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The Optimising Passenger Experience in Public Transport, or OptiPEx project, aims create ethical, passenger-aware, interactive and adaptive public transport.

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Last week, the OptiPEx project partners met in Dublin, Ireland, for our 24-month Consortium Meeting. For 2 days, we discussed project progress, held an exciting workshop, & more! Watch the video on our YouTube channel & don't forget to subscribe: youtube.com/watch?v=mBtFQZYZ…

OptiPEx Consortium Meeting in Dublin, Wrap-Up Video

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Happy World Environment Day! Today serves as a global call to action for governments, businesses & individuals to adopt sustainable practices. OptiPEx is proud to contribute by improving public transport. Learn more: optipex.eu
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Day 2 highlights! Check out our recap video of the second day of the OptiPEx Consortium Meeting, which featured our General Assembly, project updates and more! Watch the video here and don't forget to subscribe to the OptiPEx YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=4UDeFh7S…

OptiPEx Consortium Meeting, Dublin, Day 2

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Day 1 highlights! Check out our recap video of the first day of the OptiPEx Consortium Meeting, which featured presentations, workshops and more! Watch the video here and don't forget to subscribe to the OptiPEx YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=vx73xJB3…
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That’s a wrap on the OptiPEx Consortium Meeting! Over the 2 days of the event, the OptiPEx consortium gathered to discuss our shared goal of creating ethical, passenger-aware public transport services. Thank you to all partners & participants for their contributions.
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And we're back! Day 2 of the OptiPEx Consortium Meeting is underway in Dublin! This will be followed by updates on our project's vehicle technologies for optimised passenger experience and a discussion about the next steps of the project. More to come this afternoon!
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A busy afternoon for Day 1 of our Consortium Meeting, as the OptiPEx partners presented updates on their individual work packages, & attended workshops on both our use case demos & co-created inclusive public transport services. Stay tuned for updates on Day 2 tomorrow!
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The OptiPEx consortium has gathered in Ireland for our Consortium Meeting. The day began with a welcome from our project coordinator, Johanna Kallio from @VTTFinland, followed by a workshop on ethics, security & privacy in public transport services. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Happy World Day for Cultural Diversity & Global Accessibility Day! We're proud to create service solutions that increase public transport accessibility for diverse passenger groups across Europe. Check out OptiPEx's Mood Meter that was showcased at the @TRA_Conference this week
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Day 2 at @TRA_Conference in Budapest! OptiPEx continues to showcase our user-centred public transport solutions. Today, our booth is running 2 demonstrations: Teleste's Mood Meter & @jkulinz's crowd counting technology, both of which will enhance passengers' comfort & safety.
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This week, OptiPEx is presenting at @TRA_Conference, Europe’s flagship research & innovation conference initiated by the @EU_Commission. We're thrilled to exhibit our user-centred public transport solutions in Budapest, amongst Europe’s most forward-thinking mobility community.
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Happy Dublin Climate Action Week! What better way to mark the occasion than announcing our next Consortium Meeting in Dublin? On 27-28 May, our consortium will meet in Dublin, Ireland, to share updates & plan the next steps for OptiPEx. Stay tuned for updates, footage & more!
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This month, our project partner Franziska Schmalfuß from IAV GmbH presented OptiPEx at the @HFES Europe Chapter annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read our new blogpost by Franziska Schmalfuß to learn more about the event: optipex.eu/2026/04/29/optipe…
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OptiPEx was showcased at the Scientific Conference of the Association of Spanish Scientists in the Republic of Austria (ACERA), held at @jkulinz Read our latest blogpost to learn more about this exciting event: optipex.eu/2026/04/29/optipe…
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Today, the OptiPEx consortium met for our April monthly meeting, where we shared project updates & planned the next steps of the project. Key highlights: - Co-operative development with passengers - Inclusive and interactive services - Use case implementation and validation
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Our project partners Franziska Schmalfuß from IAV GmbH & Antonio Lucas-Alba from @unizar presented OptiPEx's AI research for enhancing passenger experience in autonomous public vehicles, at the @HFES Europe Chapter annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Happy Earth Day from OptiPEx! Public transport is one of the most effective tools we have for building greener cities. As part of our work on public transport service solutions, we support approaches that make public transport more accessible, comfortable and safe.
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Our project partner Franziska Schmalfuß from IAV GmbH will present a poster on OptiPEx's AI research for enhancing passenger experience in autonomous public vehicles, at the @HFES Europe Chapter annual meeting in Copenhagen. Learn more about the event: hfes-europe.org/annual-meeti…

Annual Meeting - HFES Europe

The  2026 conference took take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 22-24, 2026 Felix Siebert at the 2026 conference The 2026 Annual Meeting took take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Our local host was...

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Eva Blasco Giménez from @unizar will present findings from the OptiPEx focus groups conducted in Spain at the Pint of Science outreach event. This international festival invites researchers to share their work with the general public: pintofscience.com @pintofscienceES

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