How can Australia harness connected and automated transport technologies to make travel safer for everyone?

Join us for a national stakeholder workshop exploring how automation and connectivity can help eliminate trauma on our roads, skies and networks and how to manage the technological transition.

We’ll unpack the current state of play in Australia and overseas, and the critical steps needed to embed safety as a foundational principle in the planning and deployment of connected and automated transport. From vehicle safety performance to cybersecurity, this workshop will identify and discuss the levers that can accelerate safety gains across transport modes.

What’s on the agenda?

The workshop will explore:

• How connected and automated technologies can improve safety outcomes across road, rail, ports, air and workplaces

• Aligning Australian regulations and testing frameworks with international safety benchmarks

• Managing new and emerging safety risks, including cybersecurity and system failure

• Ensuring Australian-specific conditions—like regional roads and wildlife hazards—are considered and managed

• How collaboration between industry, government and communities can enable trusted and safe deployment

Your input will directly influence where we go next.

We want to understand what the issues relating to connected and automated transport mean for you, your organisation, your sector your community. The insights and ideas shared through this process will inform development of the draft recommendations that will be tested, debated and agreed upon at the Summit in September 2025.

This workshop is part of a national series supporting the public consultation process that will inform the National Future Transport Summit in September 2025. Each session explores a key theme of the Summit to build a shared understanding of the key issues and support the development of submissions.

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