On behalf of the EasyWay ITHACA Euro-Area, with the European Commission (DG-TREN), Greek, Italian and Romanian Ministry of Transportation and Cyprian Ministry of Communication and Works, Greek National road fund (TEO), AISCAT, SINA, Consorzio Autostrade Siciliane (CAS) and all Italian partners of ITHACA, it is a great pleasure to invite you to the “EASYWAY 2008 Conference”.

EasyWay is a project that incorporates eight Euro-Regions (ARTS, CENTRICO, CONNECT, CORVETTE, SERTI, VIKING, STREETWISE and ITHACA) proposed by 22 Member States for the 2007-2013 period, in order to continue the successful work undertaken in the field of intelligent road transport technologies in the MIP 1 phase (2001-2006).

The EasyWay project is designed to define strategic actions and targets and identify the set of necessary services to deploy across Europe; it is designed to become an efficient platform which will allow coordinated and combined deployments of pan-European services. It focuses on the deployment of European services focused on European travellers and road user needs to receive information and guidance on the TERN and at interfaces with major urban networks. These services should be:

The selected set of services directly focused on the above mentioned European road user needs are outlined in three main categories: Traveller Information Services (TIS), Traffic Management Services (TMS) and Freight and Logistics Services (FLS). These are in turn served by an enabling Connected ICT Infrastructure, focusing on collecting and disseminating information relevant for efficient road transport, which will include also information concerning other transport modes. The EasyWay Work Programme focuses on the sustainable implementation and operation of these services and infrastructures.

The 1^st EasyWay Conference

The EASYWAY 2008 Conference will be held from October 14^th till October 16^th in Giardini Naxos (Sicily), Italy. Giardini Naxos, a historical city near Taormina, is located in the Italian Island of Sicily.

Italy is a founder member of EU since March 1957, but also of NATO, the Council of European Union and UEO, it agrees to the United Nations and belongs to G8.

We will do our best to ensure that you will encounter the hospital­ity and kindness of our people when you will arrive in Italy and that you have a pleasant stay during the Conference.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in October 2008 at the European Conference EASYWAY 2008.

1^st EASYWAY CONFERENCE FLYER

1^st easyway_conference_flyer.pdf