{"id":9653,"date":"2018-04-23T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btc.si\/?p=9653"},"modified":"2018-04-24T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T09:59:26","slug":"future-day-btc-city-ljubljana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razvoj.btc.si\/en\/future-day-btc-city-ljubljana\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Day in BTC City Ljubljana"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday, 27 April 2018, the BTC Company and the AV Living Lab will host the so-called Future Day in BTC City Ljubljana. Taking place between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., the event will feature autonomous driving, electric mobility, and a showcase of the EliPay system, which allows payment with cryptocurrencies in the physical world. The event, which will host many eminent business leaders and political representatives from Slovenia and abroad, is an honour for the organisers, who are developing advanced and relevant infrastructure for the testing of future mobility technologies on Slovenian ground, in BTC City Ljubljana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Future Day, hosted by BTC and the AV Living Lab, will take place in the scope of the TEN-T Days 2018, the largest and most important European event in the domain of smart, sustainable, and safe mobility, which will be held between 25 and 27 April 2018 in Ljubljana by the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission.<\/p>\n

Autonomous driving to premiere in Slovenia<\/h2>\n

At the Future Day, which will be open to the public, visitors will be able to go for a ride around the Ameri\u0161ka ulica street in the self-driving vehicle Navya for the first time on Slovenian ground. They will be able to take a walk around the exhibition area, which will feature news by the following (among others): BTC City, Eligma, AMZS, Telekom Slovenije, Zavarovalnica Triglav, Petrol, Magna Steyr, and the Police. Visitors will also be able to familiarise themselves with autonomous vehicles made by BMW, Audi and Mercedes. In addition, Telekom Slovenije will present the opportunities brought about by the fifth generation of mobile connectivity (5G), Zavarovalnica Triglav will showcase safe mobility, Petrol electric mobility, Magna Steyr the creation of a data-rich environment with advanced autonomous vehicle technologies, and Eligma the new EliPay system, which enables one to pay with cryptocurrencies out in the physical world.<\/p>\n

Birth of the living learning environment AV Living Lab<\/h2>\n

The event will continue with the ceremonial programme for invited guests. It will be attended by eminent business leaders and political representatives from Slovenia and abroad, including the European Commissioner for Transport, mag. Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, G\u00fcnther H. Oettinger (to be confirmed), and a representative of the Republic of Slovenia. In the company of hosts Jo\u017ee Mermal, President of the BTC Management Board, and Daniel Avdagi\u010d, Managing Director of the AV Living Lab, they will witness the official birth of the living learning environment for the development of modern solutions and technologies \u2013 the AV Living Lab in BTC City Ljubljana.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/h2>\n