22 January, 2025 – Paris, France In this edition of the ITF Special Lecture Series, Joost Vantomme, CEO of ERTICO-ITS Europe and his team highlighted some of the cutting-edge innovations and technologies shaping the future of transport. Topics include connected, cooperative, and automated mobility (CCAM), new urban transport solutions, innovative aerial services, ITS for logistics, and advancements in data and artificial intelligence. This lecture provided a unique opportunity to explore how technology and responsible innovation governance are driving the global transition to smarter, more sustainable mobility, with insights from a leading organisation at the forefront of innovation and collaboration. Learn more Learn more

This event explored the latest advancements in Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies. This year’s theme, "Innovate, Integrate, Elevate: Powering Global PNT Competitiveness," set the stage for two days of in-depth discussions, cutting-edge insights, and unparalleled networking opportunities. The event was designed to facilitate collaboration among well-established companies across Europe and Canada, as well as newcomers eager to make a significant impact in the fast-evolving PNT sector. IDI’s co-chair Vladimir Vorotovic discussed, amongst others, the need for cross-sectoral collaboration micro-financing schemes and the role of living labs to accelerate the integrating aerial services into multimodal traffic.

April 8-10, 2025 – Madrid, Spain Passenger Terminal Expo & Conference provides the most significant opportunity for airports and airlines to debate current issues and form business relationships on a global scale, with 10,000+ people from 120+ countries expected to attend in 2025. IDI co-chaired the mobility air track. Learn more  

IDI’s co-chair Vassilis Agouridas talked about the IDI Platform and gave a closer look about the purpose and vision of this cross-sector innovation community – aimed at accelerating deployment of innovative aerial services. The focus: how drones, eVTOLs and emerging aerial services can be embedded in multimodal traffic and next generation operations of cities and regions using data-driven approaches. Learn more

The flagship 2025 event for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Europe is uniting experts from mobility, technology, and policy to advance key European mobility and sustainability initiatives. IDI’s co-chair Vassilis Agouridas will be organising and moderating the following sessions: - SIS 12 Innovation and implementation lessons from drone deployments on Monday, May 19, at 14:00. - SIS 19 Overcoming the deployment challenges of Innovative Air Mobility for passengers on Tuesday, May 20 at 10:30. In addition, IDI will be represented by Christos Panayiotou, from KIOS (founding partner).

The intAIRgrated mobility 2025 is part of the ITS European Congress 2025 and serves as a dedicated showcase event chaired by IDI co-chair Vassilis Agouridas. It highlights ITS-driven solutions for accelerating the deployment of innovation aerial services.

The 5th IAM Symposium brings together experts from academia, industry and government to shape the future of advanced, urban and regional air mobility – exploring topics such as autonomous systems, AI in aviation, airspace integration, safety and regulation. IDI will be featured in the Poster Session. Bianca Schuchardt from DLR will present our poster: “𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘋𝘐 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.”

The meeting of European Network of U-Space Stakeholders is organised by the Support Cell (comprising the European Commission/DG MOVE, EUROCONTROL, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the European Defence Agency. The scope of the meeting is to share lessons learned related to ongoing U-Space implementation activities across Europe. Vassilis Agouridas, co-chair of IDI, and Armindo Torres from DLR, member of the IDI Steering Committee, are representing IDI at the meeting.