Resilient transport systems in an unpredictable world

A conference bringing academia, industry and policy makers together to jointly explore how to shape resilient transport systems – to meet the challenges of an unpredictable world.

Program

08:30-09:00 Registration and coffee 

09:00 Welcome
Balázs Kulcsár, Director, and Ala Arvidsson, Co-Director, Transport Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology.

09:15 Research perspective

09:20 Security of connected vehicles
Tomas Olovsson, Professor, Computer and Network Systems, Chalmers University of Technology.

09:45 What did we learn from recent events like COVID or the financial crisis?
Patrik Jonsson, Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Chalmers University of Technology. 

Moderated discussion
Moderators: Balázs Kulcsár and Ala Arvidsson, Transport Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology.

10:15 Coffee

10:45 Research, society, and industry

Introduction
Johan Woxenius, Coordinator Transport Area of Advance, University of Gothenburg.

10:50 Resilience in an urban context, an EU perspective
Ivo Cré, Director Policy and Projects, POLIS (the network of European cities and regions cooperating for innovative transport solutions).

11:15 Operating a large scale transport network in turbulent times
Åsa Demme, Head of Integrated Sales Sweden, A.P. Moller - Maersk.

11:40 Transport resilience from a system-of-systems perspective 
Lei Chen, Transport System Research and Innovation, Traton Group.

Moderated discussion
Moderators: Johan Woxenius, Coordinator Transport Area of Advance, University of Gothenburg and Jonas Flodén, associate professor, Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. 

12:45 Lunch

13:15-15:00 Networking and mingle

Open

Open to all subject to registration.

Transportation research week

The initiative seminar is the final part of the Transportation research week, a week-long series of events hosted by Chalmers University of Technology and collaboration partners, that bring together researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to explore the latest advancements and challenges in the field of transport.