The event will be hosted in partnership with ITS America and produced by RX. One of the premier sponsors will be Arcadis, whose global solutions director – mobility, Ramin Massoumi, is chairing the 2025 ITS World Congress Board of Directors.
Jaime McAuley, ITS America Events event director at RX, says Atlanta will showcase “a region leading in deploying technology to proactively address how we can deliver safer, greener, smarter mobility for all”.
Georgia Department of Transportation is a leader in advancing safety and sustainability in transportation – and there are a number of reasons why ITS professionals should make the trip, insists ITS America president & CEO Laura Chace. “Atlanta currently has the largest deployment of C-V2X [covering 1,200 signalised intersections] on public infrastructure,” she explains. “It’s operational.”
Russell R. McMurry, commissioner of Georgia DoT, is eager to welcome ITS professionals from around the world: “It will allow us to showcase the innovation happening in Georgia while studying new advancements and technologies that can complement our continuous efforts to provide safe, sustainable transportation for all.”
Delegates will be able to visit Peachtree Corners in Metro Atlanta, a living laboratory to test emerging technologies through the city’s Curiosity Lab, a 500-acre technology park with a three-mile roadway showcasing autonomous vehicles, 5G cellular Vehicle to Everything technology, plus smart streetlights and signals.
All this chimes well with the theme of #ITSAtlanta2025: ‘Deploying Today, Empowering Tomorrow’. “There’s a real emphasis on: ‘Let’s do some practical stuff!’” says Chace. “We know that it takes some time to reap the benefits from some of these technology solutions – so we really need to be planning today. And the more that we can invest in technologies today, the more that we can empower tomorrow. I had the privilege of testifying on safety to the US Senate in the spring. And my theme was: we can take a proactive approach to safety by using technology – it’s a mindset shift, right? It means we need to be investing in this technology today to actually get the benefits that we want, in terms of reducing crashes, reducing deaths.”
So what’s the message to the ITS community when it comes to #ITSAtlanta2025? “I’d say the first thing is: put the money in your budget now for travel to Atlanta,” Chace laughs. “Mark the dates on your calendar, and look out this fall for the call for contributions – because in order to get a strong programme, we rely on all of the ITS community to submit strong proposals. We also have exhibitor sales open right now, and sponsorships. So if your company wants exposure to a global audience of multiple thousands of people in this space, you should be exhibiting and/or sponsoring at the ITS World Congress 2025 in Atlanta!”
