Workshop on ICTs in motor vehicles
Geneva Palexpo, 3-4 March 2010
The car industry is undergoing major changes with new services and applications in areas such as safety and
security, navigation, car maintenance, fl eet management, mobile offi ce and entertainment. These changes
represent signifi cant opportunities… and some challenges. Standardization is seen as a major issue.
For the fi fth year running, ITU, ISO and IEC will bring together the key players involved in the development
of these standards, as well as other key industry fi gures for the Fully Networked Car Workshop at
Geneva International Motor Show, 3 and 4 March 2010. Collaboration and coordination is – all parties
agree – essential.
Given communications capabilities, cars can foresee and avoid collisions, navigate the quickest route to
their destination, make use of up-to-the-minute traffi c reports, identify the nearest available parking slot,
minimize their carbon emissions and provide multimedia communications. Furthermore, environmental
concerns have led to the development of new forms of propulsion, such as hybrid, plug-in, electric and
fuel cell.
The information and communications technology (ICT) community, for its part, is moving towards
Internet protocol (IP) based managed networks with the implementation of next generation networks
(NGNs).
Given the potential of these new technologies for both the car and the ICT communities, it is essential
for both parties to understand the requirements for fully networked cars and agree on the solutions to
be provided by the network platforms.
Considering the cost of implementing solutions, interoperability issues and the difference between the
life time of a car and the rapid evolution of relevant ICT technologies (e.g. wireless networks), a key
factor for broad penetration of these new facilities will also be the availability of global standards.
In 2010, a special session at the Fully Networked Car will give executives from these different
communities an opportunity to present high-level perspectives and strategies regarding the present and
future use of ICT in cars.
Presentations are sought that address system capabilities to support applications and services in the
following modes of communications:
- Vehicle-to-vehicle
- Vehicle-to-infrastructure
- Vehicle-to-home
- Vehicle-to-power-grid
- In-vehicle
Authors wishing to present papers should
submit a one-page abstract, including the title
of the paper and the author’s full name, address,
telephone and e-mail, to tsbcar@itu.int before
Tuesday, 1 December 2009.
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