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European Transport Conference 2022: Last chance to book

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Final call for bookings

Places for this week's European Transport Conference have been selling fast, and with the booking deadline being close of play today, there's just enough time to book your place!

The 3-day conference begins in force tomorrow with its in-person, multi-session, multi-streamed format and a timetable packed full of papers and discussions affecting today's transport experts. Check out the AET website for the full three-day programme.

The conference also provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community. Make new connections at ETC's Social Events and Technical Visits! And build on your professional network with the conference app, which allows delegates to make contact with each other to arrange informal gatherings.

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places. To book your place, please visit our website or click the booking button below!

Discounted places are available for AET members, young professionals, full-time students and organisations from new member states of the EU (joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013).

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

Thank you to all the supporters of ETC 2022!

We’d like to say a huge thank you to our sponsors and supporters who have contributed to this year's event. During the conference, please join them in the exhibition area or find out more about their organisations in our Sponsors Booklet!

European Transport Conference 2022: Transport & Mobility Forum

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

AET's Transport and Mobility Forum welcomes you to join our events at ETC2022

'Perspectives on the Changing Transport Sector'

A debate chaired by Derek Halden, Wednesday 7th September 1815 – 1900 hours, La Collina, Bovisa Campus, Politecnico di Milano.

Since the spring of 2020, online conversations have allowed AET members to share their experiences and research on a changing world. At ETC 2022, this live session will help to develop these conversations in more depth and detail through face-to-face debate. The session will start with an introduction to some of the key topics discussed online:

• Who should pay for personal rights to mobility?
• How can transport and land use be better managed as a system?
• What are the true costs of greenwashing?
• How to build trust in net-zero freight and logistics supply chains?
• How can government’s role in future transport technology be better defined?
• How can we allocate space and share transport resources better?
• When will people feel safe using autonomous vehicles?

To set the scene, a short video of some highlights from the webinar series will feature contributions from Matteo Antoniala, Carey Curtis, Maria Chiara Leva, Gerard de Jong, Cecilia Silva, and Mateu Turro. The session will be Introduced by Herman Maier Chair of the AET Board, and Conall Mac Aongusa Chair of AET’s TMF, and Professor Ennio Cascetta will make the first expert response to set the scene for the debate. The Chair of the debate, Derek Halden, will then invite expert comment from ETC conference speakers and facilitate an open forum delegate discussion. Attendees can expect to leave the session with a better understanding of how to tackle some of transport’s thorniest problems.

The AET Drinks Reception will follow immediately afterwards in the same venue.

'AET Transport and Mobility Forum
– A Retrospective and Look Forward.'

Your opportunity to input to the Forum's future activities, with TMF Chair Conall Mac Aongusa. Thursday 8th September 1130-1200, Room BL27.0.5 next to the coffee and exhibition area. 

The AET Transport and Mobility Forum (TMF), originally established as the AET COVID-19 Conversations Group, has a strong record of organising online webinars during and after the pandemic on key trends, challenges and debating points shaping the European and global transport sector. This face-to-face session will present what the Forum has achieved since its creation in April 2020 and seek feedback from ETC participants on what has worked well, what could be improved and how activities should be organised, and on what topics, moving forward.

The session will be introduced by TMF Chair Conall Mac Aongusa and moderated by TMF Member Jonathan Spear and Andras Munkacsy. Attendance and active contribution of viewpoints and ideas for future TMF directions is strongly encouraged by the AET Board and Council so please join us during the first coffee break and have your say.

These events are open to all ETC 2022 delegates, with no booking necessary. We look forward to seeing you in Milan at the European Transport Conference

ETC Discounts & Booking Info

Don't miss out!

With booking only available for just a few more days before the Conference begins, don't miss out on attending this year's ETC 2022 in Milan, Italy. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.
Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY FORUM

AET's year-round programme of events

European Transport Conference 2022: Aviation sessions

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Aviation Sessions at this year's ETC

The Aviation sessions for this year's conference cover a wide range of relevant topics that includes climate change, sustainability and decarbonisation including the CO2 emissions ceiling, and the role that rail can play.

Hear about case studies that cover infrastructure and advanced air mobility as well as network improvements. Plus presentations related to economics and capacity constraints. We will also cover expansion economics and the effects of Covid on the aviation sector.

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Only one week to book!

With booking only available for just one more week before the Conference begins, don't miss out on attending this year's ETC 2022 in Milan, Italy. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY

European Transport Conference 2022: Transport Modelling

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Transport Modelling Sessions at this year's ETC!

Transport modelling is at the heart of an evidence based approach to solving some of the major challenges facing transport as we work to build a more sustainable future. We have a packed agenda for ETC 2022. Hear about and discuss the latest innovation and modelling developments at ETC 2022, led by a diverse range of speakers from across the industry.

• Day 1 has two streams including sessions on urban air mobility, using models for freight solutions, modelling frameworks, matrices, traffic assignment and national models 
• Day 2 has sessions on activity based models, car ownership and parking, and agent based models
• Day 3 has sessions on mode choice, cycling and micromobility, and the impact of Covid on travel demand

The Transport Modelling programme committee invites you to participate in this 50th anniversary conference, which allows us to network, socialise, exchange ideas and reflect on innovation in transport modelling over the past few years. We look forward to seeing you in Milan!

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discouts & Booking info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: EIT Urban Mobility

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

EIT Urban Mobility: European opportunities for the future of our cities

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Since January 2019, EIT has been working to encourage positive changes in the way people move around cities in order to make them more livable places. EIT aims to become the largest European initiative transforming urban mobility. Join EIT at this year’s ETC to learn more about their mission, activities, and the opportunities offered:

• Overview about EIT Urban Mobility – Judith O’Meara, Managing Director of Innovation Hub Central - EIT Urban Mobility
• Complementarities between EIT Urban Mobility and other Italian funds – Laura Mazzola, Regional Dissemination Hub Italy - EIT Urban Mobility
• Panel with representatives from the City of Milan and partners participating in EIT Urban Mobility projects

Over 250+ urban mobility challenges have been identified by cities across Europe. Each year a work programme is developed with a focus on several innovation challenge areas to be addressed by EIT Urban Mobility activities. Among the topics covered, urban air mobility has attracted the interest of different society sectors, as it is expected to become a reality in Europe in the coming years with the delivery of goods by drones and the transport of passengers. 

The research and studies on urban air mobility help to increase the knowledge about the topic and confront the pros and cons of this upcoming reality. 

This year at ETC, EIT Urban Mobility would like to acknowledge the research efforts by awarding a prize to one of the papers on urban air mobility to be presented during the conference. The winning research paper will be given the opportunity to publish an article in the EIT Urban Mobility Journal.   For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Data and Digital use of Data

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Data

Data and Digital use of data, and a combination of various data streams, has become a focal point of managing transportation assets. Transport data as a source of input plays a large part in our Digital revolution. In addition, the recent worldwide pandemic reiterated the importance of data, including its processing in a flexible manner, and how transport can react positively and possibly help to predict various strategies, scenarios and outcomes.

This year, we are delighted to have a wide spectrum of papers covering topics such as data-driven toolkits, travel patterns, freight, electric mobility and open data.
 
Managing large datasets, processing them and trying to understand how and when to use and apply them is a challenge, and our speakers will provide valuable insights for industry and academic practitioners into methods applied, and difficulties envisaged, setting out lessons learned and challenges that certainly lie ahead for us all to consider.

For booking details and full programme information covering these valuable Data sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations

ITS is playing a vital and increasing role in dealing with everyday mobility and the consequences it has on accessibility, safety and liveability. The Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations (IMMO) stream provides a home for research and practitioners dealing with issues at the leading edge of Intelligent Mobility and ITS. The IMMO stream's purpose is to exchange knowledge between the new, exciting and emerging areas such as connected and autonomous vehicles, MaaS and electric driving. But it also wants to focus on good, practical experience of road design, traffic management policy and implementation, incident management, traffic signal control, priority systems and network management
 
Join us for this year's IMMO programme at ETC 2022 which includes:
•          ITS and Traffic Management
•          Autonomous and electric vehicles
•          Multi-mobility

For booking details and full programme information covering these exciting IMMO sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Global trends impacting transport

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Global trends impacting transport

The Global Trends Impacting Transport (GTiT) programme committee seeks to deepen and disseminate information, while opening fruitful discussions on global policy and research on present challenges and endeavours, as well as lessons we have learned from recent disruptions on how resilient our transport system is in such extraordinary circumstances.

• Day 1 - Presentations deal with COVID-19 impacts, beginning with two joint sessions with the Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport programme committee, followed by another with the Rail Policy and Planning programme committee.
• Day 2 - Presentations focus on electric mobility, sustainable neighbourhoods and active mobility, alongside public engagement in local and global policy-making.
• Day 3 - GTiT programme will begin initially with a discussion session devoted to long term relations between transport and geopolitics, transport planning in challenging and ever-changing circumstances, followed by a transport sustainability session.

The GTiT programme committee invites you to participate in this 50th anniversary conference, which allows us to network, socialise, exchange ideas and evoke old (though not outdated) concepts - challenging local and global trends and policies, stimulating out-of-the-box thinking, and attracting fresh views vital for transport professionals and decision-makers!

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking GTiT sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum

The Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum (YRPF) is a special format within the European Transport Conference that is specifically aimed at young professionals. Early career researchers and practitioners will present their work to the participants of the European Transport Conference.
 
YRPF is organised by young professionals with the presentation of early-stage experimental projects and research ideas being explicitly welcome. The forum provides a format which enables constructive and comprehensive feedback, as well as additional time for discussion.
 
This year, the YRPF sessions will focus on key topics including:

• Spatial Economic Analysis
• Shared Mobility Systems
• Behaviour Change – Travel Patterns
• Behaviour Change – Environmental
• Cities Moved by Sustainable Transport
• Data Driven Approaches

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Rail Policy and Planning Programme announced

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Rail Policy and Planning Programme Committee

The Rail Policy and Planning Programme Committee seeks to encourage debate on the planning, operation and economics of heavy rail passenger transport overall but also with respect to emerging challenges such as COVID 19, climate change or incidents affecting security and safety.
 
Some people attending the 2022 conference in Milan may experience rail to get there. Many more travellers rely on rail (once again) as an indispensable means of transport for many purposes, despite Covid and other challenges. At ETC 2022, the Rail Planning and Policy sessions include:

• Looking ahead at strategies for all stakeholders in the rail market taking into account the demand side, the financial situation and the political framework.
• Rail demand will be considered viewed from both from an international and a behavioural perspective. Wellbeing and safety are keywords as well as changes in the composition and profile of passenger demand.
• Rail infrastructure and its cross-regional connectivity is another issue as we look at the recent plans for intra-UK connectivity, including between the mainland of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Competitiveness within the rail system, but also with other modes such as air, will also be addressed at this year’s ETC in Milan…a key rail node in Italy, not only with important regional and freight networks but also the starting point for different long-distance trains operating in direct competition.

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Special Session - The 15 Minute City

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Journal of Urban Mobility: The 15 Minute City

The Journal of Urban Mobility is a fully Open Access journal, initiated and supported by the EIT Urban Mobility, offering prompt publication and wide dissemination of new urban mobility research to a global audience. The journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions in all areas of urban mobility that will accelerate solutions that improve our collective use of liveable urban spaces, while ensuring accessible, convenient, safe, efficient, sustainable and affordable multimodal mobility. 

European Transport Conference 2022: System Dynamics Stream

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

System Dynamics programme

Transport systems, whether they be infrastructural, economic, technical, political, or sociological, are complex and constantly changing. As such, System Dynamics (SD) modelling, as a method for capturing behaviours and understanding of changes in complex systems over time, including feedbacks and lagged response, is being increasingly adopted in transport research and planning. SD combines both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, offering many advantages compared to traditional transport modelling.
 
Grounded in systems theory, Causal Loop Diagrams are mental models that demonstrate links and logical behaviours between variables within a system, that can be self-reinforcing or balancing. Stock Flow Models are the quantitative dynamic simulation tools, allowing many scenarios to be easily and quickly compared. SD is particularly well suited to policy analysis, and as a support tool for decision making, as models can be co-created with stakeholders.
 
Join us at #etc2022 for special sessions where this type of modelling has been applied within transport, to provide insight on the opportunities it may offer to all types of transport projects and research - whether you have experience in SD or require an introduction to it. Supported by the System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation.

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

Discounts & Booking Info

Book your place today

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

European Transport Conference 2022: Freight & Logistics Stream

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Freight & Logistics programme

The Freight and Logistics committee of the European Transport Conference concerns actual issues such as freight and the environment, impact of strategic logistics on freight systems, freight policy development, city logistics, trans-national networks, corridors and terminals. Join us for this year's exciting programme at ETC 2022, which includes:

• Mode shift potential
• Models and data for freight solutions
• Supply chain management
• Energy solutions for freight
• Ports and maritime issues
• Urban freight solutions
• Sustainable freight solutions

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

European Transport Conference 2022: Last Chance for Early Booking Discounts

Discounted places closing TODAY

Our early booking offers for the European Transport Conference represent excellent value for money but they won't be available after today so head over to the AET website now to book your place! 

The Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022. 

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE TODAY!

The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

European Transport Conference 2022: Local Public Transport

Local Public Transport

The Local Public Transport programme committee seeks to encourage excellence in both urban and rural public transport, enhancing the understanding of the key issues that affect the provision of good public transport services. This year’s full programme at the European Transport Conference features a range of sessions and papers examining:

• Technology trends and innovations in public transport
• Financial challenges in public transport planning and operations
• Social inclusive mobility and public transport
• Opportunities and challenges of new on-demand modes and micro-mobility
• How to rethink and recover public transport after the COVID pandemic

We would like to thank this year's Local Public Transport sessions sponsor IOKI, who will also be exhibiting at this year's European Transport Conference.

Discounted places closing soon!

Delegates are invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE

European Transport Conference 2022: Early Booking Discounts

Discounted places closing soon!

Book early to celebrate the European Transport Conference's 50th Jubilee at a discounted price this year. Our early booking offers represent excellent value for money but will only be available until 30th June so don't delay! 

The Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022. 

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport
• The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 6 September Pre-Conference Drinks
• Wednesday 7 September Civic Reception at La Collina
• Thursday 8 September Conference Dinner at Officina12 
• Bicycle Tours in conjunction with Bici e Vancanze
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• Friday 9 September Social Dinner at ATMosfera (exclusive Tram)
• ETCercise! Thursday morning jog around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022
NB: AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 23 June 2022

AET Transport and Mobility Forum and Journal of Urban Mobility (JUM) present a joint webinar:

The 15 Minute City – Putting Accessibility by Proximity into Practice

FREE Webinar: Thursday 23rd June 2022

11.00 – 12.30 CEST (10.00 – 11.30 BST)

We invite you to a webinar on 23rd June hosted by AET Transport and Mobility Forum and the Journal of Urban Mobility. In this webinar, the Journal’s Co-Editor-in-Chief, Dr Benjamin Büttner will moderate a discussion about concept of the 15 Minute City with Cecilia Silva, Chris Kwantes and Margherita Villani.

The ongoing COVID pandemic, the negative effects of private motorized transport, and the advancing climate crisis have led to a steady increase in interest in active mobility and accessibility through spatial proximity in recent years. Especially, the concepts of the “15-Minute City” and the “20-Minute Neighbourhoods” have been promoted as blueprints for future urban planning. They promise to deliver more sustainable, liveable, resilient, and equitable cities by creating dense and diverse neighbourhoods with destinations in proximity to peoples’ homes. These concepts thus tie in with themes that have long been discussed in the literature on accessibility and urban planning. However, questions remain on how the X-Minute City concept can be operationalised and assessed, how the concept relates to physical, perceived and virtual accessibilities, how the concept affects different groups of residents, including vulnerable population groups, how the concept translates to different types of areas, and how the concept articulates with urban agglomeration scale policies. Furthermore, there are questions on how X-Minute City planning goals can be achieved in practice, and the inclusion of virtual accessibility to jobs and services (teleworking, online shopping etc.). The webinar will try to find answers to these questions and seeks to bridge the gap between planning practice and the accessibility literature.

One of the most prominent ideas that rose to prominence during the pandemic is the 15-Minute City. The 15-Minute City has been famously championed by the City of Paris and the Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo, who made it the foundation of her transport- and land-use planning policies. For example, Hidalgo plans to get rid of half of Paris’ surface parking spaces to make space for active transport modes and public space (Marchant, 2020). The main idea behind the 15-Minute City is the reduction of car traffic by simply eliminating the need for it. If people can reach the most important everyday destinations in a short time on foot or by bicycle, the logic goes, they will ditch the car of their own accord. This shall lead to more sustainable, resilient, and livable cities.

This webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and the Journal of Urban Mobility will explore the practical challenges of implementing these ideas by bringing together perspectives from experienced practitioners in Italy and the Netherlands and from the latest academic research in Europe. It will consider the opportunities and challenges posed and investigate the choices which need to be made in balancing technological progress with broader public value and social equity.

The webinar will be introduced by Dr Benjamin Büttner of Technische Universität München who will set the scene for how the debate on urban planning has been evolving in recent years. This will be followed by three speakers and presentations as follows:

• Dr Cecilia Silva - University of Porto (PT)
• Chris Kwantes - Mobility Planner, Goudappel Coffeng Consultants (NL)
• Margherita Villani - Transport and Mobility Engineer, NET Engineering SpA (IT)

The webinar will be hosted on the WebEx platform. Please click on the button below and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Pre-registered participants will receive additional information the day before the webinar containing instructions on how to use WebEx and a calendar item with the link. Please note that there is no deadline for signing up. Last minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.

The topic will also be the subject of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal and will be an important theme at the European Transport Conference (ETC) being held in Milan in September this year.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum (aetransport.org) and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 12 May 2022

Future Transport Technologies:

Trends, Challenges and Choices

FREE Webinar: Thursday 12th May 2022

11.00 – 12.30 CEST (10.00 – 11.30 BST/WEST)

This webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum will explore some of the key innovation trends around autonomous, electric and shared mobility. It will consider the opportunities and challenges posed and investigate the choices which need to be made in balancing technological progress with broader public value and social equity.

The FREE webinar will be introduced by Jonathan Spear, Transport Policy and Planning Advisor at Atkins who will set the scene for how transport professionals should support the current transition to the so-called ’future mobility ecosystem’. This will be followed by four speakers and presentations as follows:

• Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds – Governance Strategies, Smart Mobility and the Public Good
• Dominic Taylor, Low Emission Mobility Leader, Arup – The Latest Developments on EV Infrastructure Planning and Delivery in the UK
• Carter Stern, Senior Government Affairs Manager, Cruise – Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Cities
• Matteo Antoniola, Business Strategy Manager, 5T and MaaS Alliance - From Shared Mobility to MaaS: Connecting the Dots

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

European Transport Conference 2022: Early Booking Discounts

Early Booking Opens TODAY

Book early to secure your discounted place

We are delighted to announce that for the Conference's 50th Jubilee, the Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022.

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport
• The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

NB: AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013

Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

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Promote your organisation at ETC 2022!

We welcome sponsorships for ETC’s Jubilee Conference and have numerous opportunities to promote your organisation including conference bags, badges, plenary or themed sessions, Conference Dinner, and Welcome Reception.

Check out our website for more details or email: sabrina.winter@aetransport.org

Confirmed Sponsors & Exhibitors for ETC 2022:

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AET Transport and Mobility Forum reminder: Webinar 07 April 2022

Don't forget our forthcoming Webinar:

THURSDAY 7 APRIL 2022
11.00 - 12.00 CEST (10.00 - 11.00 BST/WEST)

In preparation for the 50th ETC Conference in Milan in September 2022, AET Transport and Mobility Forum highlights one of the best qualities of ETC over the last five decades – hosting informed debates on topical transport themes.

Transport & Economy:

A glance in the rear-view mirror for shaping the future

The FREE webinar is organised as the sixth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Dr András Munkácsy (KTI, HU), member of the AET Council, featuring the following speakers:

• Prof. Gerard de Jong (NL) is a research professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds and a director of the independent Dutch research institute Significance. Gerard will speak on Simulating car cost changes using an indirect utility model of car ownership and annual mileage
• John Siraut (UK) is an Economist and director of Economics at the international engineering and consulting group Jacobs. John will address Regulation of the railways post-privatisation

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Elisabete Arsenio, from LNEC (PT).

This is an event in celebration of the 50th European Transport Conference (ETC, previously the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting and the European Transport Forum). Both speakers won the Neil Mansfield Award at a previous conference (Gerard de Jong in 1989, John Siraut in 1997), for the best paper by an author under the age of 35.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 07 April 2022

Webinar: Thursday 7 April 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CEST (10.00 - 11.00 BST/WEST)

Transport & Economy:

A glance in the rear-view mirror for shaping the future

At this event, two senior experts of transport economics present their research from the 1980s and 1990s in the context of the time passed and with an outlook to the future. Participants will be invited to join the discussion about how changing trends and new methods have affected the estimation of the impact of changes in car costs on car ownership and use, as well as what expected and unexpected phenomena have influenced the regulation of the railways sector after privatisation.

• Gerard de Jong: Simulating car cost changes using an indirect utility model of car ownership and annual mileage
• John Siraut: Regulation of the railways post-privatisation

The FREE webinar is organised as the sixth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Dr András Munkácsy (KTI, HU), member of the AET Council, featuring the following speakers:

• Prof. Gerard de Jong (NL) is a research professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds and a director of the independent Dutch research institute Significance.
• John Siraut (UK) is an Economist and director of Economics at the international engineering and consulting group Jacobs.

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Elisabete Arsenio, from LNEC (PT).

This is an event in celebration of the 50th European Transport Conference (ETC, previously the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting and the European Transport Forum). Both speakers won the Neil Mansfield Award at a previous conference (Gerard de Jong in 1989, John Siraut in 1997), for the best paper by an author under the age of 35.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 03 March 2022

Webinar: Thursday 3 March 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Let's Talk Women & Transport:

Needs, Barriers and Success Stories

In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this webinar discusses the current challenges women face at work, their use of public transport, and promotional channels of knowledge and experience. Presentations and discussions from key experts will inform and stimulate the debate on the cause of gender-based struggles in public transport and employment, promoting gender diversity and knowledge of future implementation in transport planning and policy practices. Speakers will discuss topics that can assist women’s societal progression - engaging and stimulating equality:

• Gender Smart Mobility and Diversity in Transport. Concepts, Methods, Practices.
• Mentoring program towards Gen Y and role models in the automotive field.
• Addressing women’s needs as users and employees in mobility service – DIAMOND’s white paper.

This FREE webinar is organised as the fifth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Gisela Gräfin von Schlieffen, member of the AET Board, featuring speakers:

• Dr. Chiara Maria Leva is a Lecturer at the Technological University Dublin and an Associate Principal Investigator in the Science and Technology in Advanced Manufacturing Research Group at Trinity College Dublin. She is also the Co-Chair of the European Safety and Reliability Association’s Human Factors and Human Reliability technical committee.
• Dr. Hilda Rømer Christensen - is Associate Professor and head of the Coordination for Gender Research at the University of Copenhagen. She is the scientific coordinator for the Horizon 2020 project: TINNGO (Transport Innovation Gender Observatory) addressing gender, transport and smart mobilities in the EU. By 2022 she will be head of the project Green transport – technology and diversity in Danish municipalities.
• Elisabeth Young is Vice President Global Accounts at DEKRA Group and Founder and President of WAVE (WoMen and Vehicles in Europe). She is a graduate of the Lyon School of Management (EM Lyon) where she specialised in Finance and holds a diploma as a chartered accountant.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar, or register direct using the button below.

Register here

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers Deadline - MONDAY

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

With less than a week to go before the deadline for Abstract Submissions, don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference in 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference.

The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Don't forget to: #etcMilan2022

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 03 February 2022

Webinar: Thursday 3 February 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Increasing the sustainability of freight transport

This FREE webinar is organised as the fourth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Thierry Vanelslander, Professor in the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp and Chair of the European Transport Conference Freight and Logistics Programme Committee. It will focus on two aspects of increasing the sustainability of freight transport:

Shared e-fleets for communal services - a way to reducing urban transport emissions. Dr. Verena Ehrler - researcher at the University Gustave Eiffel, FR and a lecturer at the Wildau Institute of Technology, DE:

• Cities are under growing pressure to reduce transport related emissions, in order to reach air pollution as well as climate targets. Shifting municipal fleets to electric vehicles is one approach that can contribute to such an emission reduction. In a project carried out in Berlin, municipal services - water supply management, waste management and public transport services - pilot shared electric vehicles for their service units. The presentation maps out how such shared fleets can contribute to greening urban transport.

Freight modal shift: economically feasible and environmentally beneficial?

Axel Merkel and Inge Vierth - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), SE:

• Modal shift of freight from road to more energy-efficient modes of transport is seen as a tool to help reduce emissions from the freight transport sector. Despite high ambitions, policies for a modal shift in Europe have largely been unsuccessful. This presentation offers a comparison of mode choice elasticities examined in the context of Swedish maritime freight flows, demonstrating the inelasticity of Swedish maritime freight flows.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar, or register direct using the button below.

Register here

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

With 1 month to go before the deadline for Abstract Submissions, don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference in 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference. The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

And don't forget to:
#etcMilan2022

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

The Association for European Transport (AET) announces the start of the preparations for ETC 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference.

The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 06 January 2022

Webinar: Thursday 6 January 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Did COP26 Mainstream the Implementation of Sustainable Transport?

The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties for Sustainable development was held in Glasgow in November 2021. It was hailed as a last chance summit for progress on sustainability. Emissions associated with transport continue to be one of the greatest areas of concern so what can we now expect as a result of COP26?

The headline agreements from COP26 talk about collaboration and cooperation agreements, enhanced transparency on reporting, and making zero-emission vehicles the new normal. What will these mean in practice?

To start the AET webinar series in 2022, we will be considering this topic broadly by looking at what is technically achievable, politically achievable and likely to be achieved. To offer this range of perspectives, we have arranged for experts to talk informally about their hopes and expectations for 2022. We have a professional at the front line of managing the changes in a large city authority, an academic setting out options and possibilities, and a politician seeking to optimise the art of the achievable (invited, name to be confirmed).

• Deborah Paton – Glasgow City Council – Deborah is Group Manager for Connectivity at the Council developing the sustainable approaches for the city in which COP26 was held.
• Carey Curtis – Professor of Sustainable Transport Melbourne and Curtin Universities Australia – In 2020 Carey Curtis edited the International Handbook of Sustainable Transport.

The webinar is organised as the third event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously the AET Covid-19 conversations) and will be chaired by Derek Halden, from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here