November 6, 2026
Reflections from the ITS World Congress in Gangnueng
Returning from the Gangueng ITS World Congress allowed us to reflect on market trends, cooperation dialogues and needs for future developments.
Overall, the Congress brought together more than 6000 attendees from all parts of the world. Knowledge and experiences were shared in 180 sessions with 750+ presentations. Each bringing additional insights to the attendees. All of this was powered by countless cups of coffee!
TISA organised and moderated a well-attended session with 60+ participants on the theme of: ‘Managing road traffic in large-scale emergency situations using Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) Services’.
Moderated by our Stephanie Chaufton, the session brought together an impressive line-up of speakers:
- Grace Alex, TomTom
- Sarah-Jayne Williams, Google Maps Platform
- Matthias Unbehaun, TISA
- Kai Roddeck, Mecom
- Bob McQueen, Bob McQueen and Associates
- Dwight Jordan, TriStar Innovations LLC
The session pushed forward thought-provoking questions, such as: “Is a good traffic message and a good emergency warning the same thing? If not, what's the difference?”
Asking all attendees in the room on the main cause for most problems in traffic information today, the result was overwhelmingly “Information Arriving Too Late”.
Another poll gave a strong endorsement for the need for public traffic data and emergency warnings to carry a visible quality rating, such a RTTI 5-Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ framework.
Additional sessions of interest addressed AI, autonomous vehicles, CITS, corridor deployment and many other interesting topics.
With the new inspiration, knowledge and connections, TISA and its members continue working towards delivering on our joint Vision: A world where traffic and travel information is 100% correct, 100% of the time on all roads.
Join us in this work by contacting TISA Secretariat by contacting eo@tisa.org
