Dublin Annual BBQ
Dear Members,
We invite you to an evening of networking at The Odeon on Harcourt Street. Enjoy a variety of Barbeque dishes, including vegetarian and vegan options upon request. Don't miss this chance to reconnect with fellow ITS Ireland members in a relaxed and enjoyable setting.
Member Only Event
Wednesday 8th July 2026
The Odeon, Harcourt Street, Dublin
6:00pm
ITS Ireland Technical Tour & Networking Event - Cork
Upcoming Event
ITS Ireland Technical Tour & Networking Event
ITS Ireland will be hosting it’s annual Technical and networking event in Cork on Thursday 13th August.
There will be a Technical site visit leading up to the event.
Agenda
1.30pm Site Visit Port of Cork Registration Bookings currently open/Booking closes 30th July
Technical Tour
The Port of Cork in conjunction with ITS Ireland are hosting a technical tour of the Port of Cork in tandem with the ITS Ireland Networking event in Cork City on the same date. The tour will outline the Port of Cork’s historic relocation, moving its core commercial operations from the upper harbour at the Cork City and Tivoli Docks downstream to modern, consolidated deep-water facilities in the lower harbour. Centred around the newly operational Cork Container Terminal (CCT) in Ringaskiddy, this once-in-a-generation relocation allows the port to accommodate larger global freight vessels while freeing up prime city-centre docks for urban regeneration. To seamlessly manage the resulting surge in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) traffic and protect surrounding communities, a comprehensive traffic management framework has been deployed. The cornerstone of this strategy is the Ringaskiddy Freight Mobility Plan, which introduces a mandatory vehicle booking system for all hauliers, extends operating hours to spread arrivals into off-peak periods, and utilizes remote-access traffic monitoring. Furthermore, construction is underway on the M28 Motorway Project, a dedicated upgrade replacing the old N28 that will bypass local bottlenecks to safely channel freight, ultimately slashing vehicle volumes through the villages of Shanbally and Ringaskiddy by over 60%.
Places on the tour may be limited so please register your attendance by sending an email to the following address: info@itsireland .ie
Confirmation of your attendance will be forwarded in due course prior to event.
Save the Date
1.30pm Thursday 13th August 2026
Site Visit Port of Cork Registration
Bookings open/Booking closes 30th July
Email to info@itsireland .ie to register
5.30pm Networking Event
Save the Date
Registration will open on Wed 1st July..
ITS Ireland Conference
ITS Conference Venue - Castletroy Hotel in Limerick
Further Details to follow soon
TII Procurement
Upcoming Event
TII: Procurement Overview
Provisional Date (Updates Coming Soon)
Smart Building Hacking Meets Smart Mobility: Shared Threats and Lessons Learned
Upcoming Event
Smart Building Hacking Meets Smart Mobility
Webinar: Smart Building Hacking Meets Smart Mobility, Shared Threats and Lessons Learned
TISGRADE ITS Nationals Talk
Join this one-hour webinar on 1 June to explore TISGRADE, a European programme improving real-time traffic information. Learn what it means for your organisation, see practical examples already delivering impact, and discover how to get involved.
NIS2 Webinar
Join the National Transport Authority for a focused session on what NIS2 means for Ireland’s road and ITS operators.
This webinar will clarify leadership accountability, outline the core security measures required under the Directive, and explain your responsibilities for managing cyber risks across your direct suppliers.
Hear directly from the Competent Authority for the road sector and gain the clarity you need to prepare for the upcoming National Cyber Security Bill, ensuring your organisation can meet its obligations confidently and effectively.
Urban freight and last mile innovations
In collaboration with the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), this webinar presents urban freight and last-mile innovations, focusing on on-demand urban warehousing enabled by digital platforms and blockchain, and on collaborative parcel locker networks, highlighting their potential to improve efficiency, transparency and sustainability in last-mile logistics, while addressing governance challenges.
On-Demand Warehousing for Smarter Urban Logistics – Dimos Touloumidis (CERTH)
The role of Open Parcel Lockers in Urban Logistics – Peter Bajor (KTI)
This webinar will be hosted by Conall Mac Aongusa, Chair of the AET Board and Ingrid Skogsmo (VTI), President of ECTRI. It will be chaired by Saskia Seidel (DLR), member of the AET Council and Chair of ECTRI’s Freight and Logistics Thematic Group.
Safer Roads - National Road Safety Conference
2026 Safer Roads - Road Safety Conference
Welcome to the Safer Roads - Road Safety Conference! Join us at the Gleneagle Arena in Killarney, Co. Kerry on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th March 2026 for two-days filled with insightful discussions, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities, all focused on improving road safety, reducing traffic incidents and sharing knowledge about best practices for safer road use.
THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC EVENT.
ITS Ireland Webinar: Managing Projects with Humanity and Impact
Managing Projects with Humanity and Impact – Prioritisation, HiPPOs and Avoiding Burnout
James Louttit, award-winning author of Leading Impactful Teams – Achieving Low-Stress Success in Project Management, will lead an engaging and practical session focused on one of the biggest challenges facing professionals today: delivering meaningful outcomes while balancing competing priorities, stakeholder demands, and the rapid pace of technological change. James has regularly been referred to as “Ireland’s Leading Expert in Project Management” but while his approaches are grounded in a deep understanding of project approaches and challenges, he brings humour and practicality to a world that is often over-complicated and difficult to navigate.
WEBINAR: Advancing the research frontier in shared and autonomous mobility: Insights from Central Europe
The webinar will be hosted by András Munkácsy (Chair of the TMF), with moderation by Jacek Pawlak (Imperial College London). It includes a presentation from Roxani Gkavra (BOKU Vienna) on “Behavioural patterns in shared transport: The emergence of mobility chameleons,” and from Rafał Kucharski (Jagiellonian University, Krakow) on “Post-Wardropian Urban Mobility Games with Connected Autonomous Vehicles”.
ITS Roads Authority Interest Group
The ITS Roads Authority Interest group will be held in the Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk preceding the opening of the ITS Ireland Conference 2025 on the 29 and 30th.
Summary details as follows:
Event: ITS Roads Authority Interest group
Venue: Carlingford Road (R173), Dundalk County Louth
Date: Wednesday 29th Oct 2024
Registration: 10.30 -11.00
Time: 11.00 -13.00 (followed by a Light Lunch provided 13.00pm to 14.00pm)
ITS Ireland Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 ITS Ireland Annual Conference will take place on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th October. This flagship event will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators in our sector. Full event details, including registration information and speaker announcements, will be released shortly. Stay tuned for updates.
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
For 28 years the JCT Symposium and exhibition has been bringing traffic signal practitioners together with manufacturers and to maintain a sense of community amongst signals engineers. It is intended to run as an affordable conference that is accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of experience and that encourages the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practice.
European Transport Conference
The European Transport Conference (ETC) is the annual conference of the Association for European Transport, attracting transport policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all over Europe and beyond. ETC offers in-depth presentations on policy issues, best practice and research findings across the broad spectrum of transport. ETC also provides an opportunity where delegates can enjoy networking opportunities, participate in technical visits, and explore the exhibition.
ITS Ireland BBQ Cork
Following on the success of our Networking event in Dublin, ITS Ireland will be hosting the second BBQ networking event in Cork on Thursday 28th August at Crawford and Co, Anglesea Street, Cork.
There will be a presentation leading up to the BBQ evening. The venue for the Presentation will be the Millennium Hall (old city Hall) entrance from Eglinton Street
ITS World Conference 2025
Washington, D.C. – ITS World Congress 2025, the largest gathering of intelligent transportation system professionals in the world will be heading to Atlanta, Georgia on August 24-28, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center. The event, hosted in partnership with ITS America and produced by RX, is pleased to announce this year’s theme will be “Deploying Today, Empowering Tomorrow,” reinforcing that the industry is actively deploying technology right now that will build safer roads and a stronger economy for the future.
ITS Members BBQ - Dublin
Member Only Event
Thursday 3rd July 2025
The Odeon, Harcourt Street, Dublin
6:00pm
ITS European Congress
19-21 May 2025 / FIBES, Convention Centre in Seville, Spain
Registration Open
Webinar Drone Space
Join our exclusive webinar presented by the Ian Kiely of Drone Space who will deliver a session on drone technology and the use of drones. The session will focus on the following topics:
Basic legislation – Legal requirements and potential legal risks of users, where you can/can’t fly drones in Ireland and the height restrictions in place.
Applications – current and future uses of drones. Ian will discuss the latest uses of drones worldwide as well as upcoming and possible future uses.
Use of drones in transportation – how drones are and can be used in the transportation industry.
Draft legislation – Ian will discuss the draft legislation that has been prepared but is has yet to be implemented
The NIS2 Directive Webinar
The NIS2 Directive
Webinar
Save the Date
11am on the 9th April
Join our exclusive webinar presented by the National Transport Authority on NIS2. Gain an understanding of your executive accountability and hear directly from the competent authority overseeing the road sector. This session is crucial for shaping practical and effective guidelines. Your participation is essential to ensure the directive addresses the unique challenges faced by the Transport - Road sector in Ireland.
ITS4All - Women in ITS Celebration
Women in ITS Celebration – 9am, Tuesday 11th March 2025 at the Wayfinding Centre
We invite you to join us in person at the Wayfinding Centre for the Women in ITS celebration of International Women’s Day 2025.
ITS Ireland Conference 2024
The ITS Ireland Conference and AGM will take place in the Galway Bay Hotel from Thursday 17th to Friday 18th October, 2024.
Further details will be available soon.
Roads Authority Interest Group
The ITS Roads Authority Interest group will be held in the Galway Bay Hotel preceding the opening of the ITS Ireland Conference 2024
Summary details as follows:
Event: ITS Roads Authority Interest group
Venue: Galway Bay hotel, The Promenade, Galway, H91 W295
Date: Thursday 17th Oct 2024
Time: 10.00 -12.30 (followed by a Light Lunch provided 12.30pm to 2pm)
AET Webinar: Transport politics: Engaging with political stakeholders
Transport politics: Engaging with political stakeholders
FREE Webinar: Thursday, 3 October 2024
11.00 - 12.00 CEST / 10.00 - 11.00 BST
How do transport planners and researchers influence decision makers? In this webinar, we examine the importance of political engagement in shaping the debate around transport and influencing outcomes to move plans forward.
“Transport politics: Engaging with political stakeholders”
Lewis North, Head of Public Affairs for Rail Partners (UK), will discuss how to engage with politicians and other key stakeholders. Drawing upon examples from the railway in Great Britain, he will examine the importance of media interventions and political engagement. This session will explore tactics to achieve results and influence government policy, while also exploring how to respond to challenges to policy positions and ways of managing setbacks.
Following the presentation will be a short response from John Martin, Head of Climate Engagement, Ireland Department of Transport. The webinar will be chaired by AET Board member, Conall Mac Aongusa.
Speaker
Lewis has over 10 years of experience in UK and EU public affairs, communications, and campaigning. Prior to working at Rail Partners, where Lewis leads on political engagement, he worked in external affairs roles in several arms-length bodies, including the Environment Agency, the Charity Commission and Network Rail. He started his career as a political adviser to a Member of the European Parliament where he advised on environmental policy and media relations.
Lewis North,
Head of Public Affairs
Rail Partners (UK)
Webinar Information
AET Transport and Mobility Forum webinars are FREE and are hosted on the Zoom platform.
For further registration details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.
Register Here
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
For 28 years the JCT Symposium and exhibition has been bringing traffic signal practitioners together with manufacturers and to maintain a sense of community amongst signals engineers. It is intended to run as an affordable conference that is accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of experience and that encourages the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practice.
Mobility Day at FMCI
Future Mobility Campus and University of Galway will be hosting a Mobility Day at FMCI on the September 9th. The event is organised in partnership with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at University of Galway, this workshop is part of the Irish mobility data space project MaaS4IRL and will be hosted at FMCI, Shannon, Co. Clare.
FMCI will be offering tours and demonstrations of our key automotive dataset gathering vehicles and projects. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness innovation in action and connect with industry leaders.
You can register for the free event – here or at the link below:
ITS Ireland BBQ Cork
Following on the success of our Networking event in Dublin, ITS Ireland will be hosting the second BBQ networking event in Cork. This event will take place on 22nd August 2023, the venue being Crawford and Co, Anglesea Street, Cork.
There will be providing a presentation leading up to the BBQ evening. The venue for the Presentation will be the Council Chamber, Cork City Council, City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork, T12 T997 (Old building)
Bookings close by Friday 16th August.
Agenda
5.00pm Networking / Registration
5.30pm Presentations
6.00pm Networking
6.30pm BBQ
Cork
ITS Ireland BBQ
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to catch up with fellow ITS Ireland members at The Odeon, Harcourt Street
There will be Barbeque food and drinks, including vegetarian and / or vegan options once such dietary requirements are notified to us at time of booking, which will be follow by presentations which will be confirmed at a later date.
EU ITS Directive update
ITS Ireland is delighted to host an exclusive webinar on the recently revised ITS Directive (EU) 2023/2661. Victoire Champenois from the European Commission’s Directorate-General on Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) will be providing an overview of the main changes from the 2010 ITS Directive (2010/40/EU) as well as the next steps for implementation, while Dr. John McCarthy from Arup will be analysing what the Directive means from an Irish context.
Webinar: Exploring project funding opportunities for ITS National Organisation members across Europe
Exploring project funding opportunities for ITS National Organisation members across Europe
The WayFinding Centre
ITS Ireland members are invited to register for a visit to The WayFinding Centre on Botanic Road, Glasnevin.
The Wayfinding Centre is an innovative, multi-functional centre which will be driven by the need to make transport accessible for everyone. Further information is available on https://thewayfindingcentre.ie/.
Basic Introduction to Traffic Signals for SCATS based regions
This course is designed to provide anyone whose work involves traffic modelling or traffic signal design with a basic understanding of the most important traffic signal concepts when dealing with SCATS based controllers.
This course is suitable for anyone involved in traffic modelling or design and who are new to traffic signals or would like to refresh their understanding of important traffic signal concepts. It is suitable for complete beginners and no prior knowledge of traffic modelling or design of traffic signals is required. The course covers the determination of safety critical timings such as intergreens and clearance times and looks at the both the Austrian method and the method typically applied in countries like Ireland (which are different).