12. The World Forum noted that at the February 2014 session of ITC, a policy oriented segment on “Innovations for sustainable inland transport and mobility” was organized, with special attention on autonomous vehicles. WP.29 also noted that some ITC delegates requested detailed information on the activities of WP.29 on ITS and that a round table on ITS would be organized by Belgium under the auspices of ITC. WP.29 recommended that Mr. Guichard of the WP.29 secretariat should be proposed to the Director of the Transport Division as focal point on ITS to coordinate all ITS activities of the Division and to report to ITC.

13. WP.29 noted that the Informal Working Group (IWG) on ITS is scheduled to hold its meeting during this session of WP.29 in the morning of 14 March 2014. WP.29 considered the future of the IWG on ITS, especially the meeting frequency and venue to allow the Co-Chairs to report to WP.29 and to include the conclusions in the report of WP.29.

14. The representative of ITU informed the World Forum about main discussions at the symposium on the Future Networked Car, organized by UNECE and the ITU on 5 and 6 March 2014. He reported that delegates of WP.29 participated in the “Human factors and regulatory requirements for the introduction of automated driving” and in “Automated emergency calls – Cars and roadside connected” sessions. He added that the deployment of autonomous vehicles was estimated to be earlier than expected. Development of regulatory strategies on the adoption of automated driving and ITS in China, the EU, Japan, Korea and the United States of America have started. Finally, he stated that standards were identified as means through which the automotive industry and regulators meet. He noted the lack of standards in the area of automated driving. The representative of the United Kingdom endorsed the comments of ITU and suggested that WP.29 should consider developing a road map to identify the regulatory work on autonomous vehicles to ensure their safe use in condition of future mixed traffic. WP.29 thanked Mr. Rakhmanov (Russian Federation) and Mr. Yarnold (United Kingdom) for their excellent contributions as moderators during the above-mentioned symposium.