FESTA’s final workshop on 29 April 2008

Creation date: 07 February 2008

The EC-funded FESTA Support Action, in which ERTICO is a participant, will hold its final workshop, 29 April 2008, in Brussels. All stakeholders with an interest in field operational tests (FOTs) should attend.

FESTA aims at producing a shared methodological framework to carry out future FOTs on in-vehicle support and information systems, nomadic device-based systems and cooperative systems. All FESTA results will be synthesized in a “handbook” that will be the guideline for all actors planning future field operational tests.

In December, the FESTA Consortium organised a workshop which attracted all European stakeholders with an interest in FOTs. Together, they defined a list of functions and systems to be included into European FOTs, identified the relevant results expected by the different stakeholders and discussed the FOT methodology covering all key aspects including safety, mobility and the environment.

At the 29 April workshop, the FESTA consortium will present the project results and the handbook, as well as

• Guidelines for the implementation of FOTs
• Legal & ethical issues in the execution of FOTs
• Types of ICT functions considered
• Requirements & guidelines for data acquisition, storage and handling
• Experimental procedures, performance indicators, data analysis and cost-benefit analysis.

Mark your agendas and participate!

For further information about the FESTA project, please contact ERTICO Head of Sector Safety & Security Maxime Flament