Jacob Bangsgaard

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Activities of the eSafety Observatory

• Jacob Bangsgaard eScope
• Brussels 21 November 2005

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eScope - project info

• Funded by the European Commission - DG
  Information Society
• Coordinated by ERTICO
• Duration 24 Months
• Starting date 1 January 2004

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The three main activity areas

• Monitor progress from the 28 eSafety priority
  recommendations and the eSafety Road Maps
• Collect emerging results on eSafety priority
  topics (national international)
• Outreach dissemination activities

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eScope in eSafety
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eScope support to eCall

• Support expert workshops
• Creation of the eCall Tool Box
• Support standardisation work
• Support implementation phase
• Support Member State participation

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Progress within Member States
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National RTD Activities
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Examples of National eSafety Activities

• INVENT Germany
• PREDIT France
• Roads to the future Netherlands
• AINO - Finland
• IVSS Sweden
• TRAFFIMATICS UK
• INFONEBBIA Italy
• Safe Young Drivers Denmark

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European RTD Activities
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Supporting Outreach
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Reaching the end user

• Press release
• Cars that can dial 112 Commission and industry
  target 2009
• Wide Coverage
• More than 100 articles
• Worldwide
• Most Member States
• USA
• Australia
• China
• Iran
• Brazil,
• TV coverage ARD, ZDF, CNN

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Dissemination

• Website
• Newsletters
• Articles
• eSafety Brochure
• eScope flyer
• Giveaways
• Poster

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eSafety information
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Website statistics

• Main source for outgoing information on eSafety
  activities.
• Has received 40.000 visits (from 250 in the first
  month to 8000 visits in October 2005).
• An average of 8000 pages have been visited pr
  month since the launch.
• 490 individuals have registered to receive the
  electronic newsletter.

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Website

• More information on national activities
• Follow the latest news
• Documents
• Contact point

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Main events

• eSafety Forum Plenary, 25 March 2004 - Brussels
• eSafety stand, 24-27 May 2004 Budapest
• IEEE seminar Intelligent Vehicles, 16-18 June
  2004 Parma
• High Level Public Authority meeting, 27 September
  2004 - Brussels
• eSafety stand, 16-24 October 2004 - Nagoya
• eSafety High Level industry meeting, 3 February
  2005 Brussels
• eSafety High Level meeting, 17 October 2005 -
  Brussels
• ITS Congress in Hannover, 1-3 June 2005
• ITS Congress in San Francisco, 7-10 November 2005

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Summary of work till now

• Strong focus on producing the website platform
  for dissemination of eSafety activities.
• Close cooperation with the Forum Working Groups.
• Creation of the eSafety Brochure and newsletters.
• Presence at major events in Europe and
  internationally where eSafety was a key issue on
  the agenda.
• International audience to eScope, thus eSafety.
• Close monitoring of the 28 Recommendations.

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Conclusion

• More focus on User Outreach eSafety Onboard

• Enhancement of eSafety in the last 2 years

• More focus on deployment needed Incentives

• More involvement of the Member States needed

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eSafety in San Francisco

• eSafety Deployment
• Active Preventive Safety (PREVENT)
• Cooperative systems 4th Call
• TMC workshop
• International eSafety Cooperation
• Global eSafety
• AASHTO eSafety
• Demonstration