Event
24/10/2025 Gothenburg, Sweden
'Resilient transport systems in an unpredictable world' Conference
The conference 'Resilient Transport Systems in an Uncertain World', organised by Chalmers University of Technology, will take place on 24 October 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
'Resilient transport systems in an unpredictable world' is an initiative seminar by Chalmers University of Technology and its collaboration partners. The event is the final part of the Transportation research week, a week-long series happening from 20 and 24 October dedicated to the latest development and challenges in the transport sector.
The conference will bring together researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to discuss and shape resilient transport systems.
Programme
- 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
- 'Security of connected vehicles': Tomas Olovsson, Professor, Computer and Network Systems, Chalmers University of Technology.
- 'What did we learn from recent events like COVID or the financial crisis?': Patrik Jonsson, Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Chalmers University of Technology.
- Panel 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.
- 'Resilience in an urban context, an EU perspective': Ivo Cré, Director Policy and Projects, POLIS
- 'Operating a large scale transport network in turbulent times': Åsa Demme, Head of Integrated Sales Sweden, A.P. Moller - Maersk.
- 'Transport resilience from a system-of-systems perspective': Lei Chen, Transport System Research and Innovation, Traton Group.
- Panel 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
More information
The event will take place on 24 October 2025, from 9:00 to 15:00, in RunAn, Chalmers conference centre, Chalmersplatsen 1, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Registrations are open. The deadline is 13 October 2025.
For more information and to register, visit the event webpage here.
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