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ITS America Announces Call for Entries for 2011 Best of ITS Awards
Award to Showcase Top Innovators in the Transportation Technology Community
WASHINGTON, DC - The nation's largest transportation technology association, the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), will recognize organizations that have produced the most innovative products and services in the intelligent transportation systems industry during the 2011 Best of ITS Awards at the 18th World Congress & Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. ITS America members, including private corporations, research institutions and public agencies, can submit entries for the highly competitive program until May 31, 2011.
"Winners will have the opportunity to have their work celebrated at the premier global event on advanced transportation technologies, the 18th World Congress on ITS, in front of thousands of transportation professionals, policymakers, and the press," said Scott Belcher, President and CEO of ITS America.
The Best New Innovative Product, Service or Application category is focused on new and innovative ITS products, services, training programs, or applications that demonstrate a benefit to consumers and users in the areas of public safety, security, surface transportation efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, innovative financing and others.
The category of Best New Innovative Practice focuses on rural ITS, sustainability in transportation, marketing and outreach, partnership deployment (business-to-business, government-to-government, or public/private), or research and innovation.
Finalists will be recognized and the winners announced during a special awards ceremony on Monday, October 17 at the 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
The deadline for entries is May 31, 2011. For a complete list of guidelines and more information on the awards program, please visit http://www.itsworldcongress.org/awards.html.
Join us in Orlando this October to experience the cutting-edge of transportation with industry leaders and decision makers from across the globe. For the latest updates on the event, visit the World Congress website at www.itsworldcongress.org. Register now.
About the World Congress
The World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems is an
international meeting and exhibition that rotates among three major
geographic regions (Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific) annually.
Only held in the United States once every three years, the 18th
World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, combined with
ITS America's 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition, will come to
Orlando, Florida on October 16-20, 2011, and the world's leading
transportation policy makers, technology, and business
professionals will gather in Orlando with a goal of bringing
greater levels of safety, reliability and accessibility to
transportation systems worldwide.
Co-sponsored by ITS America, ITS Asia-Pacific, and ERTICO-ITS
Europe, the 18th World Congress is expected to draw more than
10,000 delegates from more than 65 countries, including
legislators, ministers of transportation, transportation officials,
international standards experts, engineers, manufacturers, and
other ITS stakeholders.
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