Monday, 11th January 2010 - 14:40
ITS United Kingdom announces 2010 National Awards
ITS (UK) makes four annual Awards for excellence in ITS:
• The Rees Hills annual award for personal contribution
• The young ITS professional of the year award
• Scheme or product of the year award
• The Forward Thinking award for innovation
The awards are open to any organisation or individual with a UK business office and that has a significant UK telematics or other ITS content.
The nominations will be judged by an eminent panel of ITS professionals chaired by ITS (UK) President and former Transport Minister, Steven Norris. The Panel Members are:-
Ian Patey, Mouchel
Kevin Borras, h3b media
Jill Adam, Department for Transport
John Nelson, University of Aberdeen
Janet Cooke, London TravelWatch
Roy Brannen, Transport Scotland
Neal Skelton, ITS United Kingdom
The award will be made by Steve at the ITS United Kingdom President’s Dinner on 30 March 2010 in London.
Nominations are now welcome, and the closing date for nominations is 5 February 2010.
Photo shows the annual ITS (UK) President's Dinner at Painters Hall in the City of London.
ENQUIRIES:
For further information, please contact:
Jennie Martin
ITS (UK) Tel:
+44(0)20 7709 3003
Email:
mailbox@its-uk.org.uk
Notes to editors:
ITS UNITED KINGDOM, the UK association for the promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), is a not-for-profit public/private sector association financed by members' subscriptions, and provides a forum for all organisations concerned with ITS. We work to bring the benefits that ITS can offer in terms of economic efficiency, transport safety, and environmental benefits to the United Kingdom - and at the same time expand the ITS market.
The membership, over 160 UK organisations, comprises Government Departments, Local Authorities, Police Forces, consultants, manufacturing and service companies, and academic and research institutions.
Members benefit from ITS United Kingdom activities including seminars, workshops and regular news dissemination. ITS United Kingdom encourages discussion on issues such as public/private co-operation, standards, legislation, information provision and new technology.
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