ITS Africa Conference. Cape Town, 9-10 March 2027

ITSAC 2027 · Cape Town

About the conference

The 1st Intelligent Transport Systems Africa Conference brings the people who plan, build, regulate and operate transport into one room with the people building the technology that moves it forward. Two days, nine themes, one continent-wide conversation.

9-10 March 2027 · The Lord Charles Hotel · Somerset West, Cape Town

Welcome

A first for the continent

Bringing African transport practice and global intelligent transport expertise onto the same programme.

ITSAC 2027 is the 1st Intelligent Transport Systems Africa Conference. It is a working conference rather than a showcase: two days of plenary and parallel sessions, an exhibition running alongside, and an evening welcome function built for the conversations that do not happen in session rooms. The conference runs under the theme Bridging Continents for Smarter Mobility.

It brings together national, provincial and local government, transport authorities and road agencies, public transport operators, rail, aviation and port authorities, infrastructure owners, technology providers, engineering and consulting firms, universities and research institutions, start-ups, industry associations, investors and development agencies. The common thread is responsibility for how people and goods move.

The technology focus is deliberately broad, because the problems are: intelligent transport systems, connected mobility, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, traffic management, road safety, public transport innovation and sustainable mobility. These are treated as one system rather than as separate disciplines, which is how they arrive in practice for the authority planning a corridor or the operator running a fleet.

The programme opens with an Inaugural Event, delivered in collaboration with ERTICO ITS Europe, the conference content partner. It sets the terms for the two days that follow and connects the African programme to established international intelligent transport practice.

ITSAC 2027 takes place on 9-10 March 2027 at The Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, Cape Town. Session-level detail is in development and will be published as it is confirmed. Registration opens closer to the event.

Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles seen from above, with Cape Town spread out beneath them.
Table Mountain above the city bowl, Cape Town

Programme

Conference themes

Nine themes shape the call for content and the structure of both conference days.

  • Public Transport

  • Smart Cities

  • ITS Education, Skills, Research

  • Communication, Renewable Energy

  • Traffic Signals

  • Tolling

  • Freeway Management Systems, Rural ITS

  • Cross border operations, Ports, Rail

  • Technology in Road Safety

Sessions are assigned to themes as the programme is confirmed.

Aerial view of Cape Town with the working port, rail yards and the city below Table Mountain.
Cape Town, where the freight, the rail and the city meet

Delegate profile

Who attends

The conference is written for senior people across the transport system: public sector, operators, industry and research.

  • National, Provincial and Local Government
  • Transport Authorities and Road Agencies
  • Public Transport Operators
  • Rail, Aviation and Port Authorities
  • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Professionals
  • Technology Providers and Solution Developers
  • Infrastructure Owners and Operators
  • Engineering and Consulting Organisations
  • Mobility and Logistics Companies
  • Telecommunications and Connectivity Providers
  • Universities and Research Institutions
  • Start-ups and Innovation Organisations
  • Industry Associations
  • Investors and Development Agencies

Why this audience matters

Intelligent transport only works when the technology and the mandate meet. A signal system, a tolling platform or a public transport data feed is designed and built by one set of organisations, and planned, procured, operated and paid for by another. When those two groups meet late, projects stall.

ITSAC 2027 puts them in the same programme. Organisations developing intelligent transport technologies sit alongside the authorities, operators and infrastructure owners responsible for planning, procuring, operating and delivering transport solutions, with the researchers, funders and consultants who connect the two. The result is a shorter route from a working idea to a deployed system.

Organisation

Who is behind it

Three organisations carry the conference: the organiser, the host city, and the content partner.

  • Organised by

    ITS Innovative Transport Solutions

  • Hosted by

    City of Cape Town · Isixeko SaseKapa · Stad Kaapstad

  • Content partner

    ERTICO - ITS Europe

Organised by ITS Innovative Transport Solutions. Hosted by the City of Cape Town. Content partner: ERTICO - ITS Europe.

Next steps

Take part in ITSAC 2027

Partnership packages are available now. Delegate registration opens closer to the event.

Partnership packages Registration
Organised by ITS Innovative Transport Solutions. Hosted by the City of Cape Town. Content partner: ERTICO.