FOT-Net Data International Workshop, Detroit, 7 September 2014

FOT-Net Data International Workshop on Data Sharing

Organised in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Sunday, September 7, 2014, 09:00–15:30

(before the ITS World Congress opening ceremony)

COBO Congress Centre (ITS Congress Venue), room 140A, Detroit

 

Free of charge, but please register here

Download the preliminary agenda: FOT-Net Int workshop Detroit

Background

FOT-Net Data is a Support Action funded by the European Commission. It is a continuation of the FOT-Net projects that networked Field Operational Tests (FOT) and maintained the common FOT methodology for performing these tests. FOT-Net has brought together organisers of FOTs in one strategic platform in order to address common issues related to the practical organisation, set up and follow-up of FOT results. FOT-Net Data develops and promotes a framework for sharing data, a framework to describe available datasets, recommendations for data protection, strategies to facilitate data sharing and awareness about the value of data sharing. It takes into account the pre-requisites necessary in the FOTs, such as legal agreements, to enable future re-use of data.  International collaboration is an important part of FOT-Net, every year an international workshop is organised in conjunction with the ITS World Congress, and representatives from the three regions present and discuss work related to FOTs.

Objectives of the workshop

There is a need for the different regions (Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America) to cooperate on common FOTs issues, such as data handling and sharing, methodology and deployment. FOT-Net has established an international network of FOT organisers, aiming to tackle common working issues and foster cross-region cooperation.

This workshop aims to exchange information on FOTs and data sharing between the three regions, discuss problems and solutions for data sharing and provide recommendations for a global data sharing framework. In this workshop we will have discussions in small groups, addressing either more technical questions or more organisational questions. This workshop is meant for everyone interested in data sharing, people working in FOTs, decision makers in private and public organisations, data experts and transport researchers.

For more information please contact:

Yvonne Barnard
ERTICO – ITS Europe
Tel:         +32 2 400 07 12
E-mail:
fot-net.eu