Current issues in urban freight research
Wednesday 17 October, University of Gothenburg
08.30 Registration09.00 Opening session and welcomeParallel sessions: A series of presentations of research papers on the basis of submitted abstracts (in oral and poster form) in short presentations in a number of parallel streams.
17.30 End of Day 1
19.00 Conference Networking Event
Designing urban space and managing flows – the importance of freight for livable cities
Thursday 18 October, Lindholmen Science Park08:30 Registration
09.00 Welcome and introduction to the conference
Moderator: Michael
Browne
Speakers
- Torbjörn
Holmström (Chair of the Board, Volvo Research and Educational Foundations)
Presentation
- Anna Dubois
(First Vice President, Chalmers University of Technology)
09:30 Plenary Session 1: Setting the scene - the
challenges of urban freight
Moderator:
Maria Oscott
Speakers
- Genevieve
Giuliano (Professor, University of Southern California and Director of the VREF
CoE MetroFreight): A research perspective
on some of the challenges
Presentation
- Malin Andersson
(Head of Development and International Affairs, Urban Transport Administration,
City of Gothenburg): A transport planning
perspective
Presentation
- Måns Lindberg
(Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport): A view from the European
Commission
Presentation
10:45 to 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 Plenary
Session 2: Architecture, property development and land-use: The links to urban
freight and logistics
Moderator: Michael
Browne
Speakers
12:30 Plenary introduction to the breakout
sessions
12:50 to 14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
Urban Freight
Exhibition in the lunch area, including VELOVE Cargo Bike and Volvo Hub to Hub
autonomous vehicle on static display (12:00 to 17:00).
14:00 Day
2 Breakout sessions
Those
attending the conference will be able to choose a session but there will be a
need to register for sessions after arrival at the conference venue but latest
during the lunch break because for some topics there will be space limits.
Topic 1: Ports and the city
Led by Johan Woxenius
(University of Gothenburg), Tom O'Brien (California State University Long Beach
- CSULB) and Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)
Topic 2: New developments relating to food and the
city
Led by Eleonora Morganti (University of Leeds) and Laetitia Dablanc
(University Paris East and visiting professor University of Gothenburg)
Topic 3: Dissemination, education and capacity
building for urban freight and logistics
Led by Ian Wainwright (Future
City Logistics) and input of Lori Tavasszy & Tharsis Teoh (TU Delft) and
Juvena Ng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
Topic 4: Autonomous vehicles and urban freight
Led by Balàzs Kulcar (Chalmers) and Jon Williamsson
(University of Gothenburg).
Topic 5: Innovative city logistics game
Led by
Mathieu Gardrat, Danièle Patier, Florence Toilier and Adrien Beziat
(Laboratoire Aménagement Économie Transports, Lyon)
15:00 to 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 Plenary
Session 3: Scope for innovation in urban deliveries - recent initiatives
Moderator:
Maria Oscott
Speakers
- Johan
Erlandsson (CEO, Velove): The scope for a
new system of cargo cycles and containers
Presentation
- Alison
Conway (Associate Professor, City College of New York): Cargo cycle developments in the US
Presentation
- Tom
Cherrett (Professor, University of Southampton): Lessons from the Freight Traffic Control 2050 Project in London
Presentation
- Lina Olsson
(Project Manager, CLOSER): The latest
activities from the DenCity project
Presentation
17.00 End of Conference Day 2
19:00 Conference Dinner
Restaurant
L’s Resto located at the conference venue at Lindholmen Science Park
Friday 19 October, Lindholmen Science Park
08:45 to 09:00 Registration
09.00 Plenary
session 4: Urban freight around the world – Sharing ideas and transferring
initiatives
Moderator: Julius
Menge (City of Berlin)
Speakers
- Robin
Billsjö (City of Stockholm)
Presentation
- Tom Parker
(City of London)
Presentation
- Claudio da
Cunha (Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Presentation
- Juan Pablo
Castrellon (Professor, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia)
Presentation
- Sanjay
Gupta (Professor, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, India)
Presentation
- Dr Li Wei
(Logistics Research Center, China Academy of Transportation Sciences, on behalf of colleagues Professor Yang and Professor
Hua)
Presentation
10:40 to 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 Day
3 Breakout sessions
Those
attending the conference will be able to choose a session but there will be a
need to register for sessions on arrival at the conference venue (18 October) because
for some topics there will be space limits.
Topic 6: Vital Nodes: The role of cities as
nodes - findings and discussion from an EU project
Led by Kevin van der Linden (Rijkswaterstaat Water,
Traffic and Environment, the Netherlands) and Tomas Holmlund (Trafikverket,
Swedish Transport Administration)
Topic
7: Developments in urban freight modelling
Led by Edoardo Marcucci (Professor, University Roma
Tre) and Gitakrishnan Ramadurai (Associate Professor, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras)
Topic
8: The impacts of e-commerce for the logistics
landscape in general, and urban distribution
Led by Miguel Jaller (University of California
Davis) and Heleen Buldeo Rai (MOBI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
12:20 to 13:20 Lunch and Exhibition
13:20 Plenary
session 5: Understanding urban space and flows in relation to freight transport
Moderator: Michael
Browne
Speakers
- Jorge Gil
and Ivan Sanchez-Diaz (Chalmers University of Technology)
Presentation
- Rosanna
Collars (Senior planner, Arup, USA)
Presentation
14:30 Plenary
session 6: Looking ahead to 2035
Moderators:
Maria Oscott and Michael Browne
The speakers
will present their view of the challenges they expect by 2035 and discuss the actions
that should be taken now by city authorities, industry and researchers.
Speakers
- Bill Eisele
(Chair of the TRB Urban Transportation Committee)
Presentation
- Ian
Wainwright (Future City Logistics, former head of freight and fleet at
Transport for London)
Presentation
- Anne
Goodchild (Professor, University of Washington, Seattle)
Presentation
15:15 Closing
remarks
15:30 to 16:00 Coffee
16:00 End of Conference