ETC 2025 - IMMO Call for Papers

In recent years we have seen mobility increasing to pre-COVID levels again. At the same time, the negative impacts on safety and sustainability are alarmingly high. So, we would like to focus on how smart mobility and traffic management can help to alleviate these problems. Therefore, for the 2025 conference we have identified areas of interest that we are especially interested in for exchange of knowledge and discussion: 

• Smart mobility – developments to improve safety, projects and evaluations studies
• Sustainability - reducing impact of road users on emissions and noise within cities, smoothing traffic, emission zones and other traffic management measures
• Connected and autonomous vehicles – pilot and research projects, EU status, safety and operational issues
• Social issues - inclusion, equity/equality, transport poverty and health, and the role of traffic management in these issues
• Active modes - provision, planning, traffic control, management and design for non-motorised transport (cycling and walking)
• New modes of transport – management and operation of e-bikes, e-scooters, drones, cable cars, private taxi services, etc.
• Artificial Intelligence – research on the possibilities and applications of AI in smart mobility and traffic management
• Freight – improve safety for truck traffic and truck drivers
• Event management – incident management and traffic management for extreme weather conditions, work zones and events
• Multi-modality – integration of transport modes in policy and practise
• Governance – cooperation between public and private parties in intelligent mobility, bringing innovation to market, digitalisation, safety and sustainability
• Data - the use of novel data sources for safety, smart mobility or traffic management 

The committee encourages the debate on the development and application of smart mobility through interesting research results and examples of good practice. This discussion can be enriched by papers on finished work as well as work in progress, as there are things to learn in every phase of a project. We also encourage input for panel or special sessions on specific topics.

Important notice:
Each year we receive more abstracts than can be accommodated in the programme. If your abstract is selected, please be aware that others have been rejected, that the ETC organisation has invested time in devising an attractive and coherent programme and that delegates use this programme to decide to come to the conference. 

Before submitting your abstract, please make sure at least one of the authors can attend the conference to present the paper or poster, that finances are available for conference fee, travel and accommodation costs and that you have/will obtain the approval needed (from management or client) to present the work in public at the time of the conference. If your paper is accepted, you will be required to book and pay for the conference by the end of June.

We do understand that sometimes circumstances can force authors to withdraw. If so, you would help us by informing us as soon as possible. Last minute withdrawals or no-shows negatively affect the conference experience of your fellow transport professionals.