and IT, Beijing Jiaotong University
10.30 – 11.00 Keynote speech 1:
Technical and data communication issues in the road to connected and automated vehicles
Prof. Yisheng Lv – Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine
11.00 – 11.30 Keynote speech 2:
CCAM activities, outcomes & lessons learned in Europe
Dr. Henriette Cornet – CCAM Thematic Area Leader
11.30 – 12.00 Keynote speech 3:
CCAM activities, outcomes & lessons learned in China
Jian Gao - Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, China
12.00 – 12.15 QUESTIONS
12.15 – 13.45 LUNCH
PAPER SESSION 1 CHINESE BEST PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
13.45 - 14.05 Exploring the Path of Sustainable Development of Intelligent Transportation Prof. Hao Wei - Key Laboratory of Highway Engineering, Ministry of Education and Changsha University of Science & Technology
14.05 - 14.25 Digital Railway Transit enabled by CAV technology Wenjun Wang - Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
14.25 - 14.45 R&D and scenarios of V2X technology for Cooperative Connected Automated Vehicles (CCAV) Yuming Ge – Associate Dean, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
14.45 – 15.05 Towards Safety: Automated driving simulation Testing and best practice Shuai Zhao – Chief Expert of China Automotive Technology and Research Center(CATARC), Member of C-ASAM Steering Committee
15.05 – 15.30 QUESTIONS – DISCUSSION
COFEE BREAK 30’
PAPER SESSION 2 EUROPEAN BEST PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
16:00 – 16:20 Operational and user engagement lessons learned from CCAM large scale pilots in Linköping, Sweden Anna Anund - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute – VTI, Sweden (STATENS VAG- OCH TRANSPORTFORSKNINGSINSTITUT) [SHOW project]
16:20 – 16:40 Interoperable fleet management of shared AVs – Lessons learned from SHOW large scale field trials in Finland Mika Rytkönen – Remoted [SHOW project]
16:40 – 17:00 Driverless operations of CCAM Nicolas Morael - TRANSDEV Public Transport Operator, France [SHOW project]
17:00 – 17:20 AVs are breaking free from the virtual rail – Lessons learned from SHOW large scale field trials in Karlsruhe, Germany Sven Ochs - FZI - Research Center for Information Technology, Germany (FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM INFORMATIK) [SHOW project]
17.20 – 18.00 QUESTIONS – DISCUSSION

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

18.00 – 19.00
Video presentations from CCAV Demo sites in Europe (SHOW pilots live streaming) SHOW Tampere & Monheim pilot sites live streaming
20.00 – 22.00 WORKSHOP DINNER (Venue to be announced)
DAY 2 – November 21st, 2023
SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ISSUES
MORNING
(BEIJING Time)
9.30 – 12.10
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
9.30 – 9.45 Welcome & Schedule of the Day Prof. Yidong Li, BJTU
9.45 – 10.15 Keynote speech 4: Socio-economic factors - Business models and deployment strategies for CCAM Endre Angelvik - Vice President, Mobility Services, Ruter AS
10.15 – 10.45 Keynote speech 5: Name to be announced Dr.Guobin Wu- Director of DiDi Research Outreach, DiDi Global
10.45 – 11.10 QUESTIONS – DISCUSSION

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

11:10 – 12:10
Video presentations and live streaming from CCAV Demo sites in China
12.10 – 13.40 LUNCH
PAPER SESSION 3 CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF CCAVs IN SPECIFIC SECTORS
(Taxis, Terminals, Freight and Logistics, Public Transport, etc.)
13:40 – 14:10 Key Factors of Hybrid Automated Terminal with Emulation William Yip - Senior Sales Director at Total Soft Bank Ltd (TSB)
14:10 – 14:30 CCAM integration in Public Transport Anja Holdermüller - Bahnen der Stadt Monheim (BSM)
14:30 – 15:00 The driverless robo-taxis case in San Francisco William Riggs - University of San Francisco
15.00 – 15.30 QUESTIONS – DISCUSSION
COFFEE BREAK – 30’
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Chaired by Prof. Yidong Li (BJTU)
15.30 – 17.00
Future Pathways & Common Grounds between China and Europe on:
  • AV Technologies
  • Physical, Digital and Communication Infrastructure
  • Deployment in Public Transport
  • Standardization
  • Policies & Regulations
  • Panel:
    - Prof. Joshua Meng, Research Associate, UC Berkeley
    - Dr. Biagio Ciuffo, EU, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
    - Mr. Peter Staelens, EUROCITIES
    - Prof. Yi Jin BJTU
    - Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris, Hellenic Institute of Transport
    - Dr. Guobin Wu - Director of DiDi Research Outreach, DiDi Global
    17:00 – 17:15 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSURE OF THE WORKSHOP

    THE SHOW PROJECT

    SHOW: SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption

    The largest European Innovation Action on shared, Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM)

    The “SHOW” project is a European Innovation Action on shared CCAM,funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program. It is unique in that, at the time of its launch, was the largest Innovation Action, in terms of both the number of consortium partners and pilot cities involved. It brings together more than 70 partners from 13 EU countries to support the deployment of shared, connected, and electrified automation in 20 European cities across a four-year period. During the project, real-life urban demonstrations are taking across Europe place with a diverse L4 CAV fleet consisting of around 80 vehicles (from robo-taxis to big buses and logistics vehicles) that carry passengers and cargo in real traffic urban and peri-urban conditions, assessing user acceptance and inferred impacts on mobility, traffic safety, efficiency and environment and towards the exploration of the governance, business and operational models as well as the harmonization of regulations across Europe that will enable the smooth integration of CCAM in broader public transport, through the connection to it of demand-responsive transport (DRT), Mobility a Service (MaaS) and Logistics as a Service (LaaS) services.

    One of SHOW’s major objectives is to explore business schemes for automated vehicles that are cost-efficient and can be adapted to existing and planned infrastructure, differentiated fleets, as well as to different cities and regions and their operational and legal framework.

    A large number of international (non-European) associated Organizations are following in the project’s work as associate partners (twinning entities) and share experiences and research results with the SHOW members towards the deployment of CCAM across the globe. From China the associated / twinned partner is the School of Computer and Information Technology / Beijing Jiaotong University (SCIT/BJTU) in cooperation with the Intelligent Vehicle Proving Center of China (iVPC), and the Integrated Innovation Center (IIC) of Beijing Jiaotong University.

    The overall Project Coordination of the SHOW project is held by UITP (International Association of Public Transport) and the Technical & Innovation Management by the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (HIT /CERTH).

    For more info, please visit: https://show-project.eu/