Academic workshop programme

Opening reception buffet at Göteborg Convention Centre (Svenska Mässan) for academic workshop participants and other conference participants arriving early.

19.00-22.00 Opening reception

Sunday 2 April

The academic workshop aims primarily at bringing together people from the academic community and participants in research programmes/projects supported by Volvo Research and Educational Foundations. Of course, all other conference participants are also encouraged to take part. The oral presentations will be followed by discussions.

09.00 Introduction by Professor Bengt Kasemo, Chalmers, Göteborg, Chairman Scientific Committee VREF, Sweden

"Lessons from the Street: What Four Years of EMBARQ have taught us about what knowledge and political force it takes to make transport sustainable"
Keynote lecture by Professor Lee Schipper, Director of Research, EMBARQ

Discussion

10.30 Coffee break

11.00
“Rail Transit Impacts on Trip Making and Land Development in Shanghai”, Professor Pan Haixiao, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

“Does High Capacity mean High demand?”, Mukti Advani and Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP, New Dehli, India

Discussion

12.30 Lunch at Göteborg Convention Centre and poster visit

13.30
“The Economic Analysis of Land freight Transport in Thailand”, Phonthep Amnutkittikul and Ratchapan Choiejit, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

“Infrastructure pricing and competition between modes in urban transport”, Eric Pels and Erik T Verhoef, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands

Discussion

15.00 Fruits break

15.30
“Institutions and sustainable development: Urban Transport policies of Pakistan in Perspective”, Imran Muhammad, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia

“Public Transport as a Common Good”, Professor Anna-Lisa Lindén, Lund University, Ahmad Kanyama, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

“Path dependence”, Professor Nicholas Low, University of Melbourne, Australia
“Centre of Excellence in Mega Transport Projects based at the Bartlett School of Planning”, Professor Harry Dimitriou and Richard Oades, Bartlett School of Planning

19.00 -22.00 Opening reception (see conference programme)