11 Nov 2024
Life in the fast lane: evolving paradigms for mobility and transportation systems of the future
Background
Meeting Scope
This workshop will focus on the evolving paradigms for future mobility and transportation systems. The workshop will gather input from a wide range of actors, sectors, and regions. Key speakers will be invited from leading agencies, research entitites, and academia. The workshop's goal is to identify novel approaches and RD&D needs, gaps, and opportunities that could accelerate innovation and facilitate market uptake and transformation. Participants will also discuss potential barriers and strategies to address them.
A public report will summarise the results and identify the key challenges, highlight promising technologies, sample activities underway in various countries and sectors, identify RD&D priorities and gaps in current programmes, provide a sampling of best practices, and recommend innovation areas that require policy attention.
Target Audience
In addition to EGRD national experts, we are seeking input from RD&D decision makers, strategic planners, and program managers from industry, academia, think tanks, national laboratories, and government. Participation is by invitation only.
Session 1: Introduction
Introduction: Rob Kool, EGRD Chair
Key note: Reuben Sarkar, DOE
Technology and policy pathways to achieve the 2-degree scenario (ETP 2016): Jacob Teter, IEA
The future of transportation: the defining challenges for the 21st century: Chris Gerdes, DOE
Session 2: Transportation and mobility technologies of the future
Freight mobility and supertruck: Roland Gravel, Vehicle Technology Office, DOE
Market uptake of battery & hybrid electric vehicles: targets, incentives & research needs in Norway: Lasse Fridstrøm, Institute of Transport Economics
National innovation programme on hydrogen and fuel cells in Germany : Johannes Tambornino, Projektträger Jülich
The EU's experience in transportation innovation
Session 3: Technology R&D: barriers and solutions
Current market trends in transportation and R&D opportunities for ITSs: Alex Schroeder, NREL, DOE
Technology R&D challenges in enabling autonomous and connected vehicles
Testing and deploying new solutions through collaboration
Session 4: Policy and markets supporting future transportation technologies
Business models for ultra-low emissions vehicles and sustainable business models: Gavin Harper, Midlands University, United Kingdom
Measuring influences on automated vehicle market development: consumer acceptance and adoption: Johanna Zmud, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Future scenarios and technology for urban transport/role of traffic modeling in future transport systems: Otto Anker Nielsen, DTU