On September 21-24, 2020, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, the First Central-Eastern Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will be held, the republic won the right to host the results of the bidding campaign. The organizer of the Congress is the ERTICO ITS Europe Association. Co-organizers of the Congress are the ministries and departments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan. The organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the First Central-Eastern Congress on intelligent transport systems includes the Minister of construction, architecture and housing and communal services of the Republic of Tatarstan, F.M. Khanifov.
The main thematic areas of the Congress: traffic management, public transport, legislation in the field of traffic management, big data, research and development, innovation, drones, satellites, ITS and the environment, mobile applications, training in ITS.