This session provides a comprehensive overview of recent C-ITS and Connected Services studies conducted in the UK and Finland, highlighting lessons learned to accelerate deployment. The primary goal is to offer insights into national ambitions for Connected Services and outline clear next steps. Designed to be interactive, the session encourages open dialogue with the audience and collaboratively discusses key national definitions to ensure a range of perspectives are included. Key research questions addressed in this session include: What role will Connected Services play in the near future? Will they focus more on information dissemination or safety-critical applications? Where should we start with C-ITS deployment, and how to proceed incrementally? How vital are mobile networks in enabling connected services? What role does the public sector play, and how can we encourage the emergence of commercial actors? Finnish initiatives will highlight studies on roles and actors within the C-ITS ecosystem, the capacity of mobile networks to support deployment, and implementation models for C-ITS services. UK initiatives will include studies such as the DfT Connected Services Architecture program, which examines interventions that could enable the national deployment of connected services, leveraging existing technologies, mobile coverage data, and fostering innovation within the UK industry.

Organiser:

• Ville Kilpiö, Ramboll Finland

Moderator 

• Darren Capes, DfT

Speakers:

• Mohanad Ismail, WSP    
• Ville Kilpiö, Ramboll Finland 
• Jonathan Mann, WSP Ltd     
• Risto Öörni, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
• Pilar Ruiz Villanueva, HERE Technologies