Dutch Automotive Week in May 2011 - Building the Future in Mobility

Creation date: 14 May 2011

Leading parties in the Brainport region in the Netherlands are organizing the Automotive Week 2011, to be held from 15 to 22 May 2011. For a whole week the region will be the international stage for the latest technological developments in the automotive field. Industry, government and research and education institutes are joining forces with the theme of ‘Building the Future in Mobility’.

As part of the Automotive Week, we are pleased to invite you to partake on Monday 16^th – Tuesday 17^th May 2011. In an informal setting, you will have a unique opportunity to see and experience for yourself the automotive industry’s latest developments in the field of smart mobility. We will be showing the results of the SPITS Project during which we will also be having a live road tour. We would be more than pleased to welcome you on these days to our SPITS Technology Show.

Please let us know by April 2^nd if you would like to come and we will organize a free SPITS entrance card for you.

On the previous day, Sunday 15 May, three unique experiments in the field of cooperative driving will be performed on the A270 highway between Helmond and Eindhoven, which will be closed to traffic for this purpose. The Cooperative systems involve interaction both between vehicles themselves, and between vehicles and the infrastructure. You are welcome to join this event as well.

If you would like an exclusive update on the future driving experience on an international level and how the parties in the Brainport region are creating sustainable mobility solutions, then we will be very glad to welcome you at the Automotive Week in Eindhoven.

The programme offers a variety of events in Helmond and Eindhoven as follows:

- 14-15 May Cooperative Driving Weekend:  State-of-the-art experiments of cooperative systems and the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge to be held on the A270 highway (closed to traffic for this purpose),  the first official tests on the A270-test site. General Public is welcome on 15 May.   For more information: www.gcdc.net and https://spits-project.com

- 16-17 May: International Automotive Congress 2011 on Future Powertrains & Smart Mobility (For more information: www.automotivecongress.nl)

- 18 May: ERTRAC Meeting. ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council)  will organise a  workshop for her National Technology Platforms  (For more information: www.ertrac.org)

- 19 May: HTAS Battery Day 2011  Professionals from industry, knowledge institutes and government will discuss new developments on battery technology and (international) cooperation.

- 20 May: Congress “The strength of the campus”

- 21 May: Automotive DAY for Interested prospective students

- 22 May: Classic Car event for a broad public audience

Contact:

Ralph von Vignau

SPITS Project Manager

Email: ralph.von.vignau@nxp.com

URL: www.spits-project.com

For more details on the congress here is the URL:

http://www.automotivecongress.nl/

For more details on the Automotive Week:

http://www.automotiveweek.nl/

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