About the event

The 1st Urban Transport Conference (UTC) will take place on 24th and 25th September 2020 as a web conference. Worldwide experts will present and discuss innovative approaches dealing with inner‐city transport of goods and people. As urban challenges are becoming more and more interdisciplinary, we look forward to welcome speakers and participants from various fields with different expertise to support sustainable transport solutions. The conference addresses national and international speakers & participants from different sectors: research, private companies, public administration and politics. Please find our Agenda here. 

Thematical Focus

The conference will mainly focus on four current issues in urban transport. The following topics will be addressed in corresponding presentations. There will also be the chance for all participants to discuss the topics in Q&A and moderated breakout sessions.

Session 1: Urban Logistics
Session 2: Shared and Public
Session 3: Relevance of Data
Session 4: Autonomous on and above Ground Level

Moderation

We are looking forward to welcome Totinia Mateus as the moderator of this online conference. She is a matriculated student at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and has had experience in moderating live and online events, such as the German Mobility Conference „Hypermotion“

Lunch to Lunch

To gain the most out of your participation, the conference will take place from “lunch to lunch”. Speeches will start shortly after lunch time on the 24th of September and last until late afternoon. The second part of the conference will take place on the 25th of September 2020 until noon. Please find the Agenda here.

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Michael Browne

Professor of Logistics and Urban Freight Transport
School of Business, Economics and Law
University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Prof. Michael Browne

Professor of Logistics and Urban Freight Transport
School of Business, Economics and Law
University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Prof. Jeffrey Kenworthy

Professor of Sustainable Cities
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Curtin University, Australia

Prof. Jeffrey Kenworthy

Professor of Sustainable Cities
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Curtin University, Australia

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News

Announcement #3

The list of our top-class speakers in the four thematic sessions is now complete. Take a look at our detailed agenda.

Announcement #2

We already received registrations from more than ten different countries. We are looking forward to an international exchange of knowledge about transport in urban areas.

Announcement #1

We are pleased to announce that we have received two confirmations from highclass keynote speakers.

Professor Michael Browne is a world leading expert in Logistics and Urban Freight Transport. He currently teaches at the University of Gothenburg. Michael Browne is also the chair of the Central London Freight Quality Partnership.
Jeffrey Kenworthy is Professor for Sustainable Cities. His well known research is focused on international comparisons of transport and land use in cities. He currently teaches at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.

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