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First i-Travel project workshop held on 13th November 2008

The ERTICO - ITS Europe-coordinated i-Travel project held its first i-Travel workshop on 13 November 2008 in Brussels, Belgium at the Espace Moselle. The aim of the workshop was to present the project results to the wider travel community and gain feedback on the business process, use cases and architecture suggested to support the i-Travel concept.

The workshop attracted many companies from different sectors.

After the project introduction by Gary Bridgeman, David Moncholí  from IDOM  presented the need for connected Mobility, followed by Nadav Gur’s presentation "WorldMate Live: The Traveller’s Guardian Angel"

The i-Travel use cases were then discussed together with the business processes needed for the project and each WP leader presented what was done so far.
Fulvio Sansone from ORACLE gave a speech on the development of the marketplace and the i-Travel architecture, this was followed by an interesting and rich panel discussion which ended with the definition of the project’s next steps.

All the presentations will be available on the i-Travel website.

A blog for all the project partners and people interested  has also been created, we hope it will be a place to share further ideas and comments on the project. You can find the blog at the link: http://itravelproject.wordpress.com/

For further information please contact Gary Bridgeman at g.bridgeman@mail.ertico.com

Presentations

i-Travel Introduction	Gary Bridgeman, ERTICO-ITS Europe Fulvio Sansone, ORACLE
The need for connected Mobility.pdf (3074 KB)	David Moncholi, IDOM
WORLDMATE - The Traveller's "Guardian Angel"	Nadav Guv, CEO Mobimate Ltd
WP2 - Use cases, traveller & supplier requirements	Nuno Rodriguez, Vialis
WP3 - Business Processes and Services	Michael Ortgiese, PTV
WP4 - Developing the e-Marketplace and  i-Travel Architecture	Fulvio Sansone, ORACLE
WP5 - Community supplier	Gary Bridgeman, ERTICO-ITS Europe
Closing remarks	Gary Bridgeman, ERTICO-ITS Europe

About i-Travel

i-Travel is an 18-month project co-financed by the EC DG for Research Transport Directorate. The project intends to develop a service platform for the connected traveler that combines three key innovations:

a “virtual travel assistant” service that accompanies a traveller before and throughout each journey, providing personalised, context-aware information and support whenever, wherever, and however needed, based on  the integration of e-commerce and Internet technologies to

create the first B2B “eMarketplace” in the traffic and travel information services sector, through which a wide-ranging community of content and service suppliers connect to customers through i-Travel to serve new markets of travellers needing instant delivery of content and trip support.
 
Key to the i-Travel concept is the building of a community of service providers that can operate competitively to provide services and goods to the connected traveller. The i-Travel is engaging these companies and organisations through an associate partner scheme which allows interested stakeholders to review and contribute to the project objectives.
 
i-Travel has build an extensive consortium of 19 partners consisting of public authorities,