Conference on urban freight attracts participants from 40 countries
23-25 March 2021 researchers as well as representatives from city authorities and industry from 40 countries will gather online to focus on urban freight. The conference has over 80 presentations and the research findings are from many different regions including South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and India.
4th VREF Conference on Urban Freight 23-25 March 2021
The conference is organised by the Urban Freight Platform (UFP) which is a joint initiative between University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology supported by Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) on urban freight research based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The conference organising committee
Ivan Sanchez-Diaz, Catrin Lammgård, Juan Pablo Castrellon and Michael Browne.
The conference has been supported by:
- ICLEI, a global network of more than 1,750 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
- POLIS, the leading network of European cities and regions working together to develop innovative technologies and policies for local transport.
- Northern LEAD, the logistics competence centre at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology.