2025 STA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & INNOVATION AWARDS: NOMINATE YOUR CANDIDATE BY 20 JUNE 2025
We are pleased to announce that he 10th edition of the STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards will be held within the European Transport Conference 2025, in Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 11:00 to 13:30 CET.
A key highlight of the event will be the STA Innovation Awards, which recognise global innovators for their outstanding contributions to advancing methods, technologies, and standards in transportation infrastructure.
The award ceremony of the 2025 STA Annual Innovation Awards will take place at Stadcampus Building R, University of Antwerp (Belgium) from 13:00-13:30.
The STA Annual Innovation Awards honour leading innovators from around the globe that are significantly contributing to deploying Smart Transportation Infrastructures (Person of the Year Category) and upgrading the methods, technologies and standards associated with transportation infrastructures (Best Innovation Solution/Project Category).
Each submission to the Person of the Year Category must include the following components:
Short bio focusing on the features that make the decision-maker a good candidate for the award (100 words maximum);
Overview of career achievements;
Claims made for the deployment of Smart Transportation Infrastructures in his/her current and/or previous spheres of responsibility.
Each submission to the Best Innovation Solution/Project Category must include the following components:
Abstract focusing on the features that make the solution or project a good candidate for the award (100 words maximum);
Overview of the problem and its importance;
Claims made for innovation and its implementation;
Performance results, including scalability, time to market deployment, efficiency and peak performance;
Implications for future systems and applications.
The Jury of the STA Annual Innovation Awards is made up of the members of the STA Management Committee.
The Call for Entries for the Person of the Year and Best Innovation Solution/Project categories is now open, with nominations accepted until 20 June 2025. Submit your nominations via the link provided below: