Only three days left! Since September 1 we now also have as keynote speaker Mr Philippe Muyters, Minister of Innovation and Technology. Mr Muyters will speak at 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
We have a series of exciting presentations ahead of us. The Deputy Mayor of Antwerp and the Mayor of Capelle aan den IJseel – Koen Kennis and Peter Oskam – tells us about their cities persuing and experiencing automated public transportation and are both supported by the Deputy Mayor of Sundbyberg Sweden, Mr Stefan Bergstrom. Furthermore we have Matthew Lesh from Local Motors USA together with Carel van Helsdingen from 2Getthere, Netherlands sharing their experience in operating self driving electric minibuses. Dr Michael Berisch from DLR – the German Space Agency – presents methods and ideas for planning automated self driving vehicles using the world leading SUMO software and Christer Lindstrom from 4Dialog demonstrates 4D gamification technology for on-demand vehicles and station design together with Peter Muller from PRT Consulting. A key component of easy access and use of new on-demand transportation is effective and easy-to-use digital payment systems. We will hear more about this from De Lijn, the Antwerp transportation agency in collaboration with Mastercard. On top of this there will be extensive presentations on new and existing automated transportation technologies from a series of operators and vendors, viewpoints froms, elected officials, policymakers and not least the academic community. Please see current program updated below and stay tuned for more updates as we move along closer to the conference! Also, we now have a Design Challenge as a part of the conference added. Interested in participating in the challenge? Please register by emailing us at info@podcarcity.org
Podcar City & Advanced Transit is a conference about autonomous vehicles reshaping the way we live our lives in the urban landscape.
We are an open forum for the people behind automation in public transportation, similar to what is happening at a fast pace in the world of private autonomous vehicles.
This year´s conference is the tenth since the first in Uppsala, Sweden 2007 and takes place in the beautiful City of Antwerp in conjunction with the Antwerp Mobility Week. The organizers are Advanced Transit Association (ATRA), International Institute of Sustainable Transportation (INIST) and our local partner Crossroad in Antwerp, Belgium.
Please register now! Please see bottom of page for hotel information.
Vice Mayor Koen Kennis and The Podcar City & Advanced Transit Team
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The most important part of a conference is to have a great program. We are very happy with the work done by Professor Peter Hellinckx of the University of Antwerp, Ms Ingrid Evers from Crossroad, Belgium, Mr Ingmar Andreasson from Logistikcentrum, Sweden, Mr Ron Swenson from INIST, USA, Professor Shannon McDonald at Southern Illinois University, USA and Mr Fons De Mey, Crossroad, Belgium.
The conference is divided into two tracks. Please see Conference Track first and below you will find Auxiliary Tracks/Design Challenge
The main goal of the Podcar City Conference is to encourage considerable improvement of mass mobility in all possible ways – conserve earth and human resources, improve equity and have an open dialog of planning for the future.
Welcome to Podcar City 2021! This year’s conference is gathering a lot of interest – probably because of the rapid growing list of real projects being established all over the world.
We welcome you to the 13th Conference on Public Automated Transportation hosted by the International Institute of Sustainable Transportation.
The 2018 conference focuses on how we can plan for automated shared mobility. The pace of innovation has increased significantly with more systems providers.
Should what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas? The speakers, keynotes and panels are coming together nicely for the 2017 Podcar City Conference. It will take place in the very special city of Las Vegas
Only three days left! Since September 1 we now also have as keynote speaker Mr Philippe Muyters, Minister of Innovation and Technology. Mr Muyters will speak at 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
Podcar City 9 was held as scheduled November 4-6, 2015. The first of the conference presentations has been posted into the Documents section to the right — look for the prefix ‘After’.
Learn from experience, meet experts and network for better understanding and utilizing next generation of public transportation
Presented in cooperation with INIST International Institute of Sustainable Transportation, US Department of Transportation
After the development of the Cabintaxi-Project in the 1970s in Hagen, Germany, under the consortium between Mannesmann Demag and MBB was stopped abruptly.
For all of you who attended – Thank You. And for those of you who wanted but for any reason could not – please download the presentations on youtube.
Thank you for participating in the 4th annual Podcar City Conference – what a success! For three days in the heart of the Silicon Valley we learned from global experts.
Is the auto the optimal way of personal transportation? Can we find other solutions based on good use of energy and limit the environmental impact?
Is the auto the most convenient and efficient way to move people around inside our cities? Does increasing car traffic diminish the quality of life in our neighborhoods and city centers?
It was a massive gathering in Uppsala and an intense exchange of ideas, experiences and contacts…