Mr. Juhani Jaaskelainen Head of Unit - ICT for Transport
Mobility - Welcome Speech
Welcome and Introduction
Mobility - Panel Discussion
Intelligent Transport Systems: How we get from point A today to point B tomorrow
Mobility - Welcome Speech
Welcome and Introduction
Mobility - Wrap-up
Wrap up and Q&A
Mobility - Wrap-up
Wrap up and Q&A
About Mr. Juhani Jaaskelainen
Mr. Juhani Jääskeläinen holds currently the position of Head of Unit, ICT for Transport, at the European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society, in Brussels, Belgium. He has a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland.
Mr. Jääskeläinen joined the European Commission in 1996 as a Principal Scientific Officer, working in the management of the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. In 1999 he was nominated Head of Sector, Mobility Services in the Directorate - General Information Society (INFSO), and in 2005 he became Deputy Head of Unit. In July 2009 he was nominated the Head of Unit, INFSO G4, ICT for Transport.
The Unit's main responsibility is planning and managing Community supported research in the area of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) applied to transportation, as well as managing the highly successful joint industry - public sector Intelligent Car and eSafety initiatives. As HoU, the Mr. Jääskeläinen is fully responsible for the research actions of the Unit, which cover safety, energy efficiency, logistics and mobility. Mr. Jääskeläinen has a leading role in the Intelligent Car Initiative and he is currently the chair of the eSafety Forum and its Steering Group, as well as the author of four Commission Communications on eSafety and in-vehicle emergency call (eCall) between 2003 and 2007.
Mr. Jääskeläinen has a thorough industrial experience, and he has worked in the management of Research and Development in various international companies that include Ericsson and Asea Brown Boweri. Before joining the Commission he worked for several years at the Finnish Technology Development Agency TEKES, first as a Research Manager for Space Technologies and later as the Director of Space Technologies.