Congratulations to our 2024 ITEA Award of Excellence winners!

On 10 September, during the 2024 ITEA Awards of Excellence ceremony in Antwerp, three projects were awarded for their impressive results with great benefits for industry and society: SMART (award for 'Exceptional excellence' for outstanding results in all three categories: Innovation, Business impact and Standardisation), Inno4Health (award for Innovation) and AIToC (award for Business impact).

The ceremony, hosted by ITEA Vice-chairman Régis Cazenave, presented the results of the three award-winning projects and gave insight in what it takes to create an award-winning project. We are very proud of the impressive results that the SMART, Inno4Health, and AIToC projects achieved within the ITEA programme. We invite you to learn more about these projects!

SMART project reduces traffic congestion and emissions for better urban living

Urban congestion affects citizens and the environment, causing pollution and accidents and reducing a city’s general liveability. However, real-time traffic awareness, adaptive traffic management and efficient algorithms and actuators for real-time traffic control have so far proved hard to achieve. By using advanced 4D spatial technology and real-time vehicle data analysis, the ITEA project SMART, which stands for Spatial Modelling Analytics and Real-time Tracking, enhances traffic efficiency and commuting in cities. These innovations in dynamic traffic control and geospatial visualisation reduce emissions and congestion by up to 15% and enhance urban quality of life.

More information: SMART project and press release

Inno4Health improves both patient care and athletic training

The rise in surgeries among the aging population and the need for precise athletic training both ask for continuous, data-driven monitoring. The ITEA project Inno4Health developed wearable sensors and AI technology to monitor patients' readiness for surgery, to optimise how athletes prepare for competitions and to help professionals remotely manage patients’ health after hospital discharge and identify risks for adverse events.

More information: Inno4Health project and press release

AIToC awarded for using AI to make manufacturing more efficient and effective

Manufacturing engineers face significant challenges in creating digital models for production systems due to the complexity of product variants, the need for customised tools, and the manual efforts required to overcome deficiencies in current product and production definitions. Using advanced AI, the ITEA project AIToC has created a set of tools that overcome these challenges. These tools help with planning processes, the creation of models of factories, and the design of better layouts for assembly stations, all of which make manufacturing more efficient and effective.

More information: AIToC project and press release

ITEA congratulates the ITEA Award of Excellence winners for contributing to a better society!