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Events is where the global ITS community comes to life on ITS Now. This section brings together our reports from conferences, exhibitions and summits across the world, the places where ideas are tested, partnerships are forged and the next wave of mobility innovation is unveiled. From major international congresses to focused regional gatherings, we follow the conversations shaping the future of transport and translate them into clear, engaging narratives for a broad professional audience.



Each event offers a snapshot of the sector in motion, including new technologies emerging from the exhibition floor, policy directions signalled from keynote stages and the practical challenges debated in technical sessions. Our coverage captures these moments with context and clarity, helping readers understand not just what happened, but why it matters for the wider ITS ecosystem.



Whether you're tracking global trends, exploring new markets or simply staying connected to the pulse of the industry, the Events page provides a reliable window into the people, projects and priorities driving intelligent mobility forward. It complements our wider editorial mission at ITS Now, to make complex developments accessible and to support a community built on shared knowledge, curiosity and collaboration.





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ITF Summit 2026 Leipzig
Funding Resilient Transport

For years, ITS was often treated as an enhancement, useful and sometimes impressive, but still secondary to the larger business of funding physical assets, but at this summit it felt much more central.

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Nordic EV Summit 2026
Where Electrification Meets Intelligent Mobility

The next phase of electrification will not be won by batteries alone, but by the intelligence that connects vehicles, energy systems, roads, fleets and people.

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ACT Expo 2026 Las Vegas
Commercial mobility will be intelligent, use multiple energy sources and be driven by data

ACT Expo 2026 in Las Vegas showed with unusual clarity the intelligent transport shift reshaping commercial fleets.

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IBTTA Technology Summit 2026
Driving What’s Next in Tolling Technology

The IBTTA Technology Summit in Orlando this week delivered a clear message: tolling, traffic management and digital mobility infrastructure are accelerating into a new era defined by automation, connectivity and low-footprint intelligence.

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Automated Mobility Summit 2026
Zurich’s Automated Mobility Summit where driverless reality meets Europe’s ITS ambition

Zurich’s Automated Mobility Summit showed just how quickly the idea of driverless travel is turning into day-to-day reality.

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Shared Mobility Rocks Vienna 2026
Shared mobility is no longer a fringe experiment.

Shared mobility is becoming a dependable pillar of urban transport and Intelligent Transport Systems are the quiet engine that helps it grow.

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International Smart Mobility Conference 2026
Zurich Signals the Next Phase of Intelligent Mobility

The discussion was a shared conclusion that the next phase of intelligent mobility will be stitching AI, automation, connected services and climate-aligned infrastructure into one coherent system, governed well enough to earn public trust.

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Smart Cities Conference 2026 Hong Kong
Key ITS Insights from Hong Kong’s ICE HKA & CIHT HK Conference and Exhibition

Although the programme was framed around smart cities and innovation, the strongest thread running through the day was the rapid mainstreaming of Intelligent Transport Systems.

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CoMotion MIAMI 2026
AI-Driven Mobility, Smarter Streets and the New Shape of Urban Transport

Artificial intelligence dominated the programme, reflecting the event theme, Urban Mobility in the Age of AI.

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Istanbul as Crossroads
Our extensive roundup of what happened at the 2026 ITS European Congress?

Istanbul felt less like a conference and more like a continental crossroads where policy, industry and city practice were being actively stitched together.

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Day 3 - ITS European Congress 2026 - What's Happening Today?
The 2026 ITS European Congress Third Day.

The final morning of the ITS European Congress in Istanbul has dawned with a sense of culmination, anticipation and, for many delegates, a quiet determination to make the most of the hours that remain.

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Day 2 - ITS European Congress 2026 - Daily Round Up
What happened on the second day of the ITS European Congress?

The second day of the ITS European Congress in Istanbul opened with a sense of purpose that felt markedly different from the scene just twenty-four hours earlier.

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Day 2 - ITS European Congress 2026 - What's Happening Today?
The 2026 ITS European Congress Second Day.

The second day of the ITS European Congress in Istanbul dawns with a sense of momentum that feels markedly different from the cautious optimism of previous years.

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Day 1 - ITS European Congress 2026 - Daily Round Up
What happened on the first day of the ITS European Congress?

The first morning of the ITS European Congress in Istanbul began not with the usual polite warm-up of a major industry gathering, but with a sense of acceleration, as if the sector had collectively decided that 2026 would no longer tolerate incrementalism.

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Day 1 - ITS European Congress 2026 - What's Happening Today?
Looking forward to what to expect at the first day.

What's happening at the Istanbul Congress Centre for the ITS European Congress, and a personal welcome from Joost Vantomme, CEO of ERTICO.

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2026 ITS European Congress Istanbul - Look ahead
Whether you’re in Istanbul or at home, be HERE, at ITS Now.

As Official Media Partner for this year’s Congress, ITS Now will be reporting daily on the announcements, debates, technologies and sector-shaping conversations that will define Europe’s ITS agenda for the year ahead.

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International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference 2026
What could be the next phase for ITS?

As cities across the UK grapple with rising congestion, decarbonisation targets and increasingly complex travel behaviour, the role of ITS is evolving rapidly.

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International Road Traffic and Accident Database Conference 2026
From Crash Records to Predictive Safety

Athens hosted the 8th IRTAD International Conference in April 2026, bringing road safety data leaders and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) innovators into the same conversation.

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International V2G Conference 2026
Vehicle to Grid Comes of Age in Münster

A clear turning point for ITS and their role in Europe’s energy transition. No longer a promising experiment, bidirectional charging is now being positioned as a standard, mobility function.

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Sensor Shenzhen 2026
Intelligent Transport Moves from Vision to Reality

The Sensor Shenzhen 2026 exhibition has provided a clear signal that intelligent transport technologies are entering a new phase of maturity.

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iMobility 2026
From Vision to Implementation in Europe's Transport Transformation

The i-Mobility 2026 exhibition, held from 9–12 April at Messe Stuttgart, marked a significant turning point for Europe’s transport and mobility sector.

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Vehicles are getting smarter
Is ITS getting in the way?

For much of the past decade, Intelligent Transport Systems have been tasked with keeping pace with incremental change: more connected vehicles, more sensors at the roadside, more data flowing into traffic management centres.

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Funding the Future of Mobility
IBTTA Finance and RUC Summit in Virginia

The tolling and road-user-charging community gathered in Norfolk, Virginia this week for the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) Finance & Road User Charging (RUC) Summit.

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Engineering the Future of Mobility
ICTTE 2026 in Sydney

The International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering (ICTTE), brought together researchers, engineers, planners and policy specialists for two days of deep technical exchange.

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ITS takes centre stage in Sydney
Mobility Innovation from ICTLT 2026

Sydney has once again positioned itself at the forefront of global mobility innovation as the International Conference on Transportation & Logistics Technology (ICTLT) unfolded this week.

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ICTFTTS 2026 Brisbane
Decoding the Flow

Breakthroughs in Urban Mobility from The International Conference on Traffic Flow Theory and Transportation Systems (ICTFTTS) 2026.

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Roads, Tolling & Tech 2026 Conference
Smart Roads and Data Strategy Dominate

The Australian transport technology sector has descended on Sydney this week for the Roads, Tolling & Tech 2026 conference, organised by ITS Australia.

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The 2026 SAE Automated & Connected Vehicles Summit
The Digital Cockpit and the Autonomous Highway

The third SAE International Automated & Connected Vehicles Digital Summit has left the global mobility industry with a clear mandate.

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Tech.AD Europe 2026 Conference
The Berlin Blueprint

Why Software Architecture and "Level 2++" Stole the Show in Berlin at the 15th annual Tech.AD Europe 2026

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Destination Gangneung
Global Leaders Finalise Vision for 2026 ITS World Congress

From 17–19 March 2026, the city played host to a delegation from the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Board of Directors (BOD) and the International Program Committee (IPC).

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2026 IHE Traffic Signs Conference
Charting a Digital Future for UK Roads

The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) hosted its flagship 2026 Traffic Signs Conference and Exhibition, under the timely theme "Signs of Progress".

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2026 ITS America Policy Summit
Planning the future in the US

The 2026 Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Policy Summit, held recently in Washington, DC, marked a pivotal moment for the future of mobility in the United States.

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TTF Live 2026
From Pipeline to Pavement

The UK's transport technology community gathered this week in Leicestershire for Transport Technology Forum (TTF) Live 2026, and the message from the event was unmistakable: the era of pilots, roadmaps and "future potential" is giving way to delivery.

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Intertraffic 2026 - Key Themes
The Era of Operational Intelligence

As the doors begin to close on the RAI Amsterdam for another two years, the 2026 edition of Intertraffic has cemented its status not just as the premier trade show, but as the primary pulse-check for the global transport industry.

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Intertraffic 2026 - Day 3
Data, Drones, and Developments

As we cross the halfway mark of the world's leading mobility event, it has been all about moving from "vision" to "operational reality".

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Intertraffic 2026 - Day 2
British ITS Innovation Takes Centre Stage

The UK’s transport technology community is making a serious impact in Amsterdam this week, with a stronger and more coordinated presence than ever before.

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Intertraffic 2026 - Day 1
The Future is Smart, Safe, and Sustainable

The energy at The RAI Amsterdam is electric. Today’s kickoff made one thing clear: the digital transformation of our roads isn't just coming, it’s already here!



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