Upcoming Events

The Transport Research Arena conference will take place in Helsinki on 27–30 April 2020 under the theme “Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility”.

Sweden is to host the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety on 19–20 February 2020 at Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm. The conference will be co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), and minister-led delegations from more than 100 countries are expected to attend. Representatives from the world of industry and research, international institutions and other global organizations will also participate.

The Road Safety Workshop, organized by the Working Group Road Transport Safety & Security of ERTRAC, the European Road Transport Research Advisory Councilm will be held on the 15th November 2019, from 10.00 to 15.30 CET, at Polis Network's facilities. It will bring the research and industry community together with representatives of the European Commission and road user associations.

The Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) co-organize the ‘9th International Congress on Transportation Research’ (ICTR ‘19), which will be held in October 2019, in Athens, Greece.

Lisbon hosts the next joint meeting of Polis and the International Transport Forum on road safety on 16-17 October.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) is the annual conference of the Association for European Transport.

Project EDWARD - European Day Without A Road Death has one main objective: no one should die on the roads of Europe for at least one day a year.

This year, the chosen day of action is Thursday 26 September 2019. Come and join Project EDWARD's supporters!

On the 17th and 18th September 2019, the GO SUMP project organizes the MED Urban Transports Community's final event taking place at OMAU - Urban Environment Observatory in Malaga (Spain), within the European Mobility Week 2019.

This five-day course in English is aimed at professionals dealing with road safety issues and gives participants the chance to expand their knowledge, network and expertise in this field.

Road safety progress in the European Union has stagnated for the last four years. Only urgent measures will reduce the 500 deaths that occur on EU roads every week. The Safe System approach is internationally considered to be best practice in road safety. In the European Road Safety Summer School attendees will learn how to successfully implement this strategy in their country or region.

The HARMONY project's Public Launch Event will bring together transport and spatial planning professionals, public authorities and policy makers, mobility technology developers, autonomous vehicles and drone manufacturers, and researchers to discuss the spatial and transport planning challenges metropolitan areas face in terms of integrating traditional and new transport modes.

On Monday 3 June 2019, the New Mobility Services (NMS) initiative - part of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities - organises a vibrant seminar about large-scale deployment of new mobility services in a smart city context.

The first meeting of the LEVITATE stakeholder group dives into understanding your wishes and needs with regards to impact assessment of automation and your expectations for any policy support tool.

On Wednesday 15 May 2019, during the Green Week partner event: "Urban Vehicle Restrictions - How to achieve stakeholder support?", London and Brussels will each present their newest local schemes and debate on the health and social impacts of low emission zones based on the available scientific evidence supporting the implementation of urban low emission zones (LEZ).

The conference will be dedicated to the preparation of the 9th Research Framework Programme "Horizon Europe": which place for Road Transport Research and which key research challenges?

The goal of this webinar is to inform the audience about the importance of Digital Maps for the successful implementation of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology. It is organized by the New Mobility Services Initiative of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities & Communities (EIP-SCC).

SUM Bilbao 2019 “Moving the cities of the XXI century”

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) together with Association Prévention Routière and the French Road Safety Department at the Ministry of Interior organise a PIN Talk to discuss road safety and a “vision zero” with local/regional authorities.

ERTRAC, EGVIA and the European Commission's Transport R&I Directorate are jointly organising #H2020RTR18, the 2nd EGVIA-ERTRAC European Conference. The event showcases road transport research results obtained in projects funded under Horizon 2020.

The Polis Conference is Polis’ flagship annual event. Polis president Manchester will host this year’s event, which will take place at the iconic Old Trafford Stadium on 22-23 November. The title of the conference is “Transport innovation for sustainable cities and regions”.

The Polis Working Group on road safety and the International Transport Forum's Safer City Street initiative organise their third joint workshop on 20-21 November 2018. The meeting is organised back to back to the 2018 Polis Conference (22-23/11 in Manchester), allowing participants to combine the two events.

The goal of the webinar is to introduce Intelligent Speed Adaptation, ISA, to those who are responsible for procurement in public transport and to explain what ISA can do to increase safety in cities and regions. It is organized by the New Mobility Services Initiative of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities & Communities (EIP-SCC).

The Urban Mobility Summit is AUTONOMY’s flagship event where innovators, cities and urbanites gather annually to build a new mobility landscape. The first two days -18 and 19 Ocotber- are dedicated to professionals and institutions and the third day -20 October- is open to the public.

Three H2020 funded reserach projects on road safety organise a joint final event back to back to the International Cycling Safety Conference (10-11 October in Barcelona).

This year’s CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place from 19-21 September in Umeå, Sweden. The 16th edition of Europe’s premier sustainable mobility event will bring together the CIVITAS community from across the continent and beyond.

The 5th edition of the Assises de la mobilité in Île-de-France will once again bring together all the players in the region. It will enable the Ile-de-France communities and partners mobility to meet and discuss the actions implemented and the mobility of the future.

Polis in cooperation with ETSC, iRAP, NACTO, NY City DOT, the Open Transport Partnership, TfL and Volvo Group organised an official side event to the International Transport Forum Summit 2018.

The URBAN FUTURE global conference is Europe’s largest event for sustainable cities. It’s the place to meet the most passionate and inspiring CityChangers from all over the world.

From 16 to 19th April 2018, the 7th Transport Research Arena (TRA) will take place in Vienna, Austria

The Final SafetyCube Conference will reveal the SafetyCube Decision Support System (DSS). The DSS enables policy-makers to select and implement the most appropriate strategies, measures and cost-effective approaches to reduce casualties of all road user types and all severities in Europe and worldwide.

This workshop on road safety data in cities is organised jointly by Polis and the International Transport Forum.

This year's Annual Polis Conference on "Transport innovation for sustainable cities and regions" will take place on 6 and 7 December 2017 in Brussels. The Polis Annual General Assembly (Polis members only) is scheduled for 5 December 2017.

With the support of the European Commission, the conference is a display of research results from road transport projects funded under Horizon2020.

The Belgian Road Congress is organised every four years, and is not to be missed by professionals dealing with designing, constructing, managing and operating roads.

The European Road Safety Summer School is organised in Mechelen, Belgium by VSV (the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge), the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), Polis and Road Safety GB.

Polis and EPA join forces to discuss parking issues in cities. The joint working group will meet on the 27th of April in Brussels. On the agenda: parking and urban planning, enforcement and the role of parking apps. Registrations are open!

"Planning safer urban freight: Safer trucks and technologies to protect pedestrians and cyclists" is the title of this half-day workshop.

The Polis Annual Conferences provide an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience and for the wider transport community to engage with representatives of city and regional authorities on innovative transport solutions.

The European Commission (DG REGIO and DG MOVE) is organising an URBAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK event bringing together cities to exchange knowledge and experiences in Smart, Innovative & Sustainable urban mobility on 23 November 2016 at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs in Brussels.

Road safety campaigns have evolved. Organisations across Europe are responding to new risks, changing media consumption patterns and new technologies with innovative, targeted campaigns designed to target hard-to- reach groups and help change behaviour.

The conference will feature presentations on the latest road safety campaigns from across Europe with a focus on distraction and speed.

#ERICLeeds16 will bring together industry representatives, academics, policy makers, research institutes and road authorities from across the continent to network, engage and share their knowledge on the highways sector.

On Wednesday, October 12 ‘Transport & Environment’ organises a conference on ‘Truck Safety’.

CIVITAS FORUM Conference 2016 will take place on 28-30 September in Gdynia, with the theme "SHAPING THE MOBILITY OF TOMORROW".

This year’s Alcohol Interlock Symposium will be held on 13 - 15 September at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels.

Every year, around 20,000 European buses and coaches are involved in crashes causing injury or death producing 30,000 casualties and 150 unfortunate deaths.

The Wiener Stadtwerke organises a debate on the future of mobility transport governance on tuesday 21st June in Brussels.

In the last two years the EU’s road safety progress has stopped. At the 2016 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) conference, ETSC will launch its latest annual report explaining why some countries are still making progress, some are stagnating, and some are going in reverse.

During Sustainable Energy Week, Dutch Railways Brussels and Arnhem Nijmegen City Region are organising an informative and inspirational session on "Green Urban mobility in 2030" on Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 in Brussels.

The Urban Freight Logistics Thematic Group of CIVITAS and the European Cyclists' Federation are organising with the city of Gothenburg a ‘Cyclelogistics Empowerment Workshop for Cities’ and a Study Tour on ‘How to manage urban freight deliveries’.

The Dutch members of ERRIN (European Regions Research & Innovation Network) and the Netherlands’ Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations are organising the thematic networking event "EU Urban Agenda: the Dutch Approach" in Brussels.

The EUSTO Final Conference will be held in Dresden (Germany) on 26th–27th of May 2016, with the title "Towards Secure Transport Systems".

ETSC and the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge organise a lunch debate on cycling safety in light of the EU’s forthcoming cycling strategy on 26 May in Brussels.

The Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV), Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organise an international high level debate “Prevent crashes, reduce injuries, save lives” on 25 May in The Hague.

ITF’s 2016 Summit on Green and Inclusive Transport will explore the importance of low-carbon transport as an essential element in the transition to a green growth economy as well as the changes needed to make transport more inclusive and provide access for everyone to jobs, public services, and other opportunities.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA), in partnership with ETSC, organises the iSafer Conference 2016 on 28 April in Dublin.

This two-day conference, the final event of the SOLUTIONS project, will showcase the activities performed by cities working together on sustainable mobility as part of the SOLUTIONS project.

Petty Crime incidents such as theft, criminal damage and anti-social behaviour adversely impact the local socioeconomic environment. The P-REACT project trials its surveillance platform to prevent petty crime in public transport in Bologna on 31st of March. The final final project event will be held the same day.

The final event of the VRUITS project will be held at Transport for London.

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Following Polis members' Annual General Assembly on 18th November, the public conference will look into transport innovation for sustainable cities and regions.

The 2015 edition of the CIVITAS Forum Conference, which will take place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) between 7 – 9 October, will draw around 400 participants under the banner of ‘Sharing the City’ and focusing on reducing barriers and improving transport services for residents and visitors in European cities.

Join NODES Final Conference: Creating the next generation of urban transport interchanges – 22/09/2015, Brussels

The European TIDE project closely cooperates with leading cities that have implemented innovative measures and are willing to share their advanced experience and knowledge with interested learning cities. In return, TIDE wants to offer these pioneer cities a platform to discuss cutting edge solutions with their peers.

The Annual Polis Conference provides an opportunity for cities, metropolitan areas and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience and for the wider transport community to engage with representatives of city and regional authorities on innovative transport solutions.

Polis Working Group Meeting on Road Safety and Vulnerable Road Users in Cities and Regions took place on 11th February 2014 in Brussels.

In 2013, the Annual Polis Conference will take place in Brussels. The Annual General Assembly for Polis members will take place around the conference.

The 11th edition of the annual CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place between 30th  September and 2nd  October in the main metropolitan center of Western Brittany.

Ministers from over 50 countries along with key transport leaders from public administration, business and academia will meet at the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum to debate transport issues of strategic importance.

The conference marks the annual European Road Safety Day under the theme "Pedestrian safety: vulnerable road users in urban areas". Polis Secretary General will be a speaker.

A new 'hybrid' concept for an Urban Consolidation Centre (UCC) will be tested within the STRAIGHTSOL project: deliveries to local retailers and a commercial mall will be combined. This interactive workshop will present the first results of the demostration and will be complemented with a technical visit.

This Conference organised by Polis member Southend on Sea Borough Council will be considering the interim findings of the SaMERU project and contribute to the content of the final report.

The current Intelligent Energy Europe call for project proposals contains € 65 million available for funding. An information day is organised by the European Commission.

The European Economic and Social Committe will host a conference in order to explore novel means to ensure the open participation of civil society into the EU policy-making with the aim to strengthen the public endorsement and the overall efficacy of the EU legislation.

Polis presidency Perugia was the host of the 2012 Annual Polis Conference on 29-30 November. On 28 November, the Polis Annual General Assembly (AGA) took place (Polis members only) as well as the TIDE Launch Workshop, to which conference participants have been invited.

EC Vice-President Siim Kallas invites urban mobility stakeholders to the conference 'Towards competitive and resource efficient urban mobility' to take place in Brussels on the 17th of September.

Ministers from over 50 countries along with key transport leaders from public administration, business and academia will meet at the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum to debate transport issues of strategic importance.

The workshop will highlight the importance of road safety operations on local and regional roads (secondary network) and will give advise to regional authorities. It is jointly organised by PILOT4SAFETY and BALTRIS.

Polis & the European Economic and Social Committee invite to the conference: Innovation in transport for sustainable cities and region.

Road safety experts from around the world will gather to deliberate, identify and commit to actions that ensure that road safety targets can be met by 2020.

Polis Working Group meeting on Safety and Security in Transport