09:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair

09:10 Engineering Singapore’s Smart Traffic Cloud

• Presenting an overview of the smart traffic cloud system and its advantages
• Devising ways to install GPS sensors in the users’ smart phones to determine location, direction of travel and speed of vehicles
• Providing an insight into the privacy concerns that arise out of implementing the system and strategies to combat them
• Highlighting the technological challenges and the right solution providers for ITS deployments

Dr. Lim Hock Beng
Program Director
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CENTRE, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE

09:50 CASE STUDY: ITS Implementation in Bangkok – A Case Study

• Detailing Bangkok’s steps towards an efficient ITS implementation in the city
• Overcoming the challenges posed by the existing Bangkok infrastructure and successfully incorporate ITS mechanisms in the system
• Providing an overview of the requirements posed by the local market towards rollout of ITS in the city
• Devising a specific framework for co-ordination between various stakeholders to actualise ITS developments

Oravit Hemachudha
Deputy Director – Transportation and Traffic Division
BANGKOK METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION, THAILAND

11:40 Malaysia’s Efforts Towards ITS Implementation in Tolled Highways

• Outlining the role of the Malaysian Highway Authority when implementing ITS in Malaysia’s highways
• Highlighting the user services already in place in Malaysian tolled highways
• Developing and installing electronic road pricing and traffic control and surveillance systems for Malaysian highways
• Devising efficient strategies for traffic information collection and efficiently using them

Abu Bakar Bin Hashim
Director – IT
MALAYSIAN HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

13:20 Road Safety Data Collection and its Effective Usage

• Outlining the importance of efficient usage of data collected from ITS in order to improve road safety
• Devising a framework for the future data centres and information systems that need to be upgraded to incorporate ITS
• Highlighting the advancements made in electric vehicles and the latest technologies incorporated in them
• Providing an insight into the intelligent transportation technology that is useful for collecting data on user behaviour and vehicle usage

Ir. Mohamed Rehan Bin Karim
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, MALAYSIA

14:00 CASE STUDY: Delhi Transport Corporation’s ITS Plans for Delhi City

• Providing an overview of DTC’s ITS implementations in Delhi city
• DTC’s efforts in implementing ITS systems including Vehicle Tracking Systems, Real Time Passenger Information Systems and Central Control Stations
• Foreseeing the future plans for DTC to upgrade the existing systems to smarter ones for efficient traffic management

Uday Kumar
Chief General Manager – Operations and Technology
DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION, INDIA

15:10 Stepping Through the Plans and Perspective of a Nationwide ETC Implementation For India

• Outlining the impact of electronic tolling on the various stakeholders
• Highlighting the critical factors to be addressed when implementing ITS in highways
• Identifying the various technologies available to deploy electronic tolling mechanisms
• Utilising RFID technology for toll collection and identification

Ravi Palekar
General Manager (Electronics)
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

15:50 Discussing Vietnam’s Future Plans in ITS

• Outlining the plans of the Vietnamese government in implementing ITS and its plans for the future
• Highlighting the various stakeholders and their role towards an efficient ITS implementation
• Discussing the existing framework and challenges posed by the Vietnam market towards efficient ITS deployments
• Understanding the opportunities available for technology players to enter the Vietnamese ITS space

Nguyen Cong Thanh
Manager – Information Technology Center
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, VIETNAM

16:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Strategies for making transport infrastructure smarter and more efficient

• The role of ITS in improving safety and efficiency in urban transport systems
• Overcoming barriers to the deployment of ITS and smart technologies
• The role of technology in developing a safe and sustainable intelligent transport system

Moderator:

Dr. Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah
Director General
MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH

17:00 Close of Conference