BACKGROUND AND CONCLUSIONS The 1st Plenary Meeting of the esafety Forum Brussels, 22 April 2003 The Launch of the esafety Forum European Commission Information Society Directorate-General esafety Forum - 22 April 2003-1
Background (1) The esafety Initiative The esafety Forum esafety Working Group esafety Forum Working Groups 1st HL Meeting 2nd HL Meeting 1st Plenary Meeting Brussels 2nd Plenary Meeting Madrid 2002 2003 esafety Forum 22 April 2003-2
Background (2) The 1st High-Level Meeting - Why The challenge of road fatalities 2nd High-Level Meeting - What The 28 Working Group recommendations on improving road safety with new technologies The esafety Forum - How How to implement the identified recommendations esafety Forum 22 April 2003-3
Forum objectives: Background (3) To promote and support the development, deployment and use of intelligent integrated road safety systems. To monitor the implementation of the recommendations (all 28 Recommendations of the Final Report, all stakeholders) esafety Forum 22 April 2003-4
Background (4) Forum Organisation: Under the leadership of the European Commission (DG INFSO) Steering Group: Management of the Forum, organizing meetings Plenary Sessions: All stakeholders, chaired by the Commission (currently 150 members) Working Groups: Specific focus, chaired by industry (currently 8 Working Groups) esafety Forum 22 April 2003-5
Forum Process: Background (5) Finding consensus views Working Groups with all stakeholders Formulating Recommendations The esafety Forum Plenary Sessions, on the basis of the WG reports Implementing the Recommendations Actions by all stakeholders Monitoring the process Plenary sessions, on the basis of Commission reports esafety Forum 22 April 2003-6
Background (6) Forum Plenary Sessions 2003: 1) 22 April, Brussels - Focus: Setting up the Forum, Working Group Reports, Next Steps 2) 17 November, Madrid - During the ITS World Congress of 16-19 November - Focus: Working Group Reports, First yearly progress report esafety Forum 22 April 2003-7
Background (7) Working Groups 1st half 2003: 1. Emergency Call ERTICO/Belgacom 2. Accident causation data ACEA 3. Business Case Norwich Union 4. Human-Machine Interaction INRETS esafety Forum 22 April 2003-8
1st Plenary Meeting 22 April High-Level Session: Max Mosley,, ERTICO Chairman and President FIA Erkki Liikanen,, Member of the European Commission Louis Schweitzer,, ACEA President and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renault Wolfgang Hahn, Director-General Road Construction and Road Pricing, Germany Malcolm Harbour, Member of the European Parliament Working Group Reports: The first results Parallel Sessions (Working Groups) Conclusions and next steps esafety Forum 22 April 2003-9
1st Plenary Meeting Main Conclusions (1) The very successful 1st esafety Forum Plenary Meeting brought together 150 representatives from industries, European Commission, Member States and other public authorities, and 1) Re-confirmed the need for the esafety Forum, and the high level of interest and continuous commitment of all stakeholders to the initiative 2) Confirmed the structure of the Forum, and Commission leadership esafety Forum 22 April 2003-10
1st Plenary Meeting Main Conclusions (2) 3) Firmly established the Forum as the platform preferred by all stakeholders for continuing efforts in esafety 4) Took note of the excellent work and progress in the first four Working Groups 5) Demonstrated clearly the potential of improving road safety with new ICT technologies, when sufficiently deployed esafety Forum 22 April 2003-11
1st Plenary Meeting Main Conclusions (3) 6) Established four new Working Groups 1. Road Maps (Implementation) DEKRA 2. Real-time Traffic and Travel Information Bosch 3. Research and Development Eucar 4. International co-operation FIA Foundation 7) Highlighted the crucial importance of moving ahead rapidly with the initiative 8) Confirmed Madrid in November 2003 as the next meeting of the Forum, where actual results are expected esafety Forum 22 April 2003-12
1st Plenary Meeting The HL Session (1) 1) Highlighted the role of the Commission as the facilitator of the esafety Process, and acting on its areas of competence such as RTD and regulation 2) Confirmed the commitment of the automotive industry to work together with the Commission and other players in finding solutions for its customers 3) Emphasized the need to consider together the driver, the vehicle and the environment in an integrated way esafety Forum 22 April 2003-13
1st Plenary Meeting The HL Session (2) 4) Highlighted the importance of the participation of the Member States at all levels in the esafety Forum 5) Highlighted the need to invest in Intelligent Roads, and to analyse the benefits of esafety to the society 6) Emphasized the crucial importance of getting esafety into the mainstream of the political programme on Road Safety 7) Indicated how crucial the timing is in getting esafety to the users esafety Forum 22 April 2003-14
Accident Causation Data (1) Chair: M. Hollingsworth,, ACEA 1) The current situation: data exists, but Clear definitions missing - need to consider all vehicle types Existing knowledge is not enough Barriers exist on access, methodologies, funding etc 2) Priorities for the future To collect information quickly - not overambitious Be prepared to work on incomplete data Try to ensure follow-up work to validate the predicted impact of technologies esafety Forum 22 April 2003-15
Accident Causation Data (2) Chair: M. Hollingsworth,, ACEA 3) Next steps 3) Next steps Collect examples of as many of the existing databases as possible Consider which are the existing databases which can be consolidated Define interrogation models for the consolidated data The data will be incomplete - but should not be used as an excuse for not to analyze the impact of possible countermeasures esafety Forum 22 April 2003-16
ecall (1) Chair: P. d Oultremont, Belgacom 1) Progress so far ecall reconfirmed as the number one priority for esafety ecall and Business Rationale Working Groups working closely together Focus on ecall functional model and role of partners (automotive industry, PSAPs, telecom operators, service providers) Reference to existing ecall systems (public, private) and on-going work (E-112, EMERGE) 2) The target To produce, by the end of the year, an ecall functional model for an European solution esafety Forum 22 April 2003-17
ecall (2) Chair: P. d Oultremont, Belgacom 3) Next steps Define/agree on the functional model ( toolkit, investments, political framework) Define data protocols and processing (telcos) Clarify current and planned commitments of PSAPs and EAs in the Member States Clarify position and roles of automotive industry and service providers 4) Specific issues How to deal with false alarms? How to best use existing infrastructure? How to deal with liability, privacy? Bundling of ecall with value-added services? esafety Forum 22 April 2003-18
Business Rationale (1) Chair: R. Ledger, Norwich Union 1) Progress so far Public/private partnership seen as the major opportunity Considering - autonomous systems (e.g. ABS) - infrastructure-based systems (e.g. ecall) Implementation model (PPP) considered together with the ecall Working Group Initial work done on the autonomous esafety functions esafety Forum 22 April 2003-19
2) Next steps Business Rationale (2) Chair: R. Ledger, Norwich Union Identify the nature of the public/private partnership (benefits for each stakeholder) Refine the ecall implementation model Further investigate autonomous esafety Working with EuroNCAP 3) Specific issues 3) Specific issues How to avoid chicken and egg situation? Challenge: time for take-up of technologies (e.g. ABS) esafety Forum 22 April 2003-20
HMI (1) Chair: A. Pauzie,, INRETS 1) Definition of the scope of the work Focus on methods to evaluate cognitive, visual and manual workload and recommend good practices Focus on information and communication systems, including nomadic devices Four-wheel vehicles - two-wheels not included for the moment 2) Next steps Formulate detailed terms of reference esafety Forum 22 April 2003-21
HMI (2) Chair: A. Pauzie,, INRETS 2) Next steps (continued) Ask for the missing responses from the Member States to the Statement of Principles (Commission) Analyse MS responses (Commission) Analyse activities of ISO, and in U.S. and Japan to harmonize recommendations esafety Forum 22 April 2003-22
Next Steps (1) The Commission Communication Title: Information and Communications technologies for Intelligent Vehicles Under preparation by the Commission Services, intended for adoption on 1st half 2003 Will bring forward the measures the Commission is proposing to undertake at European level to promote the development, deployment and use of new technologies for improving road safety esafety Forum 22 April 2003-23
Next Steps (2) The 2nd Plenary Meeting The esafety Forum 2nd Plenary Meeting, Madrid, November 17, 2003 During the ITS World Congress of 16-19 November 2003 - but outside the Congress Programme Agenda: High-Level Session, Reports by the Working Group Reports, 1st Monitoring Report esafety extensively covered also by the Congress Sessions esafety Forum 22 April 2003-24
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