Executive Sessions

Executive Sessions(ES)
 


ES1 - Future Mobility and Smart City 


April 27, 2022(Wed.) 14:00-15:30
 

The integration of the new generation of information technology with transport and urban governance has ushered us into a new era when people’s travelling and our cities will be reshaped. In the next decade, the rapid technological innovation in transportation around the world will be witnessed and more concepts such as mobility as a service, shared mobility and automated transportation will be emerged. In this context, it will be crucial for us to think further: what new concepts and modes of transportation will be revolutionary in the future? What revolutionary transformation and changes will be brought to our cities by these new concepts in the future?

Moderator: 
Mr. Guichuan Jiang, Vice Chief Engineer, Sichuan Highway Planning, Survey, Design and Research Institute Ltd, China
Speaker: 
Mr. Futakawa Ichijo, Vice President, NISSAN, Japan
Mr. Shuo Feng, VP, Beijing Automotive Technology Center, China
Mr. Dong Wei, Vice President, Baidu intelligent Driving Group, China
Mr. Alan Quek (C.Eng (SG)),Director and General Manager,Global Business Development and Corporate Management, WILLERS PTE.LTD
Mr. Jianqiang Wang, Professor, Tsinghua University, China


ES2 - Green and Robust Supply Chains with Technology

April 28, 2022 (Thur.) 09:00 -10:30 
 

The instability of supply chain caused by various uncertain factors will cause serious problems to all stakeholders. People have made various efforts in order to make logistics and transportation smooth and to overcome labor shortages. All these are highly in need of technologies to reduce risks and upgrade the outdated traditional systems. This session will discuss how to use digital and intelligent technologies to achieve green and robust supply chains and guarantee the profitability of enterprises in the context of increasingly strict emission requirements and cost control.

Speaker:
Mr. Weihua Liu, Professor/ Head of Department,Tianjin University, China
Mr. Johnson Chen, Vice President, SFMAP Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. , China
Mr. Xiaobo Liu, Dean,School of Transportation and Logistics,Southwest Jiao Tong University, China


ES3 - Accessibility and Multi-modal Transport 

April 28, 2022 (Thur.) 14:00-15:30
 

“Safe”, “accessible”, “affordable”, “efficient” and “low-carbon” are the main contents of the sustainable development of transportation. In order to realize the equality and efficiency of transportation, the binding policies and standards should be developed while the information technology being fully deployed so as to promote effective connectivity and accessibility to all modes of transport. Meanwhile, the balance between the public and private sectors should also be carefully considered.

Speaker:
Mr. Ming Wang, Director/Research Fellow, Institute of Comprehensive Transportation of National Development and Reform Commission, China
Mr. Zhenning Dong , Vice President, Autonavi, China
Mr. Wanjing Ma, Professor, Tongji University, China
Mr. Qinghua Shi, Vice President, Navinfo Co.,ltd. , China


ES4 - Digital Transport and Transformation 

April 29, 2022 (Fri.) 9:00-10:30
 

The digitization and digital transformation of transportation will have a revolutionary impact on transportation services and industries and enable faster application of artificial intelligence technology in all aspects of transportation. This will greatly improve the efficiency and governance system of transportation. In order to make more people and enterprises pass through this disruptive technological change process easily and to ensure the fairness of all social levels and various groups, it is necessary to consider how to transform, the speed of transformation, as well as the supervision from the society and authorities on these transformations.

Speaker: 
Mr. Michael Hofmann, Executive Vice President, AUDI China, Germany
Mr. Lei Zhang, Vice President, Alibaba Cloud, China
Mr. Young-Jun MOON, Ph.D., Senior Res. Fellow & Chief Director, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), Korea
Mr. Yusen Chen, Principla Scientist, Zhejiang Communication Investment Group Col. Ltd. , China
Mr. Peng Wang, Chief Expert, Smart Transportation, Huawei Cloud, HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD