Welcome from the Chair

Each year the Judging Panel selects the finalists from a pool of genuinely outstanding submissions. That, I can assure you is an extremely challenging job. This year, we have 34 finalists in the running for six awards. I congratulate all of you.

Now in their 13th year, the ITS Australia Awards recognise the outstanding work accomplished in the Intelligent Transport Systems industry every year. The Awards bring together the individuals and organisations that make up our industry to celebrate the collective pursuit of safer, innovative, more sustainable and equitable transport solutions in Australia.

Last year’s awards marked the first opportunity that our industry was able to come together in the wake of covid. At this year’s awards, we can celebrate the tremendous resurgence of our industry over the past 12 months. Over this time, we have all attended events together; we have resumed long-delayed business with each other; we have travelled together and reunited with international colleagues. It has been a remarkable period for our industry, and I am so proud to have been able to be part of this joyful time. As we head into 2023, our industry’s forward trajectory looks even brighter.

This is my second year serving as Chair of the ITS Australia Awards Committee, and it has been a great pleasure to continue bringing the Awards together. Once again, I have had the pleasure of seeing the great volume of fantastic work produced again this year. I can think of no better way to kick off the year than by coming together with you, my friends and my colleagues to applaud this outstanding work.

The awards also support emerging talent, and I am pleased to recognise all the finalists for the Young Professional Award. The talent and skills demonstrated by these young professionals indicate a very bright future for our industry.

Finally, I thank our sponsors for their generous support of the ITS Australia Awards and my colleagues on the judging panel who committed their valuable time, effort and expertise this year.

I look forward to seeing all of you at an ITS Australia event this year.

Rob Langridge Chair – ITS Australia Awards Committee Director, Emerging Technologies –Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries