NECTAR Conference CfP: Planning for Urban Mobility Transitions in Times of Uncertainty
Call for papers for the 18th International NECTAR Conference to be held in Munich, Germany between 13 – 15 July 2026.
In a world increasingly shaped by crises including climate emergency, energy scarcity, geopolitical instability, digital disruption, and public discontent. The role of urban mobility planning is under unprecedented pressure to adapt. How can we move forward when the future is unclear?
We welcome interdisciplinary, practice-oriented, and theoretical contributions that address these themes, as well as papers on topics in the fields of transport, communications, and mobility at large.
Please see the following document for full details and the conference website (www.nectar26.eu). Deadline for abstract submission (500 words max.) is January 31, 2026.
17th NECTAR Conference 2024
The 17th NECTAR Conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium, 3 – 5 July 2024. The NECTAR conference will be organized by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and hosted on its campus. The focus of the conference is on how transport and communications research can support the different roles stakeholders take in transport planning: Stakeholder involvement in transport: Who, why, how and with what impact?
Please find the general and cluster-specific calls for papers here and on the conference website: https://mobilise.research.vub.be/nectar-conference-2024-general-call-for-papers
Important dates:
Abstract submission: Jan 31, 2024
Notification of acceptance: Feb 29, 2024
Confirmation of attendance: April 30, 2024
NECTAR Conference 2024
The 17th NECTAR Conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium, 3 – 5 July 2024. The NECTAR conference will be organized by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and hosted on its campus. The focus of the conference is on how transport and communications research can support the different roles stakeholders take in transport planning: Stakeholder involvement in transport: Who, why, how and with what impact?
The conference website can be found under: https://events.vub.be/nectar-conference-2024
Abstract submissions have been closed. Registration is open until 30 April.
16 International NECTAR Conference 2022
The call for papers can be found here (Deadline for abstract submission: July 10, 2022).
Call for Papers Toronto NECTAR Conference 20 – 22 July 2022
The 16th International NECTAR Conference will take place in Toronto, Canada, 20 – 22 July 2022. The theme of the conference is “Mobilizing Justice: Moving Toward Action for an Equitable Transportation Future”. We are planning a physical conference. The NECTAR conference will be organized by the University of Toronto and hosted on its downtown St. George campus. In addition to this general Call for Paper, each NECTAR cluster is preparing thematic paper sessions, which can be found here.
The general call for papers can be found here (Deadline for abstract submission: February 28, 2022).
Cluster 5 Conference: Sustainable Tourism in the Digital World
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the “Sustainable tourism in the digital world” Conference taking place at Campus Gotland of Uppsala University located in the picturesque town of Visby, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a popular tourist destination. The workshop will take place 24-26 September 2019.
Detailed information including the call for papers can be found here: http://www.fek.uu.se/research/sustainable-tourism/#anchor-777664
2019 NECTAR Conference: Call for papers
The 15TH biannual NECTAR conference will take place in Helsinki 5-7 June 2019. The theme of this NECTAR conference is “Towards human scale cities – Open and happy”. The call for papers can be found here: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/towards-human-scale-cities-open-and-happy/call-for-papers
NECTAR conference 2017 (Madrid, 31 May – 2 June 2017)
Program: https://nectar-eu.eu/nectar-conference-2017-schedule/ (password-protected)
Photos: https://nectar-eu.eu/nectar-conference-2017-photos/
Conference website: http://eventos.ucm.es/go/nectar2017conference
NECTAR International Conference
Smart Transport—Smart Planning
It is our pleasure to announce that the XIII NECTAR International Conference will be held at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States of America), from 14 to 16 June 2015.
The transportation field is undergoing a technological revolution in information and communication technologies including “big” data, connected vehicles, modeling techniques, and—just over the horizon—self-driving cars. For these smart transport developments to fulfil their promise, they need to be guided by and deployed in service of smart planning: a planning that improves the fairness of transportation’s distribution and lessens its environmental impact and societal costs. Technological innovations must be implemented in a way that applies the lessons of history on the relationship of transportation and urban form to forestall unwanted outcomes. Fundamentally, these advances must be part of a shift that values accessibility over simple movement as the overarching purpose of transportation. The conference will facilitate interaction between North American and European transport and communications researchers on all these topics. Continue reading “NECTAR International Conference”