The 1st Urban Transport Conference has taken place on 24th and 25th September 2020 as a web conference. Worldwide experts have presented and discussed about urban challanges that are becoming more and more interdisciplinary. The conference addressed national and international speakers & participants from different sectors: research, private companies, public administration and politics. 

The conference has mainly focused on four current issues in urban transport. The following topics were addressed in corresponding presentations. There was also 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

We would like to thank all our speakers and participants who had made this conference to such a success: with a total of 29 participating countries, 20 Speakers and almost 100 online guests. We have highly appreciated your presence as well as your involvement in the live Q&A and Breakout-Sessions.

A special Thanks goes to our two Keynote Speakers:

  • Prof. Michael Browne: Professor of Logistics and Urban Freight Transport, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Prof. Jeffrey Kenworthy: Professor of Sustainable Cities, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Curtin University, Australia

Also we like to say a big thank you to Totina Hörner for the great moderation of our event.