Itssa 8th April 2009 Newsletter

APRIL 2009, THE 8TH e-Transport

Conference

and

exhibition

a

great

success

The e-Transport Conference and Exhibition recently held at the Sandton Convention Centre was a great success. The biennial conference is a flagship project of ITS South Africa and the theme for this year's conference was "Transport Solutions for SWC2010 and Beyond: Moving People Smartly". The conference brought together local and international experts, exhibitors and delegates. Best practice solutions, products and services were on show at the exhibition attended by 31 exhibitors and saw more than 250 people attending. Focus areas and topics discussed by the 13 local and 18 international experts at the conference included Open Road Tolling and Electronic Fare Collection, Communication and Technology, and Public Transport and ITS Operations. A pre-conference site visit tour to the SA National Roads Agency Network Management Centre, the Gautrain pre-cast yard and workshop and the Rea Vaya BRT station in Joubert Park provided an insight into new transport infrastructure.

The International ITS Master class held after the conference in conjunction with PIARC, SANRAL and the ITS Centre of Excellence provided delegates the opportunity to network with Prof Mike Walton, past president of ITS America and Ernest H Cockrell Centennial Chair of Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin as well as Martial Chevreuil of PIARC and Jan Coetzee, of ITS Engineerings and Nabil Abou-Rahme of Techso.

ITS South Africa acknowledges the positive support received from the various high profile sponsors in hosting e-Transport 2009. The presentations of the pre-conference site visits, the two-day conference and the ITS Master Class is available on the ITS South Africa website for members and Conference delegates. ITSSA Members, please click here. Conference Delegates, please click here. For photographs taken at the e-Transport Conference and Exhibition, please click here.

New Members ITS South Africa welcomes the following new members. Itramas Technology Africa (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1999. Its core business then was as an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions provider. In addition, the group diversified its business emphasis to the design & manufacturing of unique & innovative LED-based products in the traffic, media, architectural lighting, general lighting and automotive sectors targeting the local & global markets. They are represented by the CEO, Mr Sabeer Sheik Ibrahim. Please contact him at Telephone +27 31 202 3706. His e-mail is [email protected] or visit their website at www.itramas.com. Sequel Business is an Internet Solutions company that provides services such as connectivity, design and hosting, applications development and internet security. They are represented by the director, Mr Alan Arenz. Please contact him at Telephone +27 86 111 4607. His e-mail is [email protected] or visit their website at www.sequel.co.za Netronix through the natural progression of their business, Netronix now finds it's self perfectly placed to supply a complete solution to their customers within the communications arena, whether copper, optical fibre or radio frequency. It provides medium sized turnkey solutions for network operators and technology vendors. Netronix are represented by the CEO, Mr Deena Naidoo. Please contact him at Telephone +27 31 566 2068. His e-mail is [email protected] or visit their website at www.netronix.co.za Sitwala Technologies (Pty) Ltd is a new name for a well-known force in the South African and international technology environment. Born out of the team previously known as Azisa and more recently Flextronics in South Africa, Sitwala has established a unique and world-class electronic product design capability in South Africa. For its South African customers, Sitwala now boasts excellent BEE supplier credentials and Black-ownership. They are represented by the director, Mr Kriya Govender. Please contact him at Telephone +27 83 267 7665. His e-mail is [email protected] or visit their website at www.sitwala.co.za