JRC enlargement and integration workshop: expectations and concerns about connected and automated vehicles

Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) can improve transport and reducing its negative impacts.

CAVs are expected to

• be safer,
• more energy efficient,
• increase the road network capacity.

To discuss about expectations and concerns, we organise a co-creation workshop about connected and automated mobility.

Call for applications

We invite representatives who work in relevant sectors in

• academia, industry, NGOs and national ministries and are from
• Enlargement and integration countries, including:
  • Candidate and potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo* – This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence – Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey),
  • European neighbourhood policy countries Associated to Horizon 2020 (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine), and new EU Member State (Croatia)

To apply, please send your CV and supporting letter to JRC-EI-CCAMec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: Application%20for%20workshop%20on%20expectations%20and%20concerns%20about%20connected%20and%20automated%20vehicles) (JRC-EI-CCAM[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu.)

Deadline: 31 August 2020

The number of places is limited to a maximum of 30 participants.

The workshop will be organised as an online participatory event.

Objectives

• Update participants on the EU's policy on development of cooperative, connected and automated mobility.
• Discuss about main factors that can help or hinder the introduction of CAVs on the market.
• Identify regional differences in the attitudes towards CAVs

Programme and background information

Day 1

• Introduction. The future of road transport: technology and policy outlook, citizen perspective.
• Co-creation session 1. Expectations and concerns about Connected and Automated Vehicles.

Day 2

• Co-creation session 2. Threats and opportunities of a Connected and Automated Mobility.
• Discussion about the main findings and comparison with previous activities by the JRC.

Contact

JRC-EI-CCAMec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: Enquiry%20about%20workshop%20on%20expectations%20and%20concerns%20about%20connected%20and%20automated%20vehicles) (JRC-EI-CCAM[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Venue

Online, EU