In memory of Mr.Jean-François JANIN 

Co-founder and Honorary Chairman for life for THNS

Jean-François JANIN (1950-2025), graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in 1972, ENPC in 1974, and of the Institute for Political Sciences of Paris in 1974. 

He worked for the French Ministries for Environment, Industry and Transport in Paris and Clermont-Ferrand. He was also General Manager of the Chamber of Commerce of Lille for 10 years. As ITS task force manager (2002-2015), in the French Ministry for ecology, sustainable development and energy he took a major role in the implementation of several ITS systems: smart cards in public transport, digital tachograph, automatic speed limits enforcement, national ITS architecture and the creation of the national agency for multimodal travel information and smart ticketing.  He is consultant and chairman of Urba 2000 association. He acted as the Co-Chairman of THNS forum(International Symposium of Sustainable Development of Urban Transport Systems) from 2008 to 2017, and was appointed as honorary Chairman for life for THNS in 2021. 

Sadly, and unexpectedly, he passed away on 6th February 2025, which is a huge loss to our THNS community.