Director of Transportation Systems Application and Research Center Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI attended the “International Summits’22 ITS Summit”, which was organized by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Republic of Turkey and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Turkey, on behalf of Istanbul Ticaret University. Prof. Dr. ILICALI had the opportunity to chat with Minister Mr. Adil Karaismailoğlu, and shared with him information about the “Workshop on Coordination and Evaluation of Transportation Problems and Solutions of Metropolitan Municipalities”, which was recently organized by our Center. Minister Mr. Karaismailoğlu presented Prof. Dr. ILICALI an award within the scope of “The Way of Reason in Transportation” Awards.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI will moderate a session at the event. In the session, experts will share up-to-date information on innovative ITS applications implemened in the field of ITS in our country and in the world, such as toll collection systems, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) applications, traffic management systems, cooperative ITS technologies, sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs), traffic demand management applications, electric vehicles, electronic payment systems, and the use of renewable energy resources in transportation infrastructure. General Manager of Highways Mr. Abdulkadir URALOĞLU, General Manager of Northern Marmara Highway (KMO) Anatolian Motorway Ms. Aynur ULUĞTEKİN, General Manager of Havelsan Dr. Mehmet Akif NACAR, Sabancı University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Bülent ÇATAY and PTT (General Directorate of Post and Telegraph Organization) Technology General Manager Mr. Durmuş Ali TAŞKIN will attend the session to be held on March 10th, 2022 between 14:00 and 15:30.
SUMMITS, the first and only event organized in our country in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems, is an event that is especially important for professionals to participate in considering that it is attended by senior officials, especially those who lead the sector, supported by many public and private sector organizations, particularly the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, participated by international ITS officials and representatives as speakers and that it features prominent projects in the field of ITS in our country, offers the opportunity to meet with start-ups and industry experts, exchange views, and see successful ITS projects and field applications in our country on site.
