You are here: Home THE UK'S ITS WORLD CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION CLOSES A SUCCESS The 13th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, held at ExCeL London from 8th to 12th October has proved to be a great success. The exhibition saw 270 exhibitors showcase their latest ITS innovations from signal & control devices to the latest developments in telematics and crash prevention. The gross attendance over the four days exceeded expectations, with 8,000 delegates/visitors from 75 different countries visiting ExCeL London, making this ITS World Congress and Exhibition one of the most successful so far. The UK was predictably the top country by attendance with 3,756 visitors followed by Japan with 768 visitors. Other countries that had significant presence were USA and China with a number of European countries attending from the 75 nations who were represented overall. Bill Butler, Event Director for Brintex commented: "London and the United Kingdom has exceeded expectations in delegate attendance for the 13th ITS World Congress and Exhibition. I believe this is due to a number of factors such as the quality of debates and congress diversity, the location and of course, the excellence and innovation in technology showcased.""We were also very impressed by the level and quality of attendees with real decision makers and real industry influencers present." Steven Norris, President ITS UK comments: "I probably shouldn't say this, but this was without doubt the best World Congress ever. The venue, the quality and number of exhibitors and the technical innovation on display combined with a first class fringe programme has given delegates a truly memorable week."Monica Sundstrom, ERTICO Chairman, said: "This Congress was an excellent showcase for the exciting progress on ITS being made around the globe." "I would particularly like to thank our UK hosts for the warm welcome they gave us as well as ITS Congress Association for organising the event on behalf of ERTICO. My thanks also go to the many ERTICO Partners who participated in the Congress and Exhibition and made it such a great success." -Ends- Date of release: Friday 20th October For more information: Please contact the press office Charlotte Read / Nika Dohoczky Phone: 020 7420 3550 Email: Charlotte@completemedaigroup.co.uk Nika@completemediagroup.co.uk |