The webinars of the EU project X_HeERO are entering the third round! After two very successful editions on PSAP upgrade support for NG eCall and the future collaboration in the eCall community, X_HeERO is inviting participants to another webinar on 27 October 2025. This time, the focus will be on testing, validation and accreditation.

X_HeERO Webinar #3: Testing, Evaluation, Accreditation
Monday, 27 October 2025, 13 to 14 h (CET)
Online via Teams
Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7ce421c5-1d12-4a91-b071-ab1bfb410998@e91b8a92-a4e8-4cd8-ad67-763902c9d9e6

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The Danish intelligent transport professional Søren Sørensen has been named ITS Nationals network person of the year the organisation’s annual awards ceremony in the Polish capital, Warsaw.

The event was sponsored by SWARCO, The Traffic Group, Daktronics, IDASO, Intertraffic and the 2027 ITS World Congress in Birmingham.

Mr Sørensen is the chairman of the ITS Denmark organisation, and he is also the leader in NEMU – the Nordics ecosystem mobility unlimited, making its systems work cross border in the Nordic countries and beyond, and also playing a major role in the Mobility as a Service Alliance for technology and standardisation

Announcing the award, Richard Neumann from sponsor SWARCO told the group: “I would like to make a parallel to the Danish football team. They have a great slogan: The supporters of the Danish football team, they shout, you are red, you are white, you are Danish dynamite. So that’s what you are, Søren, Danish dynamite, thank you for your contributions to the ITS industry in general.”

the reason that I can stand here is not because of me, it’s because of the IGs Nordic plus the idea that we came together and worked together and created both the previous project Nomad, which was the strategy part of it, and now we’re going into implementation mode. And we’re doing that with the help of all the IGs organization in the Nordics, and in fact, the project is now owned by Nordic plus, so I think we can bring that as a showcase here to ICS nationals, that each country may be a small contributor, but working together, we can really move things and create better mobility for all in Europe.

The other winners were ITS Germany, ITS Ireland, ITS Serbia, ITS Italy and a collaboration between ITS UK, Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

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The gala dinner and awards ceremony for the network of national Intelligent Transport Systems associations – ITS Nationals – will take place tonight (Tuesday 7 October) in Warsaw.

They are sponsored by The Traffic Group, Daktronics, IDASO, SWARCO, Intertraffic and the 2027 Birmingham ITS World Congress, and follow last year’s inaugural event in Switzerland.

It recognises how the individual associations support public and private sector ITS bodies across their countries and picks out leading examples of best practice to share among all members.

There are six awards,  

1. National Policy Champion Award – Sponsored by The Traffic Group

The association most successful at influencing ITS Policy on a national level during the past year.

2. Membership Champion Award – Sponsored by Daktronics

The association with the best testimonials from Members of how they have helped them from the last twelve months.

3. Next Generation Champion Award – Sponsored by IDASO

The association evidencing the most effective activities to support early careers professionals during the past year.

4. Excellence in Transportation Award – Sponsored by the 2027 Birmingham ITS World Congress

The association which stands out as being the most active and effective during the past year.

5. Network Collaboration Award – Sponsored by SWARCO

The association that can demonstrate the results of working with other organisations either in their country or internationally.

6. Network Person of the Year Award – Sponsored by Intertraffic

The individual most valued by the Network for their contribution.

(Picture shows last year’s winners – ITS Nationals)

In order to provide new impetus for the future collaboration within the European eCall community, the EU project X_HeERO is hosting its second webinar:

X_HeERO Webinar #2: Future eCall Collaboration
Wednesdays, 8 October 2025, 15:00 – 16:00 MESZ
Online via Teams
Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/af81728e-49bf-42d7-8b7a-967fa0031b19@e91b8a92-a4e8-4cd8-ad67-763902c9d9e6

In the past, the European eCall Implementation Platform (EeIP) brought together relevant stakeholders and the European Commission to discuss progress, problems, and solutions for the technical and organisational development of eCall. The concept of an eCall Association has been developed to install a stable platform for future eCall cooperation.
The webinar will provide an overview on the status of reactivation and coordination to bring interest groups together and discuss options for sustainable eCall development. X_HeERO invites all organisations and possible stakeholders who are interested to be part of a future eCall community to participate.
Participation is free of charge. The webinar language is English.

The agenda and registration can be found here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/af81728e-49bf-42d7-8b7a-967fa0031b19@e91b8a92-a4e8-4cd8-ad67-763902c9d9e6

X_HeERO is co-funded by the European Union.