Hamburg has won the bid to host the 2021 World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) with 10,000 international delegates expected in the city. The ITS World Congress will take place from 11 to 15 October 2021 at CCH – Congress Center Hamburg and will be hosted in collaboration with Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

The decision of the international ITS committee was announced by the European interest group ERTICO-ITS and Hamburg Senator Frank Horch during the Hamburg evening at the 2017 ITS World Congress in Montréal, Canada. In addition to Hamburg, there were three other international cities competing to host this large-scale event.

The ITS World Congress is held every three years in alternating locations in Europe, with interim events hosted in the Americas and Asia. Hamburg’s bid for hosting the 2021 World Congress, which was titled “Cos it’s Hamburg – City of Solutions”, was submitted to the ERTICO head office in Brussels last March.