CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems) is a major new European research and development project aiming to design, develop and test the technologies needed to allow cars to communicate with each other and with the nearby roadside infrastructure. Based on such real-time road and traffic information, many novel applications can be produced. The consequence will be increased road safety and efficiency, and reduced environmental impact.

The first phase of the CVIS project is complete, namely the identification of use cases, user needs and system requirements, and the project organised a Requirements Workshop on 18 and 19 October in Brussels to validate these interim results.
 
The workshop represented a unique opportunity to influence the direction of cooperative systems development in Europe. Feedback from the workshop will help set the standards needed for full interoperability for all vehicle makes and all equipped roadside infrastructure.   

The workshop programme featured a presentation of the different CVIS use cases – how the future cooperative systems and services are intended to function and what effects they should produce. Delegates were able to contribute their own detailed requirements during a set of parallel breakout sessions on specific CVIS topics.

If you would like to be informed about the next CVIS open workshops, and receive regular updates on CVIS developments,  you can register for the CVIS Forum (membership is free of charge)!