Organised Sessions

Special Interest Sessions (SIS)

Special Interest Sessions will mostly discuss work that is underway or recently completed regionally, nationally or internationally. Organisers must submit a plan describing how a chosen set of speakers would address key aspects of important topics – achievements, problems, trends, technology developments, policies, etc.

Strategic Future Sessions (SFS)

Strategic Future Sessions must address a forward-looking “blue-sky” type of opportunity or problem. They may make a case for launching new ITS initiatives. These highly interactive discussion sessions look forward and review options, problems, technical barriers, etc. rather than reporting on work that has been completed

Key Milestones

All contributions must be submitted by 10 January 2025. No extensions will be granted, and late submissions will not be accepted.

Submission Process

Review Procedure

Reviewers from the European Programme Committee (EPC) will use these criteria to select sessions:

Relevance to the overall Congress theme and chosen topic

Emphasis on an interactive format rather than a series of presentations

A discussion topic not featured in previous Congresses

Proposals tackling a broad area rather than a single project

Clear identification of individual speakers’ contributions

Inclusion of diverse and gender-balanced moderators/speakers, with at least three speakers confirmed, coming preferably from different countries and not from the same organisation

SFS must additionally describe the future and strategic aspects of one of the designated topics and propose an innovative and interactive session format.

NOTE: A separate call for Commercial Papers and Start-up Sessions will be announced at a later date. These categories will be open to exhibitors only. There will be a review procedure, and terms and conditions will apply for acceptance in the Congress Programme.