Speakers

Tuesday, 20.07.2021

#1 Welcome and Introduction (09:00-10:30)

The Boysen-TU Dresden-Summer School “Mobility in Transition” will be introduced by the spokesmen of the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group and our project partner DRESDENconcept before Jens Schippl is giving the first keynote on sociotechnical transitions in mobility.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Antonio Hurtado

TU Dresden (DE), spokesman of the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group; Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy (more detailed information: here)

Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Hagen

TU Dresden (DE), spokesman of the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group; Chair of Communication - Economic and Political Communication (more detailed information: here)

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rödel

DRESDEN-concept e.V. (DE), Head Office Manager (more detailed information: here)

Opening Key-Note: “Towards sociotechnical transitions? Mobility regimes between stability and change”

Dipl.-Geogr. Jens Schippl

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE), Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), scientific staff

Research interests: sustainable transitions in mobility and energy; institutional and societal change and technology development; digitalization, car-sharing and on-demand mobility; diffusion pathways for electric cars; scenario studies (More detailed information: here)

#2 Mobility Transition from the perspective of social sciences (10:45-12:15)

“Mobility transition: Experiments and regulatory framework conditions” (CANCELLED)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Knie

WZB Berlin - Berlin Social Science Center (DE), head of the research group ‘Digital Mobility and Social Differentiation’

Research interests: transport research; technology policy; science policy; innovation research (more detailed information: here)

“A psychological (traffic and environmental) view on the acceptance of new mobility innovations”

Prof. Janet Veldstra

University of Groningen (NL), Dr. Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Research interests: driving performance and behaviour; environmental psychology, clinical neuropsychology (more detailed information: here)

#3 Local and global challenges in transport, policy and economy (13:45-15:15)

“Instruments in transport policy for meeting challenges and exploiting opportunities – The future of mobility is in our hands”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regine Gerike

TU Dresden (DE), Head of the Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering

Research interests: planning of sustainable transport services and infrastructures; quality and safety in road transport; analysis of transport and demand and mobility (more detailed: here).

“Local and global challenges in transport, policy, and economy”

Prof. Matthias Finger

FSR - Florence School of Regulation (IT), Director of Transport Area, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL) (CH), Emeritus Professor

Research interests: de- and regulation of network industries; railway regulation analysis; governance of large socio-technical systems; infrastructure policy (more detailed information: here)

#4 Technological innovations for the mobility transition (15:30-17:30)

Impulse presentation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Atzler

TU Dresden (DE), Head of the Chair of Combustion Engineering and Powertrain Systems

Research interests: combustion engines and powertrain systems; hybrid powertrains and renewable fuels (more detailed information: here)

Panel discussion: “Alternative fuels: Which way forward for the automotive industry?”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Bargende (Moderator)

University of Stuttgart (DE), Head of the Chair of the Chair of Vehicle Drives, Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKFS), Board member

Research interests: electrified combustion engine drives; interaction between combustion engine and electric motor; conceptual design and operating strategies for hybrid drives; pollutant formation, pollutant emissions and pollutant reduction (more detailed information: here)

Jun-Prof. Dr. Paul Lehmann (Panelist)

Leipzig University (DE), Professor at the faculty of Economics and Management Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Expertise: environmental and resource economics; energy Economics; institutional economics and political economy (more detailed information: here)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Atzler (Panelist)

TU Dresden (DE), Head of the Chair of Combustion Engineering and Powertrain Systems

Research interests: combustion engines and powertrain systems; hybrid powertrains and renewable fuels (more detailed information: here)

Dr. Oliver Posdziech (Panelist)

Sunfire GmbH, Head of Large Systems Development, Dresden (DE)

Expertise: fluid mechanics and thermodynamics; fuel cell und electrolyser systems; pressurized SOE and large-scale reversible SOC systems (More detailed information: here)

Wednesday, 21.07.2021

#1 Future Supply Chain: The impact of big data and digitalization (9:00-10:30)

“Future Supply Chains-The impact of big data and digitalization”

Prof. Dr. habil. Dmitry Ivanov

Berlin School of Economics and Law (DE), Professor of Supply Chain Management

Research interests: supply chain digitalization and Industry 4.0; supply chain resilience and risk management; simulation and data-driven digital supply chain twins (more detailed information: here or at his personal blog)

“Challenges in last mile deliveries in urban area”

Prof. M.Sc. B.Sc. Tolga Bektas, Ph.D. FHEA

University of Liverpool (GB), Professor of Logistics Management

Research interests: freight transportation, distribution planning, supply chain networks, railway timetable optimisation (more detailed information: here)

#2 Planning for future transport infrastructures and urban design (10:45-12:15)

“Transport planning and transformative capacity”

Prof. Dr. Marc Wolfram

Leibnitz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (DE), Director, TU Dresden (DE), member of the Chair of Spatial Development and Transformation

Research interests: dynamics of urban and regional change; innovations, policy, planning and design in urban and regional governance (more detailed information: here)

“Cycling for Future”

Prof. Dr. Angela Francke

Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (DE), Professor of Cycling Traffic

Research interests: cycling and cycling infrastructures; planning and promotion of active and local transport; traffic development, innovations and trends; Car-free City of the Future-"The Week of Good Life": Dresden is planned to be kept car-free for one week (more detailed information: here)

#3 Perspectives on mobility transitions from ethics and law (13:45-15:15)

“How much and which kind of mobility is needed in 21st century society?”

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE), Professor of Philosophy, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB), Head of Office

Research interests: theory of technology assessment; ethics of technology, concepts of sustainability; digital transformation (more detailed information: here)

#4 Panel discussion with UNU-FLORES: “Nexus Thinking for a Sustainable Mobility Transition” (15:30-17:30)

With mobility moving towards more sustainable solutions in the likes of electric vehicles, one primary challenge that arises is how we can manage a transition that is itself sustainable. On the one hand, we seek to achieve more sustainable modes of transportation. On the other, we speak of a major societal shift that would go beyond the technology perspective to cover behaviour change, potential environmental impacts, policy implications, and a transition that would take place in a world of various divides. With a little less than a decade to our deadline to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, how do we ensure that we not only get there but also get there in a sustainable way? Identifying various interlinkages – or nexuses – including the Resource Nexus can help us orient our efforts to reap co-benefits for the environment and beyond. Bringing together leading specialists from academia, the public and private sector, this session aims to explore these questions from perspectives cutting across the local and international levels, public and private sectors. Looking at what they mean to people, the planet, and profits, all in all, with a view to power a transition in mobility that is fair and sustainable.

Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Günther (Moderator)

United Nations University, Director of Institute of Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) (DE)

Research interests: environmental and resource economics; environmental assessment; environmental resource management; urban environmental management (more detailed information: here)

Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz (Panelist)

Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) (GB), Director, Chair of Sustainable Global Resources at UCL Institute, adjunct Professor, UNU-FLORES

Expertise: natural resources and sustainability; dealing with the economic, the socio-political, and the environmental dimensions of using resources (more detailed information: here)

Emilie Martin (Panelist)

Researcher at the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI)

Expertise: Low-carbon transition and electrification processes; just Transition, popular transport, paratransit and two-wheelers in East-Africa; innovative transport modes, batteries and resources (more detailed information: here)

Marah Köberle (Panelist)

Siemens Stiftung (DE), Incubator for rural eMobility in Africa

Expertise: access to financial resources for e-mobility start-ups in Sub-Sahara Africa as well as support in operative testing and R&D; electric mobility; green technology in rural Africa; sharing economy and circular economy business models (more detailed information: here)

Vipul Toprani (Panelist)

DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Product Owner of Innovative Mobility and Smart Cities

Expertise: urban transportation and innovation; sustainable energy, mobility and autonomous driving; innovation processes and developing business models; smart cities; mobility infrastructure (more detailed information: here)