Mr. Michael Olechiw, Chair of the informal working group, welcomed participants to the meeting. The meeting was well attended, with participants from contracting parties, other WP.29 working groups, and industry organizations. In addition to Mr. Olechiw, Ms. Marchington (Secretary), Mr. Narusawa (Co-Chair), and Ms. Chunmei (Co-Chair) were present at the meeting. Ms. Marchington was announced to formally be Secretary of the EVE IWG on behalf of Canada, replacing Mr. Stephane Couroux.

Mr. Olechiw outlined the objective for the 14th EVE meeting, which was to continue work on Part A of the new EVE mandate. Building on the concepts for future work on topic areas outlined during the 13th EVE IWG meeting, lead parties/organizations were to present an update on the status of their work.

The agenda for the meeting (EVE-14-02-Rev3e) was reviewed and accepted by all participants.