It is my great honor to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors at the 17th Busan ITS World Congress.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who have worked for ITS. We look forward to the future when the quality of life and environment would improve thanks to the development of environmentally-friendly and ubiquitous transportation. This is the trend we observe all around the world, and I am confident that ITS would, and should, play a major role in these new developments. I hope the Busan ITS World Congress will act as a catalyst to shepherd in the new ubiquitous transportation age by demonstrating cutting-edge technologies and sharing the up-to-date achievements in research, government policies and strategies with experts, government officials, researchers from research institutes, and international organizations from around the world.
On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you, and urge you to submit your papers so that you will be able to partake in this important global congress on ITS in Busan.
I look forward to greeting you in person in the dynamic port city of Busan, Korea!

Chon, Kyung Soo
Professor of Seoul National University