Jo Versavel
Managing director, Traficon n.v.
Jo Versavel started his career as head of R&D at Barco in 1972 (until 1982). During this period, he started a project in cooperation with the University of Louvain. The result was their first CCD camera. This CCD camera was used as a basis for developing the first prototype for traffic video detection in the world. In 1982, he was co-founder of N.V. DEVLONICS. An agreement was made with the University of Louvain to commercialise this traffic video detection prototype. In 1992, he founded TRAFICON N.V.

Automatic incident video detection: future technology for traffic safety
Most major roads suffer from increasing traffic density resulting in more accidents and a larger risk of secondary accidents. Effective incident management depends completely on fast incident detection and verification of incidents. A high detection rate, a short reaction time and a low false alarm rate are the key characteristics required.