Details of technical tours at this October's ITS World Congress, the views of two exhibitors and one of the world's leading ITS experts plus a Melbournian's guide to the city are all in the second Countdown to Congress podcast online now.Produced and presented by Smart Highways Editor Paul Hutton, it is one of four preview podcasts in the run-up to the event, ahead of four more daily shows every day at the Congress in Melbourne.In this programme, ITS Australia's CEO Susan Harris gives details of the Technical Tours available.  Mike Haldane of GTT, Global Traffic Technologies explains why this event is so important in his company's global growth plans.  Australian ITS guru Peter Sweatman discusses ITS in the Asia-Pacific region.  Geoff Collins from Jenoptik talks about his company's plans in Australia after the acquisition and rebranding of  Vysionics and Dean Zabrieszach, Vice President of ITS Australia gives us some tips about what to do out and about in Melbourne.You can hear the podcast here: http://www.itsworldcongress2016.com/media-releases/audioThese podcasts are possible thanks to the sponsorship of Cubic Transportation Systems, Mott MacDonald, PTV Group, Swarco, Jenoptik, Xerox, MVIS/Bartco and GTT Global Traffic Technologies.  Remember Smart Highways will be posting regular news stories from the World Congress, in addition to Paul's daily podcasts.