Project News: FESTA final Workshop on 29 April

Date: 16 April 2008

Come & join us in Brussels for a presentation of the FOT handbook!
 
The EC-funded FESTA Support Action, in which ERTICO is a participant, will hold its final workshop, 29 April 2008, in Brussels. All stakeholders with an interest in field operational tests (FOTs) should attend.
 
FESTA aims at producing a shared methodological framework to carry out future FOTs on in-vehicle support and information systems, nomadic device-based systems and cooperative systems. All FESTA results will be synthesized in a “handbook” that will be the guideline for all actors planning future field operational tests.
 
In December, the FESTA Consortium organised a workshop which attracted all European stakeholders with an interest in FOTs. Together, they defined a list of functions and systems to be included into European FOTs, identified the relevant results expected by the different stakeholders and discussed the FOT methodology covering all key aspects including safety, mobility and the environment.
 
At the 29 April workshop, the FESTA consortium will present the project results and the handbook, as well as:

• Guidelines for the implementation of FOTs
• Legal & ethical issues in the execution of FOTs
• Types of ICT functions considered
• Requirements & guidelines for data acquisition, storage and handling
• Experimental procedures, performance indicators, data analysis and cost-benefit analysis

Registrations are now open! Please note that the number of seats will be limited. We therefore strongly advise you to register quickly after in order to avoid any inconvenience. To register, please click here and fill out the online registration form before Monday 21 April at the very latest.

We are looking forward to meeting you on 29 April!

For more information about the FESTA workshop, please contact ERTICO Junior Project Manager Sophie Dupuis.

For any inquiry about the project in itself, please contact Ing. Gianfranco Burzio from CRF or visit www.festaproject.eu