The purpose of the trip was to attend the 24th International Symposium on Automative Technology and Automation in Florence from May 20 through May 24, 1991. The Symposium consisted of four individual, parallel conferences: (1) Road Transport Informaties (RTI)/Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS); (2) Electric/Hybrid Vehicles: An Emerging Global Industry; (3) Mechatronics: Use of Electronics for Product Design, Testing, Engineering and Reliability; and (4) New Materials. I primarily attended the RTI/IVHS Conference (itself formed of two parallel sessions), but I also attended sessions of the Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Conference. I brought back proceedings of conferences (1)-(3). Attendance at various sessions during the week ranged from 50 to more than 200. There were significant contributions from Japan, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy, and US. The majority of the presentations were from Japan and Europe. Overall, it was clear that work by these countries if far advanced in many of the subject areas, compared to the US. Their progress clearly reflects substantial government and private investments, and, especially in the case of Japan, some quite successful public/private collaborations.
Travel to Florence, Italy to attend the 24th International Symposium on automative technology and automation, May 20--24, 1991. Foreign trip report, May 18--26, 1991
1991
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English