Program

09.00 Welcome and introduction to the conference

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

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

11:15 Plenary Session 2: Architecture, property development and land-use: The links to urban freight and logistics

Speakers

• Johan Lundin (White Architects, Gothenburg) Presentation
• Diana Dizian (AFILOG, France) Presentation
• Alexandra Tornow (JLL, London) Presentation
  
• Eiichi Taniguchi (Professor, University of Kyoto) Presentation

12:30 Plenary introduction to the breakout sessions

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)

15:30     Plenary Session 3: Scope for innovation in urban deliveries - recent initiatives

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

09.00 Plenary session 4: Urban freight around the world – Sharing ideas and transferring initiatives

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

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)

13:20 Plenary session 5: Understanding urban space and flows in relation to freight transport

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