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News Updates from ITS Canada's Executive Director Carl Kuhnke |
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Tune in
to ITS Canada’s website for news updates from
Stockholm – with a Canadian perspective!
ITS Canada will be providing reports, photos
and personal reflections on activities at the 16th
ITS World Congress and at related events.
Check back
each day starting September 21 for the latest news!
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 Trip Report
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Update From Stockholm
Your ED arrived late Friday and pried his eyes open to stay in tune with the time changes. Saturday was a spectacular day in Stockholm and was spent recovering and preparing to meet the stand construction team and Team ITS Canada. On Sunday, we hit the conference site, registered smoothly, and watched as the stand took shape. The construction team, from the UK, did an excellent job and the Ontario Government is to be thanked for their partnership with ITS Canada in mounting this initiative.
Sunday night we had an informal gathering of the Team, and Monday it all began in earnest. The Plenary Session stressed the critical importance of the balance of technology and environment in ITS, the need to respect the latter while advancing the former. Monday night the Canadian Embassy hosted a sold-out reception of 100 "movers and shakers" in ITS around the world. Scott Stewart of IBI Group presented the case for investing in ITS in Canada and Susan Spencer of Transport Canada welcomed the group on behalf of the Government of Canada. An excellent and productive time was had by all and the Embassy’s support was invaluable.
Tuesday dawned with rain but the exhibit floor and conference area were filled to capacity with throngs of specialists. Our Team ITS Canada members were kept very busy throughout the day, while other team members presented papers, moderated sessions and met with clients and colleagues. At 4:30 p.m., the Ontario Government held a well-attended reception on the stand with Canadian refreshments, and the global ITS community was there in droves.
Wednesday once again was a high-traffic day, with many inquiries at the stand and all of the exhibitors kept on their toes. Eric Labrie of TransCore demonstrated ITS Canada's new ITS Products and Services Database to many interested Canadian and international guests. |
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Monday,
September 21, 2009
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Booth construction at the exhibition site |
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ITS Canada's Booth takes shape at the 16th ITS World Congress |
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The Setup Team
Front Row, L-R: Susan Spencer [Transport Canada], Victor Bruzon [Delcan Corporation],
William Johnson [TRENDS Consulting], Carl Kuhnke [ITS Canada], Joseph Lam [Delcan Corporation]
Second Row: Scott Stewart [IBI Group], Bruno Peters [IBI Group]
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ITS Canada Reception - Monday,
September 21, 2009
The ultra successful Canadian reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador and ITS Canada. Over 100 industry and government ITS participants from around the world gathered to exchange ideas.
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Michael Siewicke, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Canada, welcomes participants |
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ITS Canada's Executive Director Carl Kuhnke |
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Susan Spencer, Transport Canada |
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Scott Stewart, IBI Group - Chair of ITS Canada's Export Committee, presents "2010 Reasons to do Business in Canada" |
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Networking - Neal Skelton [ITS UK], Amitai Bajpai [President, ITS India], and Mike Schofield [Chairman of the Board, ITS UK] |
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Networking - Roberto Santos [IRD], Dorothy Cunningham and Jeffrey Owen [CEO, Caribbean Central Group, Puerto Rico] |
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Networking - Dick Schnacke [TransCore] (at left) with William Johnson [TRENDS} |
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
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Tuesday dawns |
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ITS Canada hosts Breakfast Workshop on "Smart Freight Corridors" at Sheraton Hotel
Eric Labrie, TransCore, presents |
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ITS Canada's Carl Kuhnke presents two papers in Technical Session 028,
"ITS Freight - screening, location and identification"
on behalf of Jinwoo Lee and Garland Chow of BITSAFS |
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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On the exhibit floor ... left to right:
Victor Bruzon [Delcan Corporation], Nico Anten [ITS Netherlands],
Susan Spencer [Transport Canada] and Carl Kuhnke [ITS Canada] |
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ITS Canada's Exhbibit Booth |
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At the booth: Laurie D'Souza [Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade]
and Eric Labrie [TransCore] |
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The Blue Hall (Nobel Prize Venue), venue of the gala dinner this evening |
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Welcome to the Gala Dinner - Lord Mayor of Stockholm Hadar Cars, as host, addressing the 400 or so gathered for the gala dinner |
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Networking at the Gala Dinner - Allen Biehler, Secretary of Transportation for the State of Pennsylvania, with his wife |
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Networking at the Gala Dinner -
ITS Canada's Executive Director Carl Kuhnke (left) with John Peracchio, Senior Board Member of ITS America, and Ken Philmus, Senior VP of ACS Transportation Group |
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Networking at the Gala Dinner -
ITS Canada's Executive Director Carl Kuhnke (left) with Lord Mayor of Stockholm Hadar Cars, who was a member of parliament here for 20 years serving under the ex-Prime Minister Ola Ullster |
