This workshop will be held at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), on November 18 - 21, 2025 Gold Coast, Australia

Workshop summary

Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable road users, with significantly higher fatality and injury rates per kilometer traveled than car occupants, and the highest risk among motorized vehicle users. According to NHTSA and the Insurance Information Institute, motorcyclists experience 25.67 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT), compared to 0.94 for passenger cars—making the risk approximately 27 times higher. Despite advances in vehicle automation and intelligent transportation systems (ITS), motorcycle safety has received limited dedicated attention within the ITS research community. This workshop will showcase work from the Connected Motorcycle Consortium, where industry, research institutes, policymakers, and universities collaborate to address motorcycle-specific safety challenges. We also invite contributions from other domains to share complementary approaches and lessons learned. A panel discussion will explore how motorcycle safety research can be more effectively embedded in the ITS community. Key topics include sensor and perception challenges in detecting and predicting motorcycle behavior, advanced rider assistance systems (ARAS), vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, and integration into cooperative ITS environments. Special attention will be given to human-centered design, including rider behavior modeling, risk perception, and rider warning design. The workshop aims to build a stronger research community focused on reducing motorcycle-related crashes and injuries.

Schedule

This webpage is still under construction and will regularly be updated with schedule updates and news.

Time	Name and affiliation	Type of presentation	Presentation title
8:30 - 8:50	Hennes Fischer (Hybrid), Yamaha Motor Europe	Welcome Ceremony	The Connected Motorcycle Consortium
8:50 - 9:10	Simone Di Piazza (Hybrid), Ducati Motor Holding	Keynote	Ducati and safety: how this important topic was addressed and what are the future challenges
9:10 - 9:30	Harsh Trivedi, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland	Keynote	VRU safety from a government perspective: current status and road ahead
9:30 - 10:00	Chris van der Ploeg, TNO, Eindhoven University of Technology	Keynote	On improving Safety for Motorcycles and Vulnerable Road Users
10:00 - 10:30	Break	N/A	Tbd
10:30 - 10:50	Ada Lin, Toyota Motor Corporation, Director ITS Australia	Keynote	Tbd
10:50 - 11:10	Sebastian Will, Würzburg Institute for Traffic Sciences (WIVW)	Keynote	Advancing Rider Safety: The Role of Human Factors Research in the Connected Motorcycle Consortium
10:10 - 11:30	Erik van Vulpen, La Trobe University Centre for Technology Infusion	Keynote	Putting it into practice. Results of the largest trial with riders to date. What will drive future improvements?
11:30 - 11:50	Pedro Vieira Oliveira, TNO Integrated Vehicle Safety	Keynote	Cooperative perception and localization for the protection of vulnerable road users
11:50 - 12:20	Chris van der Ploeg, Ada Lin, Sebastian Will, Erik van Vulpen, Harsh Trivedi	Panel discussion	Bridging the Gap Between Vehicle Automation and Powered Two-Wheelers

Please get in touch with chris.vanderploeg@tno.nl for questions.