10th International Congress on Transportation Research (ICTR 2021)

The event took place on the 1st of September in Rhodes (Greece) and online

 

The Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) and the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) co-organized the ‘10th International Congress on Transportation Research’ (ICTR 2021), which was held on September 1st -3rd, 2021, at the Mediterranean Hotel in Rhodes, Greece.

SENATOR participated together with its sister projects (LEAD and Ulaads) and of the Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab in the workshop “Living Labs: enabling and accelerating innovation for on-demand city logistics”. The workshop focused on how to run Living Labs for logistics to accelerate innovation in the sector. It had a mix of more technical partners and the participation of some of the cities involved in the projects and touch upon different dimensions of this topic.

SENATOR defined the main aspects to consider for sustainable on-demand urban planning and how to implement it in Living labs. With the participation of Santiago Muñoz, coordinator of the project from Correos, the project gave details of its multi‐collaborative smart network and the key role of Urban Living Labs stakeholder’s engagement during its definition to provide an integrated solution and new understanding of urban planning.  SENATOR will demonstrate its feasibility, effectiveness, sustainability, and suitability in its Urban Living Labs (ULL) located in Zaragoza (Spain) and Dublin (Ireland).

The session provided participants with practical examples of how Living Labs can enable and accelerate innovation for on-demand city logistics. What are the current trends and challenges city logistics are facing? What solutions is each of these projects developing to address these challenges? Why are co-creation approaches so appealing to address challenges brought about by on-demand city logistics?  These and other questions were answered.

AGENDA

01/09/2021

Workshop II – Living Labs: enabling and accelerating innovation for on-demand city logistics. 14:00-15:30

14:00-14:05 Introduction by moderator- Giacomo Lozzi – Senior Project Manager – Coordinator Urban Freight, POLIS
14:00-14:05 Presentations

  • Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Research Director – Deputy Director HIT (Centre for Research & Technology Hellas CERTH)
  • Domien Stubbe – VIL (Logistics) (ULaaDS)
  • Santiago Muñoz – Correos (Senator)
  • Sven Mittertreiner, Policy Advisor Mobility, Municipality of The Hague (Lead)
14:45-15:15 Moderated round table
15:15-15:30 Questions & Answers + Interaction with audience via interactive polls

More about the ICTR 2021

The ICTR has been a major event in the field of transportation research for the past 19 years. Potential ICTR participants include the research and academic community, as well as the public and private sector involved in the development and implementation of innovative projects in the field of transport.

The spotlight theme of the 2021 Congress is: ‘Future Mobility and Resilient Transport: Transition to innovation’.

The objective of the Conference is to showcase recent top-notch research activities in transportation, merge research findings and policy-making tasks, facilitate the exchange of knowledge at the local and international level and draw conclusions and shape recommendations on the future of transportation in Greece and abroad.

10th International Congress on Transportation Research
Date: 1 September 2021 from 14:00 to 15:30 (CEST)
Description: SENATOR will participate together with its sister projects (LEAD and Ulaads) and of the Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab in the workshop “Living Labs: enabling and accelerating innovation for on-demand city logistics”. The workshop will focus on how to run Living Labs for logistics to accelerate innovation in the sector. It will have a mix of more technical partners and the participation of some of the cities involved in the projects and touch upon different dimensions of this topic.
More info: 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (ICTR 2021)

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