Summit on "Moving Minds: The Next Transportation Infrastructure"
November 9, 2009 - November 12, 2009
SMART's 2009 Summit, titled Moving Minds: The Next Transportation Infrastructure, will take place November 9-12, 2009 at the Michigan Union in November. Originally slated for June 2009, the multi-day Summit will bring researchers together with business leaders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy makers from around the world to discuss the following topics:
- Emerging policy frameworks and directions for the next transportation infrastructure and building the New Mobility economy
- "Moving Minds" -- understanding the cultural, psychological, and aspirational underpinnings of our relationship to transportation (for both users and leaders), and responding with innovative systems that address these dimensions sustainably, equitably, and compellingly
- "Resilience" - designing and operating transportation/communication systems with capacities for transformation learning, adaptation and creative renewal when confronted by crisis, surprise, stress and trauma
- Innovative Capacity Building - developing and sharing the knowledge and skills to address the emerging global challenges and opportunities of New Mobility / sustainable transportation in urban regions
Please click here for details about the 2009 Summit and how to register.