IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems Intelligent Transportation Systems for All Transportation Modes October 6-9, 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands Dear ITSC2013 participants, On behalf of the Program Committee we would like to bring to your attention that the IEEE-ITSC2013 special session proposal deadline has been extended to March 15, 2013. We warmly encourage the organization of special sessions and workshops. The goal is to trigger relevant special sessions in crucial areas that are of the interest of practitioners and research community, and to provide in The Hague an excellent forum for networking and discussions about "Intelligent Transportation Systems for all Transportation Modes". In the past, special sessions, workshops and tutorials have proven to be extremely valuable for a high-quality conference. Currently we have the following special session proposals: 1. Human Factors and Vehicle Automation 2. Electro-Mobility 3. Dynamic Network Modeling and Optimization of Network Traffic Flows by Artificial Intelligence Methods 4. Status, future, and challenges of Intelligent Transportation Systems in the developing world 5. Parallel Control and Management for ITS 6. Vehicle Dynamics and Intelligent Systems 7. Communication-based, real-time control for safe and reliable cooperative driving 8. Cooperation and Collaboration towards Cooperative Mobility 9. ITS development for congested cities through the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram 10. Special Session on Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation: Innovative Trends 11. Railway timetabling and traffic management 12. Transport Safety and Efficiency Improvement via Internet of Things Technology Please visit the IEEE-ITSC2013 website at http://ieee-itsc13.org/ for further details regarding: - instructions for special session, workshop, and tutorial organizers; - the detailed description of the existing special session proposals; - the call for papers; - other relevant information for the conference participants. Important Dates - Special Session proposal submission deadline: March 15, 2013 - Full-paper submission deadline: March 15, 2013 - Workshop/Tutorial proposal submission deadline: May 1, 2013 - Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2013 - Final paper submission deadline: July 1, 2013 Andreas Hegyi, Bart De Schutter, Alfredo Nunez Vicencio Program Chairs, Special Session Chair IEEE-ITSC2013