Headstart Project

Safety Week
2021-05-18 09:00 - 2021-05-20 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)
The Safety Week Wurzburg is the platform for the full spectrum of technologies and products for future automotive safety and its engineering. The event, which will be held on 18-20 May 2021, brings together industry experts and provides them with the opportunity to get an overview of the current market, make contacts, exchange experiences and to initiate collaborations.

ERTRAC Annual Conference 2021
2021-05-31 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
#ERTRAC2021
Save the date for the ERTRAC Annual Conference 2021 which will take place virtually on Friday 2nd July, from 09:45 to 15:45. The conference will be an opportunity to discuss about the Road Transport research challenges within Horizon Europe. The new ERTRAC Roadmaps on urban mobility, sustainable energies and powertrains, road safety, and connected, cooperative and automated driving will be also presented. More information such as the programme and the registration will follow.

27th ESV 2021
2021-07-12 08:00 - 2021-07-15 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
ESV conferences are unique and invaluable to the global community. They provide opportunities to share innovative advances in motor vehicle safety and encourage international cooperation. The 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety Conference will be held in Yokohama, Japan from July 12-15, 2021. To find out more, please visit the official website here.

FISITA World Automotive Congress
2021-09-13 08:00 - 2021-09-17 17:00 UTC
The FISITA World Automotive Congress is a significant forum where industry experts, engineers and executives meet to exchange ideas and discuss the trends that drive the automotive industry forward.
In light of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic situation and after careful consideration of the health and wellbeing of the congress participants, the organisers of the FISITA WORLD CONGRESS 2020 have taken the difficult decision to postpone the conference that was scheduled to take place in September 2020. The conference is rescheduled for 13-17 September 2021.

For additional information visit the official website here.

ITS World Congress
2021-10-11 08:00 - 2021-10-15 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Hamburg, Germany
The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transportation.
Every year, ERTICO organises a European or World Congress in a major European City, with the ITS World Congress in Europe every third year.
The Congresses are the yearly celebration of smart mobility: they underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), particularly in cities and regions where they are hosted, and provide an excellent platform that supports the education, thought-leadership, business development, and the overall steady growth of the smart mobility industrial growth. They include live, interactive and thought-provoking sessions where industry experts present the latest developments in ITS, showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge technology within the event’s spacious exhibition, technical tours and live demonstration opportunities. The Congresses offers stakeholders and patrons the ultimate platform to meet with industry influencers, discuss the latest and most seminal topics facing the market, meet with decision makers, get insights on future industrial technological advances and the future policies required to support the rapid growth of the sector. Find out more here.

Driver Distraction and Inattention
2021-10-18 08:00 - 2021-10-20 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online
The 7thInternational Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2021) will be held online, on October 18-20, 2021, and follows the six highly successful DDI Conferences held previously in Gothenburg, Sweden (2009, 2011, 2013, 2018), Sydney, Australia (2015) and Paris, France (2017).
The International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2020) is the premiere international event on this topic, attracting delegates from more than 20 countries. It is designed to bring participants – from academia, industry and government – up-to-date on current and recent developments and trends in the field of inattention and distraction in driving.
The conference topics include theory, measurement, effects, crash risks, and prevention/mitigation related to driver distraction and inattention. Moreover, DDI2020 will focus on the driver/occupant status. Participants are invited to present and discuss work covering disconnected drivers in assisted (drowsiness, out-of-the-loop, overreliance), and in autonomous vehicles (sleeping, take overs, etc). The new distraction legislation related to autonomous driving will also be given pride of place this year. Registration will open soon. Find out more here.

ICVES 2021: 15. International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety
2021-10-25 08:00 - 2021-10-26 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
The ICVES 2021: 15. International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety will be held on October 25-26 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.
ICVES 2021 aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Vehicular Electronics and Safety. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as practical challenges, encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Vehicular Electronics and Safety. More information is available here.

2022 AAAS Annual Meeting
2022-02-17 - 2022-02-20
The 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting will be held both in Philadelphia and online on February 17-20. Theme of the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting— Empower With Evidence—focuses on science literacy and evidence-based decision-making to drive public policy for the benefit of all. Find out the program here. The deadline to submit an e-poster abstract is September 14.

VVM‘s Mid-term Event
2022-03-15 08:00 - 2022-03-16 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
On 15th & 16th March , the VVM mid-term presentation will take place as a virtual event. The project’s current results and developments will be presented at the event. In addition, the topic of verification and validation of automated driving systems will be discussed in an international context. HEADSTART project will participate in the event, presenting its final results and outcomes. More information will follow shortly.

ICVES 2022: 16. International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety
2022-03-22 08:00 - 2022-03-23 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
ICVES 2022: 16. International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Vehicular Electronics and Safety. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Vehicular Electronics and Safety. The conference will be held on March 22-23, 2022 in Prague, Czechia. Find out more here.

TRA Lisbon 2022
2022-11-14 - 2022-11-17 | Lisbon
TRA Conference will be held in Lisbon, in 2022. The largest European research and technology conference on transport and mobility consists a unique opportunity for the transport sector to face new challenges and boost its research and innovation capacity throughout the full innovation cycle, from idea to market, including fundamental research, prototyping, demonstraton, pilot activities and business driven R&D, with an overall strategy based on the moto of Moving together – reimagining mobility worldwide.
The TRA2022 CSA project consortium is composed by Portugal’s National Innovation Agency (ANI-Coordinator), Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT), National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC-ECTRI Member), University of Porto (UPorto), MAGELLAN, FEHRL and ECTRI. More information is available here. Find out the program here.
