eCharge4Drivers

ITS European Congress 2023
2023-05-22 - 2023-05-24 | Lisbon Congress Center
The 15th edition of the ITS European Congress will take place from 22 to 24 May 2023 in Lisbon. The theme of this edition is “ITS: The Game Changer”. The ITS European Congress will welcome public authority representatives from cities and regions throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa, and from around the world, giving them a platform to learn about opportunities and challenges as well as the benefits and potential solutions related to Smart Mobility. The Congress is an opportunity to establish connections and partnerships within the ITS ecosystem at large to improve the lives of citizens.
eCharge4Drivers is organising the Special Interest Session 48 “Fast, efficient & user-friendly EV charging: Making interoperability a reality” on Tuesday 23 May from 16:45 to 17:45 in Room 1.7. The project’s innovations will also be mentioned in the Special Interest Session 42 “Infrastructure, charging, and battery needs for novel electric micromobility” on Wednesday 24 May from 09:00 to 10:00 in Auditorium 2. In addition, eCharge4Drivers will also have a booth at the ERTICO stand, where participants can learn more about the project during the 3 days of the Congress.
For more information, visit the official website of the Congress.

EUCAR Reception & Conference 2023
2023-05-03 - 2023-05-05 | Autoworld, Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
eCharge4Drivers is pleased to participate in the EUCAR Reception & Conference 2023. The exhibition will take place from 3 to 5 May 2023 in Brussels (Autoworld Museum – Parc du Cinquantenaire 11) and will showcase the innovations of several EU-funded projects.
The EUCAR Reception is part of the 4th edition of the EUCAD2023 Conference, which discusses the latest developments and challenges in Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM), and will take place on 3 May from 17:30 to 22:30. The EUCAR Conference will take place on 5 May from 09:00 to 14:00.
eCharge4Drivers will showcase its smart charging services and will provide an overview of the main achievements and results of its demonstrations in Belgium, Spain, France and Luxembourg.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023
2023-03-22 - 2023-03-23 | Parc des Expositions, Paris, France
Every year, Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023 brings together international policymakers, institutions, NGOs, corporations, companies, and start-ups focused on sustainable urban mobility solutions to share experiences, successes and lessons learned. For the 4th year in a row, eCharge4Drivers partner POLIS and AUTONOMY are collaborating to bring the CITY VOICES – #GetOurCitiesMoving conference track at the Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023 and drive progress towards a more sustainable and smarter future for urban mobility.
Pedro Gomes, Project Manager at POLIS, will present eCharge4Drivers at the Session “Scaled Electromobility: What’s new? What’s next?” on 23 March from 11:30 to 12:30. The session will discuss the role that cities play in the making (or breaking?) of electromobility in Europe and the importance of electrifying the entire urban mobility system for freight and people while addressing issues related to the charging infrastructure. The session will be moderated by Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS, and includes speakers from Thessaloniki Transport Authority, EMT Madrid, City of Leuven, Ile-de-France, ChargePoint, and FIER.
You can also find out more about eCharge4Drivers at the POLIS stand during the event.
You can find more information and the full programme on the official website of the event here.

Conference on Results from Road Transport Research 2023
2023-02-14 - 2023-02-16 | BluePoint Brussels, Bd Auguste Reyers 80, Brussels, 1030, Belgium
For the past 6 years, the RTR Conference has been a unique entry point into the achievement of EU-funded projects in road transport. Once again this year, participants will learn about Horizon2020 projects’ results and expected impacts, and what the next research steps are in essential areas for road transport: Green Vehicles, Urban Mobility, Logistics, Intelligent Transport Systems, Safety, Automated Road Transport. The conference will deliver a holistic view of how the European research scene is moving forward in these fields, bringing benefits to the environment, economy, and European society overall.
Christina Anagnostopoulou (ICCS) will present eCharge4Drivers at the parallel session “AGV – EV charging solutions: get the users on board” on Thursday 16 February from 09:00 to 10:30. The session will be moderated by Evangelos Karfopoulos (ICCS). Other projects participating in the session include USER-CHI and MEISTER.
More information and the agenda are available on the conference website.

2022 Annual POLIS Conference
2022-11-30 - 2022-12-01 | The Egg, Rue Bara 175, Brussels, 1070, Belgium
The Annual POLIS Conference provides an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience of mobility experts, practitioners and decision-makers.
Across two days, the Annual POLIS Conference 2022 will offer a mix of plenaries, parallel sessions, and deep dives focused on some of the hottest topics that are high on the mobility agenda of cities and regions.
From SUMP innovation for climate mitigation to hands-on safety solutions, and from the steps ahead towards a Just Transition to unlocking the value of data, we picked practices, innovations, plans and actions marked by relevance, originality and, most importantly, an action-oriented approach.
Find out more about eCharge4Drivers on Wednesday 30 November, Session 1E “Changing gears: Accelerating the uptake of electromobility”, which will discuss smart, user-centric EV charging solutions.
For more information about the event and the programme, please click here.

Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2022
2022-11-14 - 2022-11-17 | Lisbon Congress Center
Portugal is hosting the 2022 edition of the Transport Research Arena, TRA, Europe’s largest mobility and transport research and technology conference. Under the theme “Moving together, reimagining mobility worldwide”, TRA 2022 will focus on innovative solutions for the global transport sector. Taking place at the CCL (Lisbon Congress Center), from November 14th to 17th, TRA will bring together leading national and international experts to debate the present and future of mobility. On the agenda there will be four major themes: intelligent solutions and society; green mobility and decarbonisation; innovative infrastructures for Europe 2030; policies and economics for a competitive Europe.
eCharge4Drivers will be at the invited session with USER-CHI, INCIT-EV, and SCALE on ‘User-centric and smart charging solutions for future-proof electromobility’.
More information is available on the conference website.

UNECE Inter-regional Workshop on Electrification of Mobility
2022-09-05 | Geneva, Switzerland
This inter-regional workshop on “Electrification of mobility, including at urban level – challenges and opportunities for transport, energy and spatial planning” is held as part of the WP.5 cluster of work on `sustainable urban mobility, public transport, and cycling` and as recommended by WP.5 at its thirty-fourth session in 2021 inviting the secretariat to continue holding and facilitating inter-regional transport consultations on targeted topics of interest.
At UNECE, the workshop is co-organized by the Sustainable Transport Division, the Sustainable Energy Division and the Housing and Land Management Section. The workshop, which is gathering interested stakeholders, including city and urban transport authorities, grid managers as well as spatial planners, Ministry of Transport/ Mobility experts, NGOs, and academia from around the world, is supported by the five United Nations regional commissions (ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA, ECA and ECLAC).
For more information, check the event’s website.

ITS European Congress Toulouse 2022
2022-05-30 08:00 - 2022-06-01 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
ERTICO ITS Europe and Toulouse Métropole will proudly host the European ITS Congress in the Centre of Toulouse, from 30 May to 1 June, 2022. The event will take place at the newly built Exhibition and Conference Centre MEETT – conveniently located near the Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.
Toulouse is the fourth-largest city in France with 1.3 million inhabitants within its wider metropolitan area. As the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and the Occitanie region, the city is an important hub for business in the region and has many connections in particular related to the aeronautical industry.
The ITS Congresses represent the ultimate showcase of mobility services deployment and are the means for the ITS Community to keep pace with the incredible evolution of the industry. Over the years, the European Congresses have offered a platform for thought leaders, developers, entrepreneurs and decision makers from the transport, logistics and IT industries to share ideas and progress smart and sustainable mobility.
The Call for Contributions for the Technical Programme is open, until 24 January. The European Programme Committee is inviting authors to submit papers and Special Interest Session (SIS) proposals to be considered for presentation and publication.

Webinar - Autopay: Dynamic Pricing for EV charging and Parking
2022-02-24 08:00 - 11:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
Join the Parkin Network Webinar on February 24 at 2pm CET/8am EST with Autopay.
Autopay have developed a truly dynamic Pricing Engine developed specifically for Parking and EV charging.
Sit back and relax while advanced AI and machine learning algorithms optimize both pricing and capacity management.
Speaker: Christer Halvorsen – Autopay Product Manager and former Hotel Revenue Manager Christer has extensive experience within the field of Revenue Management from the hotel industry and has been instrumental in building Autopay Technologies’ new Dynamic Pricing Engine. Christer is also a guest lecturer at the Norwegian School of Economics within the field of revenue management. He is one of the few experts who have dedicated himself to understanding the needs and trends in the parking industry and is therefore uniquely positioned to advise on and build complete revenue management solutions tailored to parking.
The webinar will also feature a demo of the solution and gain insights into how you can make smarter pricing decisions.
Click here to register.

CIVITAS Forum Conference 2021
2021-10-20 - 2021-10-21
The 18th edition of the CIVITAS Initiative’s flagship event will gather the keenest mobility minds from across Europe and beyond to discuss the most pressing topics in the field. The conference will take place on October 20-21, 2021 in Aachen (Germany), in a hybrid format, combining online and onsite activities. Over the course of its two days, it will continue the tradition of offering interactive workshops, intriguing sessions, and interesting site visits, whilst introducing exciting new programme elements. The conference is a great opportunity to share experiences and know-how with mobility experts, European politicians and the CIVITAS Forum Network – consisting of more than 300 cities from 42 countries that are formally committed to sustainable urban mobility.
eCharge4Drivers will be presented by Evangelos Karfapoulos from the consortium partner ICCS at the Sustainable Mobility – E-charging Solutions Session at 16:00 on 20 October 2021.
To see the detailed programme of the two-day event, please follow this link.

echarge4Drivers session at the ITS World Congress
2021-10-14 11:00 - 12:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Hamburg Messe B4 Marseille 2-3, Hamburg, Germany
Join eCharge4Drivers in one of the first live events of 2021! The project will present the Special Interest Session (SIS) titled ‘User-friendly, sustainable charging technologies and services promoting e-mobility concept in urban environment’ at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg, Germany.
This e-mobility session will present user-centric, enhanced charging technologies and services towards promoting e-mobility concept in the urban environment and ensuring the sustainability of the charging solutions. The charging technologies and services to be discussed will address the three major concerns for the wide deployment of electric vehicles – the increased cost of electric vehicles, the inadequate (public) charging network and user acceptance issues.
The key challenges to be addressed during this e-mobility session are:
✓ Improving charging comfortability by designing user-centric charging technologies and services.
✓ Enabling interoperability of services with seamless interfacing among the diverse e-mobility services.
✓ Promoting smart charging solutions unlocking a variety of business opportunities and facilitating cross-sector synergies.
✓ Supporting the wide deployment of charging infrastructure by offering e-mobility tools for the sustainable and efficient charging network development.
Click here to view the programme.
Find out more about eCharge4Drivers’ presence at the 2021 ITS World Congress on Twitter and LinkedIn!
eCharge4Drivers, easy charging, easy driving!

eCharge4Drivers at the 2021 ITS World Congress
2021-10-11 - 2021-10-15 | Hamburg, Germany
eCharge4Drivers is glad to announce its presence at the 2021 ITS World Congress with an e-mobility session titled “User-friendly, sustainable charging technologies and services promoting e-mobility concept in urban environment“.
The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transportation. The Congresses are the yearly celebration of smart mobility: they underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), particularly in cities and regions where they are hosted, and provide an excellent platform that supports the education, thought-leadership, business development, and the overall steady growth of the smart mobility industry. They include live, interactive and thought-provoking sessions where industry experts present the latest developments in ITS, showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge technology within the event’s spacious exhibition, technical tours and live demonstration opportunities. The Congresses offer stakeholders and patrons the ultimate platform to meet industry influencers and decision makers to discuss emerging and seminal topics in the field and to gain insights into future industrial technological advances and the policies required to support the sector’s rapid growth.
More information on the session will follow soon.

eCharge4Drivers at Autonomy Digital 2.0
2021-05-19 11:50 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris) | Online, France
eCharge4Drivers is excited to be presenting the outcomes of its survey during Autonomy 2021. Join project Member Lieselot Vanhaverbeke (VUB) on May 19 during panel 3, from 11:50 to 12:30 CET.
Click here for more information on the event.
Related content: Design new charging systems with eCharge4Drivers

Plug&Charge – We turn eMobility into a smart and secure ecosystem
2021-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
Certificates, interfaces, backends, charging stations, protocols, and the newest EVs — how to streamline all this to unlock the potential of Plug&Charge? That’s where the Hubject – Plug&Charge webinar comes into play. We will discuss with all participants how to use our ISO 15118 and VDE Application Guide compliant Plug&Charge solutions for improving your business model. Learn more about how this secure and future-proof technology works and how to reduce hassle for EV drivers and make your EV charging business more profitable. Our Plug&Charge system enables you to gain a competitive edge in this fast-growing and dynamic market. It will help you to determine your strategic approach towards ISO 15118 and Plug&Charge.
Register for free and secure your spot.

ITS World Congress 2021: Deadline for Call for Contributions extended
2021-02-12 | Hamburg, Germany
No matter what 2021 may bring, and whatever the new normal may look like, ERTICO – ITS Europe will adapt and do whatever is necessary to ensure project activities and the ITS Congresses move forward and embrace the challenges ahead. After the tough year of 2020, the Congress team are very excited to reunite the ITS community face-to-face and meet again in October at the ITS World Congress in one of Germany’s most important cities: Hamburg. Contributions and request for participation in this, the ITS industry’s most important event, are increasing daily.
A fundamental part of the ITS Congresses is the various sessions presented by top mobility experts; and today this work is more important than ever! We are in a revolutionary time for the transport and smart mobility sector, and in this light all stakeholders are invited to submit their papers, business presentations and session proposals to continue the ITS Conversation. Given these challenging times, we have decided to extend the deadline for submission to Friday, 12 February 2021.
To read more about the Call for Contributions, click here.

Global Learning Programme on Electric Mobility
2021-01-29 | Online, France
The global learning programme is based on the SOLUTIONSplus project, which aims to enable transformational change towards sustainable urban mobility through innovative and integrated electric mobility solutions. With the learning programme, knowledge and practical expertise are provided to a broad audience – it is primarily designed for city and regional authorities, but any stakeholder involved or interested in e-mobility is more than welcome to join.
The first course consists of four thematic units: First, e-mobility is contextualised in the pursuit of decarbonising our transport systems. Secondly, a link between e-mobility and integrated planning is established. An overview of the e-mobility ecosystem is presented and relevant sectors, stakeholder needs, as well as operator requirements, are mapped. Furthermore, students learn about good practice examples of policy measures and incentives to support the electrification of transport. This way, the course serves to establish a general framework to be built upon in all upcoming courses.
Register here for the first course, which will focus on Electric Mobility: More than just electrifying cars.
For more information, please contact Giacomo Lozzi, Sabina Asanova or Claudia Ribeiro.

eCharge4Drivers at Effie Mobility 2020
2020-11-17 - 2020-11-20
When: 17-20 November 2020.
Learn about how eCharge4Drivers will improve the EV charging experience at Effie 2020 event. Join the project in a space that brings together companies and organisations that focus their efforts on promoting energy saving and efficiency, and where the latest technological innovations and advances in this field, and others as interesting as sustainable mobility, will be presented.
Visit us at EXPO HALL 1, n. D41!
Click here for more information about the event.

Mobilising Mobility: Planning user-centric electromobility: the importance of user acceptance
2020-11-03 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Webinar
Join eCharge4Drivers on 3 November, 14:00-15:00 for a webinar on the effective development of charging capacity.
Citizen needs and requirements are at the heart of eCharge4Drivers project to deploy Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure across several European cities. User friendly services, price transparency and interface interoperability are considered critical for success in the project’s pilot cities.
Now USER-CHI joins sister Horizon2020 project, eCharge4Drivers for a webinar to discuss how user experience can be further enhanced. In webinar, moderated by Prof. Lieselot Vanhaverbeke from VUB, the projects present and compare results to examine user needs and how these can be addressed. The findings of a recent USER-CHI survey will be presented.
Register here.

Sustainable Digital Tools for All Energy Actors Workshop
2020-10-29 | Virtual Event
When: 29 October 2020
eCharge4Drivers is glad to announce its participation at the “Sustainable Digital Tools for All Energy Actors Workshop” taking place on 29 October 2020 as a virtual event.
Participants will have the chance to learn about eCharge4Drivers’ innovative and user friendly charging infrastructure and advanced electromobility services. Enhancing the users’ experience when charging electric vehicles and promoting electromobility in the urban landscape are among the targets of the project’s innovative technologies and services.
Click here to view the agenda.
Don’t forget to follow eCharge4Drivers on Twitter for live updates!

eCharge4Drivers at the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities
2020-10-20 09:30 - 11:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Online, France
As the electrification in transport is taking off in the cities and regions, we need to facilitate this development with a sustainable and long-term vision. The success of the e-mobility depends on multiple factors, including the generation and provision of clean energy, wider user-acceptance and large-scale deployment of green transport. With its prominent role in electric mobility, eCharge4Drivers will be presented in a session that will aim at placing these factors into broader urban and peri-urban perspectives and present the solutions adopted in the EU-funded initiatives. It will showcase concrete cases and examples on how to overcome the common challenge in the electrification of urban transport through cooperation and networking of the European cities and regions.
Agenda
(10 min) Short overview of the main obstacles of the electrification in the urban areas
(30 min)
Clean Mobile Energy (Interreg): presenting Smart Energy System integrating renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles
eCharge4Drivers (H2020): focusing on the users and substantially improve the EV charging experience within cities
ASSURED and SOLUTIONSPlus (H2020): addressing the integration of the e-vehicles and charging infrastructure into the urban areas
(20 min) The floor is yours
Moderator: Sabina Asanova, Senior Project Manager, Polis, Belgium.
Speakers:
-Sergio Fernandez, Head of the International Collaboration Projects department, EMT Madrid, Spain.
-Angel Lopez, Director of Electromobility Strategy, Barcelona City Council, Spain.
-Peter Swart, Policy Advisor Environment, City of Arnhem, Netherlands.
More information is available on the event’s official website.

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EV Charging Infrastructure and Technology Expo VIRTUAL SUMMIT
2020-10-01 08:00 - 2020-10-02 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Online, France
When: October 1, from 9:10 to 9:30 CET and October 2, from 10:45 to 11:15 CET

Join eCharge4Drivers for two days of discussions and presentations all focused on EV charging:

October 1, from 9:10 to 9:30 CET: Tune in for the keynote session titled “Improving the EV charging experience within cities and for longer trips: the eCharge4Drivers project”, with Dr. Evangelia Portouli, Senior Researcher, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS).

October 2, from 10:45 to 11:15 CET: Join the panel discussion hosted for EV Roaming policies and Project “eCharge4Drivers” with Philippe Vangeel – Secretary General, AVERE, Roland Ferwerda, Managing Director, NKL – Nationaal Kennisplatform Laadinfrastructuur, Eric van Voorden – Chairman, Dutch Organisation for Electric Transport (DOET),
Julia Poliscanova – Director- Clean Vehicles & Emobility, Transport and Environment, Baerte De Brey – CIO, Elaad.nl, and Bert Klerk – Chairman, National Agenda on Charging Infrastructure.

The Industry Forum organised by the EV Charging Infrastructure and Technology Expo gives an insight into how the industry is developing and implementing new technology into business solutions. Learn about strategies, future plans, industry expectations, improving customer experience and enabling smart charging across all charging stations. Panel discussions and sessions by key industry leaders will emphasize on how to create new and innovative business models.

More information is available on the official event’s website.
