Overview

Many factors indicate that efficient cities and urban areas will be the only solution to accommodate the ever increasing number of people on earth. The objective of this topical conference is to analyze the potential for different players to implement highly efficient, safe, equitable and evironmentally sustainable urban transport and traffic systems. The agenda will analyze experiences and solutions from around the world, report on state of the art technology and focus on global best practice.

The conference will be organized as half-day sessions. These sessions will cover needs, the state of the art and best practice within each topic. The sessions are designed to be highly interactive with short lectures from experts from around the world, followed by debate and discussion. For interactivity, the total number of conference participants is limited to 200. Conference language is English.

Five areas of importance will be focused on in five sessions.

Session 1 >>
History and geography of urban transport; perspectives on human behaviour and the role of infrastructure

Session 2 >>
Function and efficiency of transport

Session 3 >>
Energy consumption and environmental aspects

Session 4 >>
Safety aspects - prevention of traffic accidents and the care of injured persons in large urban areas

Session 5 - Final session >>
Critical issues for the future - needs and actions

The final session is designed to identify critical issues and opportunities to facilitate a systematic approach to the implementation of solutions in the future. Attention with focus on the necessity for cross-border collaboration between players and systems to solve the problems of urban transport. The challenges are formidable and the rewards for success even greater.

Outcome for participants
One important aim of the conference is to give participants the opportunity to extend their network of experts to enable everyone - in particular city planners - to deal more effictively with the challenges of safe, clean and cost effective transport solutions. Participants will acquire a thorough insight into the complex challenge of providing sustainable transport, the driving forces of mobility and learn about successful solutions that work in practice. For the quality of the conference and a beneficial outcome, all the participants are expected to contribute, on the basis of their experience to the discussion sessions.