🇩🇪 Third Travelling Conference 🇨🇳🇰🇷🇵🇭

The third travelling conference was devoted to the topic of “Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation in Line with Urban Mobility and Its Interconnection with Transportation Networks.”

The conference took place from 13–17 February, featuring four stop-over events at Zhongyuan University of Technology in Zhengzhou, the Korean Maritime Institute in Busan, and Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University in Manila.

The first stop-over in Zhengzhou (13 February) sparked a vivid discussion on current topics related to mobility, transport, and logistics. The event also served as an occasion to sign a multi-university memorandum of understandingbetween the participating German institutions and the host university.

On 15 February, the second stop-over took place at the Korean Maritime Institute in Busan, South Korea, with a particular focus on a comparative analysis of the role of energy efficiency and climate change mitigation in the transport policies and logistics solutions of South Korea and Germany.

Finally, on 17 February, the last two stop-overs were held in Manila: in the morning at Ateneo de Manila University, and in the afternoon at De La Salle University. The Ateneo School of Government, in cooperation with the Ateneo Department of Economics, hosted a discussion on the overarching theme of the travelling conference. Following a two-hour journey through Manila’s congested traffic, the conversation on climate change mitigation and its alignment with transportation networks and urban mobility continued at De La Salle University.

Altogether, nine German researchers participated in the travelling conference: Prof. Dr. Hans-Dietrich Haasis (University of Bremen), Prof. Dr. Carlos Jahn (TU Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Andreas Jattke (TH Ingolstadt), Prof. Dr. Carsten Dorn (HS Bremerhaven), Prof. Dr. Dirk Sackmann (HS Merseburg), Prof. Dr. Holger Schütt (ISL), Prof. Dr. Guido Siestrup (HS Furtwangen), Prof. Dr. Stefan Voss (University of Hamburg) and Dr. Irina Dovbischuk (AGKN e.V.).

By including government and business representatives as guest speakers at the various stop-over events, the discussions were multi-perspective and insightful, contributing to AGKN e.V.’s mission of strengthening cooperation between Germany and countries in the Asia Pacific Research Area (APRA). The events were also open to the public, offering interested individuals the opportunity to engage with current research topics.

Such networking events are organized by AGKN e.V. to promote new partnerships with international institutions and to foster scientific exchange among German, Asian, and broader global stakeholders. The travelling conference was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and most of the conference presentations have been published as short papers in the conference proceedings.