Wolfgang Höfs

Position:External Senior Advisor

Areas of expertise:Mobility & Digitalization | Congress programming | Training

Wolfgang is a European citizen with German nationality. He is a retired Senior Civil Servant from the European Commission where he worked in DG CONNECT on digital technologies for transport of passengers and goods, closely cooperating with his counterparts in DG MOVE, DG RESEARCH and DG GROW.

He has more than four decades of professional experience in transportation technology issues focusing on digitalization and mobility at large. He has delivered his expertise to the private as well as the public sector. In the past years he co-designed European Commission’s digital policy for transport and mobility and ensured the success of large and complex projects such as eCall, the pan-European automated emergency call system.

He has been supporting the European and International Program Committees for the ITS World Congresses (EPC / IPC) for many years. Since January 2023 he is ERTICO’s senior Congress advisor and will act as Chief Rapporteur for the upcoming ITS Congresses.