Korea Expressway Corporation Attends ITS World Congress in Suzhou, China as Korean Delegation

Meeting with Japan and Taiwan ITS Representatives to Discuss Cooperation Plans

Korea Expressway Corporation announced on the 17th that it attended the 29th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress held in Suzhou, China on the 16th as part of the Korean delegation.

Ham Jin-gyu, President of Korea Expressway Corporation (fourth from the left), and Lee Yong-wook, Director of the Road Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (fifth from the left), are attending the "29th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress" held in Suzhou, China, on the 17th, posing for a commemorative photo at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Korea Pavilion. / Photo by Korea Expressway Corporation

At the congress, which runs until the 20th, the Corporation plans to support overseas market expansion for related small and medium-sized enterprises by exchanging ITS technologies with foreign countries and promoting domestic ITS technologies.

Known as the "Transportation Olympics," the ITS World Congress is the world's largest ITS exhibition and academic conference held annually since it began in Paris, France in 1994. In Korea, the congress was previously held in Seoul (1998) and Busan (2010), and the 32nd ITS World Congress is scheduled to be held in Gangneung in 2026.

This year's congress was held under the theme "Driving Towards Intelligent Society." Approximately 10,000 ITS professionals from 35 countries participated, engaging in various programs including advanced technology demonstrations and academic presentations.

Korea Expressway Corporation attended as the Korean ITS delegation and sequentially met with Japanese representative Akio Yamamoto and Taiwanese representative Philip Cheng to introduce ITS technologies for highways and discuss future cooperation plans.

On the 18th, the Corporation plans to share future traffic management systems between the two countries, including drones and Urban Air Mobility (UAM), with the delegation from Jiangsu Holdings Co., Ltd. (JCHC), which performs highway maintenance operations.

A representative from the Corporation stated, "We will make efforts to successfully host the 2025 Suwon ITS Asia-Pacific Congress and the 2026 Gangneung ITS World Congress, using this congress participation as an opportunity."

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