The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office will hold a free Policy Research Workshop on Enabling a Secure Environment for Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Transactions. The meeting will take place April 19-20 in Washington, DC.

This two-day workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn about and provide input into research being conducted on potential organizational and business models for supporting security and data transaction needs for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure crash avoidance and other applications. The workshop takes place mid-point for two related research efforts and will be structured primarily around breakout sessions for discussing critical issues and obtaining participant feedback. Final results of this research will be presented in August 2012 during the annual Connected Vehicle Safety public meeting and via other publicly available forums and on the ITS JPO website.

About the Connected Vehicle Secure Environment

Establishing a secure trust environment among vehicles and other legitimate equipment is a key challenge for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure crash avoidance and other applications.  Currently a public key infrastructure approach to security involving the exchange of digital certificates among legitimate trusted vehicles and/or equipment is being analyzed and tested. U.S. DOT’s Connected Vehicle Policy Research Program is concerned with defining requirements to implement such a system on a national scale, including such questions as:

• What are the functional requirements for certificate exchange and other processes?
• What communications links and networks could support these requirements?
• What are the organizational requirements for supporting back end processes?
• What are estimated costs for supporting these requirements?
• What are potential business models for supporting such a network, to attract users and revenue to finance such a system?
• What do different approaches imply, in terms of potential levels of security protection?
• What do different ownership options imply?
• How could the certificate management system be rolled out across the nation over time?
• Are there opportunities to integrate needed functions into existing systems or organizations?

Read-Ahead Materials

• Principles for a Connected Vehicle Environment [PDF 101KB]
• Certificate Management Entities for a Connected Vehicle Environment [PDF 350KB]
• Communications Data Delivery System Analysis [PDF 392KB]
• AASHTO Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis
• Certificate Management Entities for Connected Vehicle Program [PDF 1.99MB]

Event Details

Date: April 19
Time: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Date: April 20
Time: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Location:
Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20036
(202) 393-1000

Meeting Objectives

• Update stakeholders on policy work for the connected vehicle research  program
• Update stakeholders on work performed to date on analyzing options to support security needs in the connected vehicle environment , including back end processes and communications networks
• Solicit input from stakeholders on critical areas of analysis, including potential business models and operational considerations
• Provide opportunities for stakeholders to articulate concerns and challenges for implementation

Agenda - Thursday, April 19th

Presiding:  Valerie Briggs, Team Lead, Knowledge Transfer and Policy, ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

8:30am – 9:30am – Welcome and Connected Vehicle Policy Program Overview

• Welcome – Gregory D. Winfree, Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator, RITA
• Connected Vehicle Program and Policy Research Overview – Valerie Briggs
• Legal/Policy Issues  – Dana Sade, Legal Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Infrastructure Perspective – Robert Arnold, Director, Office of Transportation Management, Office of Operations, Federal Highway Administration

9:30am – 10:30am – Security System Analysis – Overview of Research and Interim Findings

• Security Approach Developed by the Auto Industry and Security Experts – Tom Schaffnit, Honda R&D, and President, Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium
• Certificate Management Entities (CME) Organizational and Institutional Analysis – Dominie Garcia, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Communications Data Delivery Systems (CDDS) Analysis – Jim Misener, Booz Allen Hamilton

10:30am – 10:45am – Break

10:45am – 12:00pm – Connected Vehicle Applications and Stakeholder Needs

• Data Needs and the Basic Safety Message – Brian Cronin, ITS JPO, RITA
• Core System Stakeholder Analysis – Volker Fessman, Federal Highway Administration
• AASHTO Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis – Jim Wright, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

12:00pm – 1:15pm – Lunch

1:15 – 2:45pm – Breakouts

• Business Model Framework Considerations
• Operational and Implementation Considerations

2:45pm – 3:00pm – Break

3:00pm – 4:30pm – Breakouts

• Business Model Framework considerations
• Operational and Implementation considerations

4:30pm – 5:00pm – Day One Wrap Up

Agenda - Friday, April 20th

8:30am – 9:15am – Outcomes of Day 1 Breakout session
9:30am – 10:45am – Breakout Follow Up – Flexible to discuss outstanding issues and stakeholder driven requests related to previous day’s work
10:45am – 11:00am – Break

11:00am – 12:30pm – Wrap Up and Next Steps

• DOT – Valerie Briggs
• CME – Dominie Garcia
• CDDS – Jim Misener

12:30 – Adjourn

Additional Notes

• Venue: Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
• Meals are not provided. There are venues for meals and snacks nearby

Registration

To register for the meeting please visit http://www.itsa.org/policyworkshop

If you have any questions or you need any special accommodations please send an e-mail to Adam Hopps at Ahopps@itsa.org

There are a limited number of rooms available in the conference hotel. To reserve a room at the U.S. Government rate please call 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667); the room block is under USDOT.

To learn more about the Connected Vehicle policy program please visit, http://www.its.dot.gov/connected_vehicle/connected_vehicle_policy.htm