How can innovative technologies and interdisciplinary approaches pave the way for safe and resilient mobility in urban environments? The Road Safety Cluster — a coalition of EU-funded projects AI4CCAM, EVENTS, FRODDO, HEIDI, PHOEBE, ProtAct-Us, SOTERIA, and V4SAFETY — promotes cutting-edge solutions addressing road safety challenges. This interactive session will explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI), simulation environments, and predictive analytics can enhance road safety for all road users, particularly pedestrians, cyclists, and individuals with reduced mobility. Participants will engage with key innovations from each project: •Trustworthy AI models for predicting vulnerable road user (VRU) behaviour and ethical autonomous vehicles (AVs) interactions.
•Resilient systems for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) perception and decision-making in complex and adverse conditions.
•An evidence-based framework for predictive road safety assessment in urban planning.
•A data-driven road safety intelligence platform for VRUs and micro-mobility in urban environments.

The cluster promotes a safe system approach, engaging stakeholders in creating human-centric, inclusive and trustworthy mobility systems. The session will culminate in a panel discussion, where speakers will tackle questions on achieving EU’s Vision Zero for close-to-zero fatalities by 2050 and the future of resilient mobility.

Organiser:

• Dariya Rublova, Netcompany-Intrasoft

Moderator:

• Giannis Karaseitanidis, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) 

Speakers:

• Christina Anagnostopoulou, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) 
• Marc Figuls, FACTUAL     
• Panos Georgakis, University of Wolverhampton    
• Karla Quintero, IRT SystemX