Find out what the future holds for Ireland’s smart transportation community, September 6th

Ireland’s strides towards introducing a national fleet of autonomous electric vehicles.  A team of researchers in our Software Research Institute and  Enterprise Ireland-funded Technology Gateway COMAND are spearheading the charge in making this a reality. We’re holding a round table discussion on September 6th which members of the public, representatives from industry and the wider Irish ‘smart transportation’ community are invited to attend to discuss prototyping and testing these vehicles for short duration trips and non-occupant ‘roving’ for Ireland’s new national transport service.

If successful, these electric pods will support Ireland’s public transport system while reducing private car ownership. Outputs from this workshop will feed into a significant proposal we are leading for Science Foundation Ireland’s brand new ‘Zero Emissions Challenge’ funding call. I’ve included information on the workshop agenda below. I’d be delighted to arrange interviews with our ‘Societal Impact Champion’ from industry who will be overseeing the project.

Workshop Agenda

Introduction –

11:00 Timeline, Prototyping & Deployment of an Autonomous Pod Sharing Service – A presentation

Michael Newham (Founder; GoCar CarSharing, Cloughjordan Ecovillage) and Dr. Yuansong Qiao (Senior Research Fellow; AIT) present a timeline for the prototyping and limited deployment of an APS Service having the capacity to reduce transport related emissions by 2Mt Co2 Equiv. by 2030. In so doing, 600K ‘non-commuting’ vehicles can be removed from our roads, along with many other tangible benefits.

Current State of the Art –

11:30 Autonomous Pods – The components of a ‘pod’ – base vehicle, hardware & software Dr David Mulligan outlines IT Sligo’s work on ‘Connected and Autonomous Vehicles’ He then moves on to introduce rising stars in the world of small electric vehicles and autonomous driving.

11:35 Christoffer Sveder – Head of Marketing @ CleanMotion (Zbee Manufacturer). An outline of this innovative ‘European Type Approved’ electric three wheeler.

11:55 Fionán O’Sullivan – Self Driving Car Engineer @ StreetDrone Description of the StreetDrone ‘Platform’; it’s ‘drive-by-wire’ system and ‘AutoWare’ overview.

12:15 Questions – Pertinent questions on content delivered are invited from the floor.

Focused Group Discussion No. 1 –

12:25 Technical Workshop Sprint – An outline of each ‘technical’ topic

12:35 Pre-Lunch ‘Technical’ Sprint – Audience to select from at least three of the following topics > Topic 1 – Base Vehicle Considerations, Topic 2 – Fleet Rebalancing,Topic 3 – Autonomous Roving, Topic 4 – Base & Road Infrastructure, Topic 5 – Hardware Stack, Topic 6 – Software Stack.

13:30 Audience Feedback – Roundup of issues / concerns from the top three chosen topics.

13:45 Lunch Break & Networking

Focused Group Discussion No. 2 –

14:30 Regulatory Workshop Sprint – An outline of each ‘regulatory’ topic

14:40 Post-Lunch ‘Regulatory’ Sprint – Audience to select from at least three of the following topics > Topic 1 – Insurance, Topic 2 – Business Model, Topic 3 – State Tax / Revenue, Topic 4 – Safety Considerations, Topic 5 – Licencing, Topic 6 – Marketing and Uptake

15:25 Audience Feedback – Roundup of issues / concerns from the top three chosen topics.

Wrap-Up –

15:40 Workshop Closure – Anthony Cunningham (BDM of COMAND Gateway, AIT) outlines the ‘Challenge Team’s’ next steps.

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