The ISENSE Group of ICCS and  CERTH-Center for Research & Technology Hellas , both entities with a long and impactful research activity  in Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) and key players in the European research arena, are proud to host the SRG CCAM Meeting in Athens, at the Royal Olympic Hotel, on October 6–7, 2025.

The SRG CCAM Meeting brings together annually the State Representatives Group (SRG) of the Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) Partnership. These meetings gather representatives from EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries to coordinate and align national and European policies in the field of road automation, ensuring complementarity with the CCAM Partnership’s objectives. Among the Meeting’s purposes:

• Alignment: Ensuring national policies, research agendas, and funding are consistent with the EU’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA).
• Coordination: Promoting cooperation between EU Member States and associated countries on road automation initiatives.
• Implementation: Supporting the deployment of automated mobility systems and services in European cities.
• Knowledge Exchange: Sharing best practices and lessons learned from national CCAM projects.
• Ethical & Societal Aspects: Addressing challenges related to public acceptance, ethical considerations, and societal impacts of CCAM adoption.

Participants

• Representatives of EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
• Members of the CCAM Association.
• Representatives of the European Commission.

Key Topics of Discussion

• Progress on CCAM Partnership tasks and objectives.
• National and EU funding opportunities.
• Technical aspects, such as connectivity (V2X), data fusion, and cybersecurity.
• Strategies to move from research and development to large-scale deployment of CCAM solutions.
• Public acceptance, ethical issues, and societal benefits of CCAM.

AGENDA

SRG Workshop on digital infrastructure – October 6^th, Athens, Greece

13.00 – 14.00 |Walk-in lunch

14.00 – 14.15 |Opening remarks: Greek hosts / CCAM SRG Chair and EC

14.15 – 15.00 |Presentation of Horizon Europe projects (Podium, Augmented CCAM, AVINT)

15.00 – 15.30 | DG MOVE presentation on testbeds initiative (Lee Bugeja – TBC)

15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break

16.00 – 18.00 | Discussion on recommendations on digital infrastructure stemming from the 2 research projects (with a reflection of the testbeds initiative):

• Actions to be taken up by industry (view from CCAM Association – Christian Merkt)
• Actions to be taken up by Road transportation authorities (CEDR – Steve Phillips TBC) with reflection of EUCAR (Stefan Deix)
• Actions to be taken up by MS (All)

19.00 | Joint Dinner

October 7, 2025

9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome words

9:45-10.00 | Hellenic Government Representatives

10:00 –10:05 |Agenda and summary of the last meeting (Chair)

10:05 – 10:15 |EUCAD 2025 outcome – presentation by DG RTD

10:15 – 10:35 |Presentation of GR and its CCAM ecosystem and workshop on infrastructure summary

10:35 – 11:35| SRG activities and synergies map – streams and needs for long-term cooperation (discussion)

11:35 – 11:50 | Break

11:50 – 12:20 |Automotive Action Plan priorities: testbeds and regulatory sandboxes (DG MOVE/GROW – tbc)

12:20 – 13:00 | Large-scale demonstrations – CSA and needs of MS to be addressed

13:00 – 13:30 | Current regulatory works (DG GROW/JRC – tbc)

13:30 – 14:30 |Lunch

14:30 – 15:00 |European Forum for Automated Transport (EFAT) progress update, gaps for further R&I projects and pilots (Antoine de Kort)

15:00 – 15:30 |CCAM Ambassador – mapping activity (incl. platform and stakeholders at MS level) (Stephane Dreher)

15:30 – 15:45 | Automotive Action Plan priorities: IPCEI (scoping paper, timeline) (Chair)

15:45 – 16:00 | JRC Observatory – information

16:00 – 16:15 | Next SRG meeting (UK)

16:15 – 16:30 | Discussion

16:30 – 17:00 | Wrap up and next steps